The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-02
THE TRIBUNE.
Dill SURGEONS STORY.
I < fRuE INCIDENT OF THE WAR.

xt., 0sy lily, sdlO the SurgeO
that | ever saw prisoners rough
handledva AtWinchester. - -
Theds&es nniped masking him 70 ,
late the incident.
s8enasite Regular trips he continr
Go' once or twice week, from Harper
Ferry to Manchester. We did not mea
to garrison IT, but to prevent the rebe
frons kDIdlng It. AT the time | W.
speaking OF we were to enter Wincheste
and push as faras we could safely go, b.
had any forces in the ncig Oh borfood 3
We reached the rebel town in til
The General ordered us to rest for tn
mght-until he could hear the report o
Spies. and of one or two scouting partie
thatshe had sent into the country. .
We dismounted The officers told u
to make ourselves at home The boy
searched all the stables and barns in tn
town for. forage, and others went out i,
squads to the neighboring farrIs A.
soon as they got their horses fed, they
entered any house they pleased. and tool
up free quarters in it.
As a squad of three or four men were
about to enter barn in the outskirts o
the town. three rebel soldiers suddenly
Jumped up from among the hay and lei
blaze at them. One of our men wa.
badly wounded, but not fatally His two
comrades ran for help. They soon return
ed, tell you, with as mad set of fel-
lows as you could have mustered in Vir-
glnia. They hunted the barn high and
low, every nook and corner, up loft and
down cellar, but not trace of the rebels
could thew find. s
We knew they hadn't got out of our
lines, for our pickets were too strong for
There were some houses near by. and
we searched them. But had the same
luck, not trace of the rebels u -.5e
We'll, boys, we must give it up, :"
said Tom Rynder; .but I'll be hanged
it / see how y ohnnies got off
They must be here somewhere, nigh by,
too-buts they've given US the ship as
slick as grease. - 157
Not much they haven't, shouted Bill
Green, Maryland soldier; you don t
find this child leave here till he collars
them aegoned ,rebs.- [ tell you they re
INSIDE OF ten rods here, and | tell you [ M
aaEmeto get 'enl, dead or alive. / know
their tricks, by jolly, and [ tell you the
are IN that no Sc there, somewhere OF
other. Hillot Look at the hole H3w
arssyou, Johnnie? I'm after you'll
And with the characteristic speech off
he srun to, the nearest house, which we
mad searched already from top to bottom.
The houses there have no cellars.
They are generally raised about three or
tour feet from the ground, and sometimes
rest on stone foundation, which is built
all around, and sometimes again., they
rest on a little piece OF masonry at the
corners only, while the spaces between
them are banked up with earth. In the
banking OF this house, there was an
opening that none of us had noticed.
The Marylander made for it and squatted
on his knees and peeped in. sa.T
Are they there?'' we shouted.
y lie looked up and said nothing. He
was evidently disappointed ...
No, he said at last, after musing
awhile, 'but they're here, somewhere,
and | ~ agwine to find them. HitIoi
bur, come here! Come along with mel"
z Asllttie fellow had just come out Of the
house He hung back, but Bill coaxed
him into the barn. [ went with him
Bill told the other men to keep the
women of the house inside, talking to
them, so that they might not see him
with the boy. GlA
Now, bub, said Bill to the boy, 'sdo
you know that ~ agwine to burn down
your house?'
The boy looked scared.
30, please don't SIR he cried, .'them
feiers amt thar, true as death, sir, they 5
not thar
And I'm agwine to hang your dad,
bub,'''' added Bill, without taking notice
of what the boy had said and, like
wise, I'll be obleeged TO give you the
goldarnest whaling you ever heard tell on
IN all your born days"
''Oh, please don t sir - cried the little
fellow again he was thoroughly frighten-
ed now-'the solgcrs amt thar. .
How do you know?''' asked Bill.
30, knows they amt, replied the boy.
Bill seized him by the collar and spoke
fercely a5.s
Now boy, I'll hang You and your dad,
and burn down your house in ten minutes
if you don't tell me whar them fellows
80, please sir, I'm afraid said the
boy.
Don't be Altered" said Bill, ''they
shan't harm you; nobody shan harm
YOU but me; and by hoky, I'll pull yer
gizzard out AID hang you double quick.
1T You don't out and tell right off where
they're hid p
The boy was now completely cowed.
We'll, sir. they re hid under the house.
They dug hole in the ground right be-
! low the middle of the parlor; you can t
see it when you look at that hole in the
bankin :, bekase they toted all the dirt
u way, aud you see l6s too dark to notice
the other hole over that way"
All right, bub, - said Bill, you'll be
a man before your mother, e you keep
your eyes peeled! We won't hurt yoa
now.
80, please, sir, cried the boy, don't
burn our house down; We Sc all Union
folks
In what direction p asked Bill, with
grin
= 81 don't know nothing about any d.
rection, said the boy with puzzie,i
look
''Oh, you don't?' continued Bill, you
, oughter. You oughter say yer Union
lover the Ion you know, over the LETT
he r-9ng.
4 III rushed out and told one of the
soldiers to stand with his revolver cooked
at the banking, and to shoot down the
frSt man who attempted TO escape
through it.
Then he went into the house and ask
ed for an axe
rs s"What in the world do you want witt
an axeg' the old woman inquired, with
an anxious glance at his face
ssg.Axesme 40 questions and [ II tell you
3 no lies said Bill; but, unless We want
this house burned over yer heads, bring
ms. one in less than two minutes.
The woman saw that Bill was in no