The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-09-30
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along
the Whole Line.
| To be conhnsed. !
AS to Mark Wood.

| AS to Mark Wood.
Abel Comstock, Co, C, DIST Ohio Bowling
Green, O., writes: I'm the issue of Sept. 8
l noted the question of w. c. Mings, Co. B,
9Th Mo Rangers, Was this Mark Wood
He details the circumstances connected with
his meeting u man by the name of Wood at
Ozark in the Fall of 1863. | will say that
this man was not our Mark Wood, that ls,
the Mark Wood of the Mitchell Raiders.
Mark Wood and ] belonged to the same
company-C, 21st Ohio. He was my ideal
OF soldier, aud was my counselor and
friend Mark and Ar returned to the COM
pany in the Spring OF 1868, at Murtreesboro,
| Tenn. Mark WAS promoted Lieutenant OF
SO. +, and 81 years ago, at Chlckamauga, Ga,
| received five gnnshot wounds iii the front
/ iine-oEbatte. He returned to the command
| in 1864, after we had veteraniZed; but with
his wounds and broken health from ex-
| pOsure in prison he was not able to remain
with his command on the Atlanta campaign,
and was discharged Nov. 3, 1864, on Sur
geoI's certificate of disability. He ought
not to have attempted any further service
after escaping prison"
Southern LoyaIists.
J. p. Duble, Williamsport, Pa, writes :
wish to express nay appreciation OF the
work you are doing for the Union ex-sol-
| diers ] have noted with pleasure the i'm
| partial hearing you give to all the veterans,
and the care you take TO properly represent
every arm of the service and all sections Of
the country. Permit me to suggest that one
section of our country has been somewhat
overlooked in history-one class of our sol
| diery, who helped fill the quota of loyal
| S ates, and whose sacrifices and services on
! behalf of the oid flag are but lightly ap-
preciated because they have been but
| lightly understood.
Il speak of the bows of the South who
were loyal to their country, suffering all
manner of persecution on account Of that
loyalty. Socially ostracised, driven from
their homes, thousands found their way TO
the Union lines and enlisted, and | venture
to say that not a battlefield Of the war bat
was stained wish the blood of Southern
Union soldier. n. At the close Of the four
years struggle, when the victorious hosts
were welcomed back 10 their homes amidst
the plaudits Of a grateful people, with
wreatbs for the Iielng and tears for the
dead the Southern Unionist, denied this
mead of praise, must content himself with
the thought of duty well done. ! am salts
fed that il those who know Of the services
OF these men would write oftener to your
paper, there would be uncovered deeds Of
heroism unparalleled in the history of this or
any other country, and do justice to class
that has never received proper recognition"
The Fight at Fort Butler.
w II. Mattack, Z. S. S. Princess Royal,
Laurel, Neb., writes: Harry Z. Canney,
q Me, who wrote of the fight at Fort
Butler, La, did not say anything OF the
gunhoat. When the rebel officer came with
the flag of truce and demanded the sur
render of the garrison, Maj. Butler came on
board the Princess and told Capt. NJ. y.
WooIsey that the fort would have to be
given up, as he had no men TO serve the
guns.
"Our Captain told him that when the
rebels took us we would surrender, and not
before detail was taken from The ship
to the garrison and drilled all the evening
The way the men were taught to use the
gnns WAS shown by the number of dead and
wounded the next day"
An Episode.
S. B. Hurlbut, 9th Iowa, Alluvia, Fla,
writes: We were making for Winnings Sta
ton, Just before Lincoln's second election,
and WAS hunting around for grub" when
| saw a squad of rebel cavalry on the porch
and in a house. | noticed the kitchen
was step to the rear, and high fence ran
close to it. ! followed the fence on hands
and knees, crept through, and slipped into
the Kitchen expecting to find negro cook.
Instead, found . white child three or four
years old. He stuck his finger in his mouth
aud looked while l filled aack with meal,
drank some buttermilk, hooked a bugle
hanging by the table, and slipped away. |
had only Just reached the weeds when the
squad came tearing down the road and into
the Fifteenth Corps ammunition train
They burnt two or three wagons, when
the wagon guards drove them back. / took
q shot as they went by. gave the bugls
TO the 9th Iowa bugler. l wonder where
that bugle is now?P
Scattering
r. L. Highly, Co. c. ID Ohio wants to
know # anv of the regiment remember the
dog futile" A good story might be told
of him. Comrade Highly, after his muster
out at Pulaski, Tenn, returned to Ohio,
taking the dog with him.
Robert A. Sayes, Waynesburg, Pa, has the
discharge papers of John Garnett, Regi-
mental Band, 9lh Pa. Reserves. Comrade
Garnsit was born in Chur Hesse. Germany.
Julius Wins,el, Co. f. Louisville Lcgion.n
writes that after]the battle of Stone River
when his regiment received their pay, he
sent his molher, at Louisville, the money
by an express company. However, the
money did not reach Louisville, and many
other members Of the Legion also lost their
pay. The company claimed Morgan raided
The car. The soldiers believed that express
company employees were the raiders
A. b. Harrington, Alexander, N. Y, Cor
poral, Co. II, 24eh n! Y, writes that he at
tended the Buffalo Reunion OF the regiment,
and that of the; 300 who composed the
command when it left Auburn for the front
in March, 1864, only remnant is lett
Abont 125 were at'the Buffalo meeting, and
it is ,hought lees than 200 are alive.
INDIGESTION Cured