The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-03-31
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Capture of the Fort at Resaca.


s. Reasoner, 102d ILL.,, Modena. No,
writes: =" have read Comrade L. o. b.
Hubbards account of the capture of the rebel
tort at Resaca. He mentions the Third Bri-
gade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps. The
brigade was composed of the 10th Ind 10Th
Ohio, lO2d H., and two other Illinois regi-
ments. The brigade charged 10 minutes be-
fore the Others, and crossed half a mile Of
open field. We were in range of the enemyis
guns, and q terrible fire was concentrated
upon us. A retreat was sounded, but we fell
on the ground and waited There was heavy
firing on our left When reinforeements
arrived and drove the enemy off our flank we
were ordered forward, and were soon IN the
fort. 4"
Mississippi Squadron.
Daniel Boil, Laurel, O., writes: 81 should
like to hear the experiences of those who
served in the Mississippi Suadron in 1853 L
was on the Petrol. / we'll remember when a
fleet went up the Yazoo River to Yazoo City,
where the Confederate navy-yard was located.
i was in one of the details that helped destroy
the vessels and the yard On our return to
Liverpool Bluffs we were fred on. Our ves-
sci was struck by two cannon-balls. The old
Choctaw was up there with u.s. We had two
boys wounded"
Thomas Kinds, Malone. Y. Y. writes: "I
see by some of the articles published, that
many believe only very few men ever
escaped from Andersonville to the Union
lines. / know a man by the name of Conley
who made his escape May through tun-
mel / belonged to the same squad and de-
tachment THE Sth detachment Sd SQUAD Of
which Herbert. the one-legged man, was
member. | made my escape June 8, 1864,
north of the prison, and was recaptured June
IA. | made my escape the last time June II
from Macon Jail and reached Sherman's army
II miles north of Marietta. Conley and I
reached Washington, d. c.. about July 21,
1864. Conley belonged to Connecticut
regiment; 1 belonged to Co. A, 1st Md. Cav"
Reminded by Picture.
William Russell, Co. X, 1st Mimi Fl. A..
Myrtle Point, Ore, writes: Your war
pictures are interesting and the one in the
issue of Feb. reminds me of an incident in
front of the old Slave Pen on Main street,
Chattanooga. Gen. Johnston's army had sur
rendered and returned to Chattanooga until
trains could be furnished to carry them home
A young rebel officer had just turned his
company over to the Lieutenant in charge of
the military prison. He asked me to let him
have $40 for a 81 900 cotton bond, with
coupons. He did not want TO stay in that
bull-pen with his men, but wished to 90 TO
hotel / told him / had no use for the
bond, but he said | could take it home and
have it framed for my grandchildren. /
thought him no better than his men. and that
he could eat with them. / had left loving
wife and six children within two miles of an
Indian reservation in Minnesota, and had no
greenbacks to waste in that wayn
Was a Plymouth Pilgrim.
W. FL. Mott, Bristol, Conn, writes: ''I en-
iOyed reading 'AndersOnville / was one of
the Plymouth Pilgrims, and was taken
prisoner when Gen. Vessels surrendered I
was in the service three years, eight months
of which was in Andersonville and Florence.
/ know that what the author of Anderson
vile states is true"
Scattering.
E. Hurbaugh, Leavenworth, Ind, writes
that the First Brigade, Second Division,
Twenty third Corps, saw much hard service, =
but that he has seen very little written by
its members He would like some cOmrade
to write its history.
George Hunter, Sergeant Co. d, 155th Pa,
Allegheny, Pa, writes: do any of the COM
rades remember seeing large black dog run
ming between the lines of battle at Fredericks-
burg. Dec Is, 1862? The dog was only so
feet in front of our regiment, and about an
equal distance from the stone wall near the
Sunken Road, where the rebels were concealed.
We were lying down. | saw the dog fall
once but the smoke was so thick that | could :
only get glimpse of him as he went by" :