The National tribune., 1908-11-26
PICKET SHOTS
Prom Alert Comfadss Along the Whsle
Line.
Re.cu,ns Col. covode'. Body.

Rescuing Col. CovOde's Body
Col. John H. Covode commanded the
4th Pa. Cav, and was wounded June
"a, 1864, in the march OF sheridan
cavalry across the Peninsula near st.
Mary's Church He was commanding
the rear guard, and made charge
upon the enemy. when he was mortal
ly wounded by three shots. He was
carried to a negro house, and when he
died was buried in the garden. HIS
father, Hon. John Covode, prominent
member of Congress, came down TO
the army to recover the body, and
Lieut.. Paul, Serg't Kerr. Corp'l Samuel
King and Orderly AL. Martin volun-
teered to cross the James River, dodge
the enemy's pickets, and make their
way thru the hostile country some 10
OF 15 miles to find the grave, which
they did. Then Gen. Sheridan sent out
a detail of 40 men under Lieut. Paul.
who yielded the command to Capt
Frank Parke. The body and three
wounded men were found and taken
back during the night Hiram X.
if there are any survivors of that ex-
pedition except himself.
Alone at ~.
Mrs. Durance =. -McTeely, Union
City, Ind, says that her allowance is so
tHdl she can OLly spare CtHtS
at one time for The National Tribune,
but one can afford to go to bed one
night on short rations to get food for
the mind that is as satisfactory as The
National Tribune. She is living alone
at the age of IT. but there is nothing
that gives her so much pleasure as a
paper with a good, clean batch of poll
tics, Congressional news, etc. The bat
ties and strife she cares less about, but
she roads with sadness the manV stories.
Her mother was represented by seven
sons and q son-in-law. They lived in
southern Indiana, and endured terrible
hardships. Mrs. Mary Rogers, of SPRING
field, Mass, saw her name in the pa
per, and sent her postal with the self
same little school house she went to 10
years ago and also picture of the lit
tie Baptist Church where she went to
Sunday school.
A Successful COmrnde.
The veterans of Chillicothe. o., are
quite proud of Col. Richard Enderlin.
who as a boy entered the 73d Ohio as
drummer and came out Sergeant at
the conclusion of the war, with Medal
of Honor for Gettysburg. He still looks
back to those four years as the best
spent Of his useful and busy life. After
being mustered out he engaged in vari-
Gus odd jobs, including bookkeeping,
and then entered the retail coal and ice
business. He prospered in this, until
now he is the manager of the Union
Coal and Ice Company and the Carbon
dale Coal Mining Company. He took
control of the Union Shoe Company
when it was wreck, and has built it
up into a magnificent business. He is
one of the Executive Committee of the
Hooking Valley Coal Operators Asso-
citation, and with all his multifarious
hin \ n
lects his Grand Army duties. and is now
Aid on the staff of the COMMANDMENTS
Chief
The, cist Mass.
George c. Durham, 1856 Stanton
avenue, Cincinnati. o., corrects the his
tory of the 6fst Mass 1t went out in
two battalicns in the Fall Of 1864, and
in February. 1865, was brigaded with
the Hath Pa. and I20th y. Y. at
Grants headquarters at City Point. In
March It was ordered to the front. and
went over the outer breastworks of
City Point on Sunday, April 2. about 2
p. m. 1t charged Fort Malone and
took it. having six killed and 16 wound
cd, and entered Petersburg about day
light on Mondayfmorning. From Peters
burg it went to Aopomattox, and was
assigned to the First Brigade, Second
Division, Fifth Corps. 1t returned to
Arlington Hights with the Fifth Corps.
Seven Baxter Brothers.
Comrade Ed. A. Baxter writes: 81
have just read an article in your val
liable paper headed Sent Five Sons,
All Now Living" signed Perry NJ.
Manchester. Butte, Mont: their COM
bined ages. 327 years. / want to &c
you two better. The fighting Baxter
family sent seven brothers, all row
living. their combined ages being 466
years. Time served during war was
in all 23 years Their names and ad-
dresses are: ]. K. Baxter, Sharpsville.
Ind; O. II. p. Baxter, Pueblo. Colo;
II. p. Baxter. Ashland, ILL.,; George w.
Baxter, indianapolis. Ind: o. II. II.
Baxter, La Ju7ta, Colo: Ed. A. Bax-
ter. Pawnee, Ill; L. ". Baxter, Indian
apolis, Ind; all good solid Republi-
cans"
A Loyal Soutlic-aer.
T. H. Lay. ArIsy. Ala. was living in
Alabama at the outbreak of the war,
and in 1853 gathered lis men and pi-
loted them thru the mountains to the
Yankees, leaving his wife and six chill
dren to the mercy OF the enemy. He
became a Captain in the 1st Ala. Cav.
and thanks God he was able to give
the rebels some lively whippings. He
was fortunate on being mustered out
to find his family all well.
Soldiers for the War.
NJ. w. Lasure, 4th Ohio Cav, Fair
field, o., claims that Green County, O.,
sent more soldiers to the front than
any other in the State, and that Bath
Township sent more than any other in
Green County according to its popula-
ton. Bath Township, including two
small villages, Fairfield and Osborn,
sent $50 men to the front
The third annual dinner OF the Hook
er Association of Massachusetts was
held at the New American House, Bos-
ton, Nov. 13. 1908, with a fine menu a
large attendance and much fraternity
and good feeling. At the dinner was
sung the song written by Gen. William
G. LIE Due. then Quartermaster OF the
Twentieth Corps.
Throw Down the Barrier,
J. J. Haynes, Norwich, N. Y, in view
of the rapidly decreasing membership
of the G. A. r., would throw down the
barriers and admit all honorably dis
charged soldiers of all wars that the
principles of the G. A, r. might be
perpeutated. He is In favor of sub
mitting this amendment to the Rules
and Regulations to the various Depart
ment Encampments when they meet.
Scattering.
Comrade 'Daniel Sims, of K. P. b."
California. Pa, Box 130, writes that in
his community the Justices of the
Peace who administer the pension oath
to beneficiariess are the only persons
benefited by the franked return en-
h,r