The National tribune., 1910-03-10
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
That Gallant GOO"

That 'EGaiiant GOO"
VIM. Mitchell, 5sth Ohio. Soldiers
Home, Dayton, o., who was prisoner
for COS days. says: by all IIeans give
those immortal 500 Confederate officers
who were so cruelty huddied together
on that Yankee ship an allowance. They
had such a terrible time IN their bar
and q piece of meat every day, COM
pared with the luxurious living and
quarters of the men in AndersonvIlle."
The 4sd Ind.
J. H. Crowder, Co. a, 126th Ill.,,
Bethany ILL.,, writes that he thinks Com
rade Stanley is mixed up some. or there
were two 43d Ind. regiments. AS his
division tKimbalrs), Sixteenth Corps
returned from the siege and fall OF
Vicksburg, they were landed at He
iena Ark. and found one 4Sd Ind. there
commanded by Col. VIM. r. McLane
They talked all the time about their
great fight with the Johnnies under
Price. and they certainly did do an ex-
cellent piece of work for Old Glory
The 43d Ind. was placed in our division
and Col McLane being the ranking Off
Ger, took command. leading the division
on the expedition to Little Rock. This
Comrade Crowder knows. as he served
on his staff.
The Wilderness.
VIM. H. Oliver, Lebanon, Pa, pays
the editor of The National Tribune a
very high compliment. In recent let
ter he SAYS: "I was glad to receive the
last issue of The National Tribune just
at this time, as my daughter. with the
two grandsons, were here for dinner,
and I showed them on the map where
our brigade of the Second Division.
Sixth Corps. opened the fight that after
noon, and drove Heth's Division of
Hills Corps back from the crossroads
and helped to hold Hills Corps in
check until night came on. / was a
member of the 93d Pa. connected with
Gen. wheaton's Brigade, and feel proud
Of the stand we made that day, as we
always did when duty called" Here is
a veteran who Is doing his whole duty
In teaching not only his children, but
his grandchildren. all about the en-
gagements in the war of the rebellion.
and the value of such teaching cannot
be overestimated.
The Confederates I'm East Tennessee.
8. f. Erwin. Captain, sth Tenn. Cav,
Fort Cobb, Okla, answers F.. 2. Grubb,
5th Va, c. S. A.. that he must be mis-
taken about the Confederates being at
Knoxville, Tenn, when Lee surren-
dered. Capt. Erwin was left sick at a
private house two miles from Knox
Vile about March /, 1865. and after
recovery was in Knoxville and around
there, and can say that there were no
Confederate troops within 100 miles OF
Knoxville. There were no Confederates
in East Tennessee except guerrillas and
bushwhackers after the Sth, 9th and
18th Tenn. and some other troops un-
der Stoneman raided into Virginia,
which was the last of December, 1864.
There were never any Confederate
troops near Knoxville after the siege.
When Gillam's Brigade fell back from
Bulls Gap, in November. 1854, the
Confederates followed 1t to Strawberry
Plains, but they quickly skedaddled
back. and this was the closest they ever
got to Knoxville.
The 5Sth Pa.
w. A North. 5Sth Pa, Watertown,
s. D., corrects some statements about
his regiment There were five COM
panies organized in Mexican and War
rem Counties, and were consolidated
with the five companies raised in Phila-
delphia. The country companies were
raised by Carlton B. Curtis, but Col
Jones having q few more in his regi-
ment. retained the COlonelcy. while
Curtis was made the Colonel
Col Cecil Clay did not become Colonel
until after the battle of Chapin's Farm,
Sept 20. 1864. After the resignation of
Col. Curtis Maj. Martin was promoted
to Lieutenant-Colonel. and commanded
the regiment until after Gilmore's re-
verse at Fort Darling. Comrade North
distinctly remembers that Maj. Winn,
who had been promoted from Captain,
was in command at Cold Harbur. Capt.
Clay was promoted to Colonel ior meri-
torious service after having received
three wounds in the taking of Fort Har-
cison.
A Wartime Tragedy.
Thomas j. Pepper, 37th Ky, Celery,
KY. sends a clipping from the I3artls-
town (Ky.) Standard, the truth of which
he vouches for, as his regiment was
camped near the scene Of the tragedy
and was among tie first to reach the
house after the unfortunate officer was
shot. The story is that there is now
residing about dozen miles east OF
Bardstown Mr.. Nathan Colerain a wild
over, and his maiden sister, Miss Patsy,
or Aunt Patsy" as she is usually
called. In her youth she was one os the
bellies of the Blue Grass region, and
quite remarkable in that country of
beautiful women for her refined and
intellectual face and character. Her
accepted lover was Reuben MOrehead.
a descendant of a Governor of Ken
tucky, and the two had been lovers
since childhood. When the war broke
out young Morehead went into the
Union army, while Miss Colerain's only
brother went South. In April, 1864.
young Morehead couldn't restrain his
impatience to see his sweetheart, and
made his way to her house in spite of
the dangers of the guerrilIa-infested
country. At that time the notorious
Sue" Mundy was terroriZing the coun-
try and numbering right and left. While
the two lovers We're seated on the sofa
a commotion in the yard revealed Sue"
Mundy and his gang. Miss Colerain hid
her lover in the old clock, but the guer-
riiias found him, took him out and shot
him to death. The terror of the thing
Frustrated Miss COlerain for weeks with
prain fever, and when she recovered
she was only q wreck of herself. The
old clocks hands still mark the hour
When the pendulum was stopped by
Morehead's entrance into the clock case.
'" The Guns at JOnesboro.
Samuel Grunshaw, Co. B, SD Ohio.
and Medal of Honor man, whose pres
ent address is Holton, Kan, returns to
the dispute about the guns captured at
Jonesboro.- He has the official reports
to prove that the SD Ohio captured two
guns of the rebel battery, which had
been divided into sections and placed at
different points along the line, one sec
ton being in front of the SD Ohio
The brigade went thru the cornfield at
trail arms, and the last shot from those
two guns sent the canister into the
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