The National tribune., 1906-06-28
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Wight Feel DinerentIy.

J. L. Taylor, Co. b, 4th E. Tenn. Cav,
Wasco. Ore, was a Carolnian by birth.
but loyal to the Union, and left home
with small squad in September, 1862.
As all public places, crossroads, ferries.
etc. had rebel guards, they had to shun
such or drop into the hands of the
enemy. For two weeks they walked
by star and moonlight over the hills,
into the valleys, across streams of wa
ter and slnsh, a distance of 200 miles.
through East Tennessee, West Virginia
and Kentucky, to Manchester, KY,
where they enlisted. He went into the
field Immediately, without being drill
ed, ana was unfortunately captured
very soon and sent to Andersonville.
Fer six long months he starved in pris-
on. and he thinks if the present Con-
gress was captured and confined IN
some Andersonville; enduring all the
poor soldiers had to in the way of ver-
min, food, etc, they might feel differ
emily about pensions. He would like II
Ia ar from his old company comrades.
Second Corps Not mt Sailors Creek.
Adam HORNE, Co. H, 10th ONO,
Greenville, O., whose regiment lea tnt
Sixth Corps the day of the battle of
Sailors Creek, Va, April 6, 1865, :;Ys
the Second Corps had nothing 10 DO
with it; that the battle was fougnt by
TWO ulNiSlUUS VI lHt- SlAlIl
Wheaton's First and Ricketts's Third.
Grant, in his Memoirs, in speaking Of
the battle, says Lee crossed the wagon
read at High Bridge, and attempted to
destroy it by fire. but Humphrey came
up with the Second Corps and drove off
the rebel rear guard which had been
left 10 protect the bridge while it was
burning. If the Second Corps was at
High Bridge. how could they have TAX
en part in the battle of Sailors Creea?
1t was one of the greatest battles of
the war in results, considering the
number of troops engaged on the Union
side.
Great Injustice.
R. p. Boyer, Bath. y. Y, thinks
great injustice has been done one class
of soldiers. He refers to those who
enlisted under the first call for troops
for three years or under, who served
in the ranks becoming non-commis
stoned officers, and who just before
their time was out were promoted 20
commissioned officers for meritoriouS
conduct In the field. These upon the
expiration of their terms of enlistment
were discharged from the service with
out any bounty; in other words, they
had to pay for the commission which
they had rightly won. He thinks this
an injustice, and that all such soldiers
should receive at least bounty for the
time served in the ranks.
Gen. BueII's Orders for the Protection of
Rebel Property.
]. v. Pounall, Co. E, 29th Ind, Full
ten, Ind, tells a little story apropos of
this order of Gen. Buell.. He says:
while in camp south of Nashville on
our road to Shiloh a number Of the
boys confiscated chickens, geese, tur-
keys, etc. The provost guards caught
them and took them to provost head
quarters, procured cracker barrels,
knocked out the bottoms, and put them
over the boys, with their heads pro-
truding. Opposite their shoulders the
wings of chickens, geese or turkeys
were nailed on the barrels, and a card
was nailed on the front with Chicken
thieves" printed in large letters. Ac
companied by the brass band, they were
then marched through the different
regiments, the band playing The
Rogue's March, All this was caused by
Gen. BuelI's order.''
Loans the Paper to Two Confeserates.
z. Mr.. o. T. Hanley, &C. K, Sd Ohio,
says that every week he loans his copy
of The National Tribune to two Confed-
crates, both Captains in the C. s. A.
One of them, Capt. Crook, captured the
flag from the 57th Ind. at Franklin,
anu diltl "dIu Itluihtu
them at Kokomo, Ind, during Cleve-
lands Administration. He is very
much pleased with the history of the
Army Of the Cumberland, and says that
1t is the most impartial one he ever
read. He does not like the way Hood
makes scapegoats of his officers and
men to cover his own mistakes.
The 18th Iowa.
Geo. w Barden, Co. H, 18th Iowa,
Claraville, Okla, writes: "It is like
renewing old times to read The Ma
tional Tribune, and 1 value it more
than any other paper. / enlisted as q
private at Marshalltown, Iowa, in the
Fall of 81; served for three years, nine
months and six days, and came home a
Corporal. l have the bullet that
wounded me, and it weighs one and a
half ounces. 1 would be glad to hear
from any of the old comrades"
Prisoners of War.
Perkinsville, Ind. writes: I'll this
present session of Congress does not
pass the ex-prisoners of war bill, / do
not think 1t necessary for any future
Congress 10 pass any measure for our
relief, as there will be very few of us
left to enjoy 1t. When we are all dead
some future Congress may erect a
uI AiOhuAlShl " OuE IHtIhOTS-
r Too Cruel TO Describe.
Robert Alsept, Co. D, 45th KY, Sal
yersville, KY, was short time in Lib
by Prison. He was captured Nov 80,
1853, and it was very cold. His clothes
were stripped from him, his boots taken
off his feet, and in the long march 10
Richmond his feet got frostbitten. When
he arrived in prison he was three days
and a half without food. The treat
ment was so cruel he cannot describe it
Before II fs Too Late.
Jesse Moore, Lieutenant, Co. E, 111th
Pa, Cochranton, Pa, who lost an arm
and was otherwise badly wcunded at
Atlanta, Ga, regrets that while men of
his class have been literally pensioned,
SO many OF those who touched elbows
with them in the storms of shot and
shell have answered the last call, with no
recognition made of their services. He
hopes National legislation may do JUS
tice 10 the soldiers before IL is too late.
Who Killed ZoIIiconere
Lieut.. L. B. Tyson, Co. H, 16Sth Ohio
Kenton, o., thinks perhaps he is able
TO throw some light on this subject
After the battle of Mill Springs Lieut.
Tyson had as a servant a young colored
boy who had been several months with
Col Fry, of the 10th KY. The boy said
that at the battle of Mills Springs his
horse became jaded, and a fine charger
saddled, bridled and with holsters be-
ing near, Col. Fry ordered him to cap.
ture IL and mount II. Pretty soon Zol-