The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-06

The Ttagio Death Of Colonel Gam
TODD. q Kentucky. at the
Battle al Shiloh.

Ing business these. DR.. Todd Wa
early appointed . surgUon II the Con-
SedesAte army, and we believe came
70 Virginia. Young Sam Todd was
. eay and happy yo0tb, not ever 80,
Of god social ssanding and pleasing
address, handsome In person and
very popular, and In every respect .
manly fellow. He was, of course,
known - the brothss-in-law of the
President. Or 'Old Abe," - he wa
generally called; but being an ardent
0nutherneF that did not affect his ~
lations with his ffiend& In March,
1857, when Beauregard was appoiot-
ed to the West aud sent out to stay
The progress Of the fedefal army m
der Grant and Sherman through
Kentucky and Tennessee, he made .
call upo1 Leuisiana, bis native state,
20 oome - his aid. This was prompt.
IL responded to by several thousand
y0unG men u New Orleans, Of oil
g:.des Of society, Who eagerly volun-
young Sam Todd. He enrolled hlIs.-
self in the Crescent resiment. A
month after volunteering the great
hattie Of Shiloh was fought. On the
day before that hattie the writer and
others gave - dinner" to some half
doeen OF their personal friends Of the
Creocent regiment, Washingt0n ar.
tillery, Seventh Texas, etc., and Sam
Todd was one AZ the fav0rite guests.
Jovial Sam Todd! Who that: knew
him can ever forget him? All soul,
all fhn, and all 6Ie, tso! They sepe
rated foG the march, and the next
day were all In the midst Of battle BY
sunrise. The nrst day went merrily
enough for our side. II va . delight
fal game Of base ball, and though the
hattie was fierce, desperately and bot
" contested, when night come We
kad scored . great victory.
That night was . fearful one, and
we slept On the fleld in the most
drenching rain storm that Was ever
expeSienced, accompanied BY some
Of the very 1oudest thunder, which
oould ooly be distinguished from the
roar oSthe oolumbiAds fred at tnte-
valb o. the gunboats BY the fact that
the nrvt vas harmless, bat the latter
being loaded, their shTieking she'll
and rolling shot caused our fellows
olten to change the logs selected for
their pillows.
Betimes on the morning Of the 7th
We were al up and In line, hut rested
for awhile TO cook breakfast before
advancing. While engaged over .
not Of boiling potatoes, while some
body else was preparing coffee. sur
rounded BY many of the staff and. the
correspondents Of Beaure9aTu's army
proper, the Louisiana and Texas
men, . young fellow In the Uniform
Of the Crnacents came up and ex'
pressed . wish for lone Of them muir
phys when they were DONE" Turn
inS and recognizing our friend Todd,
We xrasped Ills hand and c0ngratu-
Lated him upon his good fortune In
the fight; for although the Creecents
were In reserve they had yet partic!.
pated largely In the battle. and 1t
was the leading regiment In the cap
ture Of Prentiss and his men. its C0l-
onsl. Narshall J. Smith, 0f Norfolk,
receiving his sword; but the next mo
u,ent = number Of round shot came
pluugin1 over the 1eld In which We
we're assembled, one Of which over.
turned opr potato PIT, and the order
vas to fall In ut once, ~ the enemy
vss advancing In force. 1t was the
new troors of Buell. and Nelson, and
wo were ut once holly engaged. Sam
Totld's regiment was thrown to the
front promptly, soon ( flowed by
ours, when almost the first object that
met ~ ~ we passed over the ne'd
was the lifeless body Of poor sam,
M. Lincoln's brother, with . bullet
hole In his forehead. Driven lack
ma still back, our dead were all LETT
on The disastrous fIeld for Grant to
bury; and among those who shared
these grim and hasty funeral rites
there vaS no l,etter man or more de-
voted soldier Of the COnfederaey than
tl,i. Gallant young brother Ut the
LADY Of the White House."-R'c"-
nsonei, Ta.,) State.