The National tribune., 1901-07-11
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
THE LINcoLSs OF KENTUCKY.

IhE LINCOLNS OF hENIUChY.
Silas NJ. Buckley, of Andrews, Ind, 90.
II, Sd Ill. Cav, and Co. G. 143d Ill. Inf.,
has read in The National Tribune an 40
count OF Camp Nelson Cemetery in Ken
lucky, by James A. Brown. of Harrods-
burg, KY. He says that his brother
William, a soldier of the 10th Ind, was
killed on the 30th day Of August, 1852.
and was buried there He would like to
have some cOmrade write up his recol-
lectiens OF the battle OF Richmond, KY.
Conrade Buckley is looking up his family
tree, and would like some assistance. He
says his grandmother was the daughter
Of Thos. Lincoln, and that her family
moved from Kentucky to Ohio more than
hundred years ago. where she was mar
ried to his grandfather, James Buckley.
He thinks one OF his Kentucky relatives
on his mothers side was Mordecai Josiah
Lincoln. He would be glad to hear from
any OF his old comrades relative to either
family or war matters.
sHERIDAs's RIDE TO CEDAR CREEK
C.. K. Glazier, a member Of Gen.
Clusters Brigade Band, now Of Lake
Arthur. La, writes that he noticed In The
National Tribune a statement corcerning
Gen. Sheridan and his black horse Rienzf,
question being raised as to whether il
was black horse that he rode at the bat
tie Of Cedar Greek. He says that this
black horse was given to Gen. Sheridan
by Col. Archibald, Of the 7th Mich. Cav,
and that he rode him in nearly every bat.
tie after he assumed command of the
Cavalry Corps up to AppomattoI. he
saw Gen. Sheridan on this horse the day
he rode from Winchester to Cedar Greek.
and by order of Gen. Custer helped play
Hail to the Chief" when they saw Sherb
dan on this horse. He Is quite indignant
that Lieut.. Alexander, Of Co. 1, 4th Ind,
should raise question as TO the identity
of the horse Sheridan rode the day Of the
battle of Oct. 10, 1864.
SCATTERING
Geo. Griffith, Of Long Run, Co. @, eeth
Ill, complains that he sees nothing in The
National Tribune from Wilder's Brigade.
He expresses hope that members of Co.
Q, 9Sth ILL.,, will write their experiences
for publication, also 123d ILL.,, 18th and
I'D Ind. He invites members OF the old
brigade who do not own homes to settle
in Ozark County, No., where they can
homestead 160 acres by paying Govern
ment fees.
Comrade Charles e. Hill, 5th Conn,
First Brigade, First Division, Twentsth
Corps, Gilmore, Neb., wants to know why
the old 9Th Conn. comrades do not write.
He says that Comrade George E. Sellick,
SO ", htpl Ol events IudL W0UlQ
make interesting reading to comrades from
the Nutmeg State.
The graves of all soldiers buried in Pros
pect Cemetery, Tarentum, Pa, were dec
GRATED on Memorial Day with American
flags purchased by Col. Baker, of the
Baker Manufacturing Co. Col. Baker
now lives in Allegheny, Pa, but by birth
he Is a Virginian. He served four years
in the Confederate army, and for time
was under Stonewal Jackson. The nags,
lO4 in number, were placed by the COM
rades of Hemphill Post, 135.
Comrade D. G. Long, Urbana, ILL.,, has
the discharge of Enoch NJ. Williams, Co.
A, 154th Ill. Comrade Williams was en-
rolled Feb. 10, 1855, and was mustered
ont Sept. IS, 1886, at Nashville, Tenn
Comrade Williams was a railroad man,
and left Urbana some 20 years ago. His
discharge was in a bureau drawer, and
was discovered only the other day By Mrs.
Jane Wilkin, who kept the boarding house.