The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-08-03

the Second Iowa had there with that lo
Of Ben. Hills Constitution -huggers.'
THE sEcoND IowA's FIRsT REBEL FLAo.
They say am a murderer Well III
tell you about that Some Anonymous
coward has sent me an extract from q
paper in Missouri-name Of the paper
not given, but the piece cut out-charg
ing me with having murdered a man in
Stewart, Missouri, and shooting men
after they had surrendered. As 10 the
hrst That was an incident Of our trip
as We first went 10 the front. The town
was on the Hannibal 4 St Joe road.
The Second Iowa was the frst 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 10 this little
town, a rebel flag was streaming from q
| pole in n door-yard IL was the first rag
OF the Confederacy my boys had seen.
and said IL must come down. Cheers /
| anticipated no trouble. but after the
boys went up there heard some shots.
and then went up. A young rebel had
heard OF our coming 10 the town. and
had raised the flag - defiance and a
menace, and said it should hoat II be had
10 protect IL 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 flag 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.
Ma. CAsE-Tho fellow said ho would
shoot the first man who dared even 10
touch the flag or the staff, and the boys
went for H. lie tried 10 shoot swapping
his revolver twice. lie didn't get a
chance to snap il again. His hag came
down. and 80 did he. [Cheers
THE GExERAL-well. that's the story Of
u. didn't see that part Of IL. saw
the flag after IL was down. though. and
saw the foolish young rebel lying there
dead. That's all / know about ID. and
perhaps | am responsible. II 90. have
nothing to take back. Our business
down there was TO put down the rebel
eolors, and OF course we commenced a.
soon as we saw where the work com.
menced. [Checrs. The boys in taking
down the rebels dag had 70 shoot the
rebel TO do IL, and 10 save their own lives |
in doing IL, and so ! am charged with |
numbering him.
SHOOTING REBEL BRIDGE BURNERS.
As TO the shooting OF men after they |
surrendered, these are the facts The /
rebels had been burning the railroad /
bridges and tearing up the track 20 keep /
the Union troops from getting 10 the |
front. They were trying to throw trains |
of the track, and weaken bridges so as
TO let whole regiments down into cuts,
chasms, and rivers hoping thus 10 kill /
them. Well, | sent Lieut. McKenney /
(now Gen. Mckenney, who was com.
manding Company A Of the Second then,
as gallant a soldier. and as noble hearted
a man as ever lived, but who always /
meant business as much as any man Il
ever knew to stop these murdeTous dep.
relations. BY little strategy he man.
aged to catch lot OF them in the very
act. Laughter. A gang Of them were
tarring a railroad bridge ready TO burn Il
just before n train, coming with a large /
number Of soldiers on board, had reached 1
IL. Well. in catching the fellows at IL he
hurt some Of them. Laughter and ap-
plause
were from some Of the rebels Mac"
after attending to this gang. had gone on
to catching others The rebels came IN
whining, and complaining that my de
tachment Of troops had murdered some
OF their friends, or shot them after they
had surrendered ! told them TO wait a
while and would inquire into IL. Pret-
ty soon Ma" and the boys came In. I
saw that Mac had blood In bis eye
Laughter asked him what he had
been doing lie said he had caught
some OF the devils. and had stopped EN-.
[ Laughter. He had caught them tear.
ing down and burning the bridge, and
they had got hurt. Laughter. I asked
IL he had killed them. He said he
guessed so-as they didn't move any az
terward ! asked IL IL was so. that he
had shot them after they had surren.
dered. Ho said IL wasn't so, that he
wouldn't let them surrender. [Cheers ]
He said, DO you think / could let those
fellows, who had already murdered some
Of our Union troops, and were trying 10
do IL again, come up 10 me, with their
hands all tarred over, In an attempt 10
do IL again, surrender No. sir
do IL, and ! didn't. One lot Of
them have stopped their deviltry now
that ] know Of and more Of them will IL
| can catch them" Applause. What
did ! say2 Did / rebuke Mac and bis
gallant squad2 said. you have done
right and do IL again. whenever and
wherever you catch any others Al the
same sort Of deviltry" Those were the
fellows | am charged with having muir
dered after they had surrendered. They
did not surrendered Mao" wouldn't
let them. [Checrs. There we're no
more bridges burned on that line while
was in command Of that road. Soon az
ter We left they burned a bridge and
threw a train into the water. killing n
number Of women aud children. They /
thought they were laying the trap for
soldiers train. But the night passenger
train happened 10 come first. aud 90 the /
soldiers escaped. only wish that 1
Mac" and his squad had been there and /
caught them setting IL on FIRE.
ANoxrWoUs LETTERS.
These, low-eitizens and neighbors.
are some Of the many charges made 1
against me, and sent TO me daily by the /
score in anonymous letters. I cannot /
refer 10 all Of them. They can prove up /
many like things on me, and on any |
Union officer or soldier who was in the |
war and tried TO do his duty. We were
down there TO make waT-not merely. |
like Ben. Hills rebels, TO hug the Con.
stitution.
In having done my duty a. a soldier.
in my humble. and yet earnest and we'll.
meaning way. / am now called. after I
have left the Democratic party. a robber.
burner Of houses n murdererl-just as
Gen. Logan, honest, noble. true hearted,
aud patriotic, was so stigmatized after he
had left the same party Do Won won.