The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-02-18
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
BY q Hairsbreadth.

the shell but lost his coffee the morning OF
the capture of Fort Wagner. About o'clock
the cooks brought breakfast from camp.
"We were squatted around in the fort and
on the parapet, with our tin cup Of coffee IN
one hand and our bareback in the other.
II saw puff of smoke at Fort johnson
and solid shot coming. There was sol
dier sitting about the middle OF the fort,
with his back toward the shell. thought
the shell would hit him. hallowed to MIN.
He looked over his shoulder, but didn't otter
to move until the shell got so close he didn't
have time to jump. He just rolled over ana
the shell struck where he had been sitting.
I thought there was not enough OF him lett
to grease fryine-pan, but when the dust
cleared little we saw him crawling out for
he was completely covered up. he COM
menced to swear because he lost his coffee
Relatives in q Company.
Harry A. Miller, Box 214, Hollidaysburg,
Pa, says in Co. F, 10Th Pa. keystone Zou-
aves), recruited in Blair County, out OF
membership of 80, So were related. inns
company, composed Of fathers, brothers,
uncles, brothers-in-law and cousins, was
indeed a gallant one, and was dlstln-
guished for it's great bravery in the many
battles ia which it participated with the
regiment, Second Brigade, Second Division,
Tenth Corps
Lines of small-Arms.
w. E. Doyle, Stevensburg, Va, writes
II saw the long lines of small-arms men
toned by w. r. Bunting, Go. /, 18th u,
on the Perryville battlefield. Wagner's Bril-
gade, and perhaps all of Woods Division,
advanced considerably after nightfall, and
next morning these arms were seen to the
left of our brigade and, as COmrade Bunting
says, these were sufficient to apparently
equip brigade; but from their appearance,
| lying in irregular lines, it seemed to us that
] the rebel troops to whom they belonged
must have been lying down in line sleep
| ing, and were stampeded from some cause,
probably by the advance OF Woods Division,
leaving most of their arms. There were no
accouterments with them, as 1 remember
The Kentuckians enlisted by Bragg, or con-
scripted by him in his march, were placed
in old organizations, and he took them out
| of the State with him.
| Cedar Creek.
| w. Fl. Jaquish, Co. A, Sd Mass. Cav,
Highland Falls, N. Y, says if Comrade
Hanneford had been with the Second BIZ
gade, Second Division, Nineteenth Corps,
when the fun at Cedar Creek began, he
| would not question the reality OF the log
| that he says he did not see. have seen
many fogs on land and sea, but never saw
one more dense and impenetrable to human
| vision"
Information Asked and Given.
B. w. Richards, Hammonton. n. D.,
writes AT Elmira, N. Y, in 1861, Michl-
gan regiment was stationed awhile, on It's
way to Washington. A United States flag
was presented to the regiment by little
boy, BENZ. B. Lawrence, his mother having
made the flag expressly for the regiment:
The name of the commanding officer and
the number of the regiment have been for
gotten. That boy is nephew of mine, and
If any comrade can aid in obtaining name
of commanding officer and number Of resi-
ment, shall be obliged"
III. G. Wakefield, Meadow Station, Va,
says: saw in yonr paper some two years
ago piece by j. N. Brannon, 54th Pa.
His name is written over the door between
the sitting-rooms of our house with piece
of charcoal. If the writer is living, /
should like to correspond with him. also
have heavy gold ring with seal on top
which found here while blowing. / live
/ east of Seven Pines, on McClellan's battle
ground"
Georre H. Blakeslee, Lomax, Neb., has a
medal the size of half-dOllar which he
found on a Southern battlefield. This is en-
praved on the medal: &C. Clemetson, Co. +.
10th KY"
BIC. McWilliams, Verdella, Mo-, wants to
find "the young soldier confined on Belle
Island in the Winter of 1863-'64 who got
the blanket that belonged to the rebel guard
at the north gate one cold day. 1 hooked 1t
and gave it to the boy when the rebel was
=, Lo< xJ;,nueo;op with our hOvQ IF he is
living should like to hear from him, as ne
took my name and company. He may still
have it."
The Old Songs.
Owen T. Wright, Sergeant, Co. D, 18th
Ind, Fort Dodge Kan, is anxious to have
the comrades send him by mail some of the
old songs. He says: want the following
songs, or information that will lead nae tG
find them, with music preferred: Mother
I've Come Home to Die heard some rail.
road men sing this while coming home or
furlough over the Pennsylvania line about
Dec. 80, 1863 That's what's the matter
now want The Old Virginia LOwlands.
l heard one of our boys sing in Florence, s.
c.. Bully, oh, bully oh! bully good song.
/ also want the music to 'Sheridan's Ride.
; It seems the older grow the more my life
runs to music, and am no musician, either
The diving Mirabeau, the great FrenchmaD
; catching the strains of music, exclaimed
Let me die to the strains Of sweet music.
NY daughter wishes the song, Swinging il
the Grapevine SWING; also, In the Shadow
of the Pines,'' You Can't Be My Sweetheart,
and Alabama Coon Lastly, want thu
The Terrible Alabama the chorus of which
: begins, Rob and plumber night and day."
Homes for Settlers.
A. w. Hendey, Wauchula Fla, says
"We have not had grove singed with frOs
up to date am ready to show them any
thing in the way of grove that they may
need. Why live in a land Of snow and ic,
when we have such land of flowers?"
E. d. Loring, Brandon, Fla, says he ha
in press "a circular letter describing TIT
. climate, soil, and chief productions of Soutl
/, Florida. and other information respectin,
: that locality usually desired by the health
and home seeker. He will mail this circu
; lar to all comrades who will send him thei
Y names and addresses
s TComrade Loring's example would best b.
e followed by all who wish to satisfactOril.
: answer the hundreds of inquiries that ar
r sure to pour in upon anyone offering to Civ
. information as to homes for settlers.
J, Scattering.
) Anv information of James w. Donaldson
will be thankfully received by his father
| Co~rodo nonald DOnaldson 100 G. street u