The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-09-13
PICKET I SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Was at Gettysburg.

ing patriotic songs Our squadron, and
F, being on picket duty through the night,
in the morning I wen. out to get some
bread made the raise of some apple butter,
promising to return the cup and get more
bread but alas for human calculations, the
pickets had been called in. Setting the cup
on fence post soon found our boys sup
porting skirmishers, with Johnny rebs in
the Wheatfeld.
"But how glad we were to see the First
Corps coming up to our relief My company
officer said to me: Your horse has given
out; lookout for YOURSELF So helping a
wounded man from the I'd or 9th Wis. on
my horse, went down into town, leaving
him. went up what always thought was
Culp's Hill, where passed the night.
"The morning of the I'd l went ON to Lit
tie Round Top and lent helping hand to-
wards getting those guns up there. l re-
member the desperate struggle on Houcks
Ridge, where one of our batteries, after
desperate conflict, fell into the hands of the
rebels. When our left was forced back
Signal officer came to me, saying: Take this
dispatch to Gen. Sickles.' My old horse
seemed to realize the situation; he never
seemed so free; shell and shot flying all
about us. Well, / shall never forget that
desperate conflict-the valley of death, the
famous Pickett's charge drought the Peach
Orchard toward our lines, only to be cut
down by our whitening fire."
The Captor Found.
Captured" Seattle Wash, writes: when
I wrote the letter that was published in
your issue of May 3, 1 had no idea of stirring
up so much connection among our assailants
of that day, but it has somewhat amused me
to see the scramble for the honors on that
occasion.
There seems to be difference of opin-
ion between w. H. Collingwood, Pittsburg,
Pa. and S. K. Everil, of the 18th Pa Cav,
as to who did the fighting at Stony Creek,
Va, Dec /, 1864. While Collingwood may
be correct as to the regiment that did the
fighting, he is certainly wrong as to who
captured us.
AT the suggestion of F. r. Showalter,
Grafton, o., through your paper, called
upon Mr.. NJ. T. Hasson, Centerburg, o., and
upon comparing notes and incidents with
him, / am fully satisfied that he was the
man who captured us, and / much regret
that on account of pressing business l was
unable to accept thehospitalities he urgently
pressed upon me. have been expecting to
hear from him through THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE on this matter, but so far have not
seen anything from him, and have about
arrived at the conclusion that his reckless
daring is only SURPASSED by his modesty in
permitting others TO write him out of what
properly belonged to him.
"As to who did the fighting, / will say for
the benefit of Collihgwood and Everil, was
not in the fort, having been with detail
escortiDg some men from the forts to Gen.
Hampton's Headquarters, and returning was
where l could see every move from the time
the Federals came in sight until the charge
that cut US off from the forts. l unhesi-
tatingly give the credit to the body of men,
that charged mounted. Had they adopted
any other tactics our forces undoubtedly
would have been able to stand them off !
until reinforcements arrived, and the history
of tie incidents of that day might have
been reversed"
Only the Flower.
B. F. Boring, South Terre Haute, Ind,
replies to Amos Smith, Brooklyn, \. Y, who
says: In the issue of Aug. 8, you say that
Sherman cut loose from his base at Jackson,
COrinth, etc. This is a mistake. We occu-
pied Cornth from July, 1862, to May, 1864.
l was there October, 1862, until May, 1868"
Comrade Boring declares: When / said
that Sherman cut loose from his base
of operations at Jackson, La Grange, and
Grand Junction, etc, | did not mean nor
say that these places were evacuated. l
know there were troops left there. l said
and meant that he no longer used them as
his base, which he took along with him. l
said also that he swung south with the
flower of the Western army. That would
imply, you know, that all the troops at those
places did not 90, only the flower. Under
stand?"
Lost His Beans.
Jacob Reynerson, Co. ID, 10Th Iowa, Mid
dletown, Cal, writes a" / wonder IL the 10Th
Iowa boys remember crossing the Sake
hachee Swamp, in South Carolina, Feb. 3,
1865? On that day we moved up short
distance from the south end of the levee
that extended in through the swamp to the
main channel of the river, which was bridged.
On the opposite side the rebels had battery
commanding the approach to this bridge.
Gen. Mower, with more bravery than good
judgment, undertook to gain that bridge,
and the result was that his men returned
those who did not get killed.
awhile this was going on we were cook
ing our dinner, and when my bucket OF
beans was about half done orders came for
US to get ready to move Immediately. l did
not like the idea of losing my beans, so took
my pail when we started. We soon landed
in the waters of the swamp, where the
water was any depth up to three feet for two
miles or more. / think that the entire
Fourth Division of the Seventeenth Corps
crossed here. Very soon after we landed on
the other side we formed in line-of-batte,
and sent out skirmishers. These soon en-
gagged the rebels in sharp fight, the rebels
making charge.
II thought perhaps my beans would be
in my way if we got into general fight, so
poured them out on a nice bed of leaves.
We were moved up short distance expect
ing every moment to meet the rebels. They,
however, concluded to withdraw, which was
wise. We waited to see if they would rally,
but they did not.
we stacked arms and put up some tenn
pOrary breast works Our officers said that
we would perhaps remain there all night as
it was now getting dark. 1t occurred to my
mind that / wanted some beans for supper,
so l started on the search. soon found
where my beans had been; some lucky
chap had carefully scraped them up, so if
the comrade is living 1 would be glad to
hear from him."
Information.
A. S. Lake Shenandoah, Iowa, wants the
address of Hugo futile, who wrote the
poem, "The Raw Recruit" published re-
| Gently.
II. S. Fisher, Lebanon, o., wants to learn
| the present address of Thaddeus Coffeen,