The National tribune., 1904-08-11
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
THAT DISPUTED BRIGADE.

THAT DISPUTED BRIGADE
Comrade J. d. Forbes. Co. Il, 22d y.
V. writes from Weverton. y. ": Com
rade ID. w. Kline. Co. Il. 9th Wis, says,
May 26, that he is certain the First Bri-
composed of the I'd, 9th. and 9TH Wis.
and 18th Ind. Comrade Kline is away off.
l refer him to any statistical record of the
Army of the Potomac for the years 1861,
'62 and 3d. or to the records of the regi-
ments of the old First Brigade. which was
composed of the ODD. oath and Both y. Y.
the 14th Brooklyn Red-egs and bat
talon of the I'd Berdan Sharpshooters. The
brigade was commanded by Brig. Gems.
Reyes, Augur and Hatch, and by Coils. Sui
livan. of the Oath y. Y, and w. 4. Phelps.
| of the 22d y. Y. Col. Phelps was brevet-
ted Brigader in the Spring of 1863. Gen.
Angur. for their endurance on the march
from Centerville to Falmouth. in April.
'62, called them the Iron Brigade, which
name they retained until their discharge.
| III June, 'G3, on account Of expiration of
term of service. Crhey were two years
name company and regiment on the face.
and First Brigade, First Division, First
Corps on border. After our discharge the
Second Brigade, composed of the Western
regiments above referred to, assumed the
name Iron Brigade Although they bOr-
| was always glad that the title should be
held by such gallant soldiers as were our
Western comrades. / wonder if Comrade
Kline remembers the mixup of our brigade
on the evening of Aug 20. 1862. at Sec
ond Bull Run. when. it being quite dark.
we were marched up the hill after crossing
Bull Run Greek. filed left into a field,
formed line of battle and advanced in regi
mental front. We were confronted by a
rebel division. supposed to be Stonewa)l
Jackson. formed behind an embankment.
who opened fire upon us. 1t was sur
prise to lis. and i'm the darkness the line
broke. and it was every one for himself.
I'VE are getting old, and perhaps for
getful of many minor things; but Bull
Rum South Mountain. Antietam. Freder-
icksburg and Observation-Disclosures and
Burnside's mud-march-all are still fresh
in our memories. I like to read the let
ters of the old vets in The National Trib-
une; they help to divert our minds from
our infirmities. and as we read we feel
young again-in mind. So. let us do what
we can to cheer one another. what little
| time we remain. The last roll is being
| called: in few years We will all have
answered. Comrades, let us love one
another"
CAPT. KIRK COMES TO KICK.
Comrade J. B. Kirk, 101st Pa, writes
from Lima, O.: Heres a kick. / have
been, and am, opposed to controversies in
The National Tribune, which, even if set
tied, would amount to nothing but Com
rade w. Z. Yonker, Co. ID, I'D Ind, goes
just little too far when he claims the
honor of putting down the rebellion for
his Hoosier regiment. | had supposed
that everybody knew and admitted that the
1O1st Pa. broke the backbone of the {. 5.
4. To be sure, Col. Fox does not say so
but the generally reliable Colonel could not
ho tn hot hon.
pened. Now, here is the proof: There
were, to be sure, some other regiments in
the old Fourth Corps, but they did not do
much. They fought a little, but by April,
1867, when we were at Warwick Court
house, we had established our reputation to
such an extent, that one of the Generals
of the corps-at war council suggested
to Mcclellan that as the big fort on the
Williamsburg road would be hard to take
by assault he asked the 1O1st Pa. to steal
it," Everyone knows that an army must
eat, if they are going to fight; and if their
supplies for the cookhouse are cut off-the
war is over! We stole everything we could
see that was worth taking, and would have
taken the rest if some of the other fellows
had not acquired the knack of acquiring.
/ admit that there was more or less fighting
done that we had no share in-I have been
told that there were some engagements at
Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Franklin. Cold
Harbor, that, perhaps, had more or less in
huence in bringing the war to an end; but,
still, if we had not been interfered with,
the probability is that those collisions
would not have occurred.
IF there is an ex-solder now living who
can truthfully say that We ever left ham
or chicken behind, let him speak now, or
forever hold his peace. Ask the planters
in Virginia and North Carolina about the
boys who wore the "1O1" on their caps, and
they'll give us character that wears whis-
kers! Now, comrade, please, in the in
terest of truth and suffering humanity,
withdraw your claim and give us our hard
earned dues"
THE THRICE-NUMBERED REGIMENT
Comrade John Bagley, Jr, writes from
LOWELL Mass: $50 the old st-1Oth-29th
Me. is to meet and banquet at Boston
My old company OBJ survives in it's Cap
tain and 81 men, l believe. hope that a
greater number of the comrades will regis
ter there than have ever registered at a
Reunion of the regiment. The 1st Me.
was organized May 3, 1861, at Portland,
for three months; reenlisted Oct. 8, 1861,
10th Me-, and served till May 3, 1868. 1t
1863, as 10Th Me. Veteran, to serve for
three years, and was mustered out June
q, 1867
sTORMING MISSION RIDGE.
Comrade A. G. Lewis, writes from the
Indian Territory: Il was born in Scott
County, Va, 1882, and raised on farm. AT
Comrade A. G. Lewis, Chickasha, Ind.
Ter, writes. II was born in Scott Coun-
ty, Va, 1882, and raised on farm. At
the age of Is years moved to Rockcastle
County, Ky, where l was employed as an
apprentice in a tannery two years. Moved
from Kentucky to the Indian Territory
in 1880, with my family. My occupation
has been farming, tanning, school teach
ing and gardening. Entered the service
at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky, July 80,
1861, in Co. l, Sd KY, and was dis
charged at Louisville, KY, in October,
1864. l belonged to the Third Brigade,
Second Division, Fourth Corps, Army Of
the Cumberland.
Il participated in the battle Of Stone
River, Dec. 81, 1862; Chickamauga, Sept.
20, 1863. Under Pap Thomas; Mission
Ridge; Ridge, November, ven Ills 1863; Rocky hy. Face
8, 1864; Resaca, Ga, May IA, 1864; Big
Shanty, June 1S, 1864; Kenesaw Noun
tain, June q, 1864. l got my shoulder
straps cut in two and holes shot through
my clothes, but escaped capture or receiv-
ing flesh wounds.
1.-THE most dangerous experience had
during SprVioo a tho fnOf nf