The National tribune., 1903-02-26
PICKET sRbTS
From Alert Comrades AtSas the Whole
Line. .iida
DEATH OF GENERAn FOLK.

| DEATH OF GENEHAn FOLK.
Apropos to the claim nsSHe by Conrad
j. r. Mcbride, Washington, D. c., Oh
the authority Of the Recofas of the Rebel
lion, that the 9th Ind. Battery killed Gen
Polk, Comrade John :&sisheimer, lat,
Bugler, 18th Ind. Battery, 9 Vallejo, Cal.
writes: 81 was present odIthat day, Au
gust 81, 1864. Lieut. Hedfy Bundy wa.
in command of the 18th Ind. Battery
which was attached to the Second Divi
sion, Twentieth Corps, Gen. Geary com
manding our division. I distinctly remem
Der Gen. Geary coming upon the field ant
approaching Lieut.. Bundy. The rest of the
story is told by the kenesaw Gazette un
der caption, STORY of Mai. Bundy's Whis
ky Shot, which appears below:
Some interesting things are remem
bered by Sherman's Atlanta campaign
veterans in connection with Lieut.. Bundy
commanding battery of artillery, now
known as Maj: Bundy, and one of the
writer's on Deacon Shepard's New York
Mail and Express.
Lieut.. Bundy had q tooth for a good
toddy, and one morning ut Kenesaw Noun
tain had sampled some Diamond b.
| Commissary with some other officers, and
reached his battery in excellent spirits.
Soon. Col. Geary rode that way, and OBJ
| serving the Lieutenant, gruffly addressed
him like this:
Lieut.. Bundy, you are drunk"
Bundy answered back, as quick as a
flash:
"."Gen. Geary, you are d. liar"
Here was a situation. Geary was
about to put Bundy under arrest, saying
to him:
"'"You are so drunk you don't know
that gun from hollow log"
so don't, ELI? I'll show you whether
l do or ;.ot. See that bunch of rebs over
there" pointing to 81 group of Confederate
officers taking an observation from an
eminence half a mile away. Just watch
me scatter 'em."
"'Seizing the trail of a gun, he jerked
it around, got the range, adjusted every
thing to his liking, gave the order to fire.
exploding a four-inch shell right in the
midst of the group of Confederates, who
hastily retired to cover, carrying with
them their wounded.
"'Gen. Geary withdrew his offensive re-
marks, complimented Bundy ON his skill,
and rode away.
"Leut. Bundy was an expert artil-
lerist, and could land shot about where
he wanted to.
Z" The writer has often heard it said by
Federals, who ought to know, that he fred
the shot that killed Gen. Polk"
CAPTURE OF FAYETTEVILLE.
Comrade l.. 3. Marsh, Co. B, 41st ILL.,,
Picket Shots Dec. IS, 1902, an account
of the capture of Fayetteville, N. c., by
Serg't J. G. Fuller, 1O1st Ind, and Corpo-
raj s. l.. Bibbins, Co. Z, 22d Wis. On
that occasion l belonged for the first and
last time to the regular brigade forage
squad, and 1 can recall today the oc-
currences as wildly as though they had
happened only yesterday.--On Friday,
March 10. 1865, all regiments belonging
Twentieth Corps, were 0fdefed to detail
one man from each coIRphpy, with one
commissioned officer, to REPORT at Gen.
Potts headquarters on Mtif9h II, at day
light, well mounted, for the purpose of
foraging for the brigade. e1 was clerk at
headquarters, and volunte9reh to 60 with
the boys to see how foragiKg was done.
Capt. Guthrie, Assistant Hdjutant- Gen
eral on Gen. Potts's staff took command,
and we were in Fayetteville by suIi-up.
We saw several dead soldiers from Wis
consin regiments lying along the, sidewalks
as. we entered the town. netapt. Guthrie
made for the Court House. driving the
rebels out. The Mayor camc Out with
white handkerchief tied to his cane, and
surrendered the city, After the surrender,
as parting salute, the rebels fired two
cannon shots up the street. Capt. Guthrie
was in command of the city several hours,
then a cavalry Colonel rode up, and of
course, assumed command, lie ranking
Capt. Guthrie. and drove the rebels across
the river, while we got down to business.
We borrowed all the horses, mules and
wagons we could find, and loaded them
with flour, meat, meal. and everything else
that was movable and that was good for
man or beast, and lit out for our respec-
tive commands, two hours before any bril-
gade or division commander entered the
CITY,"
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS AT ROUGH AND
READY
Harvey o. Williams, Remus, Mich, re-
ferring to Gen. Green B. Raum's state
ment in The National Tribune of Feb. 5,
regarding the exchange of prisoners ut
Rough and Ready, says that he was one
of the 100 men that represented the Ma
tional authority at that time. COmrade,
Williams knows Of no other man of the
hundred now living, but supposes, of
course, that there are quite number,
and he would be glad to hear from men,
bers of either the Union or Confederate
escorts Oil that duty. The detail was out
five days, and camped side by, side with
the Confederates, visiting, eating, and
playing cards with the JOhnnies. COmrade
Williams was a member of Co. +, 10Th
Ind, and served from 1861 until 1865, his
last battle being Bentonville.
ONE OF sHERMAN's FORAGERs.
NJ. A. Case, Corporal, Co. Il, LIST Mich. |
Eng, Chatham Run, Pa, writes: II
would not be without The National Tri- |
bune. Gen. Raum's account Of the At
lanta Campaign recalls many incidents of
my service under Gen. Sherman. l am
interested in Isl and Shorty
as l was detailed as forager when we left |
Atlanta, and never, when there were any |
chickens or sweet potatoes to be had, did |
we go hungry, as with my squad of 20 |
men we managed to get our share of the |
good things.
CHAPLAIN TRUMBULL's MEMOIRS.
G. H. Kelley, Mitchellville, Iowa,
writes: "AllOw me to join with COmrade |
G. A. Howe in expressing the hope that |
The National Tribune will issue Chaplain |
Trumbulrs Memoirs in book form. The |
President RoQseyelt's Books,
and Gen. Raum's letters Iank high"
IS GARDNER LfyiSG?
Ivan Odle, Co. Z, 122dnall., Mountain
Grove. Mo, writes that st,1he battle of
Fort Blakely, Ala, ApriihG, 1865, when
the charge was made, heYehfered the fort
through the embrasure occupied by one
Of the Culpeper's guns. By the side of the
gun lay rebel soldier. Gia1omrade Odle
gave him water from his ca1tteen, and tied
ais wound with his handkerchief. The
man said his name was Gardiner, and he
was q member of CulDpDer's Battery