The National tribune., 1909-04-22
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along th,
Whole Line.
SchOfeld at Resaca.


A. A. Jones, Toledo, Iowa. feels dis
satisfied with the mention made of
what the Army of the Ohio did at Re-
SAGA He finds in his diary these en-
! tries:
SUNDAY, May IA, IS64.-Weather
pleasant Got up at daylight. No news
| from the front. No orders to move.
All quiet in front. At 10 o'clock a. m.
drew rations, orders to move, fell in,
! the Third Division, Twenty-third Corps,
| front in line of battle; arrived at the
| front at 1870 a. m. the Second Bri-
| gade in action. Went forward. and
drove them out of their rifle pits and
| back to their fortifications under a ter
| rfble fire from their infantry and bat
| terfes in ambush throwing canister
| shot. We are in heavy timber and un-
| derbrush. and are contesting every inch
| of ground in front, pushing our way
! thru the thick underbrush under the
I terrible destruction of life; took the
works. but about this time the enemy
| were reinforced, and our division was
compelled to fall back, but not until we
| had captured several pieces of artillery
and several hundred prisoners. Our
dead are lying between the lines, and
our wounded are going back by the
| hundreds The assault is general all
along the lines and the enemy are well
| fortified, and we have but very little
| heavy. Gen. Manson, OF our corps,
wounded and one of his staff killed; a
Igreat many officers killed and wound
/ ed. Our division fell back down the
hin about half way and held our posi-
| tion until 5 p. m. when we were re-
Heved by another division, think of
| the Fourteenth or Twentieth Corps. Our
| division was in action three hours. Our
| forces on the right have driven the
enemy back with heavy loss. our left
| getting ready to assault the enemy.
Who Knew Her Brother?
| Mrs. d. Jenkins. 255 Center street.
Nutiey, N. J., wants a history Of the
18th u. g., and also. would like TO hear
| from any of the survivors of Co. A of
that regiment who were taken prison.
ers at the Weldon Railroad at the time
that her brother, George Birtwistle, was
captured He enlisted in the regiment
in 1861. was taken prisoner at the first
| Bull Run, exchanged and sent back to
his regiment. He was also among the
! troops sent to New York to quell the
! riots, which was the last his father and
prisoner on the Weldon Railroad, and
died at Salisbury Jan. 8, 1868, as near
as can be found out.
| None but Veterans Admitted.
Henry Wilson Post, IT. which Is To-
| Gated in the Soldiers Home. near
Washington, d. c., and made up wholly
of Regular soldiers, Who are the in
mates, is much. disturbed by reports
which have been circulated thru the
| institution to the effect that men are
| admitted who have served since the
war. This Is absolutely untrue, and
Commander Charles H. Preston offers
/ a reward of $40 to any person who will
produce evidence that q man has been
admitted into the Post who did not have
a record in the civil war. Quite a num-
Der of candidates have been rejected,
because their service lacked a Snort
time of coming within the Grand Army
regulation of the 9Th of April. 1866.
I Dependent Daughters.
Miss E. s., La Crosse. Wis. makes
plea for dependent daughters. Her
father served thru the war. and took
4 part in many OF its greatest battles. He
received a pension of $24 a month for
disease contracted in the service. She
remained at home with him, nursed
him carefully for many years and is
now left destitute. without any recog-
milton by the Government.
i At Mission Ridge.
i John A. Schmitt. 1037 Ninth avenue.
Helena, Mont, wants to see how the
pictures of the battle OF Mission Ridge
comedies with his remembrance. He
belonged to the 9th ILL.,. and was on
| the right of the line. He got a grand
view of the fight until the charge came
down diagonally to where he was stand
ing, and was received by a storm Of
canister. Then he began looking for
shelter. Things were, coming his way
entirely too freely.
What Regiment Did the Best March
ing?
William Hall, 18th w. Va, asks what
regiment was captured with the 54th
Pa, and also what regiment did the
best marching during the war, or which
made the most miles during its service
Now, don't all answer at once.
Fighting Regiments.
} Samuel F. McCloud. I'd N. J., Long
Branch, N. j., says that he has to laugh
! at the citation of certain regiments as
fighting regiments. All of the regi-
ments were fighting regiments, but it
so happened that some were on the
spot and caught heavy part Of the
, fighting, while others just as good were
: not thrown by the fortune Of war into
that emergency.