The National tribune., 1900-07-05
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
MOVING From BUzzARps' Roosre

! MOVING FROM BUZZARDs' RoosT-
H c. Vaughn, Co Il, 9th Ky. Null
berry, Ky, is much interested in the late
I j. NJ. BranuIns Letters from the Field
as he was n member of Schefeld's ''BIm-
mers'' and participated in all the hard
battles and skirInishes from Dalton TO At
lanta. ''BranCm says: We left BuZzards'
Roost in the morning | suppose hs
means the 18th. Manson's Brigade, OF
Cox's Division, took position under the
Roost, if l am not mistaken, about 10
o'clock on the 18th, and skirmished until
some time in the afternoon. / was ore
of the left hankerS, and when our brigade
struck the enemy on the northwest side OF
the Roost and the fiankers acted as skirm-
isherS, / remember | had only 40 rounds
and had to forage for 20 more from
103d Ohio soldier. The left fankers, when
we ran up against a snag, faced to the
left, and that brought us against the
north bluff, or little northwest
We had it hot all day until late in
the evening when we fell back and some
cavalry took our place. 1t was at the east
side OF the mountain or bluff. While we
were pecling away | was an eyewitness
of one of the grandest sights of my life,
a cavalry saber charge around the east
slope. After we had left the front we
marched back north on the same line as
iii the morning, perhaps two miles, and
camped in the woods. Next morning, the
18th, we passed the railroad tunnel and
marched TO the right, and late in the even
ing camped in a large, open field. IL l
remember it was only one days march
from the Roost to where we formed for
the bloody battle on the 14th."
NO USE FOR SOFT BEDS.
Miles w. Buck, Co. X, 50th Pa. Ty-
rome, Pa, writes: Il was greatly amused
in reading Comrade Waterman's home
coming in the issue of May 3, especially
about the loving kindness layiShed upon
him by his friends. Oh, what a soft snap
he hadi That homecoming reminds me
of my own, in August, 1865. Our regi-
ment was discharged at Camp Curtin on
the Sd, and | arrived home about 10 A.
NJ. on the 4th. Upon retiring | was put
into a soft bed with a feather tick over
me. l endured this severe punishment un-
til father, mother and brother had re-
tired. Then ! slipped out of bed, took my
coat for pillow, stretched myself at full
length on the floor and slept soundly un-
til morning. On March % 1866, l en-
listed in the Regulars, and served in the
18th, 31st, 22d and 14th U. S.-more hard
beds. | positively have no use for 4 soft
all controversy hereafter regarding war
like achievements, will say that the seth
Pa. and 20Gth Ind. captured all guns,
flags and State Capitals, and in general
put down the rebellion practically alone;
of course, the rest of the army helped
l.. X. Allen, 18th U. s., whose article re-
Gently appeared in these columns"
BRISK ENCOUNTER.
W. W. Hill Fort Wayne, Ind, writes:
81 see j. II. Hummel speaks of the 9th
Pa at the High Bridge fight but forgets
the other regiment that was there. He
says his regiment and some others. Were
they not 40 of the 4th Mass. Cav. and the
123d Ohio? The 54th Pa. and the 123d
Ohio were sent to burn the bridge. Then
Col. Reed, with his body-guard, was sent to
call us back. After he reached US the
rebels came in behind him and closed up
the gap. We had been engaged perhaps
40 minutes when he and his men led
charge to try to cut our way out; but there
were too many J0hnnies for that. Out OF
the IL officers with him and in charge only
four returned. | helped to carry. Reed
after he was killed. He was borne in u
saddle blanket, which tore in two, and We
lane that led up to a brick house. He was
shot by Col. Daring. l have forgotten
the regiment to which he belonged"
A SOLDIERS HORSE.
Henry Uffman, Co. e, 11th Ky. Cav,
Monte Vista, Colo, tells in an interesting
how hard it was after the
war to get good situation, although dur
ing the war almost anyone with fair
education. who had stayed at home. found
month. He finally got little place, but
later drifted into his old trade of cigar
making and has made a good living ut it.
He tells of Il fine bay horse he had during
the war. of which he was very fond and
petted like house dog. One day in SO
his Captain said to him: Henry, l want
to ride your Billy" mo man may ride
him but me, Captain" he said. Il know
you are my Captain, and if you only say
The word | will saddle him and follow you
20 h. but neither you nor any other man
may ride him." He got another horse,
smiling at Uffman's jealousy of his pet.
I feel very sorry today that 1 have never
risited Capt. Slater. He owes me for a
good chicken dinner to which / invited ;,
aim in ga in Georgia. 1 had cooked it
myself, and the Captain did not have u
,ite to eat. After about four of us had
inished six chickens n shell dropped into
amp. Slater jumped up and exclaimed,
Saddle up, boys There was great
Just then tive of our guns
,ame up and soon after the rebels took a
,neak."