The National tribune., 1899-05-11
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
CAPTURED BY BUsHwHACKERs.

Geo. ". Sparks, Co. II, 101st Ohio
| Waterloo, Ind, writes: Five comrades o.
| the 10lst Ohio and one of the Goth Ohio
were captured by buShwhackers 10 miles
from Huntsville, Ala, in the Winter O
| 81. We went out with the regi mental
team after forage. We had started back
| to camp, when 80 men took us in, hurried
US to the mountains, and kept us there
six days. During that time the 10ist and
a regiment of cavalry were in the valley
below US, burning houses and making
| threats, to get the rebS to surrender us;
but on the sixth day they gave il up, e, and
went back to camp at Huntsville. That
evening the bushwhackers started us
south. The Goth Ohio man was put on a
little white mule with myself. We trav-
| eled until about 8 o'clock, when, in the
darkness, slipped off the mule down into
the mud. Soon after that the Goth man
got off, but they caught him, and made him
get back again; hut he succeeded in es-
Gaping later and getting back to his COM
pany, as did, by travelling all that night.
Three of the other men were shot trying
to get away. The other two were sent to
prison. l should like to hear from the
other man on the mule"
NIGHT ATTACK AT wAHATCHIE.
Moses C. Berry, Corporal, Co. H, 33d
Mass, writes: Il served in the army from
June, 1862, to June, 1865. l never was in
participated in some dozen battles, in
cluding Gettysburg. My regiment and
the 73d Ohio, at Wahatchie, in a night
attack, were ordered out. The 73d Ohio
deployed, and we formed ine-of-battle
Immediately after on the same ground.
The 73d started on right-oblique, and we
formed on the same ground, and marched
square ahead, and that, of course, un-
covered us in a short time. l being the
left guide in the company, made me the
left man in the whole line-of-battle. Some
of the men commenced firing, and the
Adjutant rode around to the right of the
regiment and commanded us to cease
firing as it was the 73d We were shooting.
Being so near the rebs, they heard and
answered.: Yes; don't shoot boys; we are
the 73d.'
I'VE advanced until we struck the
breastworks. mounted them in the dark
ness, and received shot through the left
foot. l lay few moments, then got up,
and found my company retreating. fell
back with them to where we had formed.
and Adj't Nudge killed. 1t was growing
light. Joe Hooker came down, and we
made second charge, captured a brigade
of JOhnnieS, and sent them to the rear.
Old Joe Hooker made the expression that
he hoped some more of them would come
down.
"The following Spring of 1865 1 started
on a campaign after the rebs. / only
went as far as Ringgold. The Captain
came to me and said: 'COrp1 Berry, l
shall have to send you to the rear. The
wound in my foot had broken out, and
pieces of bone came through. l was put
in command of one of the companies,
and kept there nearly year. Eventually
l went home to Boston"
SCATTERING.
II. II. G. Bradt, Sd Wis. battery, Eureka,
Wis, writes: Il ask If some member OF
the Third Brigade, Van Cleve's Division,
Crttenden's Corps, will not give an ac-
count of the reconnaissance by said bri-
gade, accompanied by the Sd Wis. battery,
Sept. 13, 1868, one week previous to de-
struction of said battery on Sept. 20, 1868.
The brigade was commanded by Col. Sid
ney NJ. Barnes, Sth Ky, that regiment,
35th Ind. 5lst Ohio, 99th Ohio, and 21st
Ky.-the latter was at Whiteside, we be-
lieve-cOmposing the brigade. Capt. Lu
III. Drury, of the Sd Wis. battery, was shot
through the body in that engagement,
and, we think, several of the infantry
were injured, too"
Justice Hall, Sergeant, Co. A, 5th Iowa
Cav, Watson, Mo-, tells of a lively service
from September, 1861, to Aug. 1, 1864, |
when he was captured, and went to
Florence, and Andersonville. |
He left his chum, Charles Fieldman, at |
Blackshear, and never saw him again. |
He saw the stockade timbers fall at the !
time OF the appearance of the PrOv,dential |
S pring. |