Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1895 — Page 3

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THE FIELD OF BATTLE INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. The Veterans of the Rebellion Tell of Whlstllnw Bullets, Bright Bayonets. Bursting Bombs, Bloody Battles, lamp Fire, Festive Buga, Etc., Etc. Corporal Jack. a NLY three or four I V ) us > u Company “G” knew how it was "ith Corporal " Jack. Letters had I® reac hed him telling tjgof the death of his youngest child—--1 then of his wife—- . then of the perfidy of a friend in property matters. Corporal Jack asked for leave of absence when his child died, but it could not be granted. Again, when the news of his wife's death reached him our captain tried to secure him a short furlough, but we were facing the enemy and not a man could be spared. We all knew Corporal Jack for a brave man. They had promoted him from the ranks for a deed of daring. At the first vacancy he would be made a sergeant, and within six months he might be wearing the shoulder straps of a commissioned officer. He received words of condolence and sympathy, but the order had gone out that no furloughs were to be granted. Corporal Jack had been hopeful, and when the refusal came it was a hard blow to him. He seemed to bow to the inevitable, but after three or four days had gone by it became known to us that he meant to desert and make his way homeward. The love for his motherless children was stronger than his sense of duty. We argued with him, but he was grimly silent. We pointed out the disgrace and punishment, but he had nothing to say. While he was planning his adventure he was sent with a guar tv a certain farmhouse. The four 01 five were attacked by a dozen guerillas, but drove the enemy off with the loss of half of his force. The report of the affair went to the captain, and from him to the colonel, and the names of the men were taken that they might be mentioned In general orders. When this happened we begged of Corporal Jack the harder, but he would make us no promises. One stormy night a camp sentinel who had just faced about on his beat caught a fleeting glimpse of a human figure which must have crossed his line. He challenged and raised an alarm, but the corporal of the guard made light of the matter. An hour later, the reserve picket, a mile to the front, heard some one stealing through the forest and an alarm was raised. Half an hour after that a cavalry vidette on post half a mile down the road heard a suspicious sound in the bushes on his left and challenged. At the same instant four men sprang out of the bushes on his right and seized his horse and tried to strike him from the saddle. As he fought with them a man leaped into the highway, armed with a club, and a brief but fierce battle ensued. The vidette slashed with his saber—the unknown man wielded his club. It was an attack by guerillas who had crept through the woods to pounce upon a single victim, and who feared to use rifle or pistol becauso of alarm and pursuit. The fight did not last three minutes. The vidette galloped in with a broken arm and a bleeding head to give the alarm, and when his comrades returned with him they found three dead men in the road. Two of them were longhaired, fierce-looking men in citizens’ clothes —the other a Federal soldier in uniform —Corporal Jack. It was a mystery to our colonel~to our captain—to all the men of our company, except the three or four of us. Corporal Jack had deserted. In the storm and darkness he had lost his way and was headed directly for the enemy. No one charged him with desertion. They simply wondered why he was out of camp and at that spot at that hour of the night. Love for his motherless children might have put strange thoughts into his head, but he was not a mat re desert to the other side. And so it came about that his name was written down a second time for bravery in the face of the enemy, the body was given a soldier’s burial, and on the rolls of the company was written opposite his name: “Died in the line of duty.”—Free v ress. . ** A Hungry Texan. Mr. Goss, in his ' Recollections of a Private,” quotes the remarks of a Confederate about two famous leaders under whom he fought. This man said of Stonewall Jackson: “If you’uns had some good general like him, I reckon you-uns could lick we-uus.” When ask ed whether he had ever seen Gen. Lee, he replied: “Yes, I was a sort of orderly for ‘Uncle Robert' for a while. He's a mighty ealmlike man when a fight is going on.” This story is told of Gen. John B. Magruder: “Our Gen. Magruder thinks a powerful heap of what he eats and wears. He allers has a right smart of truck. "There was a Texas feller one time who had straggled from his brigade, and he were a pert one; he were, stranger. He were hungry enough to eat a general, buttons and all -that Texas feller were. He saw Magruder’s table all spread, with a heap of good fixin's on it, and I ll be hanged if he didn’t walk in, pert as you please, grabbed a knife and fork and opened lire all along the line on them fixin’s. “Magruder heard something in his tent and hurried in and asked that Texas chap what brought him thar. The Texan Towed he were hungry. Then the general, stiff and grand-like, said: ‘Do you know, sir, at whose table you are eatln’?’ “The Texan chap kept drivin’ in the

' pickets on them chick’ns, and he said to the gen’ral: ‘No, old boss; and I ain't noways part'eTar, neither, since I’ve come solderin'.’ ” “What did Magruder do?” asked a Yankee listener. “Do? Why, he saw them chicken fixin’s were spiled, and he jest put bis arm under his coat tail, pulled his hat over his eyes and walked out. And that Texas hoss didn't leave anything on that thar table ’cept the plates—not even his compliments. "Who were he? Well, no matter. He hadn't no manners, he hadn’t, stranger, that chap were.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. The Gallant Boy in Gray. Fredericksburg had had her fray, And the armies stood at bay; Back of wail and top of hill Union men and men in gray Glowered at each other still. In the space between the two Many a hapless boy in blue Lay face upward to the skies; Many another, just as true. Filled the air with frantic cries. “Love of God!” with pity stirred, Cried a rebel lad who heard; “This is more than I can bear! General, only say the word. They shall have some water there.” “What’s the use?” his general, Frowning asked. “A Yankee ball Drops you dead, or worse, half way. Once you go beyond the wall.” "May be!” said the boy in gray. “Still, I'll risk it if you please,”' And the senior, ill at ease, Nodded, growling under breath, “For his mortal enemies I have sent the lad to death.” Then the hotter fire began As across the field he ran; Yankee shooters marked a prey ; But beside each wounded man Heedless knelt the boy in gray. Parched lips hailed him as he came; Throats with fever, all fame, While the balls were spinning by. Drained the cup he offered them, Blessed him with their dying cry. Suddenly, through rain of those Pattering shots, a shout uprose; Din of voices filled his ears; Firing ceased, and eager foes Made the welkin ring with cheers Foes they were, of bitter need, Sfill to every noble deed Hearts of men, thank God, must thrill; Ami we thrill, too. as we read Os those cheers on Mary’s hill. Days of battle long since done, Days of peace and blessing won; Better is it to forget Cruel work of sword and gun; But some deeds are treasures yet. While a grateful nation showers Graves of heroes with her flowers, Here’s a wreath for one to-day; North or South, we claim him ours; Honor to the Boy in Gray! —St, Nicholas. Gen. Thomas. Gen. William Malione of Virginia sat in Chamberlain's deeply interested in a well-bound volume of substan tial size, says the Washington Post. To a reporter who ventured to ask the title of the book the General courteously said: “It is made up of ‘Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts,’ and contains critical sketches of some of the leading Federal and Confederate generals. I was at that moment engaged on the sketch devoted to Gen. Thomas. It Is a very fair and interesting account of his character and services. "I knew Thomas personally, for he was born and reared in my section of West Virginia. He was a military man of excellent parts, rather slow to act, but never able to grasp the Idea that he had been whipped. His bulldog tenacity was a strong characteristic. “I know a good deal more than this book about Thomas’ predilection for the Southern cause. In passing through the State on his way from Texas to New York at the time that the Legislature was deliberating on the question of secession Thomas said with emphasis: ‘There is nothing for the South to do but to fight’ It was well understood that his sympathies were with the people of his native section. "I was empowered by the Governor of Virginia to offer him an important position created for him, and tendered it with the full expectation that it would be accepted. He married a Miss Marcy, of New York, and it is no doubt true that his wife’s influence had much to do with keeping him on the Union side.” Jeff Davis’ Old Senate Desk. "When Capt. Isaac Bassett, the watch-dog of the Senate, passes away,” remarked one of the Capitol guides, “it is the sincere wish of the fraternity that he will divulge one secret. It would make rich picking for us to know where the desk and chair formerly occupied by J eff Davis have been placed. Before he was switched off on secession Jeff had a place in the Senate chamber and some Senator sits in the old chair and uses the desk every winter. But. which it is only Capt. Bassett knows, and he won’t tell for fear somebody will chip off splinters for souvenirs. “During the war a party of soldiers obtained admission into the Senate chamber and stuck bayonets into the desk with the idea of making kindling wood of this valuable relic. But Capt. Bassett patched it up again with putty, screws, and varnish until it looked like any other old desk in the chamber. “A number of Senators have endeavored to wheedle his secret out of the old Captain, but they might as well talk to the statue of freedom on the dome of the Capitol as to get him to tell which was Jeff Davis’ seat. “Some day, however, this secret may be revealed iu Capt. Bassett's will, but in no other manner can it be learned, even by Senators Hoar and Sherman, whom the Captain esteems highly.”

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