The National tribune., 1903-08-06
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
MEMORY OF WILSON'S CREEK.


Comrade J. NJ. Lindiey, Bozeman.
Mont. writes rs some memories of the
sanguinary battle of Wilson's Greek. Aug.
| 10, 1861. His first memory of Gen. Lyon
was when he came to the camp of the 1st
| Kan, July Z, which was the day on which
a man named Cole had killed comrade,
| for which he was afterward shot, the first
military execution in the war of the re-
bellion. His next vivid memory is that of
Maj. (afterward GEM John \. Halderman,
at one time Minister to SIAM but now re-
siding in Washington, and who sat calmly
on his large, iron-sray horse amid a per-
feet shower of rebel bullets at the time
they charged to capture TOtten's Battery.
| The 1st Kan, which was supp portiIg the
battery. was lying or kLeelng down amid
the scrub oaks. hut Maj. Halderman per-
sisted in remaining in his saddle when it
seemed he could not escape death.
The Captain of Comrade Lindley's COM
pany was killed, and at that instant the
regiment rose and fired, the effect of which
was simply awful upon the charging reb-
| els. A friend of his now living in Boze-
man was in the ranks of the charging
rebels, and says that the firing completely
knocked them out. The comrade on his
right was killed and the one on his left
went down. and the whole mass of rebels
left unwOunded retreated down the hill.
horse, and encouraged his men with the
remark that any man who was XII led there
that day would go straight to heaven.
THE 34TH IND.
Comrade Clark Stewart, 34th Ind,
Hartford City, Ind, never sees any
thing from his old regiment. He was
mustered in Sept. q, 1861, and at Cham
pion's Hill was severely wounded by Il
shot through the right shoulder joint He
was left on the battlefield until June s.
having for his bed merely an oilclOth and
an army blanket. and getting small ratiOns
of thin, old, Mississippi beef and corn
bread without any salt. Gangrene set in
and his right arm is entirely disabled for
doing manual labor. He is getting S2i
per month pension, but would very gladly
give it up to have his good right arm in
the condition it was in before he received
his wound. The regiment will hold Re-
union in Hartford City. the first Thursday
of October and would be CAD to have all
of the gallant old ironclads of Hoveys
First Brigade meet with them.
A PECULIAR RECORD.
George Maine. Stevens Point. Wis,
writes: Il enlisted in 1861. was cap
tured at Missionary Ridge, Nov. %, 1858,
and imprisoned at Belle Isle until the
Spring of 1864. l was then taken to st.
Johns Hospital. Annapolis, Md. where
| remained until the following Fall; thence
l was sent to Springfield, ILL.,. and dis
charged. Nov. 90, 1854. After l was
captured l never saw my command or
single member of ii. l am g. years old.
and have lived here since 1857. excepting
three and a half years of army fe. Since
1890 l have been drawing ST pension.
Does my confinement in prison and in
U. S. Hospital cut me off from being
veteran"
9TH IOWA CAV.
Peter German, Co B, 9th Iowa Cav.
Burdette, Iowa, who served from 1862 to
1868, and saw three years of hard fight
ing, says that he wishes to see all the
boys get $12 per month. as they certainly
deserve it. COmrade German was pleased
to see mention of the 9th Iowa in the
Fighting Them Over column. and Won
ders why more of the members OF that
gallant band do not write.
WILL ATTEND NATIONAL EScAMpMENr.
Comrade Peter Knollenburg. Co. X. 35th
Mass. First Division. Second Brigade,
Ninth Corps, now residing at Tracy, Cal,
says that he will be at the National En-
campment, where he would like to meet
any of his old army comrades. Comrade
Knollenburg will wear the regimental
badge.
MADE A MISTAKE.
r. D. Quick, Co. f, 102d n. Y, New
burgh, N. Y, writes: Chaplain Watts,
Department of Indiana, very properly
calls me down for making mistake as
to the date of the killing of Gen. Pc k.
thank him for correcting me. The wisest
and most careful men are liable to make
an occasional mistake"
WANTS TO FIND THE REBEL SERGEANT.
Geo. Redfoot, Co. X, 106th Pa, Wallis
Run, Pa, wants to find the rebel Sergeant
who called the roll at Andersonville for the
third 80 of the 22d detachment. He was
young man, and is probably still alive.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
Comrade J. NJ. Roberts, of Castleton
Corners. N. Y, wants someone to write
real history of the two days battle at Shi-
loh. He was there, but was too busy to
see much of it.
SCATTERING.
Martin o. Holston, Co. G, 10th Ill.
Cav, 115 E. Ferry Ave. Spokane. Wash,
inquiries whether any of Co. Il, I'd KY,
are living who remember the night of Sept.
IS, 1861, at Gauley Bridge, W. Va, when
he carried an order from Gen. w. S. Rose
Grams to Gen. P. D. Cox. He was fred
on when near the bridge, and his escort
reported to Gen. Rosecrans that he had
been killed.