The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-01-26
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Historic Soil.

HiStOf1c SOu.
Solomon Close, Stamford, Conn, q
well-known Grand Army man and rail-
road engineer, has made q collection of
places. beginning with Lexington and
extending thru Waterloo and Gettys-
burg. He still keeps collecting. and his
recent samples are from John Browns
grave, Maj. Andres execution placer
earthworks at Vicksburg and from near
the house where John Paul Jones was
born. He says that some of the Grand
Army Posts in New England are plant
ing naming them after brave
comrades of the war and placing a
stone marker near to tell this. The
Posts in Hartford will plant tree and
dedicate it with some of this soil. They
think il will be looked upon in the flu
ington Elm. He would like to have
the comrades of the District of Column
bia to do the same.
The 126th n. Y.
J. 3. Scott, Chetek, Wis, is intensely
interested in the Wilderness Campaign.
and could hardly wait from one week
to another for the paper He served in
the 106th n. Y, First Brigade, Third
Division. Sixth Corps, and was near the
beloved Sedgwick when he fell. He was
in all the battles and skirmishes of his
regiment until June 1, 1864, at Cold
Harbor. where he received mimic ball
in his left thigh as they were charging
the enemy at sunset Lieut.-Co Town
send, in command. fell MORALLY wound
ed before the works were reached. IT
the officer is alive who helped Comrade
Scott of the field he would like 10 hear
from MIN. He thinks he belonged to
the 1921 n. Y. or Ohio. He would also
like to hear from any of his old COM
rades.
Ccdarvillc, ILL.,, i'm theWar.
Luther Angle, Cedarville, ILL.,, pre-
pared for last Memorial Day state
ment Of what the town did in the war
for the Union 1t had representatives
in 13 regiments, the Sd and 7th Ill.
Cav. the 18th, 18th, 18th. 2Gth, SD,
46th, ed. 93d, 1920, 146th and 147th
III. and one battery. The Heck family
furnished three sons and one son-in-
law to the army and the Kryder family
three sons two sons-in-law and one
brother-i n-iaW. In Co. C, 93d ILL.,, were
so men from Cedarville. There were
so in the 46th Ill. and six commissioned
officers. The County sent ~ per cent
of its male population into the army.
The Fight at Fort Stevens.
r. w. Cumberland, Peru, Ind, was
interested in the account of the fight at
Fort Stevens. He would like to know
which New York regiment it was that
was in camp just north of Fort Ethan
Allen, and was ordered to take position
in line of battle about IL o'clock. When
they were in line their Colonel walked
along the line and said: IF there is a
man in line that will turn his back on
the enemy let him step out" Not one
stepped, out. They had the American1
sand in it's purity. He would like to-
hear from any of the boys of that regi-
ment He was on guard near by, and
heard all of it.
Seton Story Concluded.
Ernest Thompson Seton concludes the
account of his adventures in The Arc
tic Prairies," in the February Scribner,
with a description of The Land of the
Musk OK" including a vivid picture OF
the narrow escape which he and his
party had in the rapids of great river
owing to the upsetting of his canoe.