The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-13
Amer >lstrcn ,~ar- Recovery ~ taia,
able Relic ~ The Rattle 81 kntictAn.


The fortunes of war arp passing
strange Event, orcur which .,cm la
bc endless. iis,snnAUclrd ,hnca.i., hu,
which sh"rwari are found u lead In
unihoughtoi i-rcction., apd "a hr,ag
ah"u, curious rrsults The accidents n
the march, the ever, day lie w camp,
the rcnvonirrs Ia action, all appear a.
belong Ia an uncias-itic,i s~rivs ~ f,rt.
which have n d,r~c, ~ iudlrvc, l.ating
un the past ~ future. nut once In a
lifetime the rule has an exception, aud
the follow ing ma, De- labeled with tho
latter class. When the war ~ tho 10.
bcliion broke cut. amung those whn
went la the Iron, In answer Ia the call
Tor troops In defend the Union. VA.
Captain T.. X, J.. Shurl,. now ~ Chi.
cago. lie commanded Company y ~
the 2bth New York Volunteers. On
leaving for the south. the Captain Was
presented with ~ elegant sword aud q
fine telescope iicli.glss. hy the citizen.
~ Buffalo. where he wa. well known
and highl, esteemed The grcs, .,rug
gle was progressing between ,hr Arm,
of the Potomac aud III. rcbe. furs.s
under Gen. Lee, u was In the TALL.
September ~ ls62 witnessed the rrra,
battle IL Antic,am. Among those bo
participated In the iigh, Was Captain
shuriy. While carrying AL order arros.
the field for Grnerai Ricketts,. Captain
Shurley los, III, much.prisrd deli.glas..
In the great events ri the day. aud tho
subsequent moncntous considerations,
the oss WAS trivial, and for III, time
forgotten. The wounded after the hat.
tie included Captain Shurly, WHOSE In.
jurics were believed Va DE mortal. For.
tune favored the officer II the 10Th New
York Volunteers. and. although hard
hit. he recovered. 10 have g,oi caus. Ia
remember the bloody battle ~ Ante.
tam Greek. The years passed on, Ten,
fifteen years were numbered. aud lew
but the veterans retained n vivid fecol.
lection II the struggle Tor the Key a.
the East. Captain sbufly. like many
other ~ the energetic men II tb.
East after the war, found his way Ia
Illinois, and settled IN Chicago. whore
be has been u we'll known business man
for n long time. The circumstances
detailed above now have their sequel
While Captain Shuriy WA. looking
through his mall the other Ia, b. found
"a letter addressed Ia him from Mr. 4.
y. Billan, ~ Cedar Rapids. Iowa. IL
attracted his attention and NJ h. read iis
contents his interest increased. Mr..
BillsD wrote that on MAY 10 he hal
come acros. something that would In.
ierest the Captain. II was. he said. a
very fine field -glass. While showing /,
Ia n gentleman In his establishment. III.
latter remarked that he had n glass
which he had found years ago; In fact
was NIL curiosity Ia see II, ~ he d.v6tes
much attention IN that article. The
glass was produced by Mr. Hilan'.
friend. II was examined. found "a be
an excellent one, and hsd q name en-.
grnved upon II. II struck Mr.. BillAn h.
had seen the aAme somewhere. liz re-.
m.mbcred Captain Shuriy. ~ once when
he lived nj Fremont. Ohio. he hsd writ
ten Ia him on business. The name. |
Captain Y. X. 4. Shurly" WA engrav.
ed upon II. also 'aC-2s-k. Y. W"
He NJ once communicated with the Cap
tain 10 this city. with . view Ia putting
him In possession ~ the information
aud the fieid-giass. Of course Nj. 1911.
Ian was nj once communicated with, |
and the glass WAS recovered by Capt. |
shurly. A letter waS resolved from
Cedar Rapids. from Mr.. j. r. Palmer. |
who Was . member II Company l. 26tb
New York Volunteers. This gentle |
man WA the one who obtained Capt. |
sburly's glass from . colored man. who |
found II on the battle field of Antictam. |
MIR. Palmer said he knew the glass to
be Captain sburly's. but he cams west |
In 1862. and never heard for 10 years
anything about the owner until n few
days ago. Thi. IL one " those s,rapg.
things which would be- scarcely credit
ed were the psrtic. not 10 well known.
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