The National tribune., 1891-01-01
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

Information Asked and GiFsa.
j. A. Ingles Uoopestowu, H., states that II
any Of the heirs Of X. Vain, Co. A. Ist Ohio
Cav, are living and want a relic Of the war and
Of the said Vain, they can get information in
regard to a sword found at Stone River by ad-
dressing him.
@. l. Eastman, Penn Van. ". Y, writes
that one William Dent, enlisted in Co. B,
16ist Ohio. and his widow is now anxious
for pension evidence, and wishes 20 hear from
comrades Of that company, particularly from
Capt Higgins and Lieut.. John Moore. Will
liam Dent lost his mind before his death, and
it is possible that some Of his statements are
incorrect. IL any Of the comrades remember
him, they will confer q great favor BY ad-
dressing the writer.
o. @. Eyerson, Box 80, Moand City, Mo-,
wishes some eomrade % tell him where he can
get the book. Field, Prison and Escape"
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has a letter for the
President Of the 9Th Maryland Association,
which was left in this Office some time ago.
Joseph Wheeler, SprinzbOro, o., says that
Gen. Terry while in North Carolina had under
his command some cOlOred troops who heI ped
lay the poutOons over which Sherman's army
passed at different times. Part Of these troops
marched ON to GOllsbOFO with Sherman. One
history says that when Sherman entered Colds
boro he found himself at the head of 10000
men, and COmrade Wheeler wants 10 know IL
ttuoD NtlDitA troops were cOusiQeFel n UtFb OF
Sherman's army. They went with sherman %
Raleigh. The writer belonged to the 9Th q. 8.
Z. l., and on the grand review saw a man who
he was told was sherman reviewing c0lored
troops from the Courthouse yard az Raleigh,
and he wants to know if Sherman refused to
review colored troops at Raleigh or Washing
ton, d. q.
Comments and Corrections.
O. @. Bennett, Co. @, 9th H., Cowles, Neb.,
rfrlorF 70. Ffta ss4Fk Il
No. 10, says the party was in charge OF Capt.
Ethan Allen, Of his company, who planned the
expedition. He does not remember Just how
many boats there were, having knowledge only
Of the one that was filed with the boys Of his
company. Capt. Allen got the battery flag and
brought it away with him.
Mrs. Ed. Berry Rotate. Kan, who requested
reading matter 10 be sent her, has received
good deal, and hereby extends her thanks to
those who were kind enough to answer her
request.
John Carver, Sergeant S9th NJ Y, Silverton,
Colo, is much interested in the " CanuOneers"
story. He served in Mcagher's Irish Brigade,
and did not see BuelPs battery in action, yet
he knows enough Of the Fifth and Sixth Corps
to understand that when they got into action
there was no fOOling about it. His regiment
was with the Sixth at Malvern Hill saw
the battlehags of the Fifth at Gettysburg,
and knows what kind Of stuff those men were
made Of
Harry Caldwell, l1th Ind. battery. was one
Of the men who set the fences on fire during
the night march toward Chickamauga that
Comrade Booth wrote about, and he wonders
where COmrade Zehring could have been at that
time.
E. G. Walker, Co L, goth N. Y. Cav, New
Berlin, ". Y, does not remember what COM
pany went into the city Of Richmond frst, but
Co. l., 2Oth N. Y. Cav, under command of Capt.
VIM. Sage, went through the lines Of breast
works frst.
Warren Rogers, Co. B, 6lth H., Lone Elm,
Kan, claims that q. w. Raworth, 6lth Ill, Is
wrong in saying that regiment was in the charge
at Kenesaw Mountain JuEs q, 1864. If he
will think, he will remember that it was July
3 instead.
Lost and Found.
". A. Cadwallader, Faribault Mimi, has the
discharge Of Cornelius Sheehaa Of Capt VIM
M;lls's company (A), 2d Minn.
John w. Morrill,, North Wilmington, Mass,
writes that quite awhile ago there appeared
mention of a badge found at the Wilderness,
which was marked with his name and service,
Go. Ii, goth Mass, Second Corps. He has Just
learned Of it, and is anxious to recover the
badge.
Samuel F. Lingfelter, Co. B, 1i3d Pa, Carbon
dale, Pa, while at the battle Of SpOttsylvania
Va, strayed from his company one night and
lay down to sleep in the 7th Ind. with his gun
under his head, said gun being an old comrade
Of his. When he awoks he found that some
one had taken it, and he has never been able
to find ii. 1t was an Enfield rife, bright red
stock, with the letters j. III. l.. cut in it. Should
any comrade know of the whereabouts Of said
gun he will be well paid for it, as it was his
brothers gun, left in his hands for safe keeping
after he was wounded.
Joseph Morse, Greedy, Colo, has a corps badge
belonging to James Calvin, 18th Mass He
wishes to hear from all members of the 9Th
folk; also from Theo. Linde, Co. B, 112th n. Y.
What They Lost.
William l. Clark, 3Oth Ohio, Hsndrysbur1,
o., says the Both Ohio had on its rolls 1,150
men, aud lost in killed and died of wounds 1I2,
showing that the 30th Ohio with little better
than half as many on its rolls as the 36th Ohio
lost very nearly as many as that regiment did,
namely 123.
w. Fl. Mcmahon, Co. G, 98th Ohio, Stewards
vile, o., referring to the statement OF Capt.
Woodruff 9th Ohio in his article on
each lost two ColOnels in BATTLE wishes to say
that the 9Sth Ohio lost ia battle two as noble
men as ever commanded a regiment Col. Web
ster and Col. Shane, the former at PerryVille,
and the other at KenesaW Mountain. He also
thinks that the 7th Ohio lost two COloneIs in
battle.
The Old Songs.
ID. w. Holly, Box So, Berwick Pa, is anxious
to get the song, The Blood Field near
Richmond on the James,"
G.. Oates, Co. K, 18th KY, Nebo KY, wishes
Ben Maglue, of either Co. 1 or f, Ilth KY, TO
send him copy of each Of two songs composed
by him, entitled "The Brave 11th KY" and
"MOrgan's Raid"
Southern UnIOnists.
Mrs. Margaret +. Turner, Rome, Mo-, Is the
wife of soldier who belonged to Co. B, 9th
Tenn. Cav. This regiment saw many hard
ships; was with Burnside at the siege of
Knoxville, and was continually in the saddle
in upper Tennessee. 1t belonged to Gen.
Gillman's command, and was at the battle of
Greenville, Tenn, where the rebel raider John
Morgan was killed, and in many other battles
and skirmishes. The writer's husband was
living in the South when the war began was
subjected to rebel CONSUMPTION, and in 1868 he
had either to go into the rebel army or go
North to the Union line. He chose the latter
and travelled for II nights, hiding in the
woods by day. through the mountains of East
Tennessee and Kentucky, meeting Gen. Burn
side on his way TO Tennessee. The writer will
never forget those fearful days. She was
raised near Atlanta, Ca, and lived on the
bloody battlefield just south of Lees Mill She
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