The National tribune., 1910-12-01
PICKET SH0Ts
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line
The 14tip Pa. Cav.

G. G.. Byers. Co. Fl. 14tli Cav, Mercer
Pa, wants to correct Comrade Fishers
account of SheridanS fight at Winches-
ter. II was fought on Sept. 10, 1864.
Comrade Byers says5he was partly right
about the troops that wete there, but
he did not see kTlpatrick,s Cavalry or
hear of it. The 18th Pa.eCav. started
from Martinsburg on the' morning of
the 18th. moved on the pike to Bunker
Hill, commenced skirmishing with the
rebels and il was running fight until
about 5 O'Clock A charge was ordered,
led bv Can't Duncan, of Co. f., in col
umn of fours up a ravine to the right
of Fort Jackson which was held by
rebel Infantry. At the head of the ra-
| vine they ran up against line of rebel
cavalry which had them between two
fires, one from the fort and one from
the cavalry. Capt. Duncan was wound
ed, and died at Winchester that night.
Fishers diary is wrong about his being
| killed in the fort. They We're repulsed
in the charge and fell back. They saw
| a charge made by the First and Third
Divisions of Cavalry of the Army of the
Potomac. which was bad for the reb-
els. Col Schoonmaker. of the 14th
Cav, was commanding the brigade that
day.
The 161st n. Y.
Editor National Tribune: I served IN
Co. F, 16Ist N. Y. having enlisted at
| Elmira in 1862. We went to New Or
leans and Baton Rouge to help open
the Mississippi, and were then on the
Red River campaign. which carried us
over most of Louisiana. Next we went
| to Mobile and were the first troops to
enter that city. We were there when
Lee surrendered and most of the troops
went home { We We're then sent to
Florida and Fort jefferson. where we
were kept until October 1865. We
were in the attack on Sabine Pass,
where we had terrible experience
with short rations and could not get
even drink of water. Who of any of
your readers has hardtack that he
drew during the war? / have one of
the New York crackers and one Of
those that we called Vicksburg crack
ers. larger than the New York crack
ers. / brought these home with me
and a tattered star of Old Glory from
the flag that I carried thru until the
regiment was mustered out. I was on
the Color Guard all thru my service
A. J. Clark, Savona, n. Y.
The West Virginians.
William Hall, Co. q, 18th W. Va,
Newark. o.. says that on Sept. 10, 1864,
lat Winchester was the first fight in the
Valley that the old Eighth Corps, under
Gen. Crook. was not in first They got
in about o'clock in the morning.
charged over the ground where the
Nineteenth Corps had been repulsed.
and it was then that Averelrs Cavalry
charged so gallantly. The rebels called
them Gen. Crooks Hell Hounds of West
Virginia. They did. some f,of the best
marching that was donet during the
war the last three days before Lees
surrender. Comrads Hall was wound
ed at Opequon Sept. 10, 1864.
\ Veteran Detective.
Capt. Webber s. -Seavey, 5th Iowa
Cav. is the manager of the Thiel De-
tective Service Company Sat Seattle
Wash He enlisted at Omaha and was
soon promoted to First Sergeant. He
WAS wounded and taken prisoner at the
battle of Flint River, Ga; escaped and
was recaptured. escaped from Ander-
sonville and was recaptured. and es-
capped from Macon and reported to
Gen. Sherman. He was promoted to
Captain of Co. n, 5th Iowa Cav, and
led his company on the Wilson raid.
The Battle Of Opequon.
NJ Strass, Sergeant, 12sth N. Y, 7
West 10Th street, New York, n. Y,
writes that Maj. Dalton is in error
when in speaking of Gen. Russe1rs
splendid fight at the opequon he said
the enemy's left flank. extending far to
our right, advanced till within 200
yards Of our line, when a brisk fire was
opened by the 121st and 65th N. Y
This should read the 128th and 65th
| n. Y. Comrade Strass was there dur
| ing the whole engagement until
o'clock, when he was wounded.
The 10Th Wis.
Sanford Smith, Sank Center. Mimi.
belonged to the 18th Wis, which went
out in the Spring of 1862 and veteran
lied at Newbern, n. G. He would like
to hear from any Of the survivors.