The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-06-11
PICKET SHOTS. .
From Alert Comrades All Along the;
Line.

Land for the Asking.

each man Of full regiment, 900 strong
q farm of 100 acres. That is to say, in Cam
den County there are about 1000 acres of
Government homestead land lying vacant,
and only go miles southwest of Jefferson
City, the Capital of Missouri, and only 40
miles north of the large town of Lebanon, on
the Frisco Railroad.
| "If you look upon the map you will find
Lime Creek, the Countysest Of Camden
| County. 1t is almost due south from Boone
vile, on the Missouri River, which is the
seat of the United States Land Office. Limo
Creek has population of about 300; has
| hotels, q bank, GAR. Post, and hearty
and splendid lot of comrades they are.
| The land lies between the Usage River,
on the north, and the ST. Louis and San
Franciso Railroad (called here the Frisco ="
rairoad) upon the south. 1t is hilly and
rocky land, like most of the land in the
Ozark region; plenty of good, pure spring
water everywhere, sufficient timber, good
soil, and glorious climate.
The proper way to investigate this mat
| ter is to send 81 to the Register of the
| United States Land Office at Bonneville,
| Mo-, and ask him to send you a plat showing
4 the vacant land in some Township in Cam
den County. Then take your plat and go
and see your land. fit suits yOu it can be
entered in the Clerks Office in Lime Creek-I
mean the Circuit Clerk in Lime Creek; or
| you can have q soldiers declaratory state
ment filed by an agent for you, upon a
tract, in which case you need not go there
until six months have elapsed. Any COM
: rade of Edward Ray Post, in Lime Creek, can
! do this for you.
please do not ask me to do it, for / live
about 80 miles from Lime Creek, and know
| from long experience how many thousands
of readers The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has.
! Consequently this letter is all that the
| writer can contribute to the matter. No
more generous lot Of defenders of Old Glory
can be found upon this continent than the
members of Edward Ray Post, in Lime
Creek; and every man of them will give you
good advice. They live amidst this land,
and if they can stand it, certainly others
can.
Brave Battery II.
W. A. Archer. Battery b, 1st n. Y. Art.
Lysander, n. Y, writes: / noticed with
regret that in articles on the 1st N. Y. Art,
no mention is made Of Battery b. have
waited for some ADLER pen than mine to
inform the old vets that there was such
company as b in that regiment, whose
services made them known in the Army of
history.
Battery B, 1st N Y. Art, was organized
at Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, n. Y,
and mustered into State service Aug. %,
1861 into United States service, Aug 81,
at Elmira, \. Y, commanded by Rufus D.
Petit, Captain A. S. Sheldon, First Lieu
tenant; Walter ID. Petit, Second Lieuten-
ant 1t left Elmra in October, 1861, and
went into Camp Barrey at Capitol HILL
and moved to Camp California, Va, about
Christmas. 1t started on the march, with
Gen. George B. Mcclellan commanding
March 10, 1862. 1t was actively engaged at
Warrenton Junction, March %, silencing a
rebel battery that was annoying our troops.
We were next actively engaged ut Fair Oaks,
Va, June to June %, 1862, being under
FIRE every day there. We fought at Savage
Station, June %, when Col. Bailey and Mai.
Van Valkenburg laid down their lives in
their heroic attempt to save Battery A. At
Malvern Hill. July our artillery told upon
the Confederates.
We reached Harrison's Landing July 2,
marched to Fortress Monroe, and left it
about Aug. 20, on transports. At Smokers
Gap, Nov. 3, 1862 we did great execution
upon the Confedera'es, who were thorough
lJ determined TO take the Gap.
At Falmouth, Va, Nov. II, I was wound
ed in the hand. Here we had position in
which we demonstrated to the rebels the
proficiency that could be attained in the use
of rified batteries. They had battery in
position just below the brick house, which
was q little above Fredericksburg, j. e.. up
the river. We drove them pell-mell from
their guns, and they secured them only by
drawing them off under cover of darkness
At Charlottesville, 1st to Sd of May,
we were located very near the house which
Gen. Hooker, then commanding the Army
of the Potomac, had Tor his Headquarters.
| saw him when he was knocked down and
rendered unconscious. Ours was the last
battery to leave this portion of the field,
and left barely in time to save our guns.
As we pulled out, the rebels were shouting,
Surrender, you Yankees!'
AT Gettysburg, July . and 8, we held
position little TO the right of Little Round
Top on the I'd as long as it was tenable for
humanity. On. the Sd we were in front of
the infantry line, n little to the right of the
Bloody Angle where our boys fought with |
trail handspikes while the rebel, were
swarming through the battery, which they
laid their hands on for the first and only
time
1--WE were engaged at score of other
piuCCs HOI iOl idCh vi olaSt. OuE
killed were ID; died of wounds, 8; wounded,
SO; and died of disease, 16."
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The Iuka Fight.
j. W. Brewer, Broken Bow, Neb., writes: |
:" In Picket Shots of May % appears criti-
cism by u. Harlan, Sergeant, Co. III, goth |
Ohio, and l.. w. Blooms communication of |
March 5. l was private in Co. ID, 18th |
Ind, and being present on the occasion of |
what is called Robinett defense, know some
thing about the matter Serg't Harlan states
that it was the Ohio Brigade (27th, 39th,
43d, and 63d Ohio, aided by about 90 of the
18th Mo, that successfully defended Robi-
nett against the charging Texans. do not
know where the Ohio Brigade, aided by
part of the 18th Mo-, were at that time. /
did not them, although they may have
been somewhere near. l do know that the
Ohio Brigade did not stand the brunt of the
fight.
:" / do not understand Comrade Shigley's
statement that the 18th Ind. fell in line
with the 9TH Iowa and 11th Ohio batteries.
/ do not know whether the 5th Iowa bat
terry was present, but l do know that the
9th Iowa was on hand.