The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-03-24
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Shiloh aud Stone River.


Andrew Harper, Co |. 3lst Ind, Sandy,
|. r., wants to know why members OF the
regiment do not write. He says: I'VE went
into service Sept 5. 1861 and yeteranized at
Bridgeport. Ala We were at Shiloh, and
saw some hot fighting Capt Geo Harvey
| was shot through the shoulder comrade
was assisting NE 10 carry the Captain to the
rear; the rebels were following us, and we
| had to la5 down oar burden and fight them
| off We pickel up the Captain again and
| reached the Union lines. At Stone River we
lost all our hatte:y, except one gun which
Co ], commanded by Capt. /. X. IIolloweli,
hauled Off by hand. am an old Anderson
Vile and Florence . c., prisoner"
For the Weldon Railroad.
Franklin Hoover Sergeant, Co. ID, 9th
Mich, Ransom, Mich, writes: | feel very
much interested in what the comrades have
to say of their experiences and the accounts
OF different engagements. In a recent issue
Clarence Wilson. Co +, I'd Pa, tells of the
fighting qlore Petersburg, June 16, II and
IL, 1854 k?, tie possession of the Weldon
Railroad 10 it not fact that the fighting
for the W, >don Railroad was in August,
1864, and the fighting before Petersburg for
tie Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad? viii
some comrade of the 5lsi Pa tell me whether
the regiment ever belonged to the First Bri-
gade, First Division, Ninth Corps?
Tie Jonesbor0 Charge.
H. III. Bellows, Co. /, 14th Mich, Man
chester, Mich, writes: Col Morgan is in
error in regard to the 18th N. Y. which be-
Ionged to the First Brigade, Second Division,
Fourteenth Corps. Other regiments of the
brigade were the 10th ILL, 6Dth ILL.,, 10th
Mich and 18th Mich. We charged the point
OF the angle at Jonesboro, and captured the
four-gun battery. Quoting from Michigan
in the War; pages 3i8,5 3f9: Gen. Govan
surrendered his sword to First Serg't Pat
Irwin. who was first inside the works
''We passed all Others ON the double-quck
Those receiving honorable mention are Lieut..
WitherspoOn and Serg't Smith for capturing
the color guard in the actot firing on Wither-
spoon. Gen. Govan stated at J. c. Davis's
Headquarters that the I4th Mich was upon
them before they knew it, and was 70 to 100
yards in advance of all other troops; also, was
the first troops to break his lines.
"Ofiicial Record says the l4th Mich lost two
killed and % wounded. The 10th Mich lost
30 killed and AZ wounded. The 18th N. Y,
rs ! remember, lost nearly one-haf it's num-
ber, carrying three lines of works. There
were two batteries, one i'll the angle and one
30 rods to the right. We shot the rebels out
of the works on the angle between the bat
teries instead of cleaning our brigade front"
Fight at Treviiian Station.
John Baker, Co. G., 9th N. Y. Cav, North
Tonawanda N. Y, writes: Il take great
pleasure in reading the articles in your valu-
able paper, especially the "reminiscences. Do
any of the boys of Co. G, 9th N. Y. Cav, re-
member the Trevilian raid? Our Colonel,
William w. Sackett, was fatally wounded at
the rst charge we made into the woods, and
died few hours later at Trevilian Station
"a tore up the track of the Richmond &
Oran9eville Railroad, burned the depot and
destroyed all Government and railroad prop
erty.'
See RraspeCtuS. paQe q. and