The National tribune., 1899-11-23
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
AN IRREvERENT RUsE.


U. Chase James. New Antioch, o.. sends
the following story by Thomas c. TuttIc.
10th Ind. battery, showing a soldiers
clever strategy in obtaining food One
day in 1863 the army was on the move fr0ir.
Post Oak, Tenn, to Kingston. II happen7
that the boys would hatch up excuses b. fal
out OF line and make short visits 10 the falla
houses they were continually passing
The column came opposite farm house
where the folks were Just ready to partaEe
of a meal, but had not seated themselves.
because of watching the moving army.
Tuttle, was obliged 70 fall out here to get "a
drink. While at the well, seeing through
the window the meal spread, he bethoug.ir
himself how he would throw the folks off
their guard and procure the prize FOR him
self. He happened to remember that a
certain Captain bore a resemblance to Lin
coin in that he was tall and angular as 10
face and body. He asked the people at the
house if they had ever seen Lincoln. TO
their reply NO" Gibson then accurately
described the Captain, and said if they
wanted to see Lincoln they would find him
in that lean, ugly. man out there on horse
back, wearing blue cape-coat so as to re-
veal the red lining. The inmates all rushed
out, and while they gazed, as they sup
posed, on the great Lincoln. Gibson had
things from the dishes and rolling them up
into the oil-cloth. Then he got away be-
fore the good people were tired and had lost
sight of Lincoln" by a turn in the road.
"oNE OF THEM"
W. L. Eaton. Honolulu, 81. l., writes:
Il was much interested in "A Boy Lieu
tenant Although over "a years have
passed since that August day when | was
gathered in by the Johnnies near Atlanta,
his personal recollections recall those seven
months spent in Andersonville, Charleston
Co1Irca and E'lnrapaa ruith oil rhafr
attendant horrors, and the more especially
so, as | must have been one of the men he
speaks of as entering our lines on the same
day he did. l remember the arch over the
road, the band discoursing National airs,
and the colored troops who received us
on some river, either the Neuse or Care
Fear River, about nine miles from vii.
mington.
advanced American ideas are taking
root in this sunny soil. We have brewery
started, prospect of a big law suit between
two rival street car companies, a cheau
theater, National bank, etc Our Post
is increasing in numbers. Our next a.
nual Campfire occurs this month. We
have started the ball rolling in regard 20
hoisting the flag on schoolhouses."
SAID TO HAVE KILLED "LAIBER JIM"
Michael Regan, Co. K, 23d H., SPRING
field, Mass, writes: Some weeks ago I
saw an item from one Of my comrades IL
curing LOT III Regard iDO-le
Sam Hidebrand, a notorious rebel and
bushwhacker. who had sworn vengeance
against all Union men, and particularly
Union soldiers. In the Winter of 1857 [
made the acquaintance OF this man. he
was born and raised in little village called
Middlebrook, Mo-, situated about halfway
between Iron Mountain and Pilot krob.
about so miles south of st. Louis, on the
Iron Mountain Railroad. His lest sci
was to kill an ex-Union soldier in Middle
brook while drinking with him at bar in
Winter of 1867. The Winter before Ia
killed minister in the same town because
he had been Chaplain in Union regiment.
Hildebrand was finally killed in Cheyenne
in March. 1868. by an ex-Union soldier,
Patrick Highland. This same Highland
also killed Timber Jim of Andersonville
Prison at the same place and about tie
same time. Twas in Cheyenne when ttose
events happened, and was personally &C.
uuainted with all the parties. | forrCd
Timber Jim's acquaintance at CaEala
Prison in 1863. before he was transferred
to Andersonyille.
A BOAST THAT FAILED.
r. A. Stephenson, Co. E, 10Th ". Va,
Holdredge, Neb., notes that w. L. West
fall has something to say about fight at
Beverly, w. Va, and would like to make
some corrections. At Beverly, he says,
on July 2, 1868, "MudwalP' Jackson came
down the Tiger Valley, intending to sur
prise us. Col. Harris ordered us to deploy
in skirmish line. Co. K found the John
MES, and had seven or eight killed and
wounded as a result. Co. E did not lose
any one Col. Moore, of the 2Sth Ohio,
was not in command, but Harris was.
After we had fallen back on the north side
of Beverly and fortified, Harris went the
full length of the line, saying that Jackson
had boasted he would eat Fourth of July
dinner in Beverly, and he made US speech
that was calculated to cause us to make
it impossible for Jackson to do anything
of the kind. And we did.
THE IRON BRIGADE.
Lyman W. Scott, Co. c, I'd Berdan S. S.,
Reynoldsville, Pa, says, as to the right to
the title of the Iron Brigade, that he was
always under the impression that the titla
belonged to the brigade mentioned by
Comrade Jesse Jones, 10Th Ind, and did
not know that the brigade the writer be-
longed to ever had laid claim to it until he
read in Picket Shots of Sept. IA, although
it did, he believes, full as well as any other
brigade The brigade mentioned was the
one composed of the I'd Berdan's S. s., 14th
Brooklyn, 22d, Oath and Both n. Y, under
Gen. G. C. Augur, in Kings Division OF
McDowelrs Corps.
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