The National tribune., 1901-05-16
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line,
SPANISH FORT.

Now, having been member of the
| 4Ith during its whole term of service,
from August, 1861, until February, 1866,
l would like to point out few errors
| into which the comradc has fallen. At the
| time of which he speaks the regiment
nies, Col. ID. w. Magee having arrived
only a couple of weeks before with six
full companies of yearlings,' besides four
| companies of veterans.
The leader of the rush was Lieut.. Col.
Edward Bonham mot Barnum). 1t also
strikes me very forciby that great many
more than II men from the regiment en-
tered with him. Neither did A. J. Smith
or any of his staff enter the works at the
| time. After we had been in possession
for some time Gen. Macarthur, with his
| staff, arrived, and as a battery on the
! left of our line of investment began to
| drop shells too near us to be comfortable,
| Gen. Macarthur dispatched one of his
staff to inform the batterymen that the
| fort was III our possession.
''In regard to the assertion that Col.
! ROnham and the Colonel of the SD III.
| drew their swords, it is imagination pure
| and simple. | was in close proximity to
Bonham until we retired to our own
| works, being unfortunate enough not to
have flag with us, having made the for
ward movement from the rifle pits"
GEN. sHERIDAN's HORSE.
G. ]. Nash, Lieutenant of LoOmis Bat
terry, Marcellus, Mich, writes Il see in
The National Tribune an inquiry from
Gomrade Thomas Z. Alexander, of Felor-
ona, Kan, who wants to know the color
of Gen Sheridan's horse that he rode
from Winchester TO Cedar Creek in Oc-
tober, 1864. The horse WIS jet-black, ex-
cept two front and one hind foot, which
were white TO just above the ankle. The
horse was presented to the General by
Capt afterwards C0loneD Archibald T.
Campbell. of the I'd Mich. Cav. in 1862.
He was then three years old. The Gen.
eral rode him in nearly every battle and
campaign in which he took part. He was
a standardized Morgan. He was wound
ed several times, but lived until 1878,
when he died n natural death. He was
named RienZi."
SUPPORT TIE EX-PRIsONERs OF WAR ELL.
S. NJ. CASTOR, 9th Ind Cav, urges all
the comrades to support the ex-Prisoners
Of War Bill. which win give to every vet
eran who was in prison 81 a day for each
day of his Imprisonment. This is very
small compensation for what they en-
dured.
WANTS SOMEONE TO TAKE GUEssEs FOR
HIN.
Louis NJ Starring. Grand View, Tenn,
son of 44th \. Y. veteran, is sorely
afflicted in a way which prevents him
from earning his living by manual labor.
His eyesight is very poor and he has other
troubles. He is a devoted friend to The
National Tribune and he wants to know
if some Of the old comrades of his fathers
regiment will not take some guesses for
him in the May contest of The National
sCATTFR1Nc
G. +. Lamb, Athens, o., writes that |
his brother, Sylvester ~ Lamb, who be- |
longed TO West Virginia artillery COM
mand died in Morgan's Cotton Factory |
then used as hospital in Lexington,
KY, in the Spring of 1860. Deceased |
served in West Virginia and Kentucky |
during 1868 and 1864, but for nearly |
eight months before his death had been
in the hospital. Comrade Lamb wishes
to hear from any comrades who remem-
Der his brother.
Sarah Hastings formerly Carter, Cen
trail City, KY. writes that she was
nurse in the Sedgwick Hospital, Louis
Vile, KY, and later at the General Hos
pital, Jeffersonville, Ind, where she re.
NAMED until the close of the war. She
applied for pension, but was rejected, as
she served four days less than six months,
IS required by act OF Aug >, 1892.
A comrade wants a song called when
he Angel Calls the Roll" Will someone
Kindly let us have it?
Henry G. Armstrong, Red Clay, Ga,
writes: Il am glad to note the communi-
.ation Of Comrade A. A. Jones in your
ssue of April 4, in which he gives a
short but succinct account of the battle
1t Franklin, Tenn. | was private in
he 18th Ky. In scanning all the corre-
,pOndence since the war this is the first
'eference | have noticed to the gallant
I'D 18th"
J. X. Glenn, Santo, Tex, writes that
Turing the Winter of 1S64-5, while en-
cute from Gadsden, Ala, to Rome, Ga,
IN board the steamer, he met four sol
liers, one OF whom was a doctor. These
soldiers had been without food for ser-
raj days, and while Comrade Glenn vas
with them he divided his food with the
our and became very much attached 10
he doctor. He would like to hear through
rhe National Tribune from any of the
,arty.
John NJ. Stewart, Cloud Chief, o. T.,
vas one of the young soldiers of the civil
var He was born Dec. 20, 1S4S. He
Unlisted in the 32d Ky. in the Fall of
S62, and served nine months; re-enlisted
n 1858, in Co. NJ, 18th Ky. Cav; served
l months, and then enlisted in Battery
], 1st Ky. J.. A.
Lewis Campbell, Co. T., 10th Ohio, Dar-
ington, Mo, writes that he has been a
eader of The National Tribune over 20
ears, and could not do without it. Com
ade Campbell went to Missouri soon af-
er the war, and has since lived in that
state. He complains that members of
he roth Ohio do not write.
Geo. y. Davis, Albany. Mo-, writes that
e has been member of the g. A. X. |
ince March %, 1861. In early years he
id not take very active interest in the
)rder, but he now realizes that it is neces- ..
airy for comrades to stand shoulder TO |
houlder in order to secure their rights.
Jomrade Davis enlisted Ang. s, 1862, near
'iqua, Miami Co., o.. in Co. A. 10th !
)hio, and was discharged July 1,1S65 He
ook part in all the general engagements
n -:hich the regiment participated, ex- :
epting only one, when he was absent on
ccount of injuries. He received sun =
troke in August, 1864, while making a :
orced march under Gen. Sheridan. Com 7
ade Davis believes the effects of sun :
troke and other injuries of service origin ..
hould entitle him to n good pension un- 1
er the old law. He is receiving So un- |;
er the act of June q, 1890, while his (;
ld-law case is on appeal before the Sec r
etary of the Interior.
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Sunday, May 18th. Leave Washington t