The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-11-05
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line

Line
Black River Bridge.
| Samuel Brooks, Co. II, 10th Ind, Adrian,
/ Mimi, speaking Of COmrade ]. II. RusselPs
| statement In the issue Of June Is that there
/ were only two regiments in action at Black
/ River Bridge, the 2lst and 23d Iowa, claims
| that the 10th Ind. was also in the charge. He
/ says: The regiment was formed behind n thin
| skirt Of timber, on the right OF the railroad.
Gen. Lawler stepped out from behind a big log
4 heap near the right OF the regiment, aud or
dered US to charge the riAe-pits, at the same
time swinging his hat and hurrahing to give
/ Us a good seud-oH. We went through the skirt
/ OF timber aud across a narrow open field and
| onto the rihe-pts. just before reaching their
/ works there were some small lunches Of cotton
4 held up on rSmTods in token Of surrender We
| found the The-pits literally filed with rebels,
| who threw down their guns and rose TO their
/ feet as We went over into the works. just ia
/ front of their line Of works was narrow bayou
/ skirted with bushes, which had been Topped over
and left hanging to their stumps, and which
/ would have confused us considerably had not
the Tebs ceased firing just before we reached IL.
| i had always supposed the charge was gen.
/ eral one as there were long lines Of infantry to
be seen filing TO the right aud left Of tho road,
! forming line parallel with the rebel works
as they came up"
| Gen. Adams's Capture.
Robert O. Porter. Co. A. 1O5th Ohio. Seattle,
1 Wash, says that Gen. Adams was captured by his
company. The regiment was in the second line.
| The battle had ragged in their front for some
timo. Suddenly there came trouble on the
| right in the division Of Gen. Brannan. Gen.
/ Joe Reynolds sat on a horse near by. He
| turned to Col. Perkins, OF the 105Jh, and told
him TO charge to the right desperately. Away
| they went through thick timber foe about 500
yards, when the order was given to retire by
the right flank. But they had with them Gen.
Adams and about 80 other prisoners. Adams
was shot through tho shoulder. Serg't-Maj.
| Porter Watson and the writer, with others,
whom he does not remember took the General
to the rear on a streteher. The regiment was
eompimeuted by RO5ecrans, Thomas and Rsy-
nolds for this charge. The Toss was heavy in
killed and wounded, and about 80 we're taken
prisoners, all of whom but six died in rebel
prisons.
In the Valley.
Jonathan Staveley. Batavia, N. Y, says Com
rade Newton Terrill failed to mention the name
Of the battle at which Gen. Hunter defeated
the enemy in the Valley. 10 was Piedmont,
| where, on the 9Th Of June, 1864, we took 500
rebels prisoners, and the LIST ". Y. Cav. was
sent with them over tho mountains IL was in
| that fight that the rebel Gen. Jones met his
/ hy1Ais 4ub pElEOAGEo WtIB taken 10 BeV6flys
On the way the regiment got out Of food sup
plies and had to kill the horses, so when they
got across the mountains they were all dis
mounted.
Good Place for Comrades.
N. NJ. Cox, E5taeado. Tex, speaks in favor Of
| Central Plains County, in northwest Texas,
| after having lived out there for 10 years.
This once desert is now most fertile farming
section. The writer has SUCCESSFULLY raised
almost all kinds Of small grain. fruits aud vege-
tables. without irrigation. The country is also
adapted for stock raising. Rain is plentiful
/ enough, aud the lakes are constantly full Of
| water. Land is now very cheap and plenty Of
II IS TO be had By actual settlers Ia the writer's
town there are several churches aud fine new
sehoO!house, "a we'll as a temperance organiza-
ton.
Lost and Fouud.
Bee Wallace. ". NJ, says that our /" Lost
and Found column is most important feature
Of our paper. as many articles Of value were
| lost during the war, and would never be re-
covered, except through some such agency.
The writer remembers that after the second
Bull Run several trains on the Orange & Alex
andria at Bristoe Station were held on &C
count Of their containing private property Of
officers and men, much of which was consumed
by the burning Of the cars TO prevent their
| falling into the hands Of the enemy. Some
property was taken from the cars, however
and left on the ground; very little Of which
ever reached their rightful owners. He would
like 70 know If any cOmrade found Fifth
Corps badge near the Powder River, Wyo., or
pin at Fort Fetterman, both Of which were
lost in 1867.
He Was the Man.
| B. Cunningham, Co. X, 10Th Ind, Wayne
Neb., is the color bearer mentioned in the re-
cent article praising COmrade A. J. Buckles, Of
the f9th's color guard. The writer was the
bearer shot down at Gettysburg when Buckles
took the flag aud rushed forward. The writer
afterward took the flag again, but was a second
time wounded. He carried the flag Of the old
18th Ind. until 1t was a mere rag, and then took
charge of the new one.
At lookout Mountain.
| Elisha B. Seaman, Co. A, Goth Ohio, First
Brigade, Second Division, Twentieth Corps,
| Severy, Kan, says that so much has been
claimed by WhitakeTs men, of Osterhaus's Di-
/ vision, in regard TO Lookout Mountain, that he
| does not see where the White Star boys come
iu Nevertheless he claims for his regiment
/ the h0nOrs Of first crossing Lookout Creek, and
| Of planting the first flag on top of the mount
/ ain on Nov. %, 1863. The writer was on the
skirmish-liue No one denies Whitaker's men
being on the mountain aud assisting in irs
| capture, but they came up in the rear as the
/ White Star boys swept down the side and
around the point of the mountain. The
| writer himself saw that as his regiment passed
| Whitakers Brigade they were on their left,
| where they had formed after crossing Lookout
| Creek on the railroad bridge, and the right of
| Whitaker's line Overlapped in the rear the left
Of the Second Division.
Battle OF Atlanta.
J.H. Rhoads, Co. II, Both ILL.,, Goddard, ILL.,,
noticed ia our issue of July 16 that Comrade
| w. w. DeHayen, 10th Wis, tried to correct
certain errors of Comrade Smith, Goth Ill, in
regard TO the gap in which Mcpherson was
/ killed. While COmrade DeIIaven is right in
some respects he is of in many. The gap was
between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Corps,
which lay of mile toward Decatur. Comrade
DeHaven says the battle began by furious
cannonade from Atlanta batteries, which emf
/ laded our line, being directed at q battery in
line with the Fifteenth Corps. The fact is that
| the batteries were not in Atlanta, but southeast
Of that city. He knows this, because Forces
Brigade was east Of Atlanta, tire line running
around from the northwest TO southeast, the
| extreme left wing OF the brigade being refused
toward the east. When the battle began his
| regiment at least was ordered 10 move to the
| right or northeast, on account Of the batteries
that DeHaven says were firing at some battery
| in the Fifteenth Corps. They slid around on
the west Of Atlanta aud gave the rebs a greet
ing as they charged across little cOrnfeld, and
sent them back TO the cover Of the woods. As
to the closing of the gap, his understanding is
that part Of the Fifteenth Corps was brought
over and filed It until the two other corps got