The National tribune., 1902-09-11
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE wHALER BRUINS
WICK.
William III. Jaquish, Co. A, Sd Mass.
Cav, Highland Falls, N. Y, writes: 81
was much interested in the cruise of the
Shenandoah, from the fact that had seen
and knew many Of the whale ships cap
tured and destroyed by that ship, in par
ticular the Brunswick, in which l sail
ed from New Bedford, Mass, in the Fall
of 1859 on three years whaling voyage
in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Returning to New Bedford on the morn
ing Of Aug. 20, 1862, and finding there
soon as possible, and before 10 o'clock
a. m. had offered my services as a soldier,
being very much afraid that the bottom
would drop out of the rebellion before 1
could get to the front. Having just re-
turned from the other side Of the Cape of
Good Hope, had but little idea of the
magnitude Of the picnic which ended for
me May 20, 1865, at Falls Church, Va.
After our return from the Indian Ocean
the owners of the Brunswick reftted her
and sent her around the Horn and up
northwest to be out of harms way, and
though heard she had been captured and
destroyed by the rebels, with many other
whaling vessels, yet l had never learned
the particulars of their destruction until
read the story in the National Tribune
The Brunswick was good old ship. She
had spread her sails to every breeze of
heaven on every sea, and l am sorry she
met such q fate in the dreary Arctic
Ocean,"
A REBEL SPY.
]. B. Schneider, drummer, Co. E, I'd
No., 1856 Pennsylvania Street, st. Louis,
Mo-, writes to cOrroborate the statement
made by Comrade G. F. Roberts, Co. e.
Both Ind, regarding Ned Edwards, the
was stationed at Dalton, Ca, at the time
our Colonel, b. Laiboldt was commander
of the post. We captured the spy in a
strawstack about four miles southeast of
Dalton. He was confined in the jail a
few days, but as the evidence was so
strong against him we hanged him in
short order. We took an army wagon,
laid board across the top, pulled the
wagon under large oak tree, made Mr..
Edwards climb on top, stand on the board
and we put a rope around his neck, tied
it to a limb, and pulled the wagon from
under him and he was stransled to death.
We placed the body in a box, lifted it
into the wagon, and with a detail of SOL
diers marched to the cemetery on the hill
west Of the town, being drummer boy,
had the honor of drumming his funeral
march. Edwards was 65 years old.
My regiment saw hard service
from beginning to the end, and every mem
ber of the I'd Mo. was a 'crackerjack,' as
the Adjutant-GeneraPs report of Missouri
will show. The last encounter we had
with the rebs was at Dalton, Ca, Aug
13 and II, 1864, when Gen. Jos Wheeler
sent in his flag of truce for us to surrender.
Col. Laiboldt sent word that he was not
there for that purpose, and told the John
nies if they wanted us to come and take
us. Wheeler had 1000 men and a good
battery; we were only $50 strong, but We
fought like tigers from / o'clock p. m. on
the 18th until the next morning, when we
received reinforcement from Gen. Steed-
man."
THE SIEGE OE CORINTH.
w. ]. Frazier, Co. D, 18th Ohio, Cof-
feyville, Kas., writes: 'The siege of
Corinth was fairly inaugurated on April
30, and ended the morning of May 80.
About 6:30 o'clock in the morning orders
to march were received, and at 700
o'clock the greater portion of the men
were outside of the works cautiously NOV
ing through the underbrush which inter-
vened between our Notifications and the
defences of Corinth. After advancing
Il half a mile we came to an open space
and found the enemy's works abandoned.
1t was great surprise. Upon examina-
ton of the defenses we found that the
rebels had felled timber for about 800
yards in front of their intrenchments to
obstruct our progress. From the highest
point Of the rebel works, directly in front