The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-24
EDITORIAL NOTICE
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
A GOOD FAMILY RECORD.

| A GOOD FAMILY RECORD.
D. S. Hall, River Falls, Wis, writes
of his four brothers, who, with himself,
served in the Union army. All are now
| living, and held Reunion not long ago
| at River Falls, at the time of the Reunion
of Co. B, 9th Wis, and Co. \. 18th Wis.
Franklin j. enlisted May s. 1861, in Co.
b, 9th Wis, at the age of 23, and served
three years. He was wounded i'll the
right shoulder ut Gettysburg. He resides
at Orange, Wis l.. G.. enlisted June -,
1861, in Co. b, 9Th Wis, at the age of
u, and served four years and one month.
He resides at Big River, Wis. j. \. en-
listed May s, 1861. in Co. b, 9th Wis,
at the age of 10, and served three years,
eight months and 10 days. lie was q
prisoner nine months and II days, mostly
in Andersonvile He resides at Belden-
vile. Wis. ID. :. enlisted Aug. Is, 1867,
in Both Wis, at the age of %, and served
three years. one and half months. VIM.
w. enlisted Aug. Il, 1862, in Both Wis,
at the age of -. and served three years,
one and one-half months. He resides at
River Falls.
ABOVE TIE CLOUDS
Thomas p. McReynoIds, Wellman,
Iowa, referring to an article printed some
time ago regarding the battle of Lookout
Mountain, says it was truly Il battle above
the Clouds Perhaps the comrades who
think there were no clouds were really
in the thckest of the fight and could not
see the clouds below them for the powder
smoke. Il belonged to the 4th Iowa, be-
ing in the Second Brigade of the First Di-
vision Fifteenth Corps. We had become
detached from our corps by the breaking
of a bridge the night before. and were in
Harkers command, our position being on
the extreme left of the line. 1t rained al
most all forenoon. The battle furiously
| commenced on our part of the line ut the
| base of the mountain and steadily ascend
ed. The battle went on above the clouds.
l went through some of them
SHOULD NOT BE RETURNED.
James s. Parke, Co. A, 49th Mo-, FO-
ley. Mo-, joins with comrades who re-
Gently wrote regarding the return of any
rebel flags, and says: Don't! The flags
should be retained. If we were to return
them the Southerners would think we did
wrong in capturing them and We're apol,
ogizing for having done so. Not 4 jOt or
title of the righteousness of the Union
cause should be abated in the eyes of the
present generation and those to come
SCATTERING.
W. d. Names, Co. B, 9Th Tenn. Mid
Inf, Cleo, Tenn, writes: when the
army broke camp on May 4, 1864, and
started on the Atlanta Campaign, they
left neW-made grave on their camp
ground, five. miles south of Cleveland,
Tenn, on the DR.. Sugart farm. There
Whiteacre's Brigade, of Stanley's Divi-
sion, was camped. We never knew who
was buried there or to what regiment he
belonged. The grave was marked with a
pork barrel stave at head and foot, and
left alone to guard the camp as silent
sentinel. Who was he and why was he
never removed to National cemetery
and buried with his comrades?"
L. J. Walsh, Mosling, Wis, tells of
some of his experiences with Sherman's
army, the hard marching and the sharp
fighting and manuvering. The writer got
broken leg and dslocated joint while
at Atlanta, and now draws a small pen
sion.