The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-01-29
For the Daily Gate City.
NOTES, INCIDENTS AND ANNEC.
DOTES OF THE Wan.
BY CAPT. REID OF THE 10TH IOWA.

A good story was told US by Maj. Rey.
nolds while spending Christmas at "Red
Bone, country neighborhood abou,
twelve miles south of Vicksburg, boast.
ing of nothing but one old church, now
used as hospital, it's grave yard filled
with cavalry tents, its tombstones cover
ed with inscriptions of bad doggerel and
worse grammar. to the memory of the
oldest inhabitants /; red clay hills, worn
out In producing liking cotton and the
most luxurious corn fed country girls
have seen in Dixie, who, by the way, are
| all cousins
An Englishman was made Colonel Of
the Cd Wisconsin cavalry-Msj. Gen.
Wasburne's old regiment. On the eve
OF battle he was giving orders. The
regiment was all attention. Said he: ain
the hoperations of the day companies he
(E) and he'll IL will be consolidated un.
der tie command Of Major Heastman
{ (Eastinan.) At the command-marchl
he (E) will go to heH'
One night at Corinth, Miss, | heard
a young soldier, teamster, singing gaily,
as he drove along his "muels," aud lis
tening to hear, was enlightened with
Il had LITTLE dog as.d lis Rover,
When he died he died all over
Sergeant Joseph Heckard, of our
regiment, having read some Of the won.
derful stories Of the war published in
newspapers, relative to the large number
OF bullets found imbedded in the bodies
of trees, near scenes of action, told me Of
a poplar tree he and party Of soldiers |
with him had found on the right of the !
rebel works, which is still standing, and
was between our own and tho rebel FIRE. (
during the siege ofV;cksburg. The tree
is about three feet in diameter, and the
Sergeant and his companions counted
twenty large balls and shells and between
eight hundred and thousand smaller
shot imbedded in the trunk Of the tree.
On surface corresponding with one
foot square they counted fifty Eight balls.
The tree is still standing, an object of
wonder for the curious 1t was in front
Of one of oar batteries in McClernand's
corps. | believe, during the siege. The
statement of the Sergeant, who is an old
German from Soap Greek. above Ottum-
wa, | regard as perfectly reliable.
Lieut.. Hof had charge one day of
the detachment: of our regiment on Pro-
vost Guard duty in Yicksburg, and was
At the guard house A German Captain
Of the seth Illinois, who gives himself as
many airs as spotted stallion at review,
was officer Of the day. Coming round to
lhe guard house, the day being very cold,
he expected, as matter of course-the
usual ceremony of turning out the
guard" to the officer of the day-would
be gone through with. It was not done,
however, and turning Indignantly to the
Lieutenant he said, "Hho has charoe
iere ?'' IL have now, said HoA, but the
'anking "malingrum' has gone out in
own" "Do .you kaop your tufy as on
'er mil de guard % said the Captain
DO you know it p replied Hof. "Yes."
Then, said Hoff. Il doa'. see id Bit
# use Of my telling you.'' The German
Captain subsided and left. Il
A slow moving soldier, q private in
ny company, who was for some time re-
,arded as hslf-Hitled, has had the rough ,
dges worn of and says some sharp things
Which are not to be sueezed at. Who
yer tries to bore him now generally gets
he worst of it. One day he was stand
ng with crowd at the suffers having just I
made An extensive purchase of peanuts
Treat Ward ! treat us =" cried out one
i the crowd. "What will treat for?'
lie replied. "Haven't ace always treated
ou r Yes" said w. turning slowly
nd facing the crowd, "iike id dog"
A few days since one Of his "bunkies"
sked tor his photograph. "What do you
rant with it - said w. "I'Il take il to
ny father in Illinois" said the soldier
put it in large frame with ring in it,
nd hang it up in the corn fields to scare
way the crows" "Then I want yours
aid w. "Xhat for 7" was the reply
I'll take it to old Indianny and give it to
he man that | used to live With, to scare
~
way the black birds out of the bottoms