Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-06-11
a Yankee Hero.

Strange 10 saw there n this COniederacy as many
probably r0n one 20 to or three newspapers which
appear to have an iacGFabe bias against the Yankees
They DO not believe in them do not deem them honest
o. wise or good or truthful or roble or genteeI OF
even brave This is perhaps TO be regretted but car.
not be prevented. Unreasonable prcjudices will mani
test themselves rcu time to time in the minds of news
paper men.
One Of these bcrly unjust journalists not long ago
attempted prove that the only Yankee hero that had
vet appeared vas no hero at al bit an mposter This
ournss brO,ghtin esiieres the fact that the pretended
Yspkee beIO lar from rescurg Confederate officer
from diOsIiag, oy picked his pocket stole his horse,
or bis sword or something OF that kind But nothing
is unreliable facts, except figures" Facts have no
value when Yankee statements in question, and it is
unietlng and unfair to he dragging them into Il
dispute.
Every ca did man vii admit that the war has pro,
duced vast many more Yankee than Coufede ATE
heroes, iorezamPe Butler. But leaving all these ont
os the account and admitting that no Yankee hero had
appeared up the time Of the late sormiug of vieks
burg, We ia.er, beg, the fcloaiug "psrsgram" fon
Yankee "tsegum,' and pause for a reply:
william Trogdeu, private Of Company B, Eighth
Missouri refused % retreat single step he was color
e hin, he dog hol2 in the groaOd with bis bayouet,
planted biz dag sja n it within twenty Yards OF the
suenys ras pits az sac i0Er ov the side Of bis bsu
ner, where ue t=ma-ei 90 day.
We dare say there are, in tails Confederaey, men
black hearted and base caough 20 dolb. the truth of
the above p2ragr2m They VIII say that William Tfoz.
den have bed his c.IJ-s in his left hand willie be
Dug hole wish tic bay,let In his right and that this
/, improbable. But William Trogden did it. They will
say that when bo planted bis lIg,sta in it" he must
have used both talds, thereby dropping his bayonet
and leaving himself deience.ess ana that this il IN
likely. But william Trogieu did it, They will say that
within twcuy yards O., the enemys rifle pits means
less thin sixty fest the ordinary squirrel shooting dis
lance, aad toe probability IT, that the moment William
Tsogden plue ed lis flagstaff close as that to the
COniederae tias ps-a tia. precise moment and not a
second later, bullet would be planted Ia bis hesr or
in hrs head But william Trogden " sat down by the
side Of bis ba-ler, where he remained al day" 7 e
days this season CT the year are thirteen or more
hours lorg. AID IL Wllla Trogdea sat thirteen hours
under The Ere Of soue hundreds or thousands of South
rifles Gully sAty feet OF, wiIhou. being hit, then
Wm Trogdel is a hero, every inch Of him. and all the
aedmony aud Injustice OF Frsja ic Sout srn newspa
can't maSe m anything else. The shooting may have
b,en bad or William Togden may have been dead all
The tine be sisiig by the side Of his banner; but
that ma, dEsrencs-hs Is a hero all the sam.
For free to say that do not believe
be Was it bur. in the le st, but lei bis position
about 10 O'Clock a. ugbt, bringing his banner with him,
Harraied the facts to the Yankee correspondent, sup
ped heartily on Goldfish aud onions ard vent quietly 10
bed. The next morning be repaired TO the same SPOT
stuck his banner in the same hole sat down under Ere
for the thirteen hours and returned camp at the
hour for "taTs." The next Jay be did th~
and the next and AZ this very sua
u'n = '','i1s 05 maj 'u thing
O-s1 "ueis ns ,nent William frog
'ns A'E' .icll hole dug with. his bay
remain all day and every day unit
3 over sud lhe var Is At d. What Oecu
..adOa be will follow after the war; do not know.
ssientary one, most likely.