The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-08
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
SERVED WITH FAMOUS COMMANDS.

SERVED WITH FAMOUS COMMANDS.
James Hasson, PerryOpolis, Pa, enters
a protest against the present pension laws,
which he thinks have permitted the short
term men to secure pensions in excess of
those granted to men serving through the
entire war. Comrade Hasson himself has
IA splendid record. having enlisted July l,
1861, in Co. ID. Sth Pa. Reserves, and, af.
ter the Wilderness campaign. reenlisted
IN Co. G, 10th Pa. Cav. The 9Th Pa.
Reserves belonged to the famous Penn
syIvania Reserves Division and its record
embraces all the battlefelds OF the East
ern armies up to the battle of Spottsyl-
vania Court House. The 18th Pa. Cav.
was in Gregg's Cavalry Division. and had
conspicuous part in the rounding-up
Of the Confederate army at Appomattox
Court House. Comrade Hasson was
twice wounded.
CLOSING DAYS OF THE REBELLION.
W. l.. Veatch, Co. A, 12Sth Ind, Blu
ford, Colo, writes: II have just been read
ing the Adventures of an Iron Brigade
Man, in which he speaks of a prisoner
being shot in the leg. while trying to es-
sape by jumping from the train while
they were being moved from Columbia. 5
Word reached US that man wounded in
that manner was about 20 miles from
Charlotte at place near Baxter Springs
where jeff Davis stopped on his memoir.
able trip while posing as woman II
was determined to go after the soldier
on May 1. There was May party on
that day, and we came near having
trouble with some of the younger scions
Of the Confederacy, both male and fe-
male. If the soldier is alive l should like
to hear from him."
SOME CORRECTIONS.
W. L. DeMonbrun, Co. e, 18th KY.
Patterson, Iowa. writes: I'm a recent
number of The National Tribune. com,
rade gives an account of the battle of Aug
Is. 1864, near East Point. Ca, in which
Col. E. L. Motley, of the 11th KY, COM
manded the skirmish line. ~ Two COM
panies of the 18th Ky. were in the front
line and lost % men; the other compan es
were in reserve. 81 My memory is that
Col. Bird, of the LIST Tenn, was in com
mand of our brigade-the Third Brigade
Third Division, Twenty third Corps-and
two days after the battle Col. Bird turn
ed over the command of the brigade tC
Col. Riley. of the 10Th Ohio. a. AS
remember the Third Brigade, it was com
Col. Bird; 18th Ky, Col. Love; 104tf
Ohio. Col. Riley: 18th KY. Lieut. Col
Rossen; 10TH Iii. and the 4th Ohio L. A.
Capt. Stone. 90 The 18th KySwas not il
our brigade, nor in the division. nor ye
in the Twenty-third Corps. 10 We march
ed over that field the morning of Aug. Z
and the sight haunts me to this day. TIL,
dead and wounded lay everywhere"
A FAMILY OF SOLDIERS.
Perhaps no soldier of the War Of the
Rebellion had more relatives with military
records than William B. Chandler. Co
X, Sth KY, of PatOka, Ill. Comrade
Chambers grandfather, John Belcher. ant
his wifes grandfather, William Farmer
served in the War of 1912. His father
in-law, John Cox, served in Co. f, 111tf
ed III Co. X, Sth Ky. Cav. Two Other
brothers. C. c. Chandler and J. S. Chand
Ter, served in Co. f. 111th ILL.,. and an
other brother, L. A. Chandler. served in
Co. X, 9th Ill. Cav. His brothers-in-l la "
served in the following commands: G. Il
Edwards, Co. F, 111th H.: W. H. Bal
lance. Co. d. 111th ILL.,; w. Z. Bright. Co
A, LIST Ill. Cav; Fred Lenegar, Co. X
5Oth Wis. Besides, he had four cousins
in Illinois regiments.
THE FIRST SHOT AT FRANKLIN.
Comrade John Coffman. Co. X, $50
Ind, Third Brigade, Third Division
Twenty-third Corps, Mardock, Okla.
claims the honor of firing the first sho
over the Union breastwOrks on Nov. 80
1864. The shot was fired at a group o.
Confederate officers standing lit
tie to the left of the Union center. Gen
l. N. Stiles, temporarily in command OF
the brigade, Gen. I. H. Henderson beine
sick, ordered the shot fired. Immed ;ately
the group dispersed. the officers riding t.
their several commands. COmrade Golf
man would like to know how many of that
group came out of the battle, as IS Gen
eral officers were killed in the fight that
began shortly after this initial shot was
fired.
LUCKY FIND.
Isaiah Phipps, Co. A, 24th Ind,
Mitchell, Ind, recalls that on the march
from Bruins Landing to Port Gibson
some of the men of McGinnis's Brigade
were fOraging. A chicken took refuge un-
der a house. and a comrade who crawled
under after it, finding an old coffee pot
which seemed unusually heavy, brought il
out with him. On examination the pot
was found to contain several pounds OF
silver coin. This the forager divided with
the members of his mess. COmrade
Phipps would like to hear from any one
who remembers the affair.
THE ANDERsoNvILLE sTOCKADE.
Will L. Eaton, Co. 1, 4th Mich. Cav
1871 South King ST., Honolulu. II. l..
writes: "In the issue of Nov. 13 I saw
an article in relation to the double stock.
ade at Andersonville. I entered the stock
ade about the 9th or 9th Of Aug, and left
II about the LIST of Sept, en- VOYAGE to