The National tribune., 1892-12-15
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
At Pittsbure Landing,


Landing, writes that when the 4ist III. landed
there was no battery in sight: nor did any
battery move up the hill so that the 41st Ill.
could form. The infantry skirmish-line de-
ployed from the steamer up the hill aud into
tile woods early on the morning of the landing;
and no other boat was there except Gen. Hurl-
butts headquarters boat
Wants to Get Married.
Mrs. A. II. Durgin, Wenonah, n. j., is sol.
dier's widow and is DESTROYS of marrying again
She will not answer unsatisfactory letters
c. A. Burison, Lafayette Burlis0n, Arrow
Burrows, Jonas Proctor, all of Port Allegheny,
Pa wish to correspond with ladies between the
ages of 81 aud %, with view to matrimouy :;
unsatisfactory letters will not be answered;
references exchanged.
Henry Bessie. Turtle Point, Pa, wishes to
correspond with ladies between the ages of 81
and %. with view to matrmony unsatisfac-
tory letters will not be answered; references
exchanged
Enjoyed the Eneampment.
d. B. Meredith. Co. B. goth Pa, Steeltop,
Pa says that the pleasure and comforts no was
afforded in the Capital City of one Of the grand
est nations of the globe shall never be forgot
ten He saw comrades whom ho had not seen
for years, and then there also the COM
rades whom he sees at every Encampment, and
with whom he is always glad to renew his
Washington in numbers unprecedented in the
history of any country long after great
war He marched on the avenue in 1865 and
again in 1892, but what change has Father
Time wrought upon the boys The flush and
bloom of youth have departed, and In their
stead can be seen the Tavage5 of time, be-
tokened in the enfesbIed step and silyered
head, but through it all could be seen that look
Of defense, The Union must and shall be pre-
served" 1t was the writer's good luck 10 be-
long to division which had been trained by
the heroic John F. Hartrantt. Third Division,
Ninth Corps 1t was young, but never failed.
The recapture of Fort SteadmaD and the
ualty column on Fort Damnation in front Of
Petersburg, April 2, 1867 were few Of the
achievements to which the survivors to-day
point with pride. The writer accompanied a
party OF 100 in an excursion Is Petersburg, Va,
and while walking with J cornrade they were
accosted by rebel, who shook hand with them
and bid them welcome. They found tho site
of Fort Steadman to be just tie same as 1t was
in 1865, hut overgrown with pines and grass,
Fort He'll w5s visited, and Gen. Cox described
the details of Sed gwicIz's charge to the party.
When they returned to Petersburg the boys Of
the blue and the gray were holding joint
meeting. The writer says that any conrada
who missed attending the Encampmen. lost
half his life.
Lost and Found.
Mrs. N. Pepper, Of 1877 North Eighth street,
Philadel phia, sent to THE NATIoNAL TRIBUNE
Office badge inscribed Z" Maj. Henry G. Turner.
L. S., Wilderness, Winchester, lst Petersburg
ID Petersburg, Monocacy, Sailors Creek,
AppOmattox g. H., Fishers Creek, Cold Har-
bor Dinwiddie C. H." At the end of the
list of engagements given above, which are
red white and blue ribbon, is pendant the
Third Division, Sixth Corps badge. The regi-
ment to W hich Comrade Turner belonged is not
given.
A Rectangular Flag.
d. Bates, Aurora, Neb.. says that in the
Libby Prison Museum at Chicago can be seen
the only rectangular brigade flag carried in
the Army of the Potomac during the rebellion.
" Can any one tell why this flag was made
in place OF triangle, as was
all the other brigade flags in that army"
This is an original flag received from the
War Department by the First Brigade, Fourth
Division, Ninth Corps, at its organization in
May, 1864. 1t is made of blue, red, and green
bunting, with shield bearing the anchor and
cannon, which was the emblem of the Ninth
Corps, and also large figure /. The Second
Brigade flag, of the same division as shown in
the CeatuyyS war articles appears to have been
How the Line was Formed.
j. ?. Waters, Co. L, l1lth Pa, Neuango Pa,
thinks ComTade Peter E. Palen is in error in
the way he forms the line at Peach Tree Creek.
The line was formed from left to right. The
Third Division Blue STAR was first engaged.
The Second Division white STAR, of which
the writer was il member, WIS ordered to move,
aud when it formed in line of battle its left
connected on the right with the Third Di-
vision. The writer understood that the Second
Division was called in before the First AS the
18th Pa advanced the writer saw on the right
guns of the Red Stars stacked, although he
does not say that the whole division had
stacked arms, nor that the 1884 had stacked
theirs. He wants to know if it was not the
place Of the First Division to connect on the
right of his division.
Who Defeated Them.
r. B. Wallace, Sergeant, Co K, 1st Colo. Cav,
Green Mountain, Iowa, answering George Nell
sons inquiry in the issue of Nov. 81, as to who
defeated the rebel General Sibley's Texas Rang
ers in tho Spring of 1862, says: 9 As the War
Records do not show what troops were at
Peralto. n. NJ, April 10. 1862, | can state from
that the 1st Colo. (ater the 1st Colo
Cav.l was there. together with part of Gen. H.
Z. s. Canby's command, Gen. Candy command
ing That was the last stand the rebels made
in New Mexico. Gen. Sibley can credit his
defeat largely to the Colorado troops, as he
held the Capital and the whole Territory, ex- l
eept Fort Union, when those men arrived on
the scene
The Fight at White Stone Hills.
J. FL. Drips First Sergeant, Co. J., 9th Iowa |
Cav Malone, Iowa, writes: "Sept. 9. 1893, |
will be the Goth anniversary of the Indian |
fight at White Stone Hills, S. D.. at which the |
9Th Iowa Cav. were the most conspicuous |
IF troops engaged, and he thinks it would be- |
good scheme for said regiment to meet in Re-
lnion on that day at some place near the |
central part of the State as possible, or near
,he central part of where the regiment was en-
listed. What say you, boys? We may not be
.ble to get buffalo chips to cook our coffee
With, but we can take coffee cold, as the |
Corporal ordered US to do up on Heart River. /
Let us take it up, through The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, and though cannot see you as in
lays of yore, can give hearty grip to any
member of that regiment
Corporal Pike in Error.
w. d. Booton Co. d, eth Ill. Cav, London |
Mills, Ill., says: " In recent issue of your
PAPER. Corp'l Pike, of the 10th Mimi, in set
ling the matter as to who captured the rebel
edoubts on the Confederate left in the first
lays fight at the battle of Nashville, errs
when he says Lieut.. Capons company was
arther to the left than the cavalry. as part of
he 9TH and all of the 9th Ill. Cav. dis
nounted) were to the left of the company
erred to- He is also in error when he says
The rest of the infantry did not get up in time
% take part in the fight and capture"
Wake Up, Old 9Th U. s.!
Francis H. Osbourne, Co. X, 9TH U. S., Super
ntendent National Cemetery, Glendale, Va,
bat ba ,yauld like n haar from some of |