Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1882 — The Specter of the Vicksburg Siegel [ARTICLE]

The Specter of the Vicksburg Siegel

|beu. Landrum in a recent address.] 1 remember to have been 'Standing on a knoll in front of my headquarters on a beautiful night listening to the lire of the batteries. The moon wa - out in all its splendor, arid the flashes that gleamed Irom the mouths ol a hundred guns could be seen for miles to the right and left. Blandiug upon an- adjacent bill to my right a tali figure was seen clothed in white. It seemed to be that of a man at least seven feet high, but the uniform was not that of a soldier. In tones never to be forgotten, and that echoed from hill to valley and from valley to hill, '■«: “Cease firing,” were heard trom tins unearuily looking figure, as though he was cr. l rn , 'nding the world and giving the order, “By kingdoms, right wheel.” Bummoning up all the courage at my command 1 haiUd him with the inquiry, “Who on earth are you?” The prompt aud emphatic response was, “I am Gen. Burbridge’s orderly in my night shirt.” Man wants.bat little here below, W hen little’s to be had, But when he wants that little, Oh, ,He wants It mighty bad.