The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-01-19
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Friendship and Goodwill.

The noun tain men and the miners never tire
| in telling of their experiences, and their love
| and friendship for each other is lasting and
| true Just so with the soldiers who have trav-
| eed the iron path of war together. AS years
| pass by we become more and more like band
| of brothers and it is we'll that we feel friendly
! toward each other; for the time may yet come
| in our day when we will have to stand shoulder
| to shoulder, vindicating our rights and show
| to the world that loyalty is not at q discount
| in this country, and that the cause for which
the Union soldier fought was right, and that
| the sacrifice of life. health, and time in the
| very prime OF our lives was no thrilling sacri-
| fee. He is glad we have soldier-Oving papers
as well as soldier hating papers; and it is the
| duty of every soldier to take one or more SOL
dier papers. He helped to tumble a copper
head press in the river at keokuk, Iowa, DUR
ing the war, and he feels at times nOw-as old
and broken in health as he is-that he would
like to take some of these NANCY snides by the
nape of tho neck and teach them at least to pay
a little respect to our age. There was time
when we were bully boy with q glass eye.
| "Going to enlist, Ell? That's right, my boy;
and if you should live to get home there shall
be nothing tco good for you" And now these
towards, that lacked courage to go themselves,
but encouraged others to go, are crying pen
sion frauds. thieves, robbers, etc. He is glad
to see the boys assisting each other through
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE TO locations. He is
the South or West in the harness manufactur-
ing business, or he would accept steady Job of
work. He is good workman, but finds cold
weather bad for his bones.
The Cannon at Averysboro.
M. d. Grimshaw, Corporal, Co. Z, I'D Ohio,
| Callao Mo-, says he read the statement OF j.
Rock Williamson, Sergeant Co. g, 105th H.,
First Brigade. Third Division. Twentieth
| Corps as to who is entitled to the credit of
| H. I.Ak
| boro, n. c., March IS, 1865. The writer did
not see who captured it, but he saw it in a very
| few minutes after it was taken. He saw the
| Major commanding tho 1st S. c. II. A., who was
| killed near the gun, and he had the pleasure of
pulling two of the spikes out of the guns the
| rebels had hastily spiked. He was directly in
| the rear of the First Brigade when it charged
| the battery, and went Immediately on after
them, aud then went back to the farmhouse as
| the prisoners went. He was there in the even
| ing, and saw the limbs Of the wounded that the
| Surgeons amputated, lying in a pile against the
| paling fence. Some one will say, How came
| you to see so much?" 81 belonged to the regi-
| mental foragers; was under Lieutenant OF
| our regiment We tried to get out in the
| morning but couldn't so We left our horses
with guard, and during the day the Lieu
| tenant and the writer went back 10 the horses
| and Immediately an officer came riding up
and handed the Lieutenant paper. He Or
| dered the writer to 60 with him, and we
started and got near the First Brigade just as
| it made its charge, and we followed on with
| the above results"
| A Brotherly Regiment.
William Chastam Delta Mo-, says that be
saw in the issue of Nov. 3, 1892, under the head
| of Picket Shots, Isaac s. Cramer's telling how
| many pairs of brothers were in his company.
| Now, my company (G oath Mo- beats the rec
ord. We had tripets and pairs as follows
| Triplets, the Depue brothers, ]. B.. John, and
| Ralph; the McGinns brothers, sons of Daniel
| McGinnis, John, James, and Bruce; the Nc
| Gnnis brothers, sons Of William McGinness
John, William, and Marion the Odell brothers.
| sons of Samuel Odell, jeremiah, John, and
| Abraham the Barnes brothers, James W.,
Samuel c.. and Henry g.; the Munholand
brothers, Hugh, John, and Leafe; the Rogers
brothers, Henry, Walden, and Asa making in
| all six sets of triplets. Pairs-kelsey brothers.
John and Samuel; the Keedy brothers, Y. p
and Joseph the Broyles brothers. Joel and
| Thomas; the Shadell brothers. A. l. and Will
| liam the Stroup brothers Samuel and James
~; the Youngbood brothers. Henry and Solo
| mon the OQuin brothers, Joseph w. and
| George; the Williams brothers, George and
Joseph; the Overlan brothers, John and
| Joseph; the Owens brothers, Joseph and
| Thomas; the Dill brothers, George and James;
| the Taley brothers, Reuben and William the
| Odell brothers, sons of Abraham Odell, and the
Inman brothers, making Ia pairs and six
| triplets.
| The Loyal Mountaineers.
r. p, Fifteenth Corps, Culpeper, Va,
writes: Soldiers, are you reading Capt. Dan
| Elis's Story? Have you ever noticed that
| there has never been break in the enormous
| majorities these loyal mountaineers roll up
| since the war? Why? They know what 10y
atty cost They have not forgotten, as is the
case with far too many of us, that this was a
political war. and is going on ust the same on
| exactly the same issues, only with ballots in
| stead of bullets. Has any one ever found
among these hardy mountaineers an element
| that is common among our soldiers North,
and known as freaks, frauds, fads fanatics
| popuists, prohibitjonists, etc? No, they are
not afflicted with mugwumpery green backery,
| tariff reform. In these degenerate days when
old fashioned patriotism seems to be on the de-
| cline and when we need so much to call back
| the spirits of Lincoln and Grant, and Morton
and Ben Wade, and Thad Stevens and Brown
| low, we commend the soldiers of the Nation
| to the loyal. self-sacrifcing heroes of East
| Tennessee, where patriotism still exists in its
| original purity"
| Personal.
| A. Langenback, Clarence, Mo-, writes :" L
| was at Washington at the National Encamp-
| ment and called at your office but the Editor
| was just out to see c0mrade. | enjoyed the
| grand sights of the city in company with my
1 daughter and then took trip to the Second
| Bull Run battlefield, where my regiment-the
| 21st N. Y.-fought Oh Aug 80, 1862. Through
| the kindness of the present proprietor. was
able to find the exact place, aud | located and
showed to my daughter the very spot where l
| was shot down in the battle. We brought with
us small bag of the soil from the spot where
nay blood spilled. and have it now in flower pot
in my house"
| This Way, Girls.
| Jasper Lathrin Box 339. Fresno, Cal, is a
| young man, honorable in all respects; age 81;
| of medium hight and weight, dark complex
| toned, dark hair and blue eyes, and is o
| rancher; wishes to correspond with number
| of young ladies. Object, amusement and what
may result
Homes for Settlers.
j. T. Stanhope, Forum, Ark, writes: We
| would like to have few hundred old soldiers
who want to settle in good, healthy country,
| to come here and locate among u.s. Any who
| want to know about north Arkansas, who will