The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-27
Il Lo7sg-Lost brother.
THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURE OF SOL
DER LEFT FOR DEAD on THE
FIELD OF ANTIETAN.

One of our seni-occasiOnal reporters, LED
by business to Omaha yesterday. met with
a strange and singular experience, which,
Though not beyond the range Of probabili-
ties has a certain fascination on account
of it's novelty. Passing up Douglass street
he met a man about 30 years OF age, on
crutches. and dressed in the army blue of
the United States service. AT glance
the reporter imagined he recognized the
party, but was, however, uncertain about
it, and he looked back until the Invalid,
whoever he was, turned the corner. Still
haunted with the face, he retraced hls
steps, turned the corner and quickened his
pace, and saw the stranger some distance
ahead Of him. No time was lost i'll overtak-
ing him, when he laid his hand on his
shoulder and requested him 30 stop mo-
ment. The stranger did as requested, and
half faced to the person addressing him.
! This gave our reporter nearly full view,
ard he at once recognized III his face the
features Of a brother who bad been missing
since the battle of Antietam, i'll September,
1862, nearly thirteen years ago. The effect
of such meeting, in such a place and
under such circumstances. after 50 long
separation, can be imagined more easily
than it can be described. The wounded
soldier, as he proved to be, and his brother
adjourned to an adjoining restaurant,
where he rehearsed his wanderings and
mishaps in the interim. We give the COM
Andrew, we will call him, was, at the ont
break Of the war, we'll to do tenant far
mer, and upon the organization OF the
PENNSYLVANIA Reserves, under General Nc
Call, became q member of the First Penn
sylvana Rifles, uOdeT Colonel Thomas i.
Kane, after whom the original town Of
Council Bluffs was called. He served
throughout the whole of the early bloody
campaigns of that gallant corps without
scratch, and just before the battle of An
tietam his brother Our reporter, became
member of the same company. The two
! went into action together, and while on the
turnpike which runs by the little bunker
church, on that memorable battlefield,
Georgia brigade drove them from their
position, and, in falling back, Andrew fell
by the side of his brother, with a shot just
below the pit of the stomach. The last
heard was an exclamation, "My God, my
wife - The retreat was Their fastened,
and so dead did he seem to be that he was
counted among those who had given up
their lives for the cause. Several days
Andrew lay on the neutral ground between
the hostile lines, and, being only wounded,
was entirely missed by those afterwaTd III
search of the dead and wounded, he having
hid himself among some bushes, where he
was found afterward by an old farmer to
J whose house he was removed, near ShaTps-
burg. Here he remained for quite a while,
.
/ f. b. Stuart's cavalry made its famous
raid into Chambersburg, in the fall OF 1862.
| In their retreat within the Confederate
! lines n detachment of Stuart's cavalry cap
! tured him and took him south of the Poto-
mac river, and thence lie was sent to Libby.
/ and from Libby to Macon, Georgia. At
/ the latter place he made his escape after
/ having been twice shot in the arm by the
/ guard, and when on his way to the Federal
/ lines, under the guidance of negroes, he
! was recaptured by militia. Losing courage
and hope he took the oath of allegiance to
/ the Confederate Government, was sent
! south to Texas, under Dick Taylor, in
/ whose command he remained, ever seeking
/ an opportunity to escape by desertion.
Being "a Southern man by birth, he had no
difficulty III feigning assimilation with the
troops of the Confederacy, but still in that
remote region the prospect of escape was
! feeble, The portion of Taylol's command
: to which lie belonged was driven across the
Rio Grande into Mexico, and in a short
! time he fell under the power of the republi-
/ can barbarian, Cortina, who raided- upon
| friend and foe alike. Some border Indian
! tribes had possession of some of CoTtina's
/ most valuable auxilaries. To ransom
( these n large number of cattle were
/ quired, in addition to a stipulation for an
exchange of captives. Andrew was selected
as a victim of this nefarious bargain, aud
/ was compelled to accompany on foot the
! well mounted savages in the gloomy re-
/ treats in the dismal and almost impenetra-
7 bic fastnesses of the Cordileras, Nothing
can fully and adequately picture the horrors
and anguish of that trip. Once hidden
away in the canOnS that formed the bidiug
place of his new aud savage masters, all
! hope died within him, and for weeks he
( was the victim of a brain fever, which came
verynear being his last. When the savages
/ in whose power he was left on one of their
lf.ft fp
the safety of their village and guard against
/ surprise. Every attempt at evasion of this
! vigilance failed, and only added to the
horrors of his captivity. For years he was
forced to the most disagreeable mental
services and once took revenge bloody
fearful and swift, upon a savage companion,
when beyond the reach of the sounds of
the village, by hurling him from a rock
. into a canon, through which dashed an
angry river The Indians gun went to
/ the bottom along with the body of his
victim, but he was encoiled by a vigilance
too swift to permit him to profit by his dar-
ing. Three months ago he made a final
! attempt 70 escape, aud got again to the
/ open country, where he almost perished of
/ want, and not without receiving other
| wounds from the arrows of his pursuers.
He again fell into the clutches of Cortina's
band, who in turn were captured, as the
newspapers have already announced, by
the Mexican authorities. Andrew was at
! once released, his Indian garb exchanged
for new suit of army blue, and furnished
| with transportation North. He was about
to start East yesterday when lie met his
brother. The two, however concluded to
remain until to- day, when they will go to the
old home. Andrews wife died of grief.
and his two children followed soon after
their mother. Hardship, privations and
suffering had made him prematurey old
man, and his hair is as white as that of one
of sixty years of age. An affectionate old
mother awaits his return and the lost is
again found.-C0uncU Bluffs Nonpariel
REMARKABLE INCIDENT.-The Lam
caster Examiner says: Yesterday while