The National tribune., 1902-10-30
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line, ".'ir-
WHITE OAK ROAD.

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WHITE OAK ROAD.
f. S. White, Bugler, 146th N. T., 10
Lagrange ST., Cleveland, o., writes: Il
was very glad to hear from Comrade
Beckwith in your issue of Oct. 8. His
regiment was in the timber to our left,
and, of course, could not observe what l
did. 1t seems, however, that we should
agree about the weather. One might
think, from my writing, that the ground
was frozen hard. l did not intend to say
this. Comrade ,Beckwith does not even
give me credit for suggesting that the
weather was cold. The fact is that the
night of March 81 was the .coldest night
of the campaign; so cold that We built
fires in the evening to get warm before
lying down to sleep. Between 8 and 10
o'clock the mud had stiffened so that We
could lie down on that same muddy corn
field without sOiling our blankets. usual
ly slept alone, but that night l bunked
in with the Orderly-Sergeant of my COM
pany in order to keep warm. To speak eA-
actly, / never saw the White Oak Road
at that point. Didn't even go up to the
Confederate breastworks to look over, be
ing more interested in looking around the
battlefield"
BROKE OPEN THE DOORS OF LIBBY.
J. W. Rodgers, 123d Ohio, of Liberty
Center, o., was among those who first en-
tered Richmond at it's fall. They found
the city in blaze, which threatened to
burn up Libby Prison and Castle Thun-
der, where host of Union prisoners were
confined. The doors of the prisons were
locked, and they could see the emaciated
forms of the prisoners at the windows im-
ploring help. Il wle eaia .he rebel au-
thorities intended burning up the prison.
ers in their places of confinement. Com
rade Rodgers and some others picked up
a bar of railroad iron and drove it against
the door of Libby, smashing it in at the
first blow, and allowing the prisoners to
come out, who were tenderly cared for
by the Union soldiers. Comrade Rodgers
met some of the prisoners who were con-
fined there, at the recent National En-
campment al Washington.
BROTHERS IN THE ID IOWA BATTERY.
r. J. Buttolph, Sergeant, I'd Iowa Bat
tery Ogden, Iowa, has been interested in
the list of brothers in single companies,
and gives the following as having served
in the I'd Iowa Battery: Alexander, 2; But
tolph, 9; Brown, 2; Covalts, 3; Carpenter,
9; Dodge, 3; Davis, 2; Ferguson, 2; Gill
man, 2; Jones, 2; johnson, z; Little, =;
Lee, 2; Payne, 2; Phillips, 2; Reed, z;
Reader, 9; Smith. 2; Wilson, 2; besides
pair of Coons and two Fishes, not small
ones either.
mot PORE OLE MIZZOORA.
Comrade Bran Rushton, of Unionville,
Mo-, who served in the 18th Iowa, writes
that it must no longer be Pore Ole Miz-
zoora," for he and his comrades who have
settled near him have been making great
success. They have fine farms, on which
the red clover grows knee-high to Dutch
man, and all other crops flourish similarly:
They hold their lands at from $50 to S1OO
Al. A. hon
miles from railroad. They want the
other comrades to come out and see what
they have accomplished.
SCATTERING.
Mrs. Maria E.. Mohler, sos Ninth
street, southeast, Washington, d. c.,
writes that after the second battle Of
Bull Run, six Union soldiers were brought
to her home at Centervile, Fairfax Coun-
ty, Va, where she nursed them until they
had recovered sufficiently To be removed.
j. b. Work. Secretary and Treasurer
of Col. Dan McCook Brigade Association,
Chicago, ILL.,, writes: "On Sept. 22d, 1902,
Col. Dan McCook's Third Brigade, Sec
ond Division. Fourteenth Corps, held its
Annual Reunion at the Dead Angle on
'Chatham's Hill,' Kenesaw Mountain, Ca,
at the point on which the brigade made
the assault on June q, 1864, and where
they made lodgment and maintained
their position within SO feet of the Con-
federate works until the enemy evacuated
their position July 3, 1864. While there
Mr.. V. B. Channel, whose postoffice ad-
dress is Marietta, Ga, showed me a
small piece of silver about half an
inch square, with the following inscrip-
ton: James McGlen, Co. l., both Regt.
N. Y. 8. " Mr.. ChannelPs son found it
in the field in front of the Dead Angle,
and desires to return it to James McGlen
or his family and will be pleased to hear
from him or his family"
G. w. Jones, Ponce Park, Fla, left at
The National Tribune office last week the
discharge of George X. Smith, Co. G, 73d
Pa. The discharge was found in Hyatts-
vile, Md, in 1860. Mr.. Smith or rela-
tives can secure the discharge by ad-
dressing The National Tribune.
Comrade NJ. N. Hallack, Of Parker's
Landing, Pa, attended the National En-
campment and noted the fine appearance
made by the corps of War Musicians. He
now suggests that the musicians organize
in each State, and hereafter head their De
partments in the Grand Army parade.
Comrade Hallack was drummer boy.
Henry II. Corey, Co. Fl, 4th Ohio, VAN
vert, O., has the distinction of having
held the position of Post Commander in
three observation-disclosures, Indiana, and
Ohio He is now serving his third con-
secutive term as Commander of the Post
at Vanwert