The National tribune., 1908-04-02
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Served I'm Co. d. SD Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: ] belonged
to Co. B, SD Ohio, and went with Sher-
man to the sea, and our division to Fort
McAlister, Ca, on Dec 13, 1864. 1 went
up that night, and was on guard west
of the fort all night and all day until
the torpedoes were dug out by the reb-
els, with our boys guarding them. There
were torpedoes every six feet apart
around the fort, and not one was ex-
ploded. AS they charged the fort there
was one man got his heel and hand
blown off. That night he was told to
follow the road out, but he did not obey
orders. My messmates were Samuel
Thomas and William Campbell, and
they have answered the last roll call
We left Fort McAlister for Savannah,
Ca; then to Beaufort, S. c.; then thru
South Carolina to Columbia, the Capital
of the State; then to Bentonville, N. c.,
and that was the last battle of the war
We then went to Petersburg, Va; the
to Richmond, Va, and to Washington,
ID. c., where we reviewed on the 25th
day of May, 1865. We lay at Raleigh,
N. c., when Lincoln was shot, and we
left there the 30th of April. ] would
like to hear from any of the old COM
rades.-E. A. Weekley, r. F. D. 2,
Athens, o.
The I'd Col. Cav.
Mrs. Ellen Williams, once 1aundress
of Co. A, I'd Col. Cav, Corydon, Iowa.
replying to the inquiry of ]. w. Tor
renee, says that the grand old I'd Col
Cay. has not passed away by any means.
She is almost so years old, and is very
much in evidence in her neighborhood.
She thinks that she remembers Com
rade Torrence as bugler of Co. II. Her
husband was bugler of Co. A. She en-
listed with her husband, and served
three years and four months, and was a
familiar presence in the regiment.
marching with Cos. A, B and K in the
last crossing of the plains. They Joined
the Colorado troops enroute from Fort
Gibson to Kansas City. Maj. Pritchard
was in command, and the country thru
which they marched was infested by
bushwhackers. Later she was with
them on the Price raid, but with the
Quartermaster's Staff the sick and dis
abled, was sent over the line to wait the
issue. They were not so far away but
they could hear the musketry quite
plainly. She left Colorado several years
since, and is now living on her pension
of s12 month with her stepdaughter.
The Dummy Monitor.
c. Smith, Curacao. Dutch West Indies,
says that the dummy monitor which
Admiral Porter sent by Vicksburg was
DuliI OI lDSS, anu ucT was
put in alongside of the Louisville. This
machinery consisted of big box of
sand and two tall smokestacls made of
barrels. She was taken down the river
| by J. B. Fulton, Chief Engineer; Dave
Robinson, Pilot; w. Shields, Gunner,
and c. Smith. The Red River Dam was
built out from one side of the river, and
the gap was filled up with barge load
ed with stones. 1t was intended to blow
4 n ha ha ac c the w got
high enough, but the pressure of the
water became so great that the barge
swung around against the bank, thus
| forming a cushion, so as the boats went
thru they caromed against it and were
shunted off into deep water.
| On Cemetery Hill.
| Henry H. Gushee, 33d Mass, says
there was only one fight on Cemetery
Hill at Gettysburg, and that took place
| before dark, July /. 1t was between
portions of the First and Eleventh
Corps on our side and Hilrs Corps on
the other 1t became so dark presently
Shat it was impossible to tell friend from
foe. AS to those formidable stone walls
they were only loose cobblestones, and
when rebel shell hit them the stone
flew about worse than the shell. Tho
walls were only two feet high, and one
lcould walk over them without looking
for crossing. When the Eleventh
Corps was going thru Gettysburg to tn;
front one division was left on Gemeter,
Hill, and later one brigade was sert Il
help out in the town, which left only
2 one brigade on the Ridge. and 1t held
the position that afterward became par
of our lines Of battle.
The 1O4tk N. Y. mt Fredericksburg.
George II. Star, Captain. Co. d, 104ti
|, N. Y, and brevet Colonel, 800 Broad
' way, New York, was particularly please,
, with McElroy's sketch of the secont
, Bull Run, and still more with the stor,
/ of Fredericksburg and the vivid accoun
given by Comrade Hopkins, OF the 16ti
Me. charge. At Manassas comrade Sta
: was Second Lieutenant of Co. d, 10.tl
4 n. Y, and on the skirmish line. A
e Fredericksburg he was Captain of Co
d. and took mart in the charge of which