The National tribune., 1893-06-01
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
The 9th Md. Flag.

of the flag OF the 9th or the 9Th Md. being car
ried into Belle Isle by member. and of his
bringing il through to parole camp at Annap-
oils Comrade Yawger knows this was the
flag of the 9th Md, because he knew three
members of that regiment who were surrendered
at Charleston in October. 1864. " j had been
prisoner with about 20 of my regiment since
July on the island and well remember the 9Th
Nd. when they came on the Island. There
WAS scarcity of tents, and the 9th boys had to
lie out on the ground for a long time In the
cold and rain and finally into our tent, small
wedge or bell tent which contained six or
seven of u.s. we took three of them-Orderly-
Serg't Grape, Corp'l Tucker, and Watts. well
remember hearing the Chaplain, Pap Langley,
and Orderly-Serg't Grape talk of one of their
boys having their flag with him, and they used
to often speculate whether he would get it
through without detection. / should like to
hear by letter from all of these men now"
The Appomattox Apple Tree.
A. J. Ferguson. Co. B. 62d Pa, and Co. B,
155th Pa. Scottsville, Neb., writes "ln the
issue of May IL, Comrade Cloves speaks of
having secured piece of the apple-tree under
which Gems. Grant and Lee met. j, too have
piece OF the root of that tree. On the morn
ing after the surrender, on hearing of the tree,
and number of Johnnies being in camp, in
quired of them further in regard to it. One of
them proposed to pilot me to the place. When
we reached the place the ground was being
dug up by the Johnnies for the roots. / bor-
rowed a mattock of one of the prospectors and
secured the piece which l now have"
w. E. McCreary, Co. !, 61st Ohio. Emporia,
Kan, writes: In your issue of May II, II. K.
Cloves revives the apple.tree story. Now,
Grant gives his version, in his Personal Mem
oiIs,' Vol. IL. PIP. 456 and 4s7, as follows:
"'I found him Leel at the house of Mr..
Mclean, at Appomattox Courthouse with Col.
Marshall, one of his staff officers, awaiting my
arrival. .
Before stating what took place between
Gen. Lee and myself, / will give all there is of
the story of the famous apple-tree. Wars pro-
duce many stories OF fiction, some of which
are told until they are believed to be true
The war of the rebellion was no exception to
this rule, and the story of the apple-tree is one
OF those hctious based on slight foundation
of fact. As l have said, there was an APPLE
orchard on the side of the hill occupied by the
Confederate forces. Running diagonally up
the hill was a wagon road which at one point
ran very near one of the trees, so that the
wheels of the vehicles had on that side cut off
the roots Of this tree, leaving little embank-
ment.
a. Gen. Babcock, Of my staff, reported to me
that when he first met Gen. Lee he was sitting
upon this embankment, with his feet in the
road below, and his back resting against the
tree, The story had no other foundation than
that"
With View to Matrimony.
George r. Christoff, Litchfeld Minn wants
to correspond with young ladies with view to
matrimony. References must be exchanged
No unsatisfactory letters answered.
Homes for Settlers.
J. III. Miskimins, Co. K, 23d Iowa. Baxter
Iowa. wishes some of the comrades in the far
West would inform him, by letter. whore the
Iowa colony Or settlement is located. Also
IA "a IN w
rades living in western Colorado or Utah in
regard to prices of land, ETC., as there are a
number Of soldiers at Baxter who would like
to go to milder climate.
H. Ii. Goulding, Omaha, Neb., recommends
Logan County, Colo, as a settling place. There
one can enjoy the sunshine the year round,
sleep WELL breathe light, bracing air, and be
relieved of lung and throat troubles. Logan
County is situate in the northeastern part of
the State; the County contains ], III 900 acres
of land, of which 100000 acres susceptible
of cultivation for agricultural purposes. 1t has
over 1000 people. with an assessed valuation of
more than $2000Q00. There are "a school
houses. There is yet amount of Government
and Union Pacific Railroad land there, besides
decided land is very cheap, ranging in price
from So to $25 per acre. The principal crops
are wheat, oats, barley, alfalfa seed, and hay
and potatoes. Alfalfa can be pastured from
October to April and then will produce from
Sterling, Colo, who has located in that region
for his health, will answer all inquiries that
he can, when stamps are inclosed. Those he
does not answer he cannot.
A Not Uncommon Case.
c. W. Colby, Co. q, 9th ILL.,, Butler, H., says
that while in hospital at st. Louis he met
young man, wounded, who had lost the use of
his leg from being neglected before lie came to
the hospital. This young man told the writer
81, Of fov1N i1ry nf
His father was Southern sympathizer, but
not an approver of secession. He had been
made to contribute money to support the Secs
sionst cause many times. The old man owned
a large farm and had wife and several sons. 1t
was in the Fall of 1862, when the granaries were
full with good crop, that one evening band
of rebel guerrllas rode up and demanded food
and shelter. Tho old man said that the officers
were welcome to sleep and eat in the house, but
he would not be imposed upon by them or their
men. The party at this rode away, mutteriDg
threats. That night the house and barns were
burned down, the old man thus losing all he
had He called his sons to him, and declared
that hencefOrth he was Union man, and asked
them all to go TO the war with him and fight
for revenge. They would get the names Of the
men in the guerrilla band, and hunt them
down. They enlisted each ia different regi-
ment. The writer never knew how it all
turned out but he would like to hear by letter
young HihH nc uIbt III LOui5.
youngest Soldiers"
Many more comrades have sent in their
claims as youngest soldiers" all of them hav-
ing enlisted at a very early age, and we give
the names, but not the records, below Not
one of these was over 16 years when enlisted.
They are:
s. A. skinner, Co. D. 43d Wis, Vance, Wash;
Charles Gagacki. Co. /, 45th Wis, Minneapolis,
Mimi; A. III. Mundt, Co. A, 11th III. Cav, Fair
bury. H.; Jas. S. Blackwell, Co. K, 9th KY,
Bethlehem. KY; John Bosley, jr, Co. B, 29th
Me-, Lowell, Mass; Joseph A. Weiss, Co. K or
ID. 54th Pa, Amber, Iowa; II. Il. Bankerd Co.
c. 156th Ohio N. G.. and Co. K, 10th Ohio,
Ada, O.; Horace NJ Wade, Co. !, 9th No.. Me-
costa, Mich; Daniel w. Rapalee. Co. G, Saith
Ill.,. Loretta, S. d.; NJ. e. Seamans, Hudson,
Mich ]. !. Turner. Box Al, Deming, N. NJ;
Jacob Reep, 10Th Ohio, Knoxville. Tenn; Gil
bert A. Fitch Co. ID, list, and Co. E, 120th NY;
Milan Kan; John Lohr, Sd Pa Cav, Hoovers-
Vile, Pa Fred A. Demond. Co. c, Sd Mass II.
A., Cavendish VT; JOS. ID. Watkins, Co. ], 9th
Del, Brookston, nd; August Schmidt Co. c,
4th Wis., Plymouth, Wis; Morris Nj. Freeman,
Co. i, 15Oth Pa; Lemuel Stockwel, Co. d. 18th
Ohio Cav, Burt, Iowa; F. c. Roby, Co. II, 1st
Vt, South Columbia, N. H.; g. G.. Burlingame,
Co. F. 1st Mass. ii. A.. Brooklyn Village, o.;
w. w. Prime, Co. G, 30th ILL.,, Sacramento, KY;
John T. Chandler Co. B, 10th KY, Bard we'll,
KY; g. Rawlings Co. K. LIST Md. p. II. B.,
Winfield, Nd; Stllman Bond Co. a. 10th Me-,