The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-24
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.

longed to New York regiment, but went West
after the war and led at Dakota City, please
communicate with us2
If VIM. White (no address given) Will COM
municate with R. w. Mercer, 147 Central Ave-,
| Cincinnati. O., he can secure the information
he wishes regarding coins.
ID. kercher, Leona, KAN wants the address
by letter. of some firm which publishes large
colored war pictures.
Clark Ely, Falconer, N Y,wants the poem
"The Grand Army Badge" by Chaplain Lo-
zier.
Wm Simmons, 1892 Wharton street replying
to a recent inquiry of one of our subscribers,
says that Capt c. III. Poor, OF tho U.S.S Brook
| Ign when she chased the Sumter, was appointed
Midshipman March !. 1926, and placed on the
Retired List June9 9, 1870, as Rear-Admiral. He
died soon afterwards.
M. Clements, Hillsboro, N. NJ, wants to know
| the place of publication of The National Barber.
| b. Y. Mead, Co. K, 1st Ark. Cav, Greenwo
| Tex, is an old Federal soldier. and great suf-
| ferer from the disease of hernia and he would
like some of the old comrades who are similarly
| affected to give him some remedy that would
| afford relief.
j. Becker, Co. H. 67th N. Y, Gary, 8. D.,
would like to hear from some of the old COM
| rades from Missouri regarding the climate,
water, timber, and how improved farms are
selling in that State and also what are the
church and school facilities.
w. ID. Thompson, Minneapolis, Kan, says
| that one Simon Burns enlisted May "a, 1864 at
Quincy, ILL.,, in Co. G. 10th H., and was dis
charged juno IL, 1864, at Chattanooga on a
| detachment muster-ont roll. Burns died re-
| Gently, leaving an estate of over 81 200. which
| awaits his heirs. 1t is claimed that Burns's
| true name was William Murphy, and that he
was married on the 7th day January 1866. in
Blackford County, Ind. Persons interested
will please address as above.
John L. Oglesby, Ragsdale, KY, says that his
father was Captain in the Union army, and
was mortally wounded at the battle of Shiloh,
and died on a boat while en- route to Paducah,
KY. The writer's mother was with his father
at Paducah, and owing to her inability to care
for the writer, who was then but three years of
age, was induced to give him to Mr.. Mack
Shelton. The fathers name was John Oglesby,
and he married Mary Morgan; but the writer
does not know where they were married, but
believes that his grandfather, on his mothers
side lived in Stewart County, Tenn. His
mother made inquiry as to the writer at Pa
ducah shortly after giving him away, and this is
the last that he has ever heard of her. He
would like to hear of her whereabouts, and
meet her once more if she is living.
G. II. Crosley, Co. /, 21st Iowa, Central City,
Neb having seen Picket Shot written by Joe
Ewing, Co. f. 5th Iowa Cav, in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE OF Feb. %. 1892. in which he did not
give his address, would like to get it, as he
wishes to correspond with him.
Fathers and Brothers.
HIM Russ, Co. F, Cd No. Cav, Bethany, Mo-,
says that in his regiment there were three
fathers with their sons, three brothers named
Young, three named Merrifeld, and two of
each of the names Ball Barber Cain, Ollie,
Gillespie, Lantis, Merrifeld, Poor, and Watt.
Many Thanks.
7. Benton Kelley, Co. E, 9Th Ill. Cav, Rut-
land, VT, says: "Allow me the space to thank
Comrade w. II. VEGA, Waveriy Junction. Iowa,
for his personal acknowledgment of my cap
ture of the seven armed Johnnies. Living
witnesses are the ones that count. When chal.
lenged to write up the article felt no hesitancy
in so doing, for fully half dozen Co. B, 9th
Ill. Cav, comrades focked around their Captain
and me as / related the facts of the case to him
and got my orders to proceed to the Provost
Marshal with the prisoners and let the Corporal
stand the picket post, as it wouldn't hurt him.
Fort Gregg.
J. D. Whitman, Co. D. 10Th w. Va, writes:
FThose who have written 80 much about the
charge on Fort Gregg, April 9, 1865, can read
again d. ii. Patton's letter in your issue of
March 3. These are facts. They are history
az / have seen it, or history Is of no value and
memory is worthless. i remember seeing the
brave Lieut. Caldwell, of Co. c, 10Th W. Va,
fall just he was climbing on the rampant.
The 10Th W. Va 54th Pa. and 23d ILL., were the
first inside of Fort Gregg I was probably 100
feet away from Lieut.. Caldwell when he fell,
and rushed forward. When jumped inside
the fort the fighting was not yet over. The
brave fellows who were in there did not know
whether to surrender and had tho pleasure Of
crossing bayonets with tall Mssssppian who
surrendered at discretion, and offered me q
drink ont of the same old canteen as he
threw down his gun. In a recent issue a Rev.
7 Ind Fer ria tn Enr
as it has appeared in your columns, but does
not mention the facts as given by DR.. Patton,
above mentioned, who puts it in well about paid
correspondents. / fear the Rev. did not see
ALL"
Deliberate Knockout.
J. c. Morton. Co. G, 184th Pa, Hamilton,
Mo- writes: 9" would like TO hear more picket
firing along the line in front of Petersburg.
On the 2lst of June, 1864. our regi ment was,
think, on the left OF the Second Corps, and the
Fifth Corps, for some reason, did not connect
with US by about half mile. The rebels took
advantage of this and got in our rear. We
made the best of it and obliqued to our main
line. Our regiment saved our brigade colors
We lost quite number as prisoners, believe
most of Co. A, and by the morning we retook
our lines and found our dead stripped of their
clothes. That morning our Orderly Sergeant
s. G. Rowan, was killed. A brave boy he was
The rebels took our prisoners and placed
them in line out in open field in front of
our main line of battle. Then they dug and
planted one-gun battery. While this was
going on our men put e-gun battery in
front of our lines, IN full view of tho rebel gun.
A regiment was ordered to support the gun, but
refused. Our regiment offered its services.
Our prisoners were removed and the duel COM
menced In three rounds our gun knocked the
rebel gun off its wheels. 1t was calm, de-
lberate knockout as any one could wish to
see"
Want 10 Get Married.
Manford Mott, Kearney, Neb., would like to
correspond with a soldiers widow with view
to matrmouy. He cannot answer unsatisfac-
tory letters.
John Ii. Pierson, Tracy, Mimi, desires to
correspond with q daughter of veteran, be-
tween the ages of 20 and 80, with a view to
matrimony. He is q son of q veteran and
farmer by occupation.
The Reason Why.
George T. Work, Buffalo, Pa, wishes to say
to the comrades of the LIST Pa. Cav. that the
reason he did not give tho part of that regi-
ment in the Dranesvile fight was that the
article being long the Editor of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE was obliged to cut 1t down to fit the
space allowed for it in tue paper
Another One Left.
A. M. Caskey, Co. III, 10th H., Kahoka, Mo-,
writes: James S. Green, in Picket Shots, asked
if all of the 10th III. were dead, etc. There is
one of Co. Ell still on the earth. / we'll recol-
lect Comrade Green, of Co. G, and would like
tn him IN more before tho last rnli l. call