The National tribune., 1902-07-17
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
THE RECORD REATEN.


| Pomeroy Mitchell, Corporal. 10th Ohio
Battery, Columbus, o., writes: Il have
| noticed the many reports made in your
| journal by comrades of the number of
| brothers, fathers and sons enlisted in their
various companies. | have also noticed
| the reports of the services of families,
their ancestors, and their kin. l have
| also noticed that number of these coms
rades have challenged any comrade to re-
port a record that will beat theirs. l
| have waited until | think about all the
returns are in, and will now send in my
report. In the 10Th Ohio Battery. there
| were one set of fours, four sets of threes,
80 sets of twos, and a pair of half-broth-
ers; making in all rs. They are as fol
Mitchell. Corp'l p. Mitchell. Corpr A. b.
Mitchell; VIM. Drewett, Josiah Drewett.
| Geo. Drewett; John Jacobs, \. Jacobs,
| L. II. Jacobs; G. w. Taylor, VIM. Taylor,
John A. Taylor; Thad Underwood. VIM.
| Underwood, David Underwood; Joseph
Berg, ]. B: Berg; Allen Calhoun, Richard
Calhoun; J. Casey, n. Casey; +. Il.
Devee, McClebun Devee; Perry Davis, J.
NJ. Davis; Robt. Davis. Phil Davis; G.
Bainey, John Bainey; Samuel Daily, o.
G. Daily; Daniel Dawson, Henry Dawson
Jacob Esterline, A. Esterline: Geo.
Greaser, NJ. Greaser; J. Griffith, VIM.
Griffith; Ben Guyton, John Guyton; J. b.
| IIdHlStpT, w III. I1dlllSleT,
rey, Chas. Humphrey; Cyrus Lowman,
D. L6wman; z. Jenkins, w. II. jenkins;
James Mckinney. VIM. Mckinney; Thvs-
Merideth. VIM. Merideth; Geo. Miranda,
II. j. Miranda; Jos. Pumphrey; Theo.
Humphrey; Jacob Rail, Isaiah Rail; ]. w.
Rines, w. b. Rines; John Ross, VIM.
Ross; James Snedaker, AL Snedaker; A.
| Tuttle: X. A. Wallace, Charles Wallace;
NJ. Wingfield, II. Wingfeld; j. w.
| Wright, j. Wright; James Cowan, Faily
| florence (half-brothers).
What single company can beat this;
| and what company can beat the follow
| ing: There We're enlisted in my battery
from the beginning to the end $40 men
| and now, in referring to family history
l wish to claim nothing more than duty
well done The writer had a great
grandfather and two grandfathers in the
| Revolutionary War; my grandmother, a
| niece of Daniel Boone, went through the
siege of Boonesboro, and endured all the
dangers of early pioneer life. A cousin,
Maj. Lewis, and Capt. Clark, were the
first explorers across the great West; my
father and a brother were in the War of
1872; myself, three brothers and q full
cousins were in the war of the rebellion.
In this war number gave up their lives,
and the combined service of all was over
60 years. And that modern George Wash
ington, Aguinaldo, can tell you that l had
two cousins in the Philippines, Gen. Fred
Funston and Lieut.. Burt j. Mitchell"
THE FORT GREGG AFFAIR.
When Comrade d. Alverson, Co. X,
158th N. Y, of Fernandina, Fla, wrote
his recollections of the Capture of Fort
Gregg" Comrade VIM. H. Handy, Co. II,
9th Ohio, made reply, and said that the
Red Hearts would not stand any more
10
now says his regiment wore the red
hearts and that his Adjutant, Lieut..
Riley, had on a soft, low-crOwn felt hat
with a red heart tackled to the front near
the band. A bullet struck the red heart.
Comrade Handy stated that his regiment
lost three color-bearers; Comrade Alyer-
son says that his regiment lost three color
bearers, one Sergeant and two Corporals
on the State flag. Comrade Alverson still
feels certain that he went into the fort
with the 18th w. Va, and believes that
the 10th and 11th W. Va. were in the
same brigade.
THE TWO CHARGES AT FORT GREGG.
Corporal VIM. H H. Beckwith. Moroc-
co, Ind, supplementing his account of the
capture of Fort Gregg, appearing in the
issue of May %, says: Il stated that the
troops making the first charge failed; /
should have said temporarily failed, then
other troops coming to the assistance of
those first engaged made second assault,
which resulted in the capture of the fort.
l was about half mile from the fort.
During the first charge l could plainly see
troops on the parapet and around the fort.
This charge was made about l o'clock.
The fort was captured nearly an hour
later. When 1 enlisted the S9th n. Y.
was commanded by Col. Fairchids, and
it then belonged to the Second Brigade,
Second Division. 1t may later have been
transferred to another brigade" -'
FIRST TO ENTER FORT GREGG.
David r. Bryan, Co. A, 54th Pa, 312
Market ST., Johnstown, Pa, claims that
Chas. Barckley. of his company, was the
first Yankee soldier to enter Fort Gregg.
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