The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-11-10
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
At Lookout Mountain.

At Lookout Mountain.
Fl. Gibson, Co. D, I'd Ohio, Lima, o.,
writes: 81 saw nothing from my brigade
until read in the date of Oct. 90 a Picket
Shot, 'Storming Lookout Mountain After
the battle of Chickamauga we got penned up
in Chattanooga. We had quite hard time
of it until Grant took hold. We were on
picket fronting the Johnnies on Lookout
Mountain Creek, with five days rations,
under an order not to fire on the other pickets
The Johnnies had the position of the mount
ain and railroad around the spur.
''Grant ordered about nine flatboats with
a number of men in each f1oated down the
river under the shadow of the mountain.
The Johnnies did not discover them until
the men drove in their pickets then the way
was open for operations on our picket-line.
We heard the firing Of Hooker for two days.
The picket-lines were cleared, and the Four
teenth Corps was massed in the valley, close
to the mountain, in drizzling fog. When
Rockers men burst in view they drove the
Johnnies out of the post at the spur and past
the house.
"a battery opened On the rebels from the
Fourteenth Corps in the valley, which hurried
the .Johnnies off the spur The signal was given
for help, and the First Brigade of the First Di-
vision was ordered up the mountain. was
in the call. We crossed Lookout Creek on
a fatboat and had to grab a root or any
thing we conld. We got up and the I'd
Ohio was marched out on the south side.
The Johnnies guarding the road fired upon
u.s. We were ordered to lie down. We
gathered small stones and lay down. and
whenever the rebels would fire we would see
their flashes and throw back.
FINALLY all was quiet We put ont
pickets, and when / wasrelieyed lay behind
one of the large rocks eand when / awoke it
was daylight could see nothing OF the
BOYS. but 1 soon found them; they were
drawing rations Weamarehed to Mission
airy Ridge and took our part in the battle. ="
A Narrow Escape.
Joseph E. Turner, 1910 Independence, ST.,
Kansas City, Mo-, writes: AT the battle OF
Stone River the 31st Ohio lay just on the
right of the Nashville and MurfreesbOro pike,
on the front line, with an open field in its
front An order was given to send two men
across this open field into the timber to see
what the enemy were doing The writer
was one of the men. Ne slipped down an
old fence-row into the dense thicket. We
crawled along this fence until we came
within about 80 feet of the enemy. They
we're fronted to our left, maesed for charge.
The officer in command was just finishing a
speech to his men, He ordered them for
ward We arose to run, but the rebs saw
US and commenced firing. The officer in
command commanded Cease firing doubt
less not knowing at what his men were
firing. The bullets cut close, but we both
escaped without a scratch The enemy
made the charge and drove our men back
out of pine grove on the pike. Our men
rallied and drove them. That night the
enemy evacuated MurfreesbOro. If any
Johnny who was in that charge sees this l
would like to hear from him through THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE"
Captured at Corinth.
w. Fl. Allen, Co. G, 18th Iowa, Knox
vile, Tenn, answering the reply of S.
Daughters, Co. ], 18th Iowa, to the claim of
Capt l.. ID. Immel, 18th Wis. battery, st.
Louis, Mo-, that one Of his Immel's) men
,aptured the flag Of the 35th La. at Corinth,
writes: "Comrade Daughters is mistaken in
saying that the flag captured at Corinth by
he 18th Iowa was that of the 35th La. 1t
vas the 10th Miss's flag and by reason of
he charge when we captured the flag Gen.
Rosecrans issued special order giving the
18th Iowa praise for their valor in that fight"
Scattering.
G. Sweat, Co. B, 18th U. s., Lawrence,
Mass, writes: 81 served from 1862 to 1865
n the Regulars. / have visited the battle
ield Of Gettysburg three times since the war,
md it made me feel sad to see so many
BEAUTIFUL monuments erected by the different |
states in memory of their fallen heroes and |
o think how we fought across the Valley of |
Death, losing 900 out of 1000 men, eight |
Ulcers killed and 40 wounded. Why is it |
hat the Government has not put up a monu-
nent for us? | think we deserve it as
much as the volunteers