The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-22
PICKET SKCTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Lice.


COmrade Henry Wise, in issue of Aug. p,
in which the comrade says: Who is the
youngest soldier who carried gun in the
war of the rebellion? l believe / have the
honor. l was born Jan. 10, 1880; enlisted
Feb. 30, 1864; served until the war closed:
i gave my age as 10, but | was only IA
years old. Beat it if you can. boys"
Good boy. Comrade Wise. it certainly
will take very tender Spring chicken 10
beat it,. Yet, the very fact that you are
SO young helps make it easy to knock you
off the rOOst. What fine substitute you
make for Il Boston SQUAD, fresh on the
market. i admit cruelty in tumbling your
callow anatomy from the elected perch YOU
have taken, under the delusiOn that You
are the only little chckey on the branch.
Wise yon are. but wiser YOU would have
been had You not lit on the third page Of
The National Tribune for your little crow.
Now. hold your little neck.
Il was born IL son to John and Mary
Westway, ut Mount Pleasant. Pa, May
=. 1850 THAT does you up9. and was given
the Fame of Simon: my beloved mother
died soon after. and l was adopted by
James and Margaret Wilson. of Hartford.
SusGuehanna Co. Pa. and was renamed
Robert Wilson. On May 10. 1861. tried
to enlist. at Hartford, but failed-as did
dozens and dozens of times afterwards.
until the middle of April 1864, when. at
Chicago. Ill.,. / enlisted under the name of
Robert Wilson. i'm Co. G., 1929 ILL.,: was
kept in Camp Fry until June Is, 1864
was then sent to Camp Butter, Springfield
ILL.,. and was mustered i'll June 20. to serve
100 days. and was promptly sent to the
front; served nearly twice the term of
my enlistment: was sent back to Chicago.
and honorably discharged: but was cheated
ont of $50 bounty that | was entitled to.
and have never yet received. then went
back to Pennsylvania, Feb. %. 1860. again
enlisted. under the same name as before.
in Co. Z, 214th Pa, known as the 9Th
Union League. to serve for one year:
served full time and was hOnOrably dis
charged at Camp Cadwalader. Thus
served Is months. altogether. carrying q
gun both times-and the weapon was
nearly as large as myself. In addition to
this / served as waiter for Capt. Lyons.
of Go. 4. 51th Pa. commanded by Col.
Sides while that regiment was in Winter
quarters at Cnlpeper. Va. Winter of
1&s'4; hut was not enlisted. of course.
/ made about 30 attempts mot less) during
the war. and was enlisted seven times;
once in the cavalry: once as powder
monkey" Ton a gunbOat1. and once in light |
artillery. But / only managed to get mus
tered in twice. NextT'
PREPARING FOR THE WORST.
Comrade J. III. Kaufman, Assistant |
Surgeon, 131st Pa, writes: "AprOpos of
article in The National Tribune of Aug. |
II, 'AIeade's Opportunity by Aaron
Levy. L. s. Signal Corps, Army of Poto-
good many articles on Gettysburg and
other incidents and / find that many good |
soldiers will not believe anything printed
of which they have no personal knowledge !; |
SO will not talk Gettysburg although l
would be justified as the regiment l was
action July !, 1868, with q officers and
446 men, and lost: Officers killed, 2; |
wounded. 8: captured, 2: men killed, 40 |
wounded, 1873; captured, 03: total, killed, |
81; wounded. 191; captured. 95; aggre- |
gate, 337. We were in left-center, the |
second day and alongside of STANDARDS |
Vermont Brigade on the third day, away |
ahead of Hancock's big Indians. / shall |
only send you true copy of an order |
brought to me, showing that some people |
pretty close to headquarters had buckfever |
pretty badly. as late as July II, 1868.
have been asked. even by men wearing |
stars, not to publish this order; but |
think The National Tribune should know
of this order before l am eternally pro- |
NOTED:
Headquarters Third Division, First
Corps. July II. 1863.
Doctor: l have detailed you to re-
main with sick and wounded in case of |
retreat at next engagement.
Very respectfully, your obedient |
servant. WIN. I. HUMPHREY.
j. III. KAUFMAN, Assistant Surgeon,
151st Pa
Il might tell you more, but this is
legal evidence"
PARoLED But NOT EXCHANGED.
Comrade John w. Cole, Co. Z, 10th |
Ill.,. writes: Il see in The National Trib-
une sketch of my old regiment. ! was
at the battle of Franklin. +. NJ. LOwerly, |
was my old Captain; then Colonel of the
regiment. | helped carry him off the field |
1 was captured BY Morgan. Dec. %, 1862,
at Elizabefhtown, KY, and paroled: but
] was never exchanged. | went home on
leave from Benton Barracks. and when
for all persons on parole Or furlough to re
port to their regiments l joined mine. |
was In all of its subsequent engagements
Dec. =. 1862. l suffered an injury to my
right knee. In the charge at Resaca, Ga,
j received charge of gooseshot i'm my |
right jaw. from which / suffered total |
deafness OF right ear. | am 62 years old
unable to work; would like to hear from
comrades of the company and reg ment."
FIRST TO vETERANIzE
Comrade ]. V. Pownall, First Sergeant. |
20: r.. 18th Ind. writes: "Comrade John |
Solder. Go. III. 10Th ILL.,, says he can beat |
Comrade X. II. Robinson, 9th Pa. as a |
veteranizer. Well | can beat either of |
them My regiment Goth Ind began to
s'i'idIiLC WV ~. al Ir1ugpDDft. |
Ala. l reenlisted Dec. ), 1863 We then
got our 3O-days' furlough and started for
home TO see the mothers and the girls we |
had left behind US. 1t was claimed tint
the 10Th Ind. was the first regiment in |
the Army of the Cumberland to yeteranze
and on the strength of that claim we got
the post OF honor at Chattanooga. The |
18TH Ind. was mustered Aug. "a. 1861. |
and discharged Dec. 2, 1865. ! served
four years, three months and eight davs."
SCATTERING.
Comrade Nelson Purcell, Co. r. 9th
Ind, writes: Most of rs old comrades
are poor and not i'm good health. II is
well that We keep mp our interest i'm each
other and communicate through our paper.
j enjoy the letters of the dear old com
rades. and look always for those from the
9th Ind. I'd Mass. Sd Wis. 18th y. I
and 9th Pa. These regiments were to
gether about all through the war. and they
knew and depended upon and helped each
other like brothers,
Comrade J. j. Boyer, Commander Of
Rarnhill Post. 1G2, Xenia. ILL.,, writes Il
wish TO find the names and addresses of
any veterans who were i'm railroad
wreck near Jackson Tenn, Aug I 1890