The National tribune., 1899-05-18
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
PUTNAM's BRIGADE.

PUTNAM's BRIGADE.
W. F. Outland, Co. f, 62d Ohio, Barnes
vile, O., tells of the part Gen. Putnam :
Brigade took in the attack on Fort Wagner.
The 62d Ohio, he says, was the last regi-
ment in the charging column on that
memorable night. I'VE advanced IN ilne
of battle under n terrific artillery fire from
all the forts in shooting distance. a she
exploded near me, knocking down eignt
men; three were killed and two seriously
wounded. My face was slightly burned
followed the regiment through a storm oI
have often wondered how | escaped ailve'
or indeed, any of the regiment. we
PRESSED on TO the fort and succeeded III
capturing the parapet guns ana driving
the rebels down. Two OF my own com
pany were captured right in the tort ana
taken to Andersonville. where tl,es "llt
wards died. We went into the hgnt VIII
about 800 men and 20 officers, losing loo
men and 10 officers killed and wounded.
A UNToNIsT AT HEART.
Joseph O. Heard, Co. F., 10th Tenn,
Watseca, Ga, complains tnat aIthousu
he rendered good service to the Union, ne
is debarred from pension because ne was
in the Confederate army. lie teiis now
under the conScription oil loo2, ana io
fear for his fathers life, he went INTO the
rebel army with no free WILL IN May
in the woods until Dec. 8, 1868, wheh
Lincoln proclaimed pardon to those VINO
would take the oath, etc. Then he maze
his way from north Georgia 10 Eas'
Tennessee, and joined the Union army,
serving until honorably discharged at tnJ
close of the war After he had deserted
from the rebel army, he says, ne Was
caught by rebel scouts who attempteu
carrvIhim back to his Che rebeD command
but he eluded them on the way. .,i'
the same men went to the writer ia,neI
arrested him. and hung him to 'lnp
until he was almost dead, IN the eiio'l "
make him tell where his son was.
ONE OF BELLE BoYD's GUARDS.
Joseph II. Wenrich, Co. f, 'th MD,
Cumberland, Md, writes that nc iia, 80
much interested in reading the adventures
Of the Boy Spy in Dixie, especially t tha'
nortion relating to Belle Boyd. lie says
he was one OF Belle BOyd,s guards a'
Harpe IS Ferry Just after her capture.
She was confined there about flve weeks
before being transferred to the oid oapi'o'
Prison.
IN HOT PLACE.
J, T. 6. Hillabrandt, 44th n. Y, Janesville
Wis, writes: "At the battle OF MaiVein
Hill three of the i3d n. Y. boys joined 0ul
regiment, saving it was the next numDe'
to theirs, and as we were at Albany 10
pether they felt at home with us, anc
r having become separated from their com
mand wished to stay. We were unde
fire all day, supporting batteries, anu a. -
: n m. participated in tle charge whic,
, defeated the enemy. We were very muci
ernosed on the left under crossfire,,
be;no left guide One of the Add boys pe
hind me was wounded in the legs ant
fell: the one to my right was MT III ti'
face, and fell backwards luss as w.
started Oh the charge. during the niSn, SlI,
while we were waiting on the woundeu
the latter man called me, rememDeiih'
nv voice from being with me an uay
saving Corporal, can you get doctor .
help me'' | found that a ball had stfuc'
. him i'm the nostril tearing his lace:
would very much like to hear from thes'
two men,"
, BATTERY LOSSES IN BATTLE.
Corn1 Jonas Shackley, 5th Mass. L. A.
West Quincy, Mass, writes: in receh
, issue the editor quoted Fo1's Regimenta
Iosses' in regard to the greatest losses II
one battle, and as to killed and wounue'
during the civil war. | would say that II
Ratterv f., 5th Mass. L. A., three years
, o-aanization, there were 81 killed o
, wounded previous to Jan. I, 1861: In tn
Wilderness campaign nine were killed AM
16 wounded. The 9th Mass. l.; ~; we.
into line on the right OF the 5th, july
1853, and with the 5th filled the gap IN ~, u,
line between the Fifth Corps and IN
: Third Corps Loagstreet's Division al
| tackled the Fifth Corps, forced it back I
) the crest of Little Round Top, fankln
) the batteries, and the 9th battery lost .
men and more than so horses. The 5t
lost 21 men and 43 horses. The first de
tlchment lost seven men and nine horses
and dragged the gun off the field D.
, hand"
V. F.. McNabb, Buffalo, Mo-, tells som
of the hard experiences he underwear
. when a boy soldier, including bein
= wounded and sunstruck, and mention
that he is getting a small pension, only
| and prevented so far from increase pe
c,use he cannot find comrades who re
f member things that are essential to 1t.