The National tribune., 1906-04-05
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Flag of the Harriet Lane.

Apropos of the capture of the Har-
| riet Lane, as described in the history
of the rebellion now running in The
National Tribune, Comrade ]. w.
| Bricker writes from Smithvilie. o.:
1.-THE Hath Ohio got into Galveston,
diers We're looking over the town. and
found what they understood to be n
| rebel Signal Corps office where there
were many flags on shelves. David l..
Hoff, of Co. IT, 120th Ohio, was at that
time in the 114th, his regiment having
! been used up on an expedition up Red
River in May. 1864. In the supposed
rebel signal room Comrade Hoff picked
up large and beautiful United States
flag, which was labeled. 'Colors of the
Harriet Lane, captured Jan. 1, 1863.
i as told in the history of the rebellion.
| He said, i guess I will take this for
my share and carried 1t away with
him. He displayed the flag on numer-
| Gus occasions at his home in Smith
Vile. o.. but where it is now do not
know, Comrade Hoff having been for
| Home"
/ Saved by n Rebel Major.
| Comrade w. e. Day. who is Health
| Officer at Prescott. Ariz., writes that
he distinctly remembers his service
WIN TIE IlitH ~ l., ana from tns
siege of Suffolk. Va. to and after the
fight at Fort Fisher. N c.. the regi-
ment was much in evidence wherever
there was Something doing" "And
| may say" he adds. "that somebody
| got hurt on one side or the other. VIII
you give a little history of the regi-
/ ment, if any is available? / believe II
was one of the 300 I know we had
85 or 80 killed and wounded al
DroWrN'c pl,rff OF
few left. 1t was the regiment which
won the stars for Maj.-Gen. Terry al
Fort Fisher, as he himself said to me
in a letter long after the war was
ended. Col. A. White, who was shot
at Drewry's Bluff, was a man vel
along in years. I carried him from tn,
4 field after he was wounded We were
both saved from a trip to Libby Prison
by a rebel Major who was q Freema,
| son."
1 An Unmarked Soldier Grave.
i "A soldier named Albert Jordon dieG
at London. Fulton County, ILL.,, where
he was employed. In April. 1876
4 writes w. p. Bowden from Hermon
Il Ill. He was buried at Hermon, ant
4 TX can learn what company and regi
ment he was a member of I can ar.
1 range to have the Government furnish
a marker for his grave. He had nj
folks here, and l am the only one who
I knows where his grave is. / keep Il
marked with flag. Maybe some read
er OF The National Tribune can fur
nish me the information. My father
was in the Gath ILL.,, also brother"
The seth Ohio.
i "I would like to read n short history
of the 36th Ohio" writes G. w HolIen
baugh. from Bucyrus. o. My father
Frank Hollenbaugh, was a private ir
Co. E Of that regiment from July 80
1861. He enlisted to serve three years
or during the war. He re-enlfstet
Jan. 4, 1864, and was discharged Jul,
81, 1865, at Wheeling, w. Va. He wa!
in quite a number OF battles and wa.
wounded at Fayetteville, receiving {
rebel bullet in the right leg be
low the knee. I would also like som,
)! comrade to give a short history of hi
company. My grandfather. Thoma
Mason, takes The National Tribune
He was in Co. E., 136th Ohio, HON,
! Guards. He is 81 years of age; anC
his regiment. My father died Nov. %
1895. The gunshot wound in his lei
was the cause of his DEATH
Who Has This Back Number.
Comrade Henry c. Wildly, of Pinck
neyville, ILL.,, would like some comrad
: who has kept a file of The Nationa
Tribune to send him copy Of an issu,
in 1888 which contains an accoun
of the capture of a rebel Captain il
Mississippi by Comrade Wildly. The ar
! ticle was written by Andrew HARDIN
ger. Corporal. Co. K. 5th Ill. The com
rade says the article will do him mucl
; good, and he IS willing to pay for th'
paper containing it.
"A Widow of Co. NJ,
what has become of the comrade
of the I'd Colo. ?" writes Mrs. n. r
; Packard, of Mainesburg. Pa. who say
she is "a Co. M widow" She eXpresse
the hope that all the members of tha
Western regiment who may read thi
will write to her. especially the men o
Co. NJ. II understand" she adds. "tha
the regiment is to hold Reunion q
Denver, and I would like TO have SOM
definite information concerning th
proposed meeting through the column
of the soldiers and widows paper ant
friend, The National Tribune"
: The Man in the Ranks.
Comrade A. C. Harter writes from
Dayton, o., that he has read Will
pleasure THE Opening of the Missis
sippi." He says it is "a mastery his
tory Of the events which marked TIL
decline of the most awful event In ou
American history. 1 am inclined T.
! believe that in the surrender of Vicks
, burg the Southern Confederacy, 81
called, received its first premonition o
doom. We who were in the ranks cal
only tell of what happened in our i'm
mediate vicinity. but we cannot vouci
for happenings we did not see. a grea
many of the comrades write of event
!, that they imagine they saw, and il
the long years that have elapsed sine
the war have come to believe the same
to be true. When 1t comes to a hiStor.
of the plans and movements of Gen
, eral and his army in SO great q cam
paign as that Of Vicksburg, we VIII
, occupied the minor places in the arm.
should hesitate before we give our evi
dence as to the advisability of thi
, movement or that. We VINO were ther
were almost sure we could not get ou
of the mess alive, but thanks to th'
, Great Master and to his able servant
5 U. S. Grant. we were able to strike ;
, death-blow to rebellion
GrewsOme Wartime Exhibition.
In reference to a recent article b,
Robert 1. Kelley. 37th Ind, concernin.
the executions at MurfreesbOro, Com
/ rade w. J. Boon, Co. *, 125th Ill