The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-31
From the Louisville Her aid.
A Noble Revenge Oh Sherman.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, 1871.

Georgia Lady, nnder the caption of
I'm and Out of the Line" The last
number, in which she describes the de-
struction of C~assvilie. recalls iorcibly
to my mind the feelings ! had in Sep
tember, 1864, when / saw the thcus.
ands OF helpless and sick women and
children at Lovejoy's, who had been
driven out OF Atlanta and tumbled out
Of the cars, without any friendly face to
appeal to. l was describing the scene
to I'm old army friend whom l had not
seen for some years, and he, too, had
his story to relate OF Sherman's bar
barity, aud the sweet revenge that came
to him not long after the war was over.
Said he: Ta.a =
81 was a surgeon in the Confederate
army. When I left Memphis to join
the army | was obliged, of course, to
leave my wife and two little boys, who
were then aged respectfully five and
seven, to take care Of themselves. !
devoted myself with great %earnestness
to the cause, and my wife, like other
Southern women, sympathized with
me. | gained, l suppose, some prom
%inence, as my wife and children we're
singled out by Sherman, when he oc.
cupied Memphis, for his especial hate.
He sent them Over the Mississippi river
and turned them adrift in the woods OF
Arkansas, without food, and without
any clothing except what they had on,
and issued orders that if any boat
which should dare to take them down
the river it would be eoniscated.
There they remained in that state OF
anxiety that you can imagine, until they
were found by an old family negro,
who had managed to elude the senti.
nels in order to. 60 to their relief. BY
this old negroes efforts they were con
veyed down the river to another land
ing and at l O'Clock next morning were
taken on board q steamer, whose cap.
tan had been appraised of their situa-
ton. You can imagine my feelings,
when | heard my wife describe her sui,
ferings, and then l decided, if ever
Sherman came in my way, to be re-
venyed.
Not long after the war, l was trav-
Yelling to st. Louis. Abou; TWO o'clock
in the morning | heard some one ask,
in a loud voice if there was q doctor
on the train l replied that | was q
physician, and desired to know what
was the matter2 He said that Mrs.
Gen. Sherman was very ill in the sleep
ing coach, and unless relieved he feared
she would die. Said ]. now my time
is come, and l went at once to her re
lief. / never waited on a lady with
such Tenderness and attention in my life,
and, although she had a violent attack
of cholera morbus, of eating impru-
IDENTIFY of oysters, succeeded in giving
her relief and sleep. She was very
thankful, and desired to know my ad-
dress. which l avoided giving her.
When we reached St. Louis, she and
her attendants and my sons and self
happened in the same omnibus. Mrs.
Sherman began a conversation, about
tue bitterness that still fingered in the
Southern heart and said the people had
not been sufficiently humbled. One of
my little sons, who was about twelve
years old, replied:
MADAM how can you expect any
thing but bitterness when we remember
how we have been treated? When /
think about their sending my mother
and brother here and turning us loose
in the swamps of Arkansas, l hate
them, and always sball.-The Yankees
sent us out of Memphis without any
clothing or food, away from any house,
for no reason except that father was
in the army"
Mrs. Sherman looked up in surprise,
and remarked, Sonny, who could
have been SO cruel? y
''Why, Gen. Sherman; be is the very
man who did it, and l shall always
hate him Tor it,"
IT a shell had hurst. it could not
have created greater CONSERVATION and
confusion.
/ did not say n word. and in fact, not
another word was spoken until we
reached the hotel. When / had gone
to my room, l said. ''son, did you
know that lady to whom you we're
talking in the omnibus Z"
mo, sir"
"Well, l suppose you didn't, for
that was Mrs. Sherman, Gen Sher
mans wife"
He replied, Father, I only told her
the truth, and I'm glad of it," u..
SIN a short time afterwards, an off
Ger in Federal uniform called at my
room and stated that Gen. Sherman
desired me to render my bill. He in
sisted-l declined. Gen. Sherman
then called in person, and insisted in a
very preremptory manner. / said to
him, General, l have no bill; l am
only too glad to be revenged for the
manner in which you treated my wife
and children. When l was far away,
and they had no protector. for no 9th.
er reason than because my wife sympa.
thized with the cause in which l was
engaged, you drove them into the
woods to starve. l have had it in nv q
power to aid materially in restoring
your wife to health, and probably in
saving her life. The fact that YOU a
who ! am, is all the bill l shall
ever send" t
At dinner a servant came to our ta- \
Ole, and placing a glass at my plate, :
md at the plat of each of my sons, c
'eturned with a bottle OF wine, and +
Hing my glass stated that general f
sherman requested the privilege of a