The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-12
PICKET SHOTS.

From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
| SAW sToNEwALL SHOT.
Comrade John NJ. Dawlen, Co. X, 154th
n. Y, writes from Towanda. n. Y: Il sec
in The National Tribune of April 81 an
other claim to the knowledge of the death
OF Stonewall Jackson. l wish to give you
the true story Of his death. l was in that
much-talked-of Eleventh Corps. First Bri-
gade (Gen. Bushbeck's). Second Division.
You can see by the map in The National
Tribune, on the road leading southeaster
past the Brick Church. toward the Chan
cellOrsville House. where the Eleventh
Corps was stationed. My brigade the
| First ran along the road and across to
the north; my regiment 154th y. "
reaching up to the road and joining the
I'D Pa, ON the other side. This road is
the one ON which Jackson and his Aids
came out to find us and crossed our line.
and saw us lying down. They wheeled
around and rode back in a hurry. Our line
saw then who they were and fired at them.
We were sure that we hit several of them:
| This was about sundOwn, nearly {
o'clock p. H.. Saturday q think May y.
Just after this we were ordered to fall
back to the next line, and in that move
nearly half of my company We're taken
prisoners and taken back to the Brick
Church and held there over night. One of
my company saw a man come out of the
church several times for fresh water. and
asked him who he was tending? He an
sWered that it was Stonewall Jackson
that Jackson had gone too far to the front
and was wounded in the elbow and the
ball came out near the wrist.
Il know still more to substantiate the
| fact that it was the 154th y. Y. and the
| I'D Pa. that caused the death of Jackson
l went down South two years after the
war and stopped at Guinea's Station.
about 30 miles south of Fredericksburg.
or halfway to Richmond. and visited DIR.
Mckeever, a very fine man and good
entertainer lie told us that Jackson was
brought as far as his place the next day
after he was wounded and died there in
his house. of lock jaw. that night, and tina
the next day they took the body to Rich
nOnd
Now you can see who has the evidence
ana who was In the same part of the field
with Jackson. saw the firing that gave
him his death wound. and could produce
many more if death had not gathered
Them"
WANTS IIOwARD's STORY.
Comrade f. g. Mansfield, 9th Conn,
writes from West Haven, Conn. Refer
ring to Campo igns of the Army of the
Potomac records of the Charlottesville
Jacksons raid on our right Can we have
ten. towards description of this affair
some time! Why not publish his report
lie was surprised that is certain. l was
there that night and remember the con-
fusion and excitement very WE'LL"
WHO PRESERVED TIE PRESCRIPTION?
Mrs. II. L. Ford, whose husband is a
veteran. writes from Adam. Delaware Co.,
Pa: I'm the Spring of 1900 there was
published in The National Tribune a series
OF letters from an African Missionary In
one letter he stated that designated tribe
had no fear of leprosy, being able to cure
it by use of tea from a bark, the name of
which he stated. would be glad to now
find the name of that bark or get the date
of the issue in which the letter appeare
desire to send it TO leper colony. so
that the efficacy of the remedy may be
| tested"
TIE GENERAL WAS MERCIFUL.
Comrade John W. Hendricks, Co. T..
18th ILL.,. writes from Danville. ILL.,: Il
have become so attached to The National
house without it, and do myself and family
justice. With it | can get all the impor-
tant news from the Nations Capital. and
our lawmakers, and hear from many of
my comrades. While l was on picket
duty at Corinth, and with not much in my
haversack. about o'clock in the morn
ing L heard near a house in an apple
orchard rooster crow. | left my post
and went to forage a little: found the
| chicken. and returned to my post-and
found the relief guard there. l was ar
rested and sent to Gen. Osleby's head
quarters with my chicken. We all loved
our General. He called his cook, a colored
man, to him. gave him my capture, kindly
told me to go to my tent and reform: as
sured me that if l repeated my offense he
would have me shot by detail from my
own company. thanked him for sparing
my life that time. and went gladly to my
quarters. l am GO years old: served two
| enlistments in the same company. There
were three brothers of us in that company.
We were through it all. including the
Grand Review. Were mustered out July
I, 1869. at Louisville, Ky. am mem
Der of kenesaw Post. a. Commander in
Chief John G.. Black was a member of our
| Post before he removed to Chicago"
LET TIE GOVERNMENT BE JUST.
Clayton f. Calkins, of North Eaton,
Ohio, writes: IL am the son of an old sol
der of the civil war. who served four
| years for his country. | enlisted. serving
| three years III the heguldf ARMY. III HeaVy
| artillery: then reenlsted in the Spanish
American war, serving year and four
months there. l belonged to Co. l, 14th
L. s. was honorably discharged Aug IL.
1899.
II have been n reader of your paper for
a number of years. and look for the COM
| ing of each paper with much interest In
the last issue l saw something that made
the soldier blood in my body flow in hot
Indignation. 1t was that one of my com
rades. in the Philippine service. a private
in Troop X. 18th II. s. Cav.-he who led
the charge on the Filipino breastworks Mt
San Mateo, making a most gallant assault
at the time Gen. Lawton was killed, his
horse being shot from under him. njuring
him severely. from which he never recov
ered-was driven to accept charity, diving
in the hospital. at Orting. Wash. unable
to get pension! Think of it. He was
only one among thousand Of those heroes
who left home and loved ones. crossed the
waters. and with brave hearts faced the
enemy. not knowing how soon their death
blow would fall And not only that, but
| hot bor tbay In.