The National tribune., 1909-04-01
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Mother sherman.

Mother Sherman.
.Comrade r. ]. Bullock, Co. II, 105th
H., 8S Platte avenue, York, Neb,
writes: "There lives here one ofSthe
oldest mothers of veterans that 1 have
seen or read of. My wife and l have
been visiting with her. and enjoyed the
visit much. She is an interesting and
entertaining hostess and neighbor. She
is the mother of Comrade David Sher-
man, who served in a Michigan regi-
ment, and is 81 years of age. In good
weather she walks five or six blocks to
church and home every Sunday; every
day she walks and works in her garden.
Her sight is good, and she is a neat
needleworker. At present she is MAX
ing red, white and blue quilt. She
lives alone; has for about nine years.
I went to school with her children in
1851"
Hang the Wfrz Monument.
Comrade W. H. Gosner, Co. F. 9th
Mo. Cav, and 129th Pa, South Bethle-
| hem, Pa, writes: Let me suggest
way to dispose of the Wirz monument.
The Georgia ladies who created the
thing want to place 1t at Andersonville.
That, it seems to me, is the place for
| it. Have huge gallows erected in the
cemetery, and hang the monument with
| log chains by the neck of the Wirz
| image strong enough to hold him fast
| till the final crush of matter and wreck
of worlds. Nor South nor North should
object to that. The country is fast
uniting by bonds of matrimony and by
capital bonds. I wore the blue; my
wife has never ceased to wear the
gray; yet we live at peace"
Escape From Libbey.
Col Terrence Clark told very inter-
estfng story before the Lodge of Elks at
Paris, ILL.,, as to his escape from Libbey
Prison by the famous tunnel. He was
captured at Chickamauga, and he and
Col. w b. McCreery, of the 21st Mich,
! followed Col Rose and Capt. Hamilton
out of the tunnel They were in the
| first eight who passed thru. They
reached the Union lines at Williamsburg
after having Travelled $50 miles, being
shot at repeatedly and suffering terri
| bly, from the severe weather.
The Pennsylvania Pension Bill.
! Harry W. Lewis, First Sergeant, 9Th
| u. s. Cav, Erie, Pa, is opposed to the
| Pennsylvania pension bill unless they
serve all alike. with no difference where
| they reside, volunteers, Regulars and the
Navy. Why offer fish to one old soldier
and stone to another, and why leave
| out those who served in the Regular
Army and Navy? Thousands of Penn
sylvanians served in Ohio. West Vir-
| gina, Maryland New Jersey. New York
and other States. and men from those
| States served in Pennsylvania regiments.
The Officers Retired List.
| Maj. Mcintosh, Omaha, Neb., does
not approve of the bill to put volunteer
| officers on the retired list, since the Off
GERS did not endure or dare any more
| times generally than the enlisted men.
and there is no reason why they should
have extra pay and allowances now.
| In Search of His Father.
S. Tyler Moore, Tallula. Miss, wants
information of his father. who served
| in a colored regiment-possibly in Co.
F, 58th u. S. c. T.. but of this there Is
doubt. He may have served under the
name of Edward Moore or as Edward
Hunt: enlisted at Savannah or some-
where in the Alleghenies; was about
six. feet in stature, bright complexion.
black hair, gray eyes; was fiddler.
Key to Libbey Prison.
c. Walter Jarrett, Milroy, Pa, says
that there is in his family one of the
keys used at Libbey Prison. 1t was Sc
cured by William Jarrett, 5th Pa. Re-
serves. 1t is a large brass key, and fit
ted the middle door of exit.
| Gen. Early's Name Next.
J. Rose. Westernport, Nd, thinks that
the next thing will be some person get
ting Gen. Early's name pasted up some-
iwhere in Washington in q conspicuous
place. Early came mighty near getting
into Washington, and our Southern
brothers would like TO signalize this.
Scattering.
Comrade Reubent Durham, Durham.
Ark, approves the idea of colony in
lx.,r..
err because we were welded together in
the furnace of war. 1t would be a
; grand thing for us to live together,
neighbor to neighbor, as we marched
and stood and charged together in the
field, shoulder to shoulder; to live in
mild and gracious climate, where the
rigors of life are softened for us in the
days of our years"
II N. N. Coons, Rock Island, would like
! to restore to the proper person an en-
bIem of honor from the State of Ohio
to Alex McKillips. Co. B, 18th Ohio.
Il Comrade p. F. Peters, Chelsea, Vt
. writes: Il am 81 years old: was in Co
.lC, 1st Mass. Cav: would like to hear
!: from comrades who were captured al
. Adie. Va; especially from G. Wake
. field, who was Orderly for Gen. Meade
> and from Newton and Kendall, Order.
lies for Gen. Seth Williams"
Il Comrade James Nicholson. Co. I
}1S5th N. Y, Syracuse, n. Y, writes
Ion Oct. II, 1864. at PEBBLES Farm, ir
lfront of Petersburg, We witnessed exc
. cution of a rebel spy. I never learned
! the mans name or his history, but
would like to know who he was and
the facts of the crime for which he
was shot. VIII some comrade who
knows write to me and give me the
Information?
q W. A. Carpenter, Fonda, N. Y, wants
I to know IL any comrades of Co. B, 1926
NJ r, who enlisted from Orange County
Al survive, and requests them to write to
: him, II they will favor him by corge
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