The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10

reach of fuel, and so prevent our getting
to Fort Donelson
began to watch for wood Laughter. I
Soon l saw some-this same twenty cords.
| ordered the Captain to land the boat for
the wood. He protested that he didn' t
need it-that he had plenty Of it. | told
him that he could pull ashore or pull hemp.
Laughter. He landed the boat. Cheers. ]
A fussy old rebel was on the spot, the
owner of the wood The Captain asked
him if ne would sell it-with a rebel wink.
The owner, of course, said no. said we
would take it without making a bargain.
He said we couldn't take it. | replied per-
haps we couldn't, but we wound try.
Laughter We tried, and every man in
the regiment, officers and all, were soon
loading wood and it was on the boat speed
lily. Yes, every soldier in the lot helped
me to do that stealing. Laughter The
owner wanted to know, as we were leaving,
who was going to pay him for the wood. |
told him that didn't know, and that all |
knew was that we were bound for Fort
Donclson, and no rebels were going to stop
us on the trip if we could help it. That
| I
know exactly how much | stole. [ didn t
ask the price and didn't pay for it. This
is the robber that [ was then. But we
did get to Fort DonelsOn, and some Of you
have heard of the fun that the Second Iowa
had there with that lot of Ben Hills "Con-
stitution-huggers."
THE SECOND IOwA's FIRST REBEL FLAG.
They say | am murderer. Well, I'll
tell you about that. Some anonymous
coward has sent me an extract from pa
prer in Missouri-name Of the paper not
given, but the piece cut out-charging me
with having murdered man in Stewart,
Mo, and with shooting men after they had
surrendered. AS to the first, that was an
incident Of our trip as we first went to the
front. The town was on the Hannibal and
St Joseph Road. The Second Iowa was
the first Union regiment that made the
trip along the whole length of that line.
Others had gone part of the way but the
Second made the whole trip, and were the
first Union troops that the rebels down
there had seen. As we came up to this
little town rebel flag was streaming from
pole in door-yard 1t was the first rag
Of the Confederacy my boys had seen, and
they said it must come down. Cheers
[ anticipated no trouble, but after the boys
went up there [ heard some shots, and then
[ went up. 4 young rebel had heard OF
our coming to the town, and had raised the
flag, as defiance and menace, and said it
should float if he had to protect it with his
life. He got a chance. He said, with his
revolver drawn, as the boys came up, that
the first man who laid hands on that fac
he would shoot dead The boys proceeded
to take the thing down-and he got killed
How he was killed [ don't know exactly
Philo, there, [pointing to Mr.. Case again
: sitting near by, holding the same old drum
that he drummed through the war, Can
tell you more about that than | can.
Mr.. Case-Thc fellow said he would
shoot the first man who dared even to touch
E the flag or the staff, and the boys went fol
it. He tried to shoot, swapping his reyol
yer twice He didn't get chance to snar
it again His flag came down, and so die
he, [Cheers.]
The General-Well, that's the story o
it. [ didn't see that part of it. [ saw the
flag after it was down, though, and saw the
foolish young rebel lying there dead. That
all [ know about it, and perhaps | am re
sponsible. If so, | have nothing to taxi
back Our business down there was to pu
down the rebel colors, and Of course W,
commenced as soon as we saw where The
work commenced. [Chcers.] The boys, il
taking down the rebels flag, had to shoe
the rebel to do it, and to save their owl
) lives in doing it and so [ am charged Will
: numbering him.
In having done my duty as a soldier, il
; my humble and yet earnest and well-mean
ing way, am now called, after | have lel
the Democratic Party, robber, a burne
of houses, a murderer Just as Gen. Logan
: honest, noble, true-hearted, and patriotic
was so stigmatized after he had left th
same party. Do you wonder, gentlemen
that | have been stung into making publicl,
l. the remarks that have here ? l have n
abuse to make of any one. | call no on
by name. | state simply the general facts
that others may see as well as myself tina
| the war and the hate of Union soldiers dit
: not die, as the ST. Louis platform says
eleven years ago.
THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION.
? That convention did not look as thoug
B.. treason was an odious thing, nor that re
1 bells were any the less to be honored tha
/ patriots. That gathering proved agai
e what the Democratic House had alread
e proved, that the old rebel element is run
n ninp the Democratic Party, and that ii
t whole hope of success is staked on thei
i solid support. They were all there at s.
o Louis, and were the lions of the day, es
i pecially honored and cheered by the cor
;, vention, and honored and lionized by tn
d same gangs of rebels who were spoutin
: treason and abusing soldiers there in 1861
), as we were going to the front, and VIII
f were talking the same treason when wa
e there two years ago. Applause Why
A.