The National tribune., 1899-10-12
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
AN ALABAMA PRIZE.

Line.
AN ALABAMA PRIZE.
George II. Frasher, Co. d, 18th Iowa,
Fairfield, Iowa, writes: "Comrade Z. Mitch
ell, Corporal, 10th Ohio, is laboring under
a mistake, and we wish to correct him i'll
his account of the battle of Champions
Hill. We never claimed that my regi-
ment, the 18th Iowa, captured the 9th Miss.
battery. 1t was an Alabama battery we
captured. He seems TO think that the 10th
Mo. and 18th Iowa We're not in the battle,
80 wish to correct him. | was one OF the
BOYS in the battle. Two of my company
We're killed before we got i'll line OF battle.
and after the battle was over the regiment
could only muster G3 men able to stack
arms. 1t is true we did not reach the battle
field until late in the afternoon, and at Il
time when the army was falling back.
To give correct statement we copy from
Iowa in War Times the following: The
18th Iowa fought in Crocker's Division,
Holiness Brigade. Inch by inch this regi-
ment drove the Alabamians in their front
through woods and rayineS, up hill and
down hill, reeapturing the battery that
had been taken and then lost in the earlier
part of the fight. Three times in two
hours this Alabama battery changed
hands. In the charge for these guns the
18th captured many prisoners and a battle
flag. Five times the 18th Iowa charged
the rebels at Champions Hill, and each
time under murderous fire of musketry
and artillery"
CAPTURE OF REBEL CANNON.
VIM. 7. Wiley, ssth ILL.,, writes: II have
noticed in several numbers of the paper
different statements in regard to the battle
of Missionary Ridge. i belonged to the
First Brigade. Second Division, Fourth
Cops. see great many claims as to who
was the first on the Ridge at Bragg's head
rfN nd au,fr fh<a frpr
Lady Buckner and Lady Breckinridge. l
think / was the first. When reached the
top OF the Ridge there was a man at the gun
with the string in hand to fire it, but L shot
and the man fell; then ran to the guns, and
by that time our flag was planted on the
another gun with four horses to it trying to
get off, and 1, with two Of my company and
ono or two of Co. G, made rush down after
it. We eshot one Of the horses and the rebels
left the gun in the road"
DISCHARGE PAPERS.
J. E. McDermott, Peoria, H., has in his
possession tho certificates Of discharge Of
the following named comrades, and would
be glad to return them: Jno. Dagnan. Co.
F, 47th H.; Edward j. Hill, Co. B, 113th
Ohio; VIM. Shoemaker, Co. l., 10Sth ILL.,;
Josiah c. Murphy, Co. c, 18th Mich; VIM.
Vsnters, Battery A, I'd Ill. L. A.; VIM. N.
Glass, Co. A, 55th H.; Jno. Merchant, Co.
d, 51st ILL.,; Hiram B. Patterson. Co. A. 5th
Mimi; 10. W. Chafant, General Service
o: S; Army (2); Geo. W. Goodwin, Co. F,
7th Iowa.
WAR SONGS WANTED.
Comrade T. Donovan, National Military
Home, Leayenworth, Kan, wants to know
where he can find the song called Ellis
worth,s Avengers, I" which was written after
Col. Ellsworth was shot at Alexandria in
1861.
Comrade J. M. Lloyd, Newtonville, Ind,
wants to know where he can find the song
with the following words:
Bring your choicest flowers here
To deck the soldiers grave;
Lay them very tenderly
In memory Of the brave.
Chorus:
Come one, come all, and bring your
choicest flowers,
Come one, come all, this work OF love is ours
To decorate the soldiers grave with ma
ture's choicest flowers"
HISTORY OF THE I'd OHIO CAV. AND
25TH OHIO BATTERY.
A committee, of which Comrade W. R.
Austin, 55 Arlington street, Cleveland, o.,
is Chairman, is preparing history of the
I'd Ohio Cav. and 25th Ohio battery, and
they desire all the comrades who are inter-
ested in the same to write to Comrade Aus
tin.
SCATTERING.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE desires the
address of the Secretary or President Of the
Shiloh Battlefield Association.
A. X. Pratt, ChatSworth, Ill, complains
that he never sees anything in the paper
from his old comrades OF the 45th ILL.,,
otherwise known as the Washburn Lead
mine regiment.
Solomon w. Bates, Co. B, 9th Iowa,
Belcher, N. Y, writes regarding the origin
ttA ,Inlr,a Of lln,
that it was given during the Red River
Campaign, when these troops were with
Gen. Banks. When we arrived at Bayou
Rapids" says the comrade, 'the rain and
mud had rendered us little worse for
wear. Gen Banks, who was stickler
for neatness, when he saw US, excl Iimed
Gentlemen, you see what Gen. Sherman
has sent me-guerrillas!"
C. G. Merritt, Co. E, 155th Pa, claims
that his grandfather, who was in the War
of 1912, had a brother in the Mexican
War; four sons, grandson, and three
grandson in the Spanish-American war.
w. F. Jones, Bloomingburg, o., states
that while at Cumberland Gap, Tenn, re-
Gently, he came across soldiers grave, at
the head of which was stone marked "A.
J. McCullon, 33d Ind. Vol, died Aug. 16,
1862, of wounds received at Tazewell,
Tenn" Comrade Jones suggests that
some one connected or acquainted with this
soldier may see this and look into the mat
ter.
Harlow Sanders, Larrabee Point. Addi-
son Co., VT, is desirous of hearing some
thing from the First VT. Brigade, last seen
at Petersburg in 1865.
P. G.. Gardner. La Grange, H., wants to
learn the whereabouts of VIM. F. Robinson,
103d Ohio, or family, to restore valuable
relic secured from pawnshop-a gold
mounted fife, engraved, Presented to VIM.
f. Robinson by the 103d Ohio Inf, 1864"
Comrade Geo. Magers, Kansas City, Mo-,
would like to hear from any of his old COM
rades in Co. A, 29th Ind. He enlisted in
1861, was assigned to Buell's army in
Kentucky; was wounded at Shiloh, and
was discharged in 1862.
Comrade W. P. Morris, Banning, Cal,
wants to know if there are any members of
Co. c, 1st NY. Cav. formerly Lincoln), still
alive.
Thos. F. McGrath, late First Lieutenant,
69th n. Y, observes with regret that a
local Philadelphia paper in the course of an
account of the Second Corps Reunion dur
ing the Encampment erroneously credited
him tn the SSth Pa