The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1881-05-13
4 COmleaI Emcislemf 0ffhcyVar
as Told by Genera1


Cen. Gordon said 10 ND. ..1ob,,l, 3
~ nope never to go tireuga such j
war rs tlat again / don't k..iseS,S =
could stand it nov, but theK re dor
SHOW. Some scenes arise 4 I, ~, s,,i,,
~ lf they never e0ild hay e TX
Eufien think Of SpoEtsylvat 4, sy.l,s.Te
, s,'.'e seen my mdt slandiir Is, flle
dead bodies OF bed eomfadeE Ifiaflino
Pend living utterly Efdaffereal IL IN
tieath below them, the death ID from
tqf them, and the death every where
The dead bodies were lytnE down ont
side the works, in the ditch. which
was half filed with wafer, and there.
soaking in the rain, the dead men Law.
and their friends were using their bo-
dies to get a little elevation in putting
III that terrific work YETI said the
general, "there were some right funny
scenes in that war. Did I ever tell
you about the man coming in only 70
look at my camp?
''NVe We're on the Rapidan river,
where it was a little stream, hardly
one hundred feet wide. Gen. Lee
sent me word that must go out and
break up the communication between
our pickets and the enemy's. They
bad got to trading with each other in
newspapers, tobacco, lies, and what
ever would vary the monotony of
picket life. They would not shoot at
each other, and so it was not military
like. So started out one morning
on my horse and rode the whole length
ofthe picket line, and just as / came
to certain point / saw that there was
commission and surprise, as if / had not
been expected. "What is the matter.
men, here?' / asked. Nothing, gen
eral, nothing is here, You must tel
me the truth, > said I; Il am not well
come, see, sad there must be some
reason for if. Now, hat is the mat
ter?' tThere has been nobody here,
general We were not expecting YOU:
that is ALL | turned to two or three
of the soldiers and said, Beat down
these ts!Shes here They had toobey.
and there suddenly rose. up out of the
weeds, man as stark naked as he
bad come into The world. WHO are
your asked /. Il am from over yon-
der. general Over yonder-where?'
He pointed to the other side of the
river. What regiment do you belong
to2' THE l04th Pennsylvania, gener-
al what are you doing in my
camp% why, / thought would Just
come over and see the boys.n i.See
tie boys what boys? Do you mean to
mean to say you have entered my
camp except as a prisoner? Now, L
am going TODD this with YOtE. / am
going to have you marched to Libby
prison just as You are, without rag
Of clothes on youli .Whv. general.
you wouldn't do that, just because j
came over 10 see the boys. didn't
mean any harm. felt lonesome over
there, and wanted to talk to the boys
a little. That is alp Never mind. /
sir; you march from this spot, clothed
as you are, to Libby PrisJnr .Gener-
I'll, said the man, i had rather you
would order me to be shot right here
No, sir; you go to Libby!' Then sew
sral of the soldiers spoke up: 'Gener-
ii, don't be too hard on him; he's a
pretty good fellow! He didn't mean
any harm; he just wanted to talk with |
u.s. This business must be broken
up, said /, mixing up on the picket |
ine.'
ut had not been in my heart, how
ever, however, to arrest the man from
bhe beginning. 1 only wanted to scare
him, and he did beg hard. tpll tell
you what l Will do with you this time |
or | saw that he was a brave. sood- |
1umored fellow. 'Ifyou win promise
me that neither you nor anv.-s,f your
men shall eyer come into nv lines
again except Ms prisoners, I'll let YOU
co. God bless You, general!' said the
nan, and without any more adieu. he
ust leaped into that stream and came |
Up on the other side, and took to tllel
goods.u
General Gordon said, referring to !
he relative bravely of Southern and |
Northern soldiers. that he had seed
IS perfect instances of cool and desper-
tie pluck among the soldiers in Blue /
IS among the soldiers of his own
Johnny Bouquet in the New York
Tribune
There is a mistake as to tsc repi-
nent which furnished stbc--y-titfiTe-
ONE blue-jacket, as tbess54th was NOT.
[ that time, in the Army of the Poto-
nae, but in South Carolina DoyIes-
own Democrat.