The National tribune., 1903-07-16
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
HIGH-wATER MARK.

hIGh-WAIER MARK.
VIM. T. Hansell, 51st Pa, Camden, n.
j., says that he is getting quite tired of
this talk about high water mark at Get
tysburg. The real high-water mark was
at Vicksburg, where Grant captured 2S,-
GOO prisoners and opened the Mississippi
from one end to the other. No one ever
heard of the bloody angle until Spotsyl-
vania. Gettysburg has thunder enough
of her own without stealing it form other
fields. Gettysburg did not amount to any
more in putting down the rebellion than
Antietam. Fredericksburg, Chancellors-
ivlle, Wilderness or Cold Harbor. 1t was
one of the terrible, big fights which final
ly wore the rebellion out. The heavy ar
tillery. dismounted cavalry and staff Off
GERS who were late in coming to Peters,
burg know very little about the Peters
burg Express. Some of them have said
that it was mounted in redOubt on the
18th of June. We did not cross the James
until the afternoon of the 18th, because
the bridge was not put down. Fort Nor
ton had dozen guns that could reach over
Petersburg whenever they wanted.
CAPTURED RECORDS.
J. w. Lacock, Sergeant, Co. c, 93d Ind,
Mason, ILL.,, writes: Il have in my pos
session miscellaneous collection of rec
ords, captured in Mississippi, 1864, from
Gen. w. II. Jackson's Cavalry Division.
The orders, letters and reports, display
ing the finest penmanship l ever saw, are
signed by Capt. Paul, A. Q. NJ. G. In the
records appear the names of Jefferson
Johnston, Gen. S. d. Lee. and other
prominent Confederate leaders. Doubt
less these records would be of value to
surviving Confederates who served on the
staffs of Gen. Jackson and Gen. S. d. Lee
l have, also. fragment of the drinking
cup used by Jeff Davis when captured"
BOTH WE'RE RIGHT.
Rev. A. G. Murray, Pawnee, Okla,
writes: The statement of Gen. Raum
with reference to the 51st Ind. and the
command of the First Brigade, Third Di-
vision. Fourth Corps, in the campaign
against Hood, November and December
1864, was correct, Notwithstanding my re-
cent allegation to the contrary. Both are
right. Gen. Raum's list of troops, as it
appeared in The National Tribune. re-
ferred to the army about Nov. /, at which
time the 51St Ind. was on detached SER
vice at Bridgeport, Ala. Rejoining the
army at Pulaski, Tenn, the regiment was
assigned, Nov. II, to the brigade, division
and corps above mentioned, Col. Streight,
of the 51st Ind, assuming command of the
First Brigade on that day, and contin-
uing to command it during the remainder
of the campaign which resulted so dis
astrously to Hood"
THE FLAG.
Joseph Meyer, Co. A, 1O3d Pa, Lee
tonia,. o., writes: .Comrade ]. r. Nc
ComradesY that appeared in The Ma
tional Tribune June IS, is eminently
worthy of consideration. Let us have one
country and one flag For Americans the
Star Spangled Banner is the only flag
Long may, it wave over the land of the
free and home of the brave. God help
us ever to be true to the standard be-
queathed us by our patriotic forefathers.
Under Which Fag, Comrades?' l an
swer: Under the flag that waved triumph
ant at Appomattox.'
THAT BRONZE EAGLE.
John Stockdale, Co. A, 9th Ohio, Sol
diers' Home, Sandusky, O., writes: RE
plying to Comrade Mathews, 10Th w. Va.
| will say that the bronze eagle presented
to his regiment by Gen. Gibbon cuts no
figure in the capture of Fort Gregg. l
know l was one Of the first in the in
trenchment and one of the first to scale
the parapet, there being no other Union
troops near the fort when we got there.
The 9th Ohio was the first in the ditch
and the first to scale the parapet. The
199th Pa. was next, the other organiza-
tiOns of the brigade following"
FARMINGToN.
Jeremiah Bowen, Co. G, 42d ILL.,, Deca-
tur, Mich, writes: Il participated in the
fight at Pennington, Miss, May 9, 1862.
One comrade says the engagement oc-
CURED on the Sth; another thinks it was
on the 18th. 1 am sure of the date. l
was on the field by o'clock in the
morning, my close comrade, Matholmew,
being wounded there. My regiment was
in the siege of Corinth. l think Comrade
Pettibone, Of the I'd Iowa, has in mind
a severe fight that occurred on our right
May II, confusing that engagement with
what is known as the battle of Farming
ton. old Abe the war eagle was COW
eted by Gen. Price, who said he would