The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-05-15
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
coMRApE DExnow HAS TIE RECORDS.

of those who were claiming they had th'
/, youngest soldier who had been Command
er of a Post. | claimed that we had will
us the youngest that had carried n CUR
during the war, John u. Fraley, Co. ii
18th Iowa. Ny assertions were all born,
out by Mai Thomas II. Marshall, who en-
listed Fraley. Now comes Samuel Fraley
of Charlottesville, Ind, brother of John
and disputes part of what | had written
Now. i wish to say that John ID. Frale!
is my nearest neighbor, and in regard t,
his age | have it from him. and he has il
from the Bible wherein his father ant
mother kept the records of the births OF
their children, and that is supposed to be-
rs near correct as anyone's memory. Thi,
record says that John ID. Fraley was borI
March %, 1850, and it says that Samue
w. Fralcy was born Jan. Z, 1913. Now
have the Advertisements report OF
the State of Iowa, and it says that JOIN
ID. Fraley was enrolled on the 22d day OF
February, 1864, and was mustered into
the United States service on the Sd day
of March, 1864. Now, the same report
says that Samuel W. Fraley was enrolled
on the 18th day of January, 1864, and
was mustered into the L. 5. service on
the Both day of January, 1864. Now, John
says that he and Samuel did not enlist al
the same time, and that Samuel
went off South quite while be,
lore he Qlu. expect tHdI you are
bored to death with all this jangle
but as have taken The National Tribune
ever since it was a paper, | begin to think
now that | own n large interest in it, not
as a property owner, but as an interested
reader. Long may it live, as a irmeT
friend the old soldiers never had. | am
not giving you this last as a little bit OF
taffy, but as solid truth in big chunks"
THE FITZPATRICK RAID.
William H. Roberts, Co. f, Sd Ohio
Cav, Mountain Home, Ark, writes: I'm
the issue of April 10 was a sketch of the
Fitzpatrick raid, written by John Reed
Springfield, Iowa. Two brigades Of Longs
Cavalry also took part in that affair, one
brigade commanded by Gen. Minty, the
other by Gen. Eli Long. We had been on
the left wing from Kenesaw. We left
Buckhead on the night of Aug. H. NOV
ing to the right; on the 18th we rested I'M
til nearly night, when we started to join
Kilpatrick's Division. This we accom-
plished during the night. We were on the
Skirmish line after we passed the Mont
gomery and West Point Railroad. We ar
rived at Jonesboro just before dark on the
18th The railroad was burning, but
did not see any houses on fire. We manu-
vered nearly all night; If there was any
fighting of any consequence did not know
1t. IIdlllS were vi tdfl VI
the railroad. Just at daylight we moved
to the left. After going about one mile
we stopped to make coffee; before we
could eat we We're attacked by the rebels
My regiment lost one man. The Sd Ohio
| Cav. acted as rear guard until about noon
when we were relieved and Joined the col
umn. Soon after we rode into the hornets
nest that Comrade Reed writes about In
stead of one division the rebels were con-
fronted by fitzpatrick full division and
two brigades of the Second Division. Our
bines, sabers, and Colts Navies. My COM
pany lost two men wounded, while we
were in town and another in the charge
after we had moved out of the town. As
we moved out the Sd Ohio Cav. was or
dered to the rear to hold the rebels in
check. The regiment lost several men,
killed and wounded. / was wounded about
) o'clock on the evening Of the Goth, and
was placed in an ambulance, and had lit
tie opportunity to observe the operations
during the later movements"
DEATH OF GEN. SANDERS.
James NJ Baird, Co. D., 10Th Ill,
| Pueblo, Colo, writes: "a 7th Ohio com
rade, writing in recent issue of The Ma
! tional Tribune, states that Gen. VIM. +.
Sanders fell from his horse mOrtally
wounded. Gen. Sanders was on foot all
day. Early in the morning he came out on
the skirmish line. | asked him if we We're
| to be left there m the open ground to be
picked off by the enemy's sharpshooters
He told me that he had made arrange
ments to attend to the sharpshOoters with
artillery. He believed that the rebels
would charge early In the morning, and
told us to fire when we saw them coming,
then to fall back to the main line. The
fog soon began to lift. We could hear the
rebel officers giving their commands. Soon
| saw their advance line coming over a
rise of ground to our right front distance
of about $50 yards. 1 fired; the rebels re
! turned the fire. the bullets striking quite
near to me. We fell back to the main
| line. The rebels made several charges,
but were each time repulsed. Gen. San
ders was on the firing line encoura ging
| the boys. About 3 O'Clock in the after
noon we We're thanked and driven from the
! field. My company lost Go per cent of the
men taken into action. Gen. Sanders fell
with a musRet in his hands He had been
! firing at the advancing column. | helped
to carry him from the field. We could see
that he was MORALLY wounded. Gen. San
ders was % years Of age"
a MISSOURI coMpANY's RECORD.
w. l.. Roney, Co. f, sth Mo. S. NJ.
! Cav, Marquette, Kan, writes: Il send Il
| list, alphabetically, Of brothers in company
to which | belonged. was First Sergeant
most of the time, and have called the roll
so often that the names are all fresh in
my memory. There were % sets of broth
ers i'll the company; six in one set, four
in another, three in sets, and the remain
der pairs. The sets We're as follows:
Granvill +. Bryant, William Bryant; John
Bishop, Richard Bishop; John Blake, Jo-
seph Blake; George r. Deiosier Edward
+. DelOsier; Jesse A. Eaton, William III.
Eaton; John Glenn, James Glenn; John
l.. Holloway, Titus E. Holloway; John
Ingram, Josiah Ingram; William KidwelI,
Joseph Kidwell, Thomas Kidwell, Luna
Kidwell, George Kidwcll, David Kidwell
David Lord, William r. Lord. John r.
Lord, James Lord James NJ. Lindsey, o.
Il. f. Lindsey; Henry Lopp, Benitt Lopp
Jesse Miller, James Miller; James A Null
len, George Mullen, Leroy Mullen; John
! w. ID. Mccall, Thomas H. Mccall Mar
sell Mccall; James A. McCubbin, Albert
McCubbin; c. G. Owen, w. w. Owen;
Henry Shull, Andrew J. Shull, William III.
Shull; Robert w. Sands, Samuel V. Sands
l. II. Smith, l. Il. Smith; Pollard w. Van,
dlveer. William Il. Vandireer; Jesse Wal
ker, John w. Walker; James Graham,
John Graham. ssts
A SOUTHERN LoYALIsT.
VIM. II. Roberts, Co. L, Sd Ohio Cav,
Mount Home, Ark, writes: Il was born
and raised in jackson County, Ala. This
section was cursed with bushwhackers;
Union man was not safe day or night We
did not dare sleep in or homes. When
Buell. marched across the mountains to