The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-06-06
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Justice for the 9th Wis.

Justice for the 9th Wis.
| Carl ]. Kienast, Co. H, 9th Wis,
| Reno, New, referring to Capt. Peter
Shipman's article calling for justice for
the colored troops, says he is more
than wiling that justice be given them,
but thinks that some one should call for
justice to the white troops instead of
the colored in regard to the saith at the
battle of Jenkins's Ferry, Ark. Com
rade Shipman says that the 54th
charged and captured a section of the
battery after the white troops had failed
TO do SO, and it is just here that he
steps on Comrade Kienasts corns. The
white soldiers he allu'les to are those ne
longing to the 9th Wis. to which Com
rade Kienast belonged. lie was a
member of that regiment for over four
years, and wishes to state that the 9th
Wis. never failed to take anything that
! it was ordered to take. In this instance
it was not ordered to take this section
of battery, and neither was it in a posi-
| ton to do so without running over the
54th If the 9th Wis. had held the po-
sition that the saith did. the 54th would
never have taken that battery as
bravely as it did, as it would have been
taken by the 9Th Wis. instead When
the section came down the hill to the
foot where the battle was raging, it
linn bered up in front Of the saith not
more than Is yards away, and before
they could fire the second shot every
man and horse had been wounded or
killed, with the exception of one old gray
horse. The saith then ran in and took
hold of the timber rope, and with the
old gray horse in the lead haul
ed the cannon to the rear Com
| &c will IN trixyo
the saith all the credit due the
old Lone Jack" as the horse was call
ed, but the comrades will remember
that this was not done after the white
troops had failed to capture the bat
terry. Such thing as failure TO take
anything, from red hot cannon to a
frying chicken. was not known by the
white troops present on that occasion.
What Per Cent Was Burned:
Fl. ]. Fuller, Co. e, Goth ILL.,, Marion.
ILL.,, in reply to Comrade Nathan Bick-
ford's inquiry as to what per cent of
the business section and residence por-
ton of Atlanta was destroyed when Gen.
| Sherman left, says that the General left
some time before he did, and he thinks
he had pretty good chance to see and
to know what the condition of the city
was. He was at that time Orderly for
Gen. Jeff G. Davis, who was in COM
mand of the Fourteenth Corps, and the
last man with two stars on his shoulder
to leave Atlanta. The comrade had
some pretty close calls that morning
from bursting shells and falling walls
Gen. Davis had his headquarters about
200 yards west of the depot on the north
side of Main street, and he was busy
that morning carrying orders in almost
| every direction, so he got pretty good
view of the city. AS to what percent
! age of the business part was destroyed,
he would say all of it, and as to the
residence section, he thinks some 20 per
cent was not destroyed. He thinks the
comrade who said all Of Atlanta was de-
stroyed is affected with the same dis
ease that some of the copperhead rebels
have in Illinois. They frequently make
the statement that Sherman's army did
not leave anything standing from At
lanta to Savannah, which is false. The
Fourteenth Corps at least did not burn
property.
The burning of Columbia.
| G. H. b., Sergeant, Co. /, Both Iowa.
Lithium. Mo-, in answer to some COM
rade who wanted to know how much
of Columbia. S. c., was burned, says he
thinks he should know, for his regi-
ment, the goth Iowa, were the first Or
ganiZed troops that enteTe,, The city, at
s o'clock in the morning. 1t was a
beautiful morning in February. The
Confederates left the city at the east
as his regiment was coming in from
| the north. There were good many
soldiers that had gone over in skiffs
before them. AS they entered the city
a lot of cotton bales were burning in
the streets that had just been rolled
out of the houses. and burning cotton
was rolling along the streets, as the
wind had begun to blow from the
north and west. There were great
many frame houses in the city, and
after they got to burning it was impos-
sible to put the fire out, and during
i the day the wind increased. By night
it was blowing a gale. He thinks all
the business part of the town was
burned and half of the residence dis
trict.
The Battle of Franklin.
| s. Weaver, 40th Ind, Hiawatha,
Kan, in speaking of the battle OF
Franklin, says that the battle opened
upon the Union forces about 4:30
Nov 80, 1864. He was a membcT
of the 10th Ind, Second Brigade, Sec
ond Division, Fourth Corps. which was
on the left of the pike when the enemy
marched to the west of the pike, and
formed their lines in cornfield. With
high hills for background, they had
! a very formidable position, while our
forces We're completely exposed in the
:. open field, several hundred yards in
front of our Notifications. When the
enemy advanced upon our lines we
broke for our works. He remembers
4 going in thru the works at the pike
just east of the Carter house, with the
enemy in front of them. Just at that
time fresh troops came up from the
rear and drove the enemy back out OF
our works. He, with several other
comrades, got behind the works, scat
tered along where the batteries were
lioca ted just east across the pike from
1 the Carter house towards the railroad
4 Things were quiet after the first as
sauit for about twenty minutes. when
the second assault came, in which Gen
Cleburne, commanding division OF
the enemy, was killed.
i Burning of Atlanta.
i William Kirk, Co. F, 46th Pa. Park
i ersburg, w. Va, says with reference
to the burning of Atlanta that he was
there at the time, and that several
things entered into the destruction
The rebs did their part when they
found they had to evacuate by destroy
inc what thew thOuphf might he uSafu