The National tribune., 1907-11-14
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
On the Red River.

Frank S. Vernon. 1st Del. Battery
Linwood, Pa, comes to the defense oi
Gems. Franklin and Emory against the
structures of Gen. r. NJ. Moore. At Sa-
bine Crossroads the First and Second
Brigades of the Nineteenth Corps were
ordered up to the front, and had q
hard time getting thru, as the roads
were blockaded with wagons in a fear
fui mixup- 1t was the Nineteenth Corps
however. that checked the advance OF
Kirby Smith. Gen. Franklin had two
horses shot under him and was wound
ed himself. Capt. Nims's Battery was
captured; also Arnold's Regular Bat
On the field riding around cheering the
Nineteenth Corps. The Sth Ill. M'Fd
Inf. was present, and 1t was said at that
time to have been the only regiment
that did not run away. There was a
council or war held I'm the evening,
when it was unanimously agreed that
Kirby Smith had possession of the only
clear ground, and the sole remedy was
to fall back to Pleasant Hill, where they
met Gen. A. ]. Smiths force. April ,
was fought the battle of Pleasant Hill,
where COmrade Vernon's Battery was
stationed at the top of the hill with two
pieces of the Regular battery at the
bottom. What caused the return was
that our supply boats could not get up
tons at Alexandria waiting for the wa
ter to be raised by Col. Bailey's dam
The rebels had the river blockaded be-
low Alexandria. and captured q mail
boat with q lot OF greenbacks, as the
army was paid off at Alexandria In
reply to another correspondent, COM
rade Vernon says that the I'd N Y.
Cav. was certainly in the Red River
compaign, Col. Crystler commanding
On two different occasions the 1st Del
Battery was detailed to go with Col.
Crystler.
Gen. Nelson's Temper.
DR.. A. N. Ellis, Secretary of the Nays
Vile, KY, Pension Board, served on
the staff of Maj.-Gen. William Nelson.
Nelson was splendid soldier. but had
one of the worst tempers imaginable.
One day an old man came TO headduar-
ters and asked for a pass. which Gen.
Nelson ordered Comrade Ellis IL give
him. Where to?" asked Ellis. ITO
hades,'' Nelson answered. Ellis was
pretty mad by this time himself, and
wrote the pass as directed. In an hour
or SO he was summoned to headquar-
ters. where he found Gen. Nelson in a
terrible rage. with the pass in his hand
Finally Gen. Jim Jackson, who was
interfered, and said, General,
you have abused Capt Ellis long
". and my opinion is that your name is
good at the door of the Internal re-
sions." Nelson burst into horse laugh,
and said, Il guess that's so, Jin:,'' and
he incident was closed. aa5s
What Regiment Was II.
A. H. Thomson, Coshocton, o.. says
hat in 1863 the Union troops had a |
light at Monticello, KY, with the enemy, |
)ut owing to the rapid rise of the Cum |
)erland were not able to follow up their |
'ictory, and started to fall back TO their |
'ase of supplies at Somerset. KY There |
vas but one boat, a small fiatboat, |
worked by rope across the river. There
we're 3S men of some New Jersey regi-
nent who got on the boat, which they
ipped over by all going to one side to
'ull on the rope, and all but one of the
quad was drowned. What regiment
vas it? g+
A Veterans Mother.
Comrade r. Van Dusen, Co. A, list
itch. E. & NJ. Wellsboro. Pa. writes:
My comrade, James Herbert, of the
"a. Reserves, lives here. and his mother,
Irs. S. Smith, is my neighbor. She was
'orn Oct. 10. 1907. She is hale and
learty, and is seen on the streets al
ng-on a quilt of which she sewed
very patch.'
Stone River.
Comrade Frank Richmond, Co. F.
Sth H., writes from Fisher, ILL.,, that
e agrees with Comrade Otto F. Steen
hat each regiment at Stone River earn
d recognition, and should have it byI
H. He knows that the 3Sth III. and
01st Ohio. as well as the 21st Ill. and
5th Wis, were in that battle. which
as begun on the afternoon of Tuesday.
zee. 80, and his regiment was not off
uty until the battle closed-a period
three days. But 16 men We're left in I
is company to answer at roll call All
is company officers were killed or
'ounded except Corpl Il. 3. Crum-
BOUNTY!