The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-11-10
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Lost and Found.

Lost and Found.
Miss Rosa 3. Burnell, Gorham, Me-, says that
while in Washington during the Encampment
she found o gold badge marked Lieut.. w. i.
Spaulding, Co. G, 7th n " If the owner
will address her she will gladly forward same
to him.
While in the dome of the Capitol during the
Encampment, found bronze medal belong
ing to William Wallace Co. L, goth Ohio Vol.
Inf. If the comrade sends his address l will
send him his medal.--GoRDoN +. REED, 524
Barber street, WilliamsPort, Pa.
B. F. Laughlin. Marion Centre, Pa, says to
comrades, fasten the cords on your hats. Dur
ing the Encampment q lady of our party
picked up two in the White House while pass
ing through. The writer picked up a nice new
one, Sept. 49, at noon, on the top floor of the
Washington Monument. The owner eau have
it by describing it, and addressing the writer.
w. ]. Hill, Lowry, Tenn, writes During
the second days fight at Chickamauga, / came
across a wounded Union soldier and at his re-
quest dragged him into a ditch near by. If
that soldier is living I would be much pleased
to have him write to me-"
N. L. Gebhart Co. d, 18th Iowa. Norwalk, o.,
would like to get the name and address OF a
young German who belonged to the 10Th Ohio
battery, who was captured with him the same
day the Seventeenth Corps left Columbia, S. G.,
at the time that city was burned.
1n1OrmauOn ASRcd ana O1ven.
John Randall, Co !. 18th Ind. Cav. Shelby.
vile, Ind, wants some comrade to advise him
as to the postoffice address of J. III. Sabine, who
was First Lieutenant of Co. A, 18th Ind. Cav,
as his testimony in the writer's claim is impor-
tant, and cannot be obtained through any other
source.
Nancy Fuller, shelbyvlle, Ind, desires to
know if any soldier of the 51st Ind, or of the
Regular service since the war, can give her any
information regarding her son, Samuel Phipps,
who served in Co. F, 51st Ind, and enlisted,
as she believes. in tho Regular Army, in the
Fall of 1866, since which time she has had no
tidings of him. She is barred from obtaining
mothers dependent pension by reason of being
unable to prove his death, but she is satisfied
that he is dead.
J. c. Thorn, Co. B, 36th Ind. Fairmount.
Ind, says to the comrade who wants paw paw
sprouts. that he will send them to him upon
application by letter inclosing postage.
P. d. Comstock, Horton, Ras., says that un-
der Encampment Personals in our issue Of Sept.
&c. mistake was made about his brothers
name and service. Itshould have been printed,
William w. Comstock, Co. B, 32d Wis.
G. N. Jacobs, Brunswick, Ga, writes: VIII
the comade who sent postal to c. NJ. Jacobs,
Brunswick, Ga, from Baltimore, Nd, commu-
signed Comrade F. w. G., Co. FL, 9Th G. W"
Who Can Aid Her?
Mrs Nora Correll, of 1920 street, Washing
ton, ID. c., is anxious to know the address, if
living, of her husband, John Correll, who
served as private in Co. E, LIST regiment of
the Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry of Mary
land. The last known of him was when he
left Georgetown, ID. c., IA years ago, for Balti-
more, Nd, where he went to see man who
lived near that city by the name Of John Erd-
man. Whether he saw Mr.. Erdman Or not is
L. IL .-
since leaving Georgetown. He was in poor
health at the time and his wife is OF the opin-
ion that he is dead. If there are any comrades
who know anything of him they will confer q
great favor upon his wife by letting her know
the facts.
Gen. Weaver's War Record.
James T. Crosley, Central City, Neb., writes:
4" Please give Gen. Weaver's war record through
the columns of your paper, as he is the nominee
for President On the Independent ticket. We
wonld like to know what service he did, as also
that of Field, who is on the ticket with him."
GGen. James B. Weaver entered the service as an
enlisted man in the Cd Iowa, but was immedi-
ately promoted Lieutenant serving in all the
grades until mustered out Of service in May,
1854, as Colonel OF the I'd, and with brevet Of
Brigadier- General, conferred upon him for gall
LIANT and meritorious service. Gen. Fields serv-
ice was in the rebel army, and but little is known
Wants to Know About 1t.
s. c. Miller, Color Bearer Sergeant, Co. Fl,
10th Pa. (Keystone Zouaves), Lancaster, Pa,
writes: l refer your readers to your issue of
Sept 90, under Encampment Personals, to the
about Serg't w. FL. Carney, and his
gold medal presented by Gen. Gilmore. Per-
NIT me to say that I, too, was there, and in
both charges on Wagner, July IL and
1S, 1863, carrying the coors of my regiment.
a II b .Ih IT,
of his honors, but whoever told you this
story has a bad memory. In the first place,
Gen. Gilmore did not give out gold medals.
I have one myself. They are of brass from
captured rebel cannon. 1t Is stated that Carney
found the National colors unguarded, and az
he does not tell to what regiment he belonged,
l infer that it was his regimental colors that
he found deserted on the field that he seized
and bore them aloft to the front, and placed
them on the ramparts of Fort Wagner. From
my knowledge of Fort Wagner wide ditch
it, sloping upward to a great hight;
a row Of piles IL or 10 feet high between the
moat and ramparts made it impossible for Car
ney, or any of US including Col. Shaw and his
colored troops and the 7th Conn, to get there.
In conclusion, would like to have Serg't Car
ney explain how he kept the flag from touch
ing the ground, and how he carried it to the
rear, when he was wounded and creeping on his
hands and knees"
About That Captain.
William Antics, Troop A, 1st Dragons, and
Battery c, 1st Art, Pennington. N. j., says:
Having noticed in Picket Shots of Oct. 10
that j. d. Wilkinson, Co. E, 1st No., states Mil
ton T. Carr was Captain of Co. /, lat Cav, per-
nit me to say neither Eugene A. Carr nor Mil
ton T. Carr was Captain Of that company.
Eugene A. Carr did belong to the Mounted |
Rifles, and Milton I. Carr was Captain of Co. |
f, 1st Cav. C. Z. Carr has boon Captain of Co. |
|, LIST Cav, since 6th of April 1862"
Corrects Comrade Church.
DR.. w. Y. Hutchinson, Corporal, Co. K, 7th |
Mass, North Arlington, Mass, writes: in |
Tour issue of Oct 90 is an article by J. G. |
Church, Co. B, 18th Mass, and as there are |
several inaccuracies Of historical character in |
t 1 think much of his article may have been |
written from memory. The 7th Mass was not |
supported by the 37th Mass, but by the 36th
Y. Y, which organization was as good a fight
ng regiment as the division ever had. The
historian of the 37th says: The regiment,
moving rapidly ont of the city, took shelter in |
railroad cut. The 9th Mass was upon the
light of the 7th Mass, and was not properly
Import for the same, the 10th and ed r. i.
icing detached to support Gen. Gibbons Divia-
on Another error is as to the number engaged.
Ihurch says 500, or about. The history of the
tn Mass. says that there was in column 415
nen. The others as reported present were
eamsters, musicians, cooks, and detailed men
far dutv. Int the actual numbar I