Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-07-24
lrom tnpl. liaoa,s ramp.

Aessvs. Jas Henily AMI VI, Slelhllhe' l'-
IA, mel lome on Saturday, fion Capt 'i"'ls
ea,np. wnirh they lrll on Taes,lay, Tie 10th
few miles North or Rel l,iNar--sil we'll
They irsushI many leIIns lrom the eanP
1. ,Lr lriends ~ lhe soldiers q, Hi. rlsec'
4 letter f,om Capt. Gonh ,as friend here,
si,,s The lollo@ins incidents OF the march
90 far;
''our ir., days lrayelwas lledsani one,
We reached a line spring, one mile North
oI Plane. Ike e.tiEens were very liberal
10 ~, aud among the foremost ! ranh"i
omit the name OF onF friend Jas &. F"re'
man. Tl,e ncII day We reached Mckinney
lhe.e We found tnl drscr awaiting ~. Ani
ll his order went into camp at Graves, who
extended us every hospitality, Our next
.divs march was to Wilson's trtek, fanr
IA l,s South Of Sherman, Il b'!ns our first
da,s' march OF tie entire command all tn.
.ciLrr, much iimr WAS lost sH r0gir Nes-
ierday We lcfi canp aud ma,lc this rlncci
Vul company brought UP The rear. Onc
cum un,l cnisson passed over, wlcni rerciv-
al orders To hs III the balance of the battery
an Mi. side aud let the train pass us IS
II was Impossible for us TO cross nnlil laie
at u ghi, We were further ordered Ia camp
on lAc hir some Of the boys bathing, oil-
e,s cooking, and all amusing themselves
generally; when 1, the uslonishIsrhI of
everybody and Ni'hou, any apparent cause
whatever. old Red commenced rising. Our
sand hWr was ~ least lour feet above the
level or the river. The assembly was
s1nnlcd, the order was given TO pack up
aud hitch in horses In ten minutes nicr
the order was given, Lieut.. Douglas section
wheeled ont Of Park aud made Tor The high
bank. The others moved up beautifully,
but Nm unexpected accidcn, for while
stoppCd everything. There were several
baggage wagons on the bar waiting for llic
bnaii the order was given them to rd"oss
To The high ground; there was hut unc mar
raw wagon way up the hill-thc bar around
this was chokcd up with baggage wagons,
aud we had to wait on them. The last one
s.al!ca right at the foot of the bank. hncr
several efforts, about fifty men PIT their
s,oaldc!,s 10 the wheels and rolled IL up
In the mean time, for fear our horscs and
ammunition would be n total loss, ordered
all tho horses unhitrhcd. except from
couple of pieces :mbcriboxcs aud caissons
opened and ammunition packed up the hill.
iIy this time the bar WAS covered with wa
tcr.S All dashed into the river, laid hold on
the guns and empty caissons, and by main
force rolled them up tho almost pcrrcndic-
ular bank. ErerRihipg was saved, except
Capt. Harris baggage wagon. Ii and all
lis papers were n total loss. hundreds OF
the Regiment came down TO the bank on
the other side, but they could render us no
assistance. never saw boys work as hard
in all my life; no man or oHiccr stood back
the question WAS who could do H,osf. They
are the best md noblcst band ever saw
We haSe done more hard werk since being
turned into an organized band Of hccdsmcn
nm | tcam.tcrs than any three companies III
the whole Regiment shc fcnt OF ycstcr-
day is without parallel in campaigning.
In less than % minutes from the time the
alarm was give3s the entire bar was cover
cd with water and still rising wave after
wave ut the rate, some sny, of ~ feet N
hour. We had not 70 effective men on the
ground, vet in the face of the danger that
surrounded us, the boys gearcd up, hitchcd
in fvc guns and ca;ssons, the battery wag-
ons, forge wagon and four baggage wagons,
and saved everything belonging 10 the COM
pany. Some worked in water up to their
waists.
"Thc oldest settlers on The river ssy they
never saw such risc before. il was re-
ported that half dozen men and several
horses were drowned, and knowing that
this will increase with distance worse than
the ''thrcc black crows" have been thus
particular, and now inform you that not a
life of man or beast was lost, nor was any
thing lost cxcept Capt. Harris baggage
wagon and contents, which, among other
things. had several thousand rounds Of ixel
lammuni,iep,.(or, small arms
TI,. 49,. mas ,;,,o, a, ,ho sou,h s;do
|. nc "'o'c ''S's ".is''" V" '''1 ''o"'"
eof the rivor The ioliowingn T. y, added
to the same lctter, after erossiag and camp