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PICKET SHOTS
Prem Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
He Was in AndersonyilIe.

Comrade M. M. Wheeler, Of East
Peacham, VT. writes that he spent 154
days as prisoner at Andersonvflle and
Florence. How we lived thru the try
ing days and nights, with poor food, no
bedding and no shelter! We slept on
the ground, in cold and heat, in storm
and fog. 1 went into the rebel prison
pen weighing 1S9 pounds; I came out
weighing 95 pounds. The half can't be
told OF the suffering of the poor boys,
most of them now living broken in
health. The bill to give ex-prlsoners
something extra seems just one. We
endured a thousand things that did not
come to those whose names see on the
retired list at hgures 10 times the aver
age income of the citizens of the Repub.
lilo we helped to save. I do not object
to this. but think it only Just that we
should at least get some of the crumbs
from the table at which those nearest
get the largest share. The memory of
the days In the rain, hungry DAYS, days
in hospital, days of pain and often of
horror, still come to US old men. It is
only just that the ex-prisoners of war
pension bill be enacted into law, and at
once. Medals and money rewards are
showered upon those who went to Cuba
and the philippines, not in a war of
defense, but, shall say. OF aggression
and profit. Let all of our comrades
write to their members of Congress
that this bill is a just one; and should
be passed, SO the old boys can get q
little benefit during their few remaining
years on earth" a+.es0
An Incident of Franklin.
Comrade James X, MeTrifield. 1921
Laclede avenue, ST. Louis, Mo-, passen-
ger conductor on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. belonged during the war to
Co. c, SSth Ill. After the charge OF
CockrilIs Brigade at Franklin was re.
pulsed Comrade MerrIfeId noticed
where flag went down about 100 feet
in front of the works, and, seizing a
favorable opportunity, rushed out, tore
it from the staff and put It in his pocl,-
ct. Near the flag lay a fine-looking off,
Ger, nearly covered with dead bodies.
The officer asked him to remove the
bodies, as they We're hurting his leg.
Comrade Merrifield did 40. and then
gave him drink ont of his canteen.
While he was drinking the officer asked
him to unbuckle his sword beIt- which
he did. Just then he heard the whiz of
a bullet. and. looking up. saw another
line advancing TO the assault. He ran
back TO the works, taking the belt and
sword with him, These he presented
to the Historical Society at St. Louis.
The flag was of the LIST Mo. (Confeder-
ate), and was destroyed in the big fire
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marched to near Meade's headquarters.
. in the rear of Cemetery Hill. and lay
there until the battle was opened be-
tween Longstreet and Sickles on the
left Sickies being hard pressed and
forced back, called for re!nforcements
Gen. Caldwell, commanding the First
Division, Second Corps, was sent for
ward to his assistance. Gen. Cooks
Brigade was the Third Brigade of this
division, and IL started forward with
The division, but on it's way>and before
entering the Wieatield, Maj. Henry
Edwin Tremain. of Gen. Sickles's staff.
now Gen. Tremain. a prominent lawyer
of New York City. met Gen. Zpok with
an urgent message from Sickles to halt
his brigade at that point, instead of
following the column, as there was
where it was most sorely needed.
The Flood Tide of Rebellion.
The great food tide of the rebellion
struck high-wster mark at O'Clock on
the afternoon of July 2. 1863, at Gettys-
burg. At this hour Gen. Sickles's Corps
was being rapidly driven back, and Gen.
Longstreets Corps was pressing thru
the gap between Hancock and Sickles
to. get foothold on Little Round Top.
The battle of Gettysburg was the turn
ing point of the rebellion. and this was
the crisis of the second days fight. il
not of the whole battle. II was mo-
mentous hour in the history of this
Nation. Should the enemy succeed
they would possess the key to our po-
sition. Defeat and victory seemed to
hang in the balance. Should the Union
army be defeated. the hands of progress
would be arrested and turned back a
revolution on the dial of time.
Mai. Tremain and Gen. Zook were
strangers to each other. IT was criti-
cal interview. Gen. Cooks instructions
from Gen. Caldwell were to follow the
column. There Was no time to parley.
The exhausted lines of Gen. Birney's
Division Were stubborHly fighting a
corps
Sir" said Gen. Zook to Maj. Tre-
main, IF you will give me the order of
I Gen. SicSses. / will obey it"
NThen," andswered the Major, Gen.
Sickles's order is that you file your bri-
Eade to the right and move into action
here
To the surprise and delight of the
Major. Gen. Zook promptly gave the
command, File right" and marched
his brigade into line of battle. / heard
that command and obeyed 1t. but did
not know for some time afterward It's
full meaning. Few men would have
acted as Zook did. yet had he acted
otherwise it might have changed the
fate of the day. for unless met at this
point the enemy might have secured a
footing on the slopes of Little Round
Top, from which they could have emf
lfded our whole line. 1t was such acts
that won the battle OF Gettysburg.
Cooks Brigade, of which the 140th
Pa formed nearly one-half. took into
the fight about l.200 muskets.
Into the jaws of death.
Into the mouth of hell,
Marched the twelve hundred
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Death of Gen. Iook.

The fall of Gen. Zook was one among
The most tragic events Of the battle.
1t occurred al point where the strug-
gle for the final advantage of the day
and of the field was most deadly; where
hot battle boiled and bubbled as tho in
some great he'll cauldron. Here among
the granite rocks and boulders of the
Wheetfield Gen. Zook was for a time
the most conspicuous man on the field.
At about o'clock the fatal bullet went
crashing thru his body. Capt J. r.
Mccullough, of my company. afterward
killed at Cold Harbor, striking me on
the back with the fiat of his sword to
attract my attention. called out:
There goes poor Zooki" and looking
around l saw him reeling I'm his saddle,
caught in the arms OF Capt. J. n FaYiIl
and Lieut. c. h Il. Broome, of his staff,
the former now a resident of New York
City. the latter deceased. Thus sup-
ported. he was enabled TO keep his seat
IN the saddle, and rode slowly from the
field. and died on the afternoon of the
next day.
Just before his death he asked Capt
FaviiI: How is ;he battle going?"
General. the enemy are in retreat
the bands have been ordered 10 the
front. and our flags are flying
Then said Zook, Il am perfectly
satisfied and ready 10 die" And his
great and fearless soul went out from
his suffering body, amid scenes and
sounds. joys and triumphs thundered
forth by the victorious army of the Po
tomac from Culp's Hill on the right TO
Round Top on the left. Thus it WAS
that a soldier OF patriotic instinct, dis
Interested devotion. thoughtful courage
and sublime comradeshfp met his death
At Gettysburg
At the Reunion of the survivors of
the Union and Confederate armies ON
June and s, 1882, l assisted the COM
rades of Zook Post. G.. A. r.. of Norris
town, Pa, in locating the spot whore
Gen Zook received his mortal wound.
on which they erected and dedicated his
monument on July 20 of the same year.
RMS was the second monument erected
On the field Of Gettysburg.
Col. Roberts Takes Command.
AIter Gen. Zook received his mortal
"onid the command of the brigade fell
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The S5th Mo.

Editor National Tribune: In response
to the wishes of Comrade VIM. Gardner,
who thru your columns asks for the
number of his regiment, I will give It
as given my comrade, Capt. Buzzard,
OF our Post q, Custer). The command
er was Lieut.-Col. Thomas r. Kimball,
35th Mo. They were mustered out June
%, 1898. Co. C was commanded by
Capt. Elisha Vanderpost. of Modsna,
Mo. A part of the regiment was from
st. Joseph (two companies). the bal
ance being. as the comrade states. from
towns adjoining. Hoping to be the
means of assisting Brother Gardner to
his claims. 1 am, truly. T. Ellis, st.
Joseph NO.
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MUSTERED OUT.

APPLEMAN.-At Fort Collins. Colo.
Jan. IL, 1909. Samuel M. Appleman. He
was born Dec. 81. 1S45. in Morrow
County, Ohio; enlisted May 2, 1854, and
served till Sept. 9. 1884. in Co. G, 166th
Ohio. His widow, two daughters and
three sons survive him.
LEACH.-At Cambridge, W., Feb. II
1908. Chester K. Leach, aged 70 years
He served as Lieutenant. Co. Fl. I'd VT
His widow and three children survive
him.
FULLER.-In Colorado. 1909, Chas.
s. Fuller. He served in Co. K, 1eth
Mich; participated in the many bat
ties in which the regiment was engaged
and marched with Sherman to the sea-
He was Color Corporal.
GILLESPIE.-At Monticello, N. Y,
Jan. s, 1909. AIanson Gillespie. aged 81
years. He served thru the last 20
months of the war against rebellion in
/ the 18th N. Y. H. Art. Two daughters
survive him.
SWEET.--At Bangor, Wis, April 4.
served in Co. i, 49th Wis, from Feb. Is
to July so, 1865. His widow and two
daughters survive him.
PIERCE.--At Florence, Mass, Jan.
81. 1909, Everett w. Pierce. He en-
listed October, 1863, at the age Of IS.
in Co. E, 9Th VT, and served till the
war closed.
FLOWERS.-At Morocco, Ind, Jan.
4, 1909, A. j. Flowers. aged IS years.
He served in Co. A, 50th Ill. His widow,
one daughter and three sons survive
him.
STONEBURNER.-A Sidney. Ind,
March z, 1909. E. A. Stoneburner. He
served in Co. Fl, 114th Ohio.
ALBERTS.-At Waterford, N. Y,
Feb. Is, 1909. Charles Alberts, aged 81
years. He served in the 9Th N. Y. Cav.
His daughter and son survived him.
DARLING.-At North Clarendon.
Pa, Feb. 10. 1903. Bradford f. Darling,
aged 81 years He served in the 121st
Pa. He is survived by his widow and
two daughters.
battles of the regiment until the close
Of the war, when he was honorabIy
mustered out with his command, July
Z, 1855. He is survived by two sons
and two daughters.
WELLS.-At Monett, Mo-, Feb. 23.
1909, George w. Wells. He was born
Aug. 2, 1929, in Green County, Pa: en-.
listed from Bureau County, ILL.,, Dec.
26, 1851, in Co. =, 57th Ill; was pro-
NOTED to Corporal. to Sergeant, Order
ly-Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain of
his company. with which he served
participating in the nu-
merous marches, skirmishes, sieges and
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in Chicago. The sword was taken from
Col. Hugh Garland, Colonel, 1st Mo
| (Confederate), who was later in the
| fight killed by another wound. Some oi
| Comrade Merrifield's experiences were
published in the Confederate Veteran
and attracted much attention among the
survivors Of the Missouri Brigade, who
! have written to him some admirable
| letters. They think that Franklin was
| the fiercast battle of the war and where
the valor of American soldiers on both
| sides shone the brightest.
Scattering.
Comrade A. NJ Elmes, Concord juno
tion, Mass, sends a sketch of his old
commander, Gen. Samuel Chamberlain.
whom he admired very highly. Gen.
Chamberlain. who died Nov IL, at Wor-
cester. at the age Of 80. served in the
Mexican War in the 1st U. S. Dragons.
He took part in several important bat
ties, and after the war Joined the Texas
Rangers. Then he had a turn with Gen.
Walker, the filibuster. He was at home
In Cambridge. Mass, when the war
broke out, and enlisted in the Sd Mass,
claimed to be the first volunteer COM
pany raised to put down the rebellion
He was commissioned First Lieutenant
and on his return home re-enlisted in
the 1st Mass. Cav, in which he was
commissioned as Captain and promoted
to Colonel Sept. 80, 1864. He was brew
cited Brigadier-General for gallant
service in covering the retreat Of
Gregg's Division at the battle Of st.
Mary's Church. He had IA horses shot
under him in battle, and was wounded
seven times. He was the Warden Of
the Massachusetts Prison until 1881,
when he was put in charge of the State
stores in Boston. Next he was ap-
pointed Warden of the Connecticut
Penitentiary, and served for several
years, when he retired to Barre Mass
Thomas ]. Barnes, of Co. C. 42d Ill.
writes from Burkett, Neb.: while in
camp at Smithton, Ala, I was out q
short distance south of camp gathering
blackberries. When returning l met
Joe Rowland and H. L. Thomas. of our
company, walking rapidly south toward
the ensmy. They did not report if
camp that night, and 1 think were
marked as deserters. If any comrade
can tell me anything about them I will
be greatly pleased. Thomas was known
by nickname as 'Juber.'"
Joseph T. Elder, Co. D. 18th N. V.
Cav, 151 Main street, Wichita, Kan,
wants to hear from Lieut. VIM. 8.
Turner, Riley Moore. William Boyd
and any other survivors among his old
comrades.
Granville Palmer. 152d N. Y, Dayton,
o., National Home, wants to find his
brother, George w. Palmer, 143d Pa.
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thru the courtesy of the late Senator
NJ. 8. Quay, who had been Col Roberts's
law student, they were sent to the Col
onefs daughter at Beaver. Pa. In the
clash Of battle the sword had fallen
from the Confederate Captains hand
and could not be found.
Lieut.-Col. Fraser Takes Command.
Upon the death Of Col Roberts the
command of the brigade devolved upon
Lieut.-Col. John Fraser, Of the 140th
Pa, who was then the senior officer,
Before the war he had been professor
of mathematics in Washington md JEFF
fersop College. located at Washington,
Pa. and came into the regiment as
Captain of Co. G.. with Harry H. Bing-
ham as First Lieutenant who afterward
served as Major on Gen. Hancock's staff,
and who is now "the father Of the
House of Representatives" He was a
good tactician. and fought the brigade
well until compelled to fall back, in
which movement he and Mai Thomas
3. Rodgers were both captured by the
enemy.
The brigade came out OF the fight
without any field officers. The loss In
the brigade was as follows: 140th Pa,
taking $40 into the fight, lost In killed,
wounded and missing 24T, or nearly
one-half. among whom was Capt David
Acheson, of Co. c, brother Of Hon. E..
L. Acheson. Of the House of Represen-
tatives, who was killed early in the ac-
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Col. KimbalI's Regiment.

Editor National Tribune: In regard
to Comrade VIM. Gardner, who claims
he enlisted at Savannah. Mo-, in Col.
Kimballs regiment, in Co. C, there was
no Col. Kimball in northwest Missouri
TO my knowledge. Licat.-Col. Kimball
raised eight companies OF the 35th Mo-,
and Co. G was commanded by Capt.
Elisha Vanderpool all thru the service.
If he will advertise for members of Co.
c he may find them.-Sanford HiH, Co.
B, 35th Mo-, Harrison, Neb.
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At Charlottesville.

s. NJ. Adams, Aurora, ILL.,, has reason
to remember the Wilderness. He was
in the fight at Charlottesville and un-
der fire for 4S hours. At Gettysburg
he got three slight scars to remember
the JohnnieS by, and was taken Off the
skirmish line by the Johnnies In the
Wilderness fight and robbed OF every.
thing at Gordonsville. From there he
was sent to Andersonville, and saw all
the horrors of that place.
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The 9Th u. s. Cay.

Editor National Tribune: I wish to
subscribe for your valuable paper for
the balance of my life, whether 1t Is a
month or 10 years. / am an old vet
eran; was in the war four years, first
in the 9Th U. s. Cav, Co. C. and again
for one year in Hancocks veteran VOL
unteers. ! wish you would be kind
enough to put me in communication or
send me the directions of any of the 5th
Cav; that is. Of Co. c. There is only
one here in San Francisco that I know
OF, John pesiker.-James Getty, PAP
Paris street, San Francisco, Cal.
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HIS Service.

S. G. Yeager, 49th Pa, Shawano,
Wis, is satisfied with his service to the
country He went out in the first three
months call. enlisted for three years,
then re-enlisted at Brandy Station for
the remainder of the war and served
Tor over -FOUR years. He thinks there
should be special pension law for
long-service mon and one which would
cut out those who only served the coun-
try on paper.
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ton: Lieut.. Stokes, of Co. F, and Serg't
| William A. Brown, of Co 4, who died
| rom their wounds soon after the. bat
| lie; Orderly-Serg't James NJ. Pipes. aft
erward Captain of Co. A, now a resi-
dent of Washington, d. c.. wounded in
the leg: Adj't William S Snallenberser,
severely wounded in the leg. afterward
Second Assistant Postmaster-General,
and now resident of Rochester, Pa,
and the writer of this sketch, wounded
IN both legs. The casualties in the SD
\. Y. were SO: in the 57th N. z, "a,
and in the Goth N. Y, A; total in bri-
gade, 357, or over 25 per cent.
| 1t will be Seen from the foregoing
| sketch of the part taken by Cooks Bri-
sade in the battle of Gettysburg why it
has never received its proper credit in
| the history of that battle. All the field
officers either went down or were cap
tured, and only line officers were left to
do the work. and none of them SO far
have undertaken it.
Peace Comes at Last.
The roll of the drum. the blare of
the bugle and the clangcr of arms no
longer echo on the banks of the Poto-
mac or among the hills of Pennsylva-
MIA. The mighty struggle to save the
Union, costing half million of loyal
lives and three billions of treasure, is
oNci' anu VIC i've " tiJOy the TIcf DOOn
Of liberty and union, peace and pros
perity, purchased by the blood of our
fallen comrades.
And tho no epaulets they wore,
Nor star, nor bar, nor golden lace,
Yet they who once the musket bore
Shall in our hearts e'er find a place; |
And tho their bones in unknown graves |
Or meath the Southern soil may lie, |
The memory of our fallen braves
Can in this Nation never die
AS long as Round Top Mountain stands, |
AS long as the Potomac flows,
Or oceans plash their pebbiy strands,
Or sun upon his journey goes,
So long the patriots name shall shine
Upon fame'S scroll of honored dead,
And wreaths of glory ever twine
In fadeless chaplets round his head.
j. ]. Purman, M. D., First Lieutenant,
Co. a, 14ath Pa, "The Lamont" Wash
ngton, d. C.
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GEN. ZooK AT GETTYSBURG.
Ue Leads His Brigade Into the Yer,
Vortex of Death ard Destruction.

: Editor National Tribune: In the Get
tysbtrg campaign and battle the bri-
gade commanded by Gen. Samuel Kos
ciusco Zook, consisting of the SID, 57th
and 66th \. y. and the 140th Pa. acted
largely as detached brigade On the
march from Frederick to Uniontown.
Md. on June 2s. 1863, distance of SO
miles. part of the time as fiankers, it
acted as such, and also on the march
from Uniontown 70 Gettysburg on july
1. II arrived in the vicinity of Gettys-
burg about o'clock p. m, and turned
into stubbiefelG and bivouacked for
the night. The morning Of July it
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The Last Lunch Together.

In the Iull of the battle before the
attack on Sickles on July Gen. Zook
and Col Roberts had soldiers lunch
together on the field. ard when they
parted each said good-by to the other.
apparently having premonitions that
one or both of them would fall. In a
very short time after Col. Roberts as
sumed command of the brigade he was
struck by severai4bullets, and fell from
his horse in the rocky piece OF woods
northwest of the Wheatfleld. Being
driven back from this advanced ground,
we were unable to carry off his body,
which when recovered was stripped of
his fine uniform and elegant sword. The
sword worn by Col Roberts ar Gettys-
burg was engraved on the scabbard,
PRESENTED to Capt r. p. Roberts by
the citizens of Beaver, Pa
At the battle of the Wilderness, May
s. 1864, Capt d. r. P. Neeiy. of the
14sth Pa, now living in Washington,
ID. c., discovered and took from the
body of q Confederate Captain Col.
Roberts's sword, belt and scabbard, and
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in the Great National Struggle

upon Col Richard p Roberts of the
140th Pa He had been 4 prominent
lawyer OF Beaver, and came into the
regiment as Captain of Co F. Just as
the regiment was ordered forward TO
the relief of Gen. SickIes. Col. Roberts
made us the following short address:
Men of Pennsylvania, we are about
TO meet the enemy on our own soil.
You are now TO fight for your own
MONIES and firesides. and il you ever did
your duty want yeu to do it now. For=
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Col. Roberts had been at home on
SICK furlough, but when he heard of
Gen. Lees invasion of the North against
the advice of his physician, he said he
must get back to the boys" and Joined
his regiment on the march,
While at UnioRtown, Md, before
starting on our march for Gettysburs.
he wrote his last letter to his daughter,
then little girl. now Mrs. Isaac Harter,
OF Canton. o., as follows:
"Uniontown. Md, July I, 1863.
My Dear Daughter: wrote you yes
terday; but for fear the rebels got it,
write to-day. I received your letter in
Washington. / am sitting on a stump
IN the woods I expect we will soon
have battle. We are going to march
in few minutes. Be good girl. Good
by, my dear. Your affectionate
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