Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-02-08
McClellan's Dream.
BY WESLEY BRADSHAW.


ton to take command Of the United
States Army, found that eminent sol
dier poring over several maps and re-
ports of scouts.
AS the hour came tolling through the
night, together with the dull rumbllng
Of army wagons and artillery wheels,
the wearied hero, pushing away from
his maps and reports, leaned his fore
head on his folded arms upon the Ia
bic before him, and fell into a sleep so
deep that even the occasional boom
ing of the heavy guns, being placed in
position on the entertainments, was IN
sufficient to disturb it.
C could not have been slum bering
thus more than ten minutes" said the
General to an intimate friend, to whom
he related the narrative, " when |
thought the door Of my room, which |
had carefully locked, was thrown sud-
denly open and some one strobe up to
me, and laying his hand upon my shout
der said in low. soiemn voice:
* General IL CJolLua, ID you slscp
ut you post ? Rouse you, or ere 1t
can be presented the foe acW be up0n
Hushjngton" )"
Never oeioFe u my ne '''' +" |
h.;.go = Fo2ae possessing 'lse (. 'l'.-',','-
n @Hd even ItffloIe tones o' Ii ~ one
mat 2d@t@Ssel 70 me t"2>1 1Is''1 1'',
words. IN, 1i,e Sch>&'4f1 ''}S- a}-%a> ca
through me as It tel upon my cars, an"
! co|erhgIy shrnhN l"to h[seii a. V'3e
thought OF my negligence, / can o"'}
compare to the Whlsthn9, SAflek!n9
sweep OF storm OF gFapeSn0t, as
charged directly through my pralh'-
| could not move, however, aiIho09h
| tried to ralSe my head from the "a
bic: As sense OF Willingness ana yeI
OF heIpieSSlleSS TO make i" '''S " q -
the unknown lAtFa0er oPo'eS'e" me- 1
once more heard that SIo"' solemn
voice repeat;
" G3''eT0< -hc I[e|'tt'e' 90 go" SS0c'
~ yo2tF post
mere was 4 pecoL'2rlly 2Qo"t It 'Ii!S
time; It seemed as 'h""9h - "'VI I (
atom OF macIeFr" as S"SPe''''el' III ,1t t''t
cehIfe an ol ilnnICe SP"ve' "n'' III ~
the voice came rom rom q nollo" Ni,'oe ,'+'
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kno'h power NY NoIi.Io''' ''i,' ~
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= ny u an < ,'>e', S''e' . -, I
one Se'He" NY "s"'' one 3 =" - 49,
loo9i ri ,GI0.I LIVELY "elI oel"s bsn'rI s~"J J'
anu IoI'n, 'l,' Guy ~ anu 1,'' ~ ~
l S'arIe" up, oF ''Vner S''o",p H,'T
thouShI l S'aFIe" "P' i"' ''0V'e' l
was a"aAc OF asleep am "'te',y """'-
Ole to decide. MY nrSt lhoa9hI was
about my maps, an1 before my eyeLids
were halt opened my hand was grasp
ing them. But this was all. Inc Ia
bic vas still before me, and the maps,
all crumPled III my lghCenlhS ciutch,
were still before me, but everything
else had disappeared. Inc 1'tFhi'uFe
was gone, the ceiling was not to be
seen. All | saw was the tableau | am
about to describe to you.
My gaze was turned southwark,
and there spread out before me was
living map that is the only expression |
can think of as befitting the scene. In
one grand coup q e1G my eye TOOK IN
the whole expanse Of country, as far
south as the Gulf of Mexico, and from
the Atlantic ocean on the east to the
Mississippi river westwardly.
Before fully fixing my attention up
on the immense scene, however, |
thought of the mysterious visitant,
whose voice I had heard but moment
previous, and l looked toward him.
An apparition stood on my left, some