The National tribune., 1906-05-10
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line
His Regiment Was Badly Gu, Up.

regiment WIS Ut 4
Comrade William Adams. Denver,
| Colo, says he would like to read Il short
| history of the 46th Pa. he having been
| a member of Co. Il of that regiment.
He was reared in Pittsburg. and i'm Sep
| tember, 1861, enlisted for three years.
The name of his first Captain was w.
| J.. Foulk. Il read an account in The
National Tribune of the fighting under
Gen. Banks" adds Comrade Adams. lat
| Cedar Mountain. at which the 10th Pa.
was badly cut up. the date being Aug.
9. We lost all our commissioned Off
| GERS. Our Captain was wounded, the
| First Lieutenant taken prisoner. the
Second Lieutenant wounded, First Ser
geant killed, Second Sergeant wounded
and the Third and Fourth Sergeants
taken prisoners. The Fifth Sergeant
and or four CorpOralS were the only
non-commissioned orIicers left. l was
| one of the CorporalS that got away.
| About one-half of our company were
| killed. wounded or captured We were
| in the First Brigade, First Div Vision.
Twelfth Corps, until after the battle of
| Gettysburg. when we were sent West
under Gen. Hooker While we were in
| the Army Of the Potomac it seemed to
be nip and tuck all the time. but we
| had walkover when we got with Sher
man. My time expired when we took
| Atlanta. / was wounded at the battle
of Resaca, Ga. May Is, 1864. in the
| right leg and right wrist / made ap-
plication for pension some time ago.
| but unless ! can get further proof /
may not get it. Some of my old com
| pany may see this and write. I would
| like to hear from them"
Long Service In Extreme South.
Comrade L. p. Cary. of FaiI field,
Iowa, writes that he accepts the state
nf Cnn1r1la q Harry E'pnfnn a &
correct that he has been the longest in
office in the G. A. X. (Post 102. of New
York;. But" says Comrade Cary, II
believe 1 will come in for second place.
I was elected o. ID. in 1888, and have
been elected % straight times in George
Strong Post, 9. of Fairfield. Iowa. I
served four years and six months in
the 56th Ohio, and claim that our regi-
ment served longer in the extreme
South than any other. My fiji st three
years were spent in the field, and after
we yeteranZed we peri ,rmed detached
duty in New Orleans until April &c,
1856. 1 had some peculiar experiences
while on duty at the Police Prison
and at the Ladies' Prison, and finally
at Gen. Sherman's headquarters | may
| write something about this service later.
All honor to The National Tribune. 1t
makes US old vets like one family"
Hit by Fl Bullets.
"I am reading The National Tribune
with very much interest" writes Com
rade w. w. Porter, Co. I. 9Th Mimi,
from Kempton, H.. but ] do not see
much about the old 5th MINI. ! was in
the battle of Nashville, Dec. Is and 16.
1864. and in the last charge had "a
bullet-holes shot in my clothing. One
of them struck me on the breast. going
through my blanket roll tied in front of
me, my overcoat, blouse. pair of socks,
pair of kip-skin mittens. two shirts.
and just broke the skin on my left
breast, knocking me about six feet and
taking all the breath out of me. | have
the bullet yet. and it reminds me of
that charge every time 1 look at it.
The 9TH Mimi. at the time numbered
$50 men, and we lost 107 in two mill
utes. Do not ask me if L smelled gun
powder that day.
Wants Words of Wartime Song.
Comrade s. Martin, 5th and 37th KY,
writes from Sulphur Springs. Ark that
he would like some old soldier to give
him the complete words of a wartime
song ne used to hear sung by the SOL
diers of the 5th Ind. Cav. while they
were in camp at Glasgow, KY, in 1863.
AS near as COmrade Martin can remem-
ber, the song begins:
Three cheers for Father Abraham;
He win be a good man yet.
Though he has landed us with taxes
And involved us in debt"
Foundered OF Hatteras.
COmrade Wade Sanno writes from
the Soldiers Home. Los Angeles, Cal:
I'm reply to b. F. PowelsOn, was not
the steamer Governor, that foundered
off Hatteras mot Chesapeake Bay, one
of the vessels of the Burnside eXpedi
tion?"
Scattering.
Mr.. James Mandele, of Notre Dame
Post, 500, would be gratified to hear
from any of his old comrades, detailed |
from Battery a, 1st Indp't Pa. II. A.
detailed TO run the dead-bOat The Dead
Rebel. between Fort Delaware and the |
New Jersey shore, from August. 1862.
to June. 1865; also, from those of Co.
A. 9th L. s. Cav, serving on the from
tier of Texas from 1865 to 1870.
Comrade A. d. Field. Bull Run. w.
Va, writes: 81 was born Feb. 81, 1S4S; |
enlisted Aug. II, 1863; discharged May |