Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-22

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sse. Assalze hen ncztos Hsrraekss =
Isauia, givss x&rz s0ashssg stsry a :
draranaas lsy
4 fsw dals bsfors our sssansns ssssis-
Ia orders I'd iefH 6sn. Lyon, On his naarch
u Wilson's UFssk, thu dsumnaf DIX opr
oon,psasy was kAksn DICK md convsyed toI
~ hospital, and Oh the eyening pre6e-l
dinr che day that we wsrs 10 maxeh,
negro waa arrested within The Lines 81
he camp and hrousht before Ihe cspksin
Who asksd him ANhst BUSINESS 10 had
Within The lines s,s He xsplisd, III know
drummer that voaIa Nks 10 enlist anl
yonr company, and | hsrs aams 20 ssl i
sou Of it.s IA Mns immadiAtsly Request
a 10 iRfsxm ME dxanHaer thas Il b
wonld enlist for our short term at saz-l
sise hs wsald &laew sxlFa pays and 40 daI
this, be must be upon the ground szsiy Ia
kha morning. Ina Essgao was shsu paced
heFaua the amnga.
~~4s4 4ha fsiaemiAs#e ssala@. aAasa appsasu
"a hsfors the Captains quarters, during
tha beating Of the rsveills, agood locking
saiddle aasa womsn. aressea in deep
iauarning, leading BIZ the hand, sharp,
apsightly looking bog, apparently abou1
twefYe at thiRsen years old. Her story|
was acon told. She was from Esst Ten-l
nessee, WHARF bar husband was killed By
Ehs rebels, and all har property destroyed
So bad easas TO 81. Louis Ia search of
hse sisseE, bus net Andiag haz, and being
destitute Cd zauasy, she kboBghs il shs,
could procure situation for bar bog n
arummsf for the short kinBe wB had 10 re
main In the service, abe could Gnd sm-
pioyment for herself and perhaps hnd her|
sisseF BIZ the time we were discharged.
During the reh@sal Of her story The liz !
tie fellow kept his syes insansiy hxea up
on the countenanee OF the Captain, whol
waa about to express determination nod
to take 10 small boy, when be spoke ous
Saying, ssDon't be afraid Captain, ear
irnn.a This was spoken with 50 much
cenidenee thai the Captain immediately
observed with o smile, swell, well, Ser
geans bring the drum, and order our dfer
90 come forward In u few minutes The
irnm was produced, and our ffeT made
bis appearance, . tall, round sbouldeFed,
good -natured fellow from the Dsbuqus
mines, who stood, when ersesy Something
over six feet in height.
Upon being iasEodaesa 10 bis nsw eom-
raae, be stopped forward, wish his hand
resting upon his knees thai we're thsowul
forward into an acute sagls, and psering
into the little fellows face aaeEaent be
observed, SHY hasla naa ssa goa dgamf'
FsXss sir,n be replied, 81 dsaznmsd To-
Capsain Hill IN TsnAsssse.a Our Gfei|
immsdiately eommeassd Strengthening
himself upward until all the angles i'm his
person had disappeared, when he placed
kissifs 20 his mouth and played the sfF Flew
err of Edenbosoagh, ~ one Of the most din
cult tunes 10 folIow with arnm that es'd
hare been selected, bat nobly did the lit
ale fellow folIow him, showing him TO bd
master of che drum. Whan the Musad
csassd, our captain turned 10 tas mother
and observed. ssAadane, will take yoar
boy. What Is HE naHaes7 " Edward
Lee, % shesepiied; then placing her hand
upen the Captains arm, she oontinued,
~NApsAfu II uE Il A1k AnACA~ 1CIE Ars
maternal feelings overcame her utterance,
and she bent down over her boy and kiss
ed him upoa the foreheAd. AS she arosa
she observed, Captain you will hriag
him back with you, WON'T youss' Yes, yes,
Nhe replied, sswe viii be certain to bring
him back With as. We shall be discharg-
ed in six weeks."
In an hour after, our company led the
Lac Iowa oat OF camp, our drum and hf5
playing ''The girl | left behind ms." Ed
die, az we called him, soon became great
fasorite with all the men in the company
When any Of ths boys had returned fFsus
horticultural excursion, Eddie's sharsI
OF the peaches and melons waa the 6rs1
Apportioned out. During our heavy and
fasiguing march from Rolla taprigkeld,
1t was oftan asaasing to see ON long leg.
gad ffeE wading Through the mad With
our little drummer mounted upon his back
sad always ia that position whan ford
ing streams.