The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-06-10
WAR INCIDENTS.
CLEANED FROM VARIOUS
RIELnS.
General sheridan.

General SHERIDAN, the new and distin-
guished leader of the national cavalry in
Virginia, is well described in an incident
related by tho correspondent Of the
Herald:
It was at this junctcre that rode down
through deluge of ran to General Sheli-
dams headquarters. | found him stand
ing under tree smoking cigar. He
had just opened two sections of Ftzhughs
and Pennington's batteries upon the adj
vancing infantry, and was watching the
effect of their fire. Seeing that his men
still fell back, he ordered up the ammuni-
ton train of the first division, and caused
Lieut.. Malone to issue supply to Wilson's
command, who had expended all tn ir
own. He then placed himself at their
head, and thus addressed them: "Boys,
you see those fellows yonder? They are
green soldiers from Richmond. They are
not veterans. You have fought them well
to-day, but We have got to whip them.
We can do it, and we will" Gen Sheri-
dan looks about thirty to thirty-two years
of age, is not far from five feet five inches
in height, of dark complexion and hair,
and has piercing blue eye. His manner
is entirely without pretenton, but at the
same time perfectly easy, and free from
any approach to awkwardIess. When not
engaged in lighting he is sociable and
genial. He is endowed with large
amount of what is called in the West hard
horse-sense, which he always draws upon
in the readiest manner. At every emer.
gency he is full Of excellent, being never
at a loss for means of cxtrication. His
orders are given in mil|, firm tone, with
out appearance Of excitement, while his
manner conveys the impression that they
must be executed. The word fail does not
seem to have entered his vocabulary.
The Female Soldiers.
A Washington correspondent says the
official records of the military authorities
in that city show that upwards of one
hundred and fifty female recruits have
been discovered and made to resume the
garments of their sex. 1t is supposed that
nearly all of taese were in collision with
men who were examined by the surgeons
and accepted after which the fair ones
substituted themselves and came on to the
war. Curiously enough, over seventy of
these martial demO.selles, when their sex
was discovered, were acting as officers
servants. In one regiment there were
seventeen officers servants, in blue blouses
and pants, who had to te clothed in calico
and crinoline. Even General, who has
won many laurels in the war, had hand
some, fresh looking detailed man" acting
as his clerk, whose real name turned out
to be Mary Jane c., and who has pa
rents in Trenton, who are estimable mem
bers of society. She said in excuse that
she "wanted to see the world"
"Rally Round the Flag Boys.o
The following is from battlefield let
During one of those eventful nights
when the troops lay in line Of battle be-
hind their temporary Notifications of dirt,
logs and rails, and the continuous crack
Of the sharpshOoter's rifle rolled along our
front, solitary voice struck up the patri-
otto song, "Rally round the flag boys"
and almost instantly, thousands of men,
who seemed to have been waiting for
something to dissipate the gloom which
thoughts of the days carnage had engen-
dered, were shouting in chorus which
"shook the depth of the forest gloom:"
"The Union forever, hurnh boys hurrah
Down with the traitors and up with the stars"
&c.
As down the line it went, the refrain
swelled into one vast roar, exultant, tri-
umphant, and breathing defiance to the
wary enemy, whose only reply was the
spiteful whiz of extra bullets from their
skirmish line, whistling harlnlessly by.
Fate of a Brooklyn Soldier.
The Richmond Examiner relates the
following incident of the late battles:
On the person of one of the Yankees
killed at Yellow Tavern, was found bit
Of paper twisted in the button hole of his
jacket 1t was wretched pencil scrawl,
evidently written after his fall, and while
death was putting film in his eyes. 1t
commenced: 81, John Wilheimer, I'd N.
Y. Cavalry; am shot and dying. Who.
ever finds me send this to Sarah Wilhei
mer, Brooklyn Postoffice, New York. She
is my sister and only relative in this conn.
try. Oh, poor sister, do not break your
heart, but I am shot through the breast
and dying"
W nat lOiiOWeu III CulS paragraph Is OBJ.
liberated by blood; the next sentence
reads: "Writs to Conrad Vitmare, of our
company; lie owes me fifty dollars, which
he will pay you. On, my dear sister,
farewell" The paper was taken from the
body, and forwarded North by flag of
truce.
Remarkable operation.
Gen. George s. Greene has recently
had a painful operation performed upon
his face. 1t will he recollected that Gen.
Greene was VOL n ed in the Wauhatchie
fight during the night attack, como ime
last November. The wound was terrific.
A mimic ball passed quite through his face,
shattering the bones of the upper jaw,
and cutting tho saiivary glands, making
speech and nutrition for a long time
equally impossible. The wound, during
thu winter, has partially healed, the Cen
erals fine health and Christian habits COM
bring we'll in his favor. The Injuries
however, to the salivary ducts have seemed
for some time to be beyond relief, and If
was thought advisable to consult DR.. Van
Buren,, OF New York, who has performed
in the presence, and with the assistance of
seven other physicians, the operation
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