The National tribune., 1906-06-07
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
From Spring Hnm to Franklln.

10 say wagner troops may nave been
| the last to start from Spring Hill. and
know as a fact that nothing OF a ser-
Gus nature took place from Spring Hill
| to Franklin. This is a true statement.
was so far back in the rear that ]
know what occurred. / could look back
over my shoulder and see the Johnnies
at our heels in hot pursuit.
The only shots that were fired were
| by battery in our front. This battery
halted and threw a few shells at some
cavalry that were lowering in our front.
| There was only one line formed the
whole distance from Spring Hill. and
| then one regiment marched up hill
and Immediately marched down again.
We overlook the troops in our front
| that had halted about O'Clock a. m.
to get an early breakfast. We also
| halted to prepare our coffee, and before
we had concluded that operation the
| Johnnies started In to boost us on our
| journey. The regiment / have referred
| to was not in line one minute. / was
with the last troops to reach Franklin,
and probably the last to leave the banks
| of Duck River for Spring Hill on tha,
| nerve -paralyzing night of the 29th. One
thing is certain. if there was any other
regiment that had a more thrilling ex-
perience in reaching our lines at Spring
Hill, no account of it has yet appeared in
the columns of The National Tribune
Has q Rare Old Relic.
Comrade ]. P. Fishback, Officer of
the Day of c. A. Clark Post. 1874, G. A.
| r., Ridgefarm, ILL.,, writes that he has
rare old relic for sale. 1t is an instru-
ment that was made in 1875, and bears
that date. 1t has been in his family
| since 1892, having been given to Com
| rade Fishback's mother by Capt. James
NJ. Catron, who served in the Mexican
War.
Comrnde CorneIrs Fine Record.
Comrade John W. Cornell, Goshen,
] Ind, says he will not try to compete
with Comrade A. H. Woodruff as to
| length of time of holding office in the
G. A. r. But I will say" he adds.
that / was elected Senior Vice Com
mander of Charles w. Howell Post, 90.
and in 1885 and 1885. Then I was
elected Commander in 1887 and 1888
and again in 1890 and every year since,
and / am still in the harness. During
| the year ended Dec. 80, 1905. / made
| 136 visits to the sick and feeble COM
rades of Goshen, Ind"
Relatives of New York Veteran.
Charles Coleman, Box 135. Baraboo,
Wis, desires to learn the whereabouts
of any relative of James L. Loomis, who
died at Baraboo, Feb. 1s. 1905. He was
| d menDeT OIL 20. a, 10 TN ~ i. anu
| enlisted near Hamilton, Madison Coun-
ty. n. Y. The writer says he has thus
far been unable to find any trace of d
| relative of the deceased veteran.
Strenuous Times on Guard.
Comrade r. L. Adams, Naples, Me.
says he was on Arlington Heights at the
| time President Lincoln was assassinated.
| He was on guard on the main road from
Washington, and had orders to let no
one pass. Comrade Adams wore his
saber and a Colt revolver. Many per-
sons tried te pass his post. but none
were allowed to go by. The grand
| the sentinels got a wink of sleep that
l night. Comrade Adams said he was
| glad when daybreak came. Those were
1 exciting and strenuous times in and
about Washington.
4 Held Hoke's Force in Check.
i 1.-THE battle of Plymouth, n. c., ranks
/ with the foremost battles of the civil
war" writes Comrade Wilder NJ Boyle,
1 Co. X, 103d Pa, from Reynoldsville. Pa
! There were 2,2T1 men stationed at
| Plymouth, commanded by Brig.-Gen.
| Maj.-Gen. Hoke, with the flower of the
rebel army, 10000 strong, marched
against that place, approaching on three
/ roads, with a monster ironciad ram only
! two miles above the town. Now, to say
we held them in check from Sunday
morning to Wednesday is correct. We
did not surrender until the ram mad
| sunk our wooden boats.
| Sleep, Soldier, Take Thy Rest.
| Comrade H. B. Workman, PhalanX
Station OR. F. d. u, would like some
comrade to send him the song which
begins, sleep, soldier, take thy rest,
thy warfare's Ger"
Want His Address.
| James Oates Co. X, 9th Ill.,. Cincin-
natl, Ark, in answer to c. w. Boles's s
| inquiry with regard to the 9th HI. wants
to know why Comrade Boles never at
tends the Regimental Reunions which
have been held at Belleville and Litch-
field; also, why he does not give his
present address when he writes?
| Good Meal When Hungry.
| Edward S. Johnson. Seymour, Wis,
who was in Sherman's army and an old
| veteran 73 years old. thinks of The Ma
tional Tribune as a good meal when
| hungry. He has lost track of his broth
er, Thiram B. Johnson, who enlisted at
| Paxton, H., in the 10th Ill. He wishes
some of his brothers comrades would
write to him.
Poor But Good. as,'-'st
| John Deniger, Co. G, 37th Wis,
Beaverdam, Wis, says he is the fell
low that got the hog in the woods this
side of Richmond when the, boys had
nothing to eat but corn. The hog was
poor, but tasted mighty good He
would like to hear from some of his
comrades. He has only seen two since
| he left the army He served one year
and was in front of Petersburg.
Only "Oid .Glory,v~..e fs...,,
James w. Johnson, Co. G, 18th Ind,
Salem Ind thinks the Confederate
flag should not be allowed to be fioated
anywhere on any occasion. No flag
has right to float except the old Stars
and Stripes. Would, like to hear from
the comrades on this subject.
Civil War Drummers and Filters.
Comrade John A. Niebling. drum
mer, 26th Mo-, writes from Ferguson
Stati IN, Mo-, that he would like to dis
cover whether any of the drummers
and fifers of the 5th Iowa are alive.
II would like to correspond. with
them he says, "or any of the musi-
clans of the 5th and 10th Iowa, 93d
Ill. and 26th Mo-. which regiments
formed the Third Brigade, Third Divi-
sion, Fifteenth Corps" r-o 5.5,,
Favors the Service Pension.
'I am pleased to hear SO much about
the service pension" writes Comlade
Pliny w. Broughton from Glendale,