The National tribune., 1897-01-28
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Fought the Good Fight.

IL. Baxter, Ashland, ILL.,, writes: IN
your issue of Jan. 10 is an article from d.
Montague, of Cathland, Mich, in which he
says he would like to know if any of the COM
rades served under more Generals than he
did, stating that he served under IL. / en-
listed at North Madison, Ind, July IA, 1861,
in Co. X, 22d Ind, of which JEFF G. Davis
| was first Colonel, and that my final muster
out of the service was Sept. Is, 1865, and
that served in every capacity during that
time from private to Captain, with the ex-
| ception of Second Lieutenant. I was in
many of the battles of the West and South,
| from Pea Ridge to Sherman's march to the
sea; was twice severely wounded and once
taken prisoner
81 served under Gems. Fremont, Hunter,
Curtis, jeff c. Davis, Halleck, Pope, Buell.,
Alex. Med. McCook, Gilbert, Granger, Rose
Grams, P. Sidney Post Thomas, Grant, Sheri-
dan, Sherman, johnson and Rousseau, be-
sides those short time under Gen. CARING
ton on recruiting service.
81 was in command of three different COM
panies during the war. was in two differ
ent regiments; the last the 194th Ind I
| re-enlisted in Co. G, 22d Ind, in the veteran
! service, at Knoxville Tenn. accompanied
them home on Through; was then assigned to
! command Co. X in Sherman's march to the
| sea; was severely wounded at Rome, Ga. !;
returned home, and was discharged in August
| following for disability on account of gun
| shot wounds.
'The next February, 1865, 1 entered the
service in Co. B, 148th Ind, and served until
final discharge, as before stated. l now
draw a pension of SO per month";"
Running Out the Bushwhackers.
| John D. Alien, Colonel 18th Mo. Cav,
| Verona, Mo, writes About Dec. %, 1863,
/ received an order from the commanding
General at Springfield, Mo-, to take 100 men
of my command to Neosho Newton Co., and
take 100 men of the 9Th M. S. NJ, of Maj
Burch's command, to Pineville, the County
seat of Mcdonald County.
| This was to meet the rebel force of 1900
men commanded by Standwaity, and take
them by detail and annihilate them. They
were coming in by Maysyille and Pineville,
| to clean up all the Federal force in south
west Missouri When read the order said
to myself, Does the General think that 1,
with 200 men, can annihilate 1900? l
went to Neosho and took the 100 from Maj
Burch's battalion of the 9Th M. s. M, and
marched to Pineville. The next day we
met few of Standwaity's men or BUSH
whackers and annihilated them. ! suppose
that Standwaity took fright, and the next
time heard of him he was on the south side
of the Arkansas River making for Texas.
After finding that there was no formid-
able force north of the Arkansas River we
| turned our course through the country to
Neosho, and thence, with my own command,
went to my headquarters at Mt. Vernon.
We broke up several guerrilla camps on the
way without the loss of man, but had
several frost-bitten soldiers. have never
been able 10 understand why the General ex-
pected me to annihilate 200 men with only
200; but the scout had q good effect, for it
rid the County of the enemy"
| In the Fair Oaks Battle.
| A. L. Fluke, Washington, Pa, writes:
"In your issue Of Jan. is long article
about the Irish Brigade at Fair Oaks. Twill
give the noble boys all credit due them, but
there were others instrumental in running
| that battle. Nothing is said of Casey's
Division, which suffered SO much in the first
days fight. The division went into that
battle with guns unloaded, and green troops,
and met and held Gen. Joe Johnston's whole
army for three and a-half hours, giving our
second line of works time to prepare.
| when we were driven by superior num-
bers, how long did Couch's line hold them
About 80 minutes. claim Casey's Division
saved McClellan's army from being driven
into the Chickahominy.o
| Morgan's Raid.
| Serg't John w. Gates, Co. G, 9th Tenn.
Cav, Newcomb. Tenn, says: " In regard to
Morgan's raid wish to correct Maj N. s.
Boynton, 9Th Mich. Cav. They were Ten
nessee soldiers who routed and killed Morgan
on that historical night John Morgan came to
Greenville, Tenn, and camped.
e 4 H. IL Dill H.
where Gen. Gillian was camped, distance of
their horses at IL o'clock in the night, and
marched to Greenville by daylight.
"The 9th, 9th and 18th Tenn. Cav. and
the 10th Mich mounted infantry constituted
our brigade, and one company of the 18th
Tenn Cav. went up Chuckey River and
came in on Gen. Morgan's headquarters.
while the balance of our command attacked
MOrgan's army some three or four miles
below Greenyille We succeeded in whip
ping them and captured good many and
killed some 40 or so of his men.
| About daylight this company out of the
18th Cav. moved on Morgan's quarters. He
would not surrender, and was killed in Mrs.
Williams's yard. / was in the fight and saw
Morgan in less than one hour after he was
killed. The Tennessee soldiers did the work,
and not the 10th Mich. Cav"
| Cedar Creek.
| Peter c. Sheath, Co. A, 47th Pa, Amber,
Pa, writes: "On the morning of Oct. 10,
1864, my company, of the Twentieth Brigade,
First Division, Nineteenth Corps, lay in our
tents and the first thing we heard was a
volley on our left We were not long getting
into line, and were left-faced and marched
in rear of the Eighth Corps, and held our line
till we were flanked on our left.
eve were ordered to fall back and form
a line on the pike / was wounded on my
way back, and on going to the rear met the
Sixth Corps coming up; SO think the Nine
teenth Corps had the first line formed. When
we formed our line the brigade was all in
line on left of pike"
| A Chronic Beggar.
| o. NJ Spinner. Joe Hooker Post, Atlantic
City, N. j., sends us protest against one
Lou Staring being allowed to prey upon the
GAR. Posts and W.R.C. Corps. He is a
chronic beggar, and should be shown up.
| In the Cabinet.
VIM. Kelly, Co. I, 91st ILL.,, 1923 Charlotte
street, Kansas City, Mo-: We want VIM.
Warner in the Cabinet, to lock out for the
interests of 100000 veterans Their sons
want him there, and all the best in the G..
| o. p. want him. He was the best Com
mander-in- Chief we ever had, and is noble,
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