The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-15
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the WHO'S
Line.
A FAMILY OF SOLDIERS.

the following statement OF MS famlyo
services in the army during the war Ok
the rebellian:
Ransom Bovine, 2ith ~ Y, taken pris-
oner ut second battle Bull Run. 1862; ex-
changed Dec. 9, 1862. Robert II. Bovine.
9th n. Y, taken prisoner at second bat
tie Bull Run: discharged as Chief Mu-
stefan by General Orders; reenlisted 18th
N. Y. (one-year trOops); discharged at
close of war. Walter w. Bovine, oath N.
Y; wounded in arm near shoulder at Sec
ond Bull Run: arm taken off near shout
der; mustered out IF service, and has
since answered the last roll call. Elijah
BOVINE, Jr., oath n. Y; reenlisted 18th
n. Y, mustered out at close of war, and
has answered the last roll call. Lewis
Sickles Bovine tenlisted as Lewis Sicklesl,
18th Me-: mustered ont at close of war.
Charles C. Bovine. 10th Mimi; discharged
Aug. 10. 1865. ut Fort Smelling, MIMI,
by reason of telegram from the A. G.. O.,
| Aug. II. 1865. and has since answered the
last roll call. John r. Bovine, enlisted
Mt New York City in Ira Harris's Cav.i
mustered out at expiration of term OF
service. Elijah Bovine, ST.. father of the
above sons. offered his services in the S1st
n. Y. and went with the regiment to Ell
mira, n. Y, to be mustered in the U. 8.
service but Oh account of his age was re-
iected; he has since died.
VISIT TO PETERSBURG.
J. C. Fuller. Co. d, oath N. Y. Cav,
Mansfield. Pa, writes: ''In the issue OF
The National Tribune of Dec. 4, q.
NJ. Clements. proprietor of the Peters
burg Daily Progress, stated that no NOR.
tar shells reached the city. Mr.. Glenn
ents is mistaken. After the evacuation, /,
with other dismounted cavalrymen. visi-
ted Petersburg. We entered large build
ing said to be the Court House. Chairs
| nd nU 6yf oh n
rooms and the floors were Uttered with pa
pers. The dome of the building had been
partly torn away by mortar shells. .
- l would like to learn who owned the
large clothing store situated on street
passing directly through the city and cross
ing the Appomattox River. and near .
hlacksmith's shop, bearing the representa-
ton of a full size horse with man shoe
| ing him. The store contained large mir
! rOr reaching from the counters TO the cell
ing. This mirror had been broken by
cannon shot. picked up a piece of the
glass and carried it in my blouse pocket
until the quicksilver had worn off. All
the members of our party belonged to
Gregg's Cavalry Division"
TAKING OF FAYETTEVILLE.
Henry B. Allen, Co. F. Odd Ind. Roy.
nj Center, Ind, says that he is very sorry
that 81 and Shorty had to go around that
slough, which made them late in taking
| Fayetteville. Comrade Allen remembers
that morning the 23d Ind. led the Seven
teenth Corps. 1t was in POtts's Brigade
of Smiths Division, and the brigade was
within two miles of Fayetteville. The Bril-
gade Adjutant came back on the lope and
said to our Colonel. Col Babbitt. double.
quick your regiment to the city. for the en-
envy is hard-pressing our bummers." Tho
regiment made more than dOuble-quick,
but the bummers had taken the city before
it got there, while the Fourteenth Corps
was banging away some three miles dis
tant ON the south side of the town.
WITH BANKs's RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
John Bagley, Jr., Co. B. Doth Me-, 26S
School St, Lowell. Mass, writes: "In
The National Tribune Of Jan. 1, read
the description of Uncle Toms Cabin by
J. A. Boring. Major 4Sth Ohio. have read
Mrs. Stoves book and have seen the play
many times but never once thought that
i had seen the cabin. In the Spring OF
1864 my regiment left Franklin, with the
remainder of the Nineteenth Corps, en-
ronte to Shreveport. La. We entered the
hattie of Sabine Crossroads. after march
ing at double-duick for over FIVE miles.
bullet penetrated my clothes. but was
stopped by a pocketbook and Testament.
That night we retreated to hill. and
next day repulsed the enemy after a hard
fight. Desperate fighting lasted until we
reached Alexandria. My regiment was
part of the detail that worked on the
DAM"
REUNION OF SURVIVORS ON GETTYSBURG
BATTLEFIELD.
G. r. Hall, Captain, Co. E, 123d N. Y,
Iowa City, Iowa, suggests Reunion OF
Survivors on the Gettysburg Battlefield,
July l, 2 and 9. those days being ami
: versary days of the great battle. The
people of Gettysburg conld furnish pro-
visions, and. no doubt. the loan of tents
could be secured from the War Depart
ment Further, Capt. Hall would like to
have present the Johnnies who We're OPP
posed to the Twelfth Corps at Culp's Hill
and around Spangler's Spring.
THE So SERVICE PENSION.
John Bagley, Jr, Goth Me-. Lowell,
, Mass, strongly favors q $40 service pen.
] siOp. He has been q subscriber of The
National Tribune for 20 years.
5 D. ]. Morey. SD Ohio. Grant, O., alse
urges the passage of the bill.
! PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS.
r Mrs. Addie Magee, Camptown. Pa, dis.
= SCENTS strongly from making the age of %
the minimum for pensioning widows, fol
, those who are younger are just as deserv.
I ing as those who are past that age, and
ST. month is small enough 10r the GOV'
e eminent to give any widow.
GUARDING THE FORD AT DUCK RIVER.
Apropos to the inquiry made by j
: Fraise Richard, COmrade John w. Black
ketter, Co. A, 120th Ind, Coal City, Ind.
, writes: 81 do not know vf any regiment
: being left on the hin. The 123d Ind.
! however. was left at Duck River to guard
p ford and remained there until the rebels
had passed, then by detour reach Nash
, vile, arriving there two or three days af
, ter the main body. 1t has been stated
! that the men left on the hill were Co. A
12Oth Ind. l am sure this is not so, as
was with that company during the Nash
vile campaign"
e is HE ANY KIN?
Comrade NJ j. Forsyth. of Pittsburg
$ wants to know if Elder Smoot, the pros.
pective Senator from Utah. is any rela-
{ tive to Squire Smoot. of Georgia, with
whom ST and Shorty had their experience
:, SCATTERING.
Geo. W. Morris. S;;4 Fifth ST.. Louis
: vile, Ky, has a pocket compass marked
9 u. o. Fitch, Co. ID, 151st N. Y" Thu
: compass was given to him by 4 soldier
t nearly 40 years ago.
} Service Pension.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Com
: rade Z. d. Lloyd, of Gaistown, Pa, ia
. vors very sensible and fair service pen
: sion bill, granting $40 per month to those
a who served more than so days and less