The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-06-10
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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: y.eas9k oat % .te. i l-ifrg yaaoG
q Il was at this junctcre that / rode down
through deluge of ran to General Sheii-
dams headquarters. l found him stand
ing under tree smoking a Cigar. He
had just opened two sections of Fitzhughs
and Penningtons 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 yonder2 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 pretention, but at the
same time perfectly easy, and free from
any approach to awkwardness. When not
engaged in fighting 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 expedient, being never
at loss for means of extrication. His
orders are given in mild, 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. CAUTIOUSLY 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 be 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 ous
to be Mary Jane c., and who has pa
rents in Trenton, who are estimable mem
b bers Of society. She said in excuse that
she "wanted to see the world. -" q
q orally Round the Flag Boys.''
The following is from battlefield let,
During one Of those eyentful nights
when the troops lay in line Of battle be.
hind their temporary Notifications of dirt,
logs and rails, and the continuous crack
p Of the sharpshOoterS rifle rolled along our
front, a 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 ofthe day 3 carnage had engen-
dered. were shouting in q chorus which
."shcok tho depth Of the forest gloom,"
:. The Union forever, hurnh boys hurrah!
Down with the traitors and up with the stars,
q As down the line it went, the refrain
swelled into one vast roar, exultant, tri-
nmphant, and breathing defiance to the
wary enemy, whose only reply was the
spiteful whiz of extra bullets from their
skirmish line, whistling har,nlessly by. .s
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 Vfetched pencil scrawl
evidently written after his fall, and while
death was putting film in his ewes. II
commenced: 81, John Wilheimer. Cd n.
X. Cavalry; am shot and dying. Who.
ever tlnds me send this to Sarah Wilhei-
mer, Brooklyn Postof6ce, New York. She
is my sister and only relative in this coun-
try. Oh, poor sister, do not break your
heart, but I am shot through the breast
and dying *,hiu,* O. + ~
What followed in this paragraph /, oh.
liberated by blsod; the next sentence
reads: "Write to Conrad Vitmare, Of our
company; he 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. III .S ys,.r fo'.-. e
tr Remarkable operation. f.
Gen. George 8. Greene has recently
bad painful operation performed upon
his face. 1t will be recollected that Gen.
Greene was VOL n led in the Wauhatchie
fight during the night attack, some lime
last November. The wound was terrific.
| A mimic ball passed quite through his face,
shattering the bones of the upper Jaw,
and cutting tho salivary glands, making
speech and nutrition for q long time
equally impossible. The wound, during
the winter, has partially healed, the Gem
erals fine health and Christian habits com
bining we'll in his favor. The injuries
however, to the sslivary ducts have seeme.l
for some time to be beyond relief, and f
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