The National tribune., 1906-03-08
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along The Whole
Line.
Was On the Hunter Raid.

Line.
Was On the Hunter Raid.
II was 100-days man. and served
In the 1924 Ohio" writes Comrade Sa-
lem Taylor from Versailles, o. Some
people think we did but little good to
the cause, but I think we did much
good. Ny regiment made the raid with
Hunter from Martinsburg, w. Va. up
the Shenandoah Valley In 1854, as far
as Lynchburg. We made the rebs go
lively while we were going up the VAL
ley, but when we got to Lynchburg
they We're too thick for US. The fight
there opened up in the morning, and
In the afternoon we had to 'crawf1sh.'
and that In q hurry, as the Johnnies
gave us no time to stop and fortify
We retreated about II days and nights.
So we were good fighters-and run
ners. / have never seen any account
of this brave regiment. Now, would
IKE to ask the editor Of the best paper
printed II he will inform q comrade
who loves The National Tribune if the
lt2d Ohio has been overlooked"
Survivors Of Libby Tunnel Party.
Comrade /. N. Johnson, 9Th KY,
writes from Pleasureville, KY, to as
certain the address, if living, Of the
Following officers who worked with the
party OF Is in the famous Libby Pris-
on tunnel: Col. Rose, 18th Pa; Maj.
Mcdonald, Tooth Ohio: Capt. Clark,
18th H.; Capt Lucas, 5th KY; Capt.
Ind: Lieut.. Davy. 18th Pa; Lieut..
Sterling. 10Th Ind; Lieut.. Foster, goth
Ind; Lieut. Mitchell, 10Th Ill.
Comrade johnson was one Of tina.
party, and is therefore naturally anx>
1ous to hear from the survivors. with
view to having Reunion at the next
National Encampment.
Favors Tribune Service Pension BILL
Comrade John Potter, Department
Chaplain of Iowa, writes from Taintor,
Iowa, that he has been a reader of The
National Tribune for rs years, and
thinks its stand on the Service PEN
SION is reasonable and right, and comes
nearer doing justice to all the comrades
than any other proposed measure,
which should be an unanswerable ar
gument and insure it's passage by Con-
gress.
One Of the 10th Ind. Boys.
comrade W. II. Morgan, Co. E. 10th
Ind. of Milford, Ill, says there is moth
ing on earth more pleasant to him than
to receive his copy each week Of 1.-The
soldiers best friend" The National
Tribune, and read in it's columns the
articles from old comrades fighting
their battles over. II was glad" saws
Comrade Morgan, "to find in the issue
of Dec. 20 call from Comrade ]. E.
Apologize, of Co. Il, 10th Ind, my old
regiment l have never had anything
to do me SO much good as that did. II
was the first article had ever seen in
your paper from member of my regi-
ment. Wake up, comrades. and let us
hear from you. Come again, Comrade
Appiegate. Well, comrade, we did run
against a snag at Logans Crossroads,
KY, on that memorable 10th of jan
uary, 1862. That was the biggest days
work ever accomplished by small
body of men. But we did our whole
duty on that occasion as well as others.
Comrades of the 10th Ind, do you
remember the foOt-race we had with
Bragg's army from Nashville, Tenn,
to Louisville, KY, distance of 1876
miles in seven days?'
In conclusion, Comrade Morgan SAYS
he did not do as much 'as some other
fellows did to put down the rebellion.
but | did my best
The Rebs Threw Hot Balls.
Comrade Levi North, Co. A, 31st Ill.
of. Mafissa. ILL.,. would like to hear from
a comrade who assisted him to carry
j big stacks of bundles Of rice from
rice mill back into the woods at Sa-
vannah, Ga, for the purpose Of feed
Ing the mules. Comrade North adds:
The rehs threw, hot balls at it to set
1t on fire to keep us from getting it,
and some OF them came near hitting
me. The red-hot cannon balls left a
bad. odor in their wake. But we got
the rice all the same, and it made us
and the other mules fat"
How He Felt ON Battlefield.
Il thought the world was coming to
an end" writes Comrade Pat Durkin,
143d Pa, from Abilene, Kan, describ-
Ing his feelings at the battle Of Chicka-
manga when he saw six or seven reb-
ell lines of battle" approaching He
says his Colonel, who was on horse
back, ordered the men to lie down,
land l said to myself. 'Good-by, United
States when the bullets rained over
us. l was taken prisoner and held in
rebel prisons Is months am close to
10 years Of age, and have scurvy in me
yet as result OF my prison fare"
Comrade Durkin would like to hear
from old comrades OF the 1880 Pa. and
those who served with him in the 10th
U. s. Regulars.
He Captured Georgia Regiment.
II am the boy that captured all of
the LIST Ga. except George E. Johnson"
writes Comrade r. H. Anderson. Co. c,
23d Mo-, from Gallatin, Mo. He adds
that he talked with Johnson, but did
not succeed in getting him. MY Cap
tain always called me Richard the
Third. How I would love to meet any
or all of the LIST Ga. boys. I call them
boys, because there were none Of them
over II years OF age at the time OF
their capture in rear Of Atlanta, in
August. 1854. There are surely some
Of these boys alive yet. George E.
Johnson lived at Macon. Ga. at that
time; or. rather, he enlisted from that
place. How I would like to take them
by the hand once again. They told
me they were all that were left of the
regiment, all the rest having been killed
or wounded"
Loss Of the Transport Governor.
In reply to the inquiry Of Comrade
Powelson concerning the transport
steamer Governor, Comrade William
Historian of the Naval Vet
Grams Naval Post, 400, Philadelphia.
Pa, writes that this vessel was an
army transport carrying 800 marines
under Maj. Reynolds, and went to sea
with the Du Pont Expedition from
Hampton Roads, Oct. 20, 1861. When
Off Cape Hatteras in storm of unusual
severity the Governor was lost, going
down with six privates and one Cor
poral. On Nov. 1, 1861, the other ma
rines were rescued by the frigate Sa-
bine, Capt. Cadwalder Ringgold COM