The National tribune., 1906-11-22
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Mhnt Wns the Object.

What Was the Objcct:
Gabriel burst. Co. B. 1st Ohio. John
sons Division, McCook's Corps. Dayton
o., sends us an incident of the batti,
of Stone River, which he failed to SCI
in the account published by The Ma.
tional Tribune. On the evening before
the battle his regiment was sent ou
| about two miles to our right. exhibiting
| themselves on a hin to the Confederate
forces When darkness set in they
were marched back to the main body
in silence. They were told not to talk
and the wheels of the cannon and cais-
sons were muffled That night the reb-
els manuyered all night getting their
left wing out to the hill where the
Union forces had shown themselves the
evening before. The next morning, while
Comrade burst and his companions
We're trying to get cup of coffee. the
order came: To armsw They kicked
their tin cups over, sprang to their
stacked arms, and ran thru two fields
to meet the rebels, who were at the
edge of n wood. a cornfield being be-
tween them. They held the rebels in
check for some time, when their COM
mander, Maj Stafford, said: Boys,
wei have to retreat soon, but / want
you to do so in good order" The words
were no sooner out of his mouth when
the regiment on the right retreated,
and, of course, the 1st Ohio had to
follow SUIT When Comrade burst reach
ed the middle of the second field he
turned % the rebels, took good aim at
the one who carried the flag. fired and
again ran back to join the retreating
army. At the edge of the wood he
heard Capt. Dornbush. of his regiment,
give the command: by the left flank
Fire" 4 squad Of the rebel cavalry
who were after the Yanks turned back
.f nf
without Tiders. After doing good work
on the rebel cavalry the 1st Ohio boys
went back to the railroad under COM
mand of, Capt. Dornbush, and found
their flag there. with 10 men. Mai. Staf
ford in command. Their squad consist
ed of 16 men, making total of 26.
Shortly after the scattered 1st Ohio GEN.
tered to their flag, and were ready to
join the line of battle. Comrade burst
has never seen any explanation made
of this move of the evening before the
battle which made the rebels extend
:heir line in that direction, thereby
playing havoc with McCook's Corps. He
would be pleased if any one can give
him a reason.
Battle of ChicIkamnuga.
F. r. French, I'd KY, Lakin, Kan,
apropos of the account of the battle
published in The National Tribune, says
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Division on the left, and the boys had
hoped to have Sunday to rest in, but
before 1t was time to ''go to Sunday
school, the fight was on good and
heavy with solid shot, canister and
mimic balls flying thick and fast. His
We're falling all around him,
and one little Irishman called out in
his native brogue, Sergeant, I'm shot"
and before he could turn around he
cried, Faith, I'm shot again." He re-
ceived five severe wounds and was
finally captured by the rebels. I met
him a few years after the war, and was
rejoiced to see he had not fallen a vic
tim to the rebel bullets. During the
fight was told to help another wound
ed comrade to the rear and to the field
hospital When With. so yards of the
log building used for that purpose we
stopped to rest beside a Confederate
soldier who had been shot in the eye.
"Hullo, Johnny. What are you doing
here?" said my companion. i've lost
both my eyes. 'Yank, and will never
fight you again" NO" replied the
unfeeling soldier We've
got the dead wood on you" We took
him to the hospital, however. and saw
that he was looked after. I went back
to my regiment in haste. and gave my
full attention to the rebel host. When
In the afternoon our ammunition gave
out we felt like a poor boy at a frolic.
But the grandest sight ]. ever witnessed
was Gordon Granger and his men COM
ing to our relief. "Old Glory" never
appeared so beautiful as we came out
of the woods and our gallant command
er marched In.
Walked Overheard In His Sleep.
E. S. Vernon, Co. F, 18th Ohio, Corn
ing, Kan, was with his regiment on
board steamer going up the Missis-
sippi River from Vicksburg in 1863
During the night the boat stopped for
some reason, and just as the engineer
had started TIP the engine the Captain
came rushing towards the wheel house
,rying to the engineer to stop the en-
CINE, as there was a man overheard. |
The Captain opened the wheel-house |
1oor. and there on the wheel stood a |
soldier WHO belonged to Co. I of the |
18th Ohio Che thinks). The soldier
climbed thru the wheel so he. could be
.eached, and the Captain and Comrade
Vernon helped him over to where they
we're. 1t Itiseems just as the boat was
starting up tiiis soldier boy. who was
Walking In his sleep. stepped overheard
It the boy of the boat, which. being
headed upstream. he drifted to the
Wheel. The Captain saved his life, for
he wheel HAD just begun to roll. If the
soldier is,fstiil alive Comrade Vernon
Vouiu hhf 70 near from MIN.
A. 24th wis. Comrade.
Geo. Rife. Box 26, Route 2, Crete.
H., writes: II was taken prisoner, but
,ot away from the enemy and con-
ealed myself in cedar thicket. A
nan that was taken. prisoner with me
vas not SO lucky and was carried into
me of the rebel pens His name was
OF Co. c, oath Wis. I got
Jack to my regiment about 10 o'clock
t night. Our forces had advanced, so
fell into our own line. I was detailed
Ifter Stone River battle as brigade
butcher. remained with the First |
Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Corps,
Intil the close of my service.
Correction.
Thomas Gatings, Co. E, 62d Pa. Par
,er's Landing, Pa, wishes to correct
n error made in the issue of Aug. %,
906. In giving a history of the 62d
"a. mistake was made In the name
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