The National tribune., 1897-10-07
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
A Courier's Experience.

John B. Ritzmann, Burlington, Iowa.
writes: "I read in Sherman's Memoirs his
story of the explosions sounding in the
direction of Atlanta Aug. 81, 1864, very early
in the morning, and finding out sometime
afterwards that the enemy had evacuated.
a little before daylight on the morning of
which Gen. Sherman wrote, was called to
Headquarters, and left soon after with some
papers for Gen. Slocum, to deliver to the
General direct. / followed the SandtOwn
road and arrived in Atlanta about 9 o'clock
a. M, where | found some of Gen. SlOcum's
Headquarters officials; but the Generalhi M
self arrived, perhaps, a half hour later, when
/ handed the papers to him. The remark
he made was: Where did you come frOm?'
He handed paper to me for Gen. Thomas,
with the remark You came into Atlanta
all right, but you will find hard work to get
through to Gen. Thomas About three
miles from Atlanta 1 ran across rebel cav
airy, but my suit was mixed, between rebel
and Union, and my old horse marked c. s.
on the side, and In crossing creek l was
relieved of my body-guard. 1 arrived at
Thomas's Headquarters all right"
Recapturing a Battery.
James E. Kelsey, Co. /, Goth ILL.,, Linn,
ILL.,, writes: "Gen. Sherman, in his Memoirs,
states about p M, July %, 1864, Capt
De Gress, commanding a four-gun battery
belonging to the Fifteenth Corps, was COM
PEELED to abandon his guns; that the same
division shat had been driven back, REIN
forced by other troops of the Fifteenth Corps,
recaptured the battery. Now, the Second
| Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Corps
| the 66th H., 10Th Ill. and S1st Ohio-were
| marched at double time from their place in
| the Sixteenth Corps to the right, and formed
| in line with troops of the Fifteenth Corps
| on either side, the 66th III. being immedi-
| ately in 'front.' of the captured battery. Gen..
| John A. Logan, commanding in person,
| ordered the line forward and the battery was
recaptured by the 66th Ill. When they took
the guns none were burst, as represented by
Gen. Sherman. They were turned upon the
| enemy by members of the 66th. Capt. w. s.
Boyd, who was in command of the regiment,
| superintended the charging of the guns, in
| which one was 0vercharged and burst.
Killing of Gen. Faulkner.
J. W. White, Co. C, 21st Mo-, Earl, Ind.
| Ter, writes: "Seeing an article fre.a Com
rade Churchill, Battery G, I'd Ill. l.. A,
about the battle of Tupelo. Mise, must
| come out of my pup-tent. l don't wish
| to attack the comrades record, for it is q
| good one; but he is certainly mistaken in
one thing. He claims to have sighted the
gun that killed the rebel Gen. Faulkner and
his horse while leading charge. Faulk-
ner's horse was killed by a cannon ball, but
Faulkner was not; he led his men some 80
yards farther on foot before he was killed.
1t did not appear that his men were much
dismayed by his death, as they still game
on with the charge until they almost ran into
our line. But when We arose and poured q
volley into them one would have tholght
then that they were demorslized, for s:out
80 of them fell in front of our regiment. W.
charged them in return. ] took good LOOK
at Gen. Faulkner after tho charge"
Are There Only Few of Them Left?
G.. J. Trenaman, Rochester, N. Y, writes
brightly of his Buffalo experience in locating