The National tribune., 1909-08-12
PICKET sHofs
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line
A Close Call.

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his. His regiment charged across al
open field with timber on the right, a
the Second Bull Run. He was unable
to keep up and walked along behind
When about half way to the firing lin'
a bullet from the woods on the righ
struck the button on his cap, tearing of
visor soaring forehead, and causin;
one of the quickest left wheels on rec.
ord. After reaching the line he wa
again wounded and left on the fiel.
for eight days.
The Prisoners of War BIZ.
F. M. Swesey 73d Ohio, Rockland
O., wonders strongly why Congress
| does not pass the Ex-Prisoners of Wal
Bill. If any of these CongressmeI
could realize what the veterans Wen
| thru who were confined in the prison
pens of the South, there would be nj
| hesitation. There are not many of thu
ex-prisoners of war living, and none o
them are able to work. 1t is shameful
to think that they are neglected. They
have been waiting and wanting unit
their hearts have become sick.
The Cd N. Y. II. A.
Comrade Ezra D. Corwin, formerly
Adjutant of the I'd N. Y. III. A, ant
now of the Soldiers and Sailors Home
at Bath, n. Y, says that we made 6
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was organized at Camp Law, Staten
Island and Elm Park, beginning ir
July, 1861, and made up of companies
| from various parts of the State. There
We're six of these from Herkimer Coun-
| ty and one from Norag, Conn, and the
remainder from New York City. Col.
Palmer brought Col. Wagner to the
regiment. then waved rank with him
and accepted a lieutenancy. Wagner
was removed after the fight at Manas-
sas and Col. Cogswell succeeded him
sometime in September or October of
1862.
4 National Encampmcnt for Arizona.
John H. Cady, Patagonia, Ariz..
wants the National Encampment to
come to his future State. where they
could have real Reunion. One where
the old boys could cook their coffee in
a tin pan, broil bacon over the Goals
visit one another, and sing songs as
they used to do 4C-odd years ago.
Arizona is a desirable place for an En-
campment, and there is an ideal spot
below Fort Wachuca, and instead of
having parade, which is too tiresome
for the old boys, have one grand dress
parade. where the old boys can parade
for the last time. when we can salute
our Commander, then our Adjutant,
and divide the parade in the middle;
count four. right and left face, march
to the columns until they reach the
flank. halt, right and left face. and the
old boys will stand face to face where
they can say goodbye to one another,
as they will never meet again.
The Retirement of Gen. Scott.
L. G. Baldwin, wilkes-Barre, Pa,
sends us some clippings relating to
the retirement of Lieut.-Gen. Scott.
III, I. ~
ment was brought about by the dis
covery that his son-in-1aw, also named
Scott, was disloyal and faithless, and
was giving military secrets to the
enemy. This is declared to be untrue,
as the son-in-law had been disposed OF
sometime before. The resignation was
brought about by Thomas A. Scott,
time when 1t was believed that IL was
necessary for the good of the service.
They found in the records cfrthe War
Department an old claim made by Gen.
Scott at the close of the Mexican cam
paign, for $4,000, that Secretaries
Davis and Floyd had absolutely re-
fused to consider. 1t was represented
to Scott that if he would retire the
claim would be allowed, and he would
have sufficient to live upon for the rest
of his days. Gen. Scott finally agreed
to this and to go into retirement.
The Death OF Gen. Polk.
Edward o. Dryden, Dover, Okla,
says that the communication of Com
rade Montague in regard to the kill
ing of Gen. Polk Is substantially cor
rect The only mistake is that the
whole of the 5th Ind. Battery was not
there. Capt. Simonson had taken out
the two Rodman guns, moved to our
right and fired two shots, the second
one killing Gen. Polk. The Captain
heard in a short time after, thru the
picket line, that the second shot had
killed Polk The Captain on his re-
not shoot common soldiers, but Cen
erals. Capt. Simonson was Chief of
Artillery of the Division. Comrade Bry
den was a member of the 10th Ind. and
was detailed, with 4S others of the bat
terry. for the Atlanta Campaign. Com
rade Dryden says that citizens of Dover,
Okla, claim the youngest man that
carried gun in the war. His name Is
Jesse M. Gray. He is now 81 years
old. and was a member of the 176th
Ohio, and was in the battles of Frank
lin and Nashville, Tenn.
The 1st N. j. Cav.
Maj. VIM. Harper Soldiers Home.
Bath, N. Y, says that the history of his
regiment, recently published in The
National Tribune, was not complete.
His name did not appear in it, altho he
served in it as a commissioned officer
from Feb. 2. 1862, until the regiment
was mustered out Upon his arrival in
Trenton he was promoted to Major and
given commission as Lieutenant-Col-
onel, but not mustered.
The Official Roster shows William
Harper as Major to date from April
27, 1865. He mad been breyetted a Ma
jor March 8, 1865.-Editor National
Tribune.
Defending BlockhOuse.
]. It. Pickard, Stanton, Mich, 4th
Mich. Cav, thinks that Comrade Sher-
wood refers to blockhouse about four
miles from Murfreesboro that was gar
risoned by men of the 4th Mich. Cav
They beat off Wheeler's Cavalry a little
while after the battle of Chickamauga,
when Wheeler was making his raid on
our communications. Comrade Pickard
was with those who were following
Wheeler.
Battlefield Bible.
William Mitchell. BiItmore. N c.,
referring to an article about finding on
the battlefield Bible inscribed Sidney
p. Dula," says that his sons wife is re-
lated to the Dulas, but the lady, Mrs.
Lucy Schoonmaker, failed to give her
address, and he would like 20 have it to
communicate with her.
The 33d and 18th U. 8.
Editor National Tribune: I have not
been able to find one member of Co.
n mr. net ha.