The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-08-13
PICKET SHOTS
From Il, cmrades Along the Whole
Line.
At Winchester.

Al "lncneatefs
d. Bongye, % West St, Freeport, Ill.
writes that if some one would give thu
history of the movements around Win
chester under Milroy, it would max,
very interesting reading. His regiment
the S7th Pa, opened the engagement
on the 18th on Strasburg pike. There
was with the regiment some of the 18th
Pa. Cav. and a section of Battery L
5th U. S. They surprised the Johnnies
and got away with them, but the John
mics paid them back the next day or
the Front Royal pike, when they drove
them into the town. Milroy's strength
was $500. while it is hard to give
all the Confederates, as they were
coming up all the time. His company
was deployed as skirmishers. and held
the woods until dark. If the Johnnies
had not fred so high, everyone would
have been killed. Altogether his regi-
ment lost 239 officers and men, but
part of the regiment got thru to Har-
per's Ferry under Col. Schall, and part,
under Maj. Rule, went to Bloody Run,
Pa. Comrade Rongye was with the
Color Sergeant, William Brubaker, and
reached York, Pa, where they were
when Early came in, when they skipped
across the Suscuehanna, returning 10
their regiment when the Army of the
Potomac came up.
Breaking the Lines mt Petersburg.
Charles II. George, River Falls Wis,
begs leave to dispute the claim for
Lieut.. Burlington that he was the first
on the breastworks at Petersburg. The
10th VT. claims, that honor and for
Corp'l Veazy. Gen. Wright had Corp1
Yeazy in mind when he gave Gen.
Ricketts, his selection. Comrade George
was not in the charge, being a bands
man. He had the opportunity to save
the life of John w. Gregg. Orderly
Sergeant, Co. A, 9Th Nd, on the way
back from the Wilderness to Fred
ericksburg. Comrade George was then
a little boy and was detailed to go with
the ambulance train, in which We're
&c wounded men. He had to be Sur
geon, Hospital Steward, Commissary
and undertaken for all these men
Serg't Gregg's wound was below the
knee. near an artery. 1t broke out and
bled violently, but Comrade Gregg put
his thumb on the main artery and I.sld
1t there for two hours before he could
get any help. He improvised a tourni
quet, which held the artery until
Surgeon could be found. Gen. Keifer
was one of the wounded in that train.
Blind From Service.
Thomas E. Clark. Buckhannon, w
Va, belonged to Co. NJ, Sd W. Va Cav,
and was under Averill in the Shenar-I
doah Valley, and was in all the fighting
around Winchester, at Cedar Creek, the
Opequon, Fishers Hill, Berryville, etc.
Some one has said that the 1st w. Va
but this is not true. 1t belonged to the
same brigade they were in at the COM
mcncement of the fight, but came in
later from the Luray Valley Comrade
Clark is entirely blind as the result Of
his service. He got a severe cold which
settled in his eyes, and he has to have
the assistance of some one wherever he
goes. He is allowed only $40 a month,
which Is les- thu, thu, that given to a man
who has lost an arm.
The 23d Mo. Voted.
Comrade Norman, 23d Mo-, Portl
Orchard, Wash, remembers his regi-l
ment voting. 1t belonged to the First |
Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth
Corps, and on election day was at
Ga. after chasing Hood as far
as Gaylcsville, Ala. At that time there
were EOS men in the regiment, and the |
vote stood: Lincoln. 200; Mcclellan, 8. |
Those who voted for Lincoln were in
favor of fighting the war out The
were tired and wanted to stop.
Tea. La tsfanSe-
The comrades of California are still |
Strongly dissatisfied with the removal !
of Gen. g. H. La Grange as the Cover
nor of the National Soldiers Home, |
and putting in his place a man named |
Cochran, who does not seem to have |
been very successful in gaining the APP |
proyal of those with whom he has TO |
come in contact The conditions in
the Home are said to be not nearly SO
as they were under the adj |
of Gen. La Grange.
Scattering.
Comrade NJ S. Sherwood, Edinboro. |
Pa, writes: II would be glad to learn |
the present address Of Capt. Wells, of
the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, whom l |
last saw at Gettysburg July 4, 1863. He |
was of Co. II or Co. G of the 5th or 7th |
Mich. Cav, I think. He was an Aid
and Mastering officer at Brigade Head
quarters, Fairfax, Va, 1853"
VIM. Stahl, Ithaca, Mich, writes: 81 |
wish that any OF the readers of The
National Tribune who know the where j
abouts of Aaron Lohr, of Co. E. 18th |
Ohio, would send me his address, so |
that i can arrange TO meet him at the |
at Toledo, Ohio"
c. /. Baldwin. Co. b, 18th n. Y, Cas-
opolis, Pa, thinks it time some COM
rade of that regiment write about it /
for The National Tribune, and he
threatens to do the writing himself If |
some one else doesn't do ii pretty i'm
mediately or earlier.