The National tribune., 1900-07-12
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
AT FORT STEVENS.

Al TOn1 olCS EMS.
William Buchanan, 18th Mich. Battery,
.Ontaria, Canada, says: Under the head
Of Cavalry at Fort Stevens in the issue
of April 5, Comrade S. ]. Weller says that
when the dismounted cavalry arrived
there were very few if any soldiers around
the fort, and none to man the guns. The
guns were manned at that time by the
18th Mich. Battery and some companies
of the 15Oth Ohio, hundred days regi-
ment. The fight commenced between u
and l o'clock on the 11th and ended on
the night Of the 18th. 1 think it was the
morning of the 18th that the dismounted
cavalry arrived. The President came out
to Fort Stevens on the 10th and again the
evening of the-12th. If he was there on
the 11th did not see him. l saw the of
ficer standing behind him shot in the leg
and heard some of the other officers tell
the President to get down. A Sergeant
Of the 18th got box and placed it be-
tween the gun l belonged to and the gun
to the left Of US. and the President sat
down."
SCARE ON PICKET.
c. G. Parke, Dudley, Mo-, was on picket
one night in the Spring of 1868 south of
Nashville. 1t was dark. He heard some
thing approaching, making an unusual
noise. He concluded it was a cow, it not
being his first night on picket, and so kept
uultI. Just uS u udlh ODJtCt luOUlcu up
and was about to pass on the far side of
the road, he remarked suddenly that if he,
she or it did not have the countersign
there was no thoroughfare that way. The
object turned and coming quickly across
the road took hold Of him. Then, Com
rade Parke says, he was scared The ne
gro woman, for such he could now make
out it was, poured forth a torrent of jar
gon, evidently afraid he would shoot. He
jerked loose his arm and pushed her back.
She was harmless, being only a negro
slave running away from her master and
trying to get to the Union lines.
THEY SHOULD BE REMEMBERED.
]. 81. Wolff, 121 G Street northwest,
Washington, d. c., urges the erection of
monument to the New York soldiers
who fell at Fort Stevens. Our Govern
ment, he says, has provided for the last
resting-place of the comrades who fell by
placing them in the cemetery known as
Battle Ground Cemetery. But Of the 40
buried there, % are New York men of the
43d, 1921 N. Y, 25th Cav, nth, 10th and
18th N. Y. Il can see no reason why the
survivors of these regiments, with the as
sistance of loyal citizens and our old State
of New York, cannot place fine monu-
ment in the cemetery. The Pennsylvania
comrades have erected a fine monument to
their fallen veterans. Will not someone
take up this matterF'
A RAID ON RATIoNS.
Frank Bruner, Cincinnati, o., writes:
when the Third Division, Fifteenth
Corps, was crossing the Mississippi at
Grand Gulf, during the day and night of
May 6, 1868, Gen. j. NJ. Tuttle, its COM
mander, was somewhat indisposed, and as
soon as he reached the Mississippi shore
his tent was pitched, and l was requested
to sleep in his tent to supply his wants,
all the staff officers being engaged in su-
the crossing of troops. Some
time during the night l was awakened by
n sharp pain in my side, and on getting
fully awake 1 realized that the pain was
produced by the sword of the General
pricking me and there grew upon my con-
sciousness n furious medley of sounds. |
The General ordered me to find out what
was the cause. l soon saw that a ST. |
Louis regiment of infantry was marching |
by, each comrade gesticulating to some
other and jabbering away in German. Ra- |
tions had just been issued and they were
happy l told the General and he laughed |
heartily; he said he was under the i'm |
preston that cavalry raid was in pro- |
gress."
STOOD BY THE CoLoRs.
Gaddis Bayless, Signal Q. NJ, U. s. s. |
Neosho, says he was in the four days en- |
yagement at Bells Mills, near Nashville, |
1864, and was the first man to |
touch the colors after they were shot |
of the Gag staff. He would like to get q !