The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-26


!. II was little nettled at the wa,
he spoke, for thought Il made som,
very fair shots and then again, nev
er had liked him much. He was
dandified looking fellow, with curl,
hair, and always had his chin shave,
clean, and his moustaches waxed, anC
a new uniform, patent leather boot
and clean gloves, no matter how rag
ged aud dirty the men were He wa,
only a second lieutenant but was rich
and always thought he wanted t.
put on airs"
YES snys he, "its long shot -
but some Of Won oughtto make IL out
Now, suppose try it myself Who Il
lend me his gun
picked up poor Jancrs' rife and
handed it to him.
"You can have that To keep" says
I, "if Won want it, The owner'll new
er call for it, sir"
ale smiled. but ooked sort or sor.
rowful, and examined the sights like
a'man who Il seen rifle before. any.
wav.
"Shall | load it for You, sir p SAYS
/, little impudent; "you Ii soil your
gloves
"He di Int answer me, but dill bet.
ter. He pulled Off his gloves ice
wash leather ones, white AMI clean as
could be---1nd handed them to me To
hold, like Id been his servant. while
he loaded the rife. That stopped my
mouth.
when he'd got the piece loaded
and capped, very carefully, he went
right out where Janers had stood
when he was hit.
Thinks I, here's bad go for the
tailOrs and boot makers"
"A bullet kicked up the dust with
in three feet of him; but he kept step
ping round so that nobody would have
drawn bead on him to save his life;
while he looked sharp for the man
with the white hat, through a fancy
double barrcled field glass.
"Dire tly. he dropped on one knee,
let the glass swing on its STRAPS. rails.
ed the rifle and fired. 1t took about
two seconds.
ale came back to the place where
| stood, between the trees, and look
e'l FOR some time through the glass
again"
II don't believe he'll trouble you
any more, SAYS he. Il could only see
his shoulder blade above the parapct
when he was shopping over tN load
hut | rather think hit that! If didn'
yon'll hear from him again, in min
ute -
~ didn't like to believe that he had
succeeded but couldn't Judge very
well. then. for the rebels came pour
ing out of the fort within Il few mo.
ments. something like ten thousand
strong. and tried to cnt their way thro'
our lines to the left.
"Our troops were driven Off, rs you
know sir, nearly half a mile, and hal
to he reinforced before they could
make n stand. When they did. the
rebels began to retreat in their turn,
and our troops to follow. Ny regi-
ment was ordered to Join in this pur-
suit, and we had place near the head
of the colnmn.
The rebels fought mighty well
there; there's no use DENYING that,
hut we fought better, and sfter stand
ing their ground, falling back only an
inch at Ii time for about two hours,
we got them fairly in motion.
..rhe further we drove them the
faster they went and when their
ranks broke we gave them good
dose, tell you. We took back
Schwartz's battery, ant turn ell it up.
on them. That started them on the
run, and it became a roGt.
"Some officers, more plnckv than
the rest, wanted to make n stand at
the redoubt. when they got to it. but
VIC crowded them little too hard.
and they Iii lat feel safe outside of
Donelson. 1t was bayonet charge
that rvshed them from the out work
They don't like bayonet charges.
"AsI was forward with my regi-
ment hear the van, was among the
first to enter the rcdcubt. We ran
up the stars and stripes ~ quick as
we could, and Lord you ought to
have heard the cheering that came
mp from everybody in sight of the
flag!
"The next thing, OF cours was to
turn the guns of this outwork upon
Donelson, and I went ut it with a
squad of men. w lie was oversee.
ing the job, somebody touched me on
the shoulder. looked round, and
saw my popinjay lieutenant, with a
fine white han ikerchief tiel rounl
his head to cover big ugly sabre
cut on his forehead.
"Hallow, sir! says I, "the scoun.
drels have spoiled ,our face p
BAH" saws he, lyon don't think
I'll ever be sorry to show that, do
you2-Come here minute"
"fte started on to Che parapet, anu
l followed him to an angle. where a
poor devil lay fat on his face.
"Do you see that? asked the lieu-
tenant.
II looked, and saw that the dead
man had hole in his jacket J 'st back
Of his sholier In one hand he held a
white hat with red band round it.
and in the other ramrol. rhe lien
..,a,.k'. k,,II.t k.I takon him ina