The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-07-17
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and ran the Granville Bnuk. In
the 10th there was company
from Granville, Ohm, at which
place at one time they determin
ed to have a Bank, and accord
ingly got a lot of money printed,
out, failing to provide the other
thing necessary for a bank, the
enterprise went no further. The
Granville boys had a lot of this
money sent to them at Memphis,
rand some one in the 10th did du-
ty as President, while Co. K of
the 5Sth furnished the Cashier.
As it was very good looking
money, there was no difficulty in
passing it at a discount. The
merchants of the city were re-
joicing in good trade. for they
could sell their goods at almost
any price, providing they could
change a bill! The 10th put
some of it off at the female board
ing houses.
Then we went to Germantown
where we killed the bloodhounds.
We were accompanied by a cav
airy regiment from Illinois COM
manded by COL, afterwards Brig.
Gen. Grierson,. who won fame by
his raid through Mississippi. We
spent the Fourth of July there.
and / made a speech. That was
a mighty good speech. Our COM
pany had a barrel of beer and af-
ter it was drunk the boys wanted
q speech and made an Grafton.
1t was very full of pith.
Back to Memphis where the
Granville Bank had bursted; j;
then to Helena, Ark. to relieve
Curtis army, who, after having
marched across the State, arrived
there without bottoms to their
shoes or soles to their pants. This
was not saint" Helena, it waa
Helena, Ark, which, in giving
passes, &C., we used to abreviate,
SO as to read, ''Corporal Kanode
has permission to 60 Hell and
back at 3 O'Clock" Here we had
a fight with the 1st Nebraska and
got the best of it. We had six or
eight men wounded and they had
about the same wounded and a |
couple of fu lerals. l was in this
fight that a little dutchman who
could not step over a cob without
rolling it, charged upon a big Ne
braska sergeant with a rail. The
Nebraska man emptied his re-
volver without making the dutch.
man bat an eye; then the rail
came down and the Nebraska |
man looked like a wafer. For
downright essential meanness
the 1st Nebraska laid over any
thing ever knew as far as fresh
guano over a huckleberry. AZ
ter this fight we were separated
from the 1st Nebraska and trans
ferred to Woods brig de.
With this brigade. consisting of
the 5Sth and 10th Ohio Infantry.
q squadron of cavalry and two
sections of a battery, in conjunc-
tion with fleet of gunboats, We
made raid down the Mississippi
river. At Nilliken's Bend we
jumped ashore at daylight one
and captured the steam
er ''Fair Play" said to have had
On board 5000 stand of Enfield
rifles and two pieces of field ar
hllery, the camp of the 31st Lou
lsana infantry, captured one of
their regimental flags, took fifty
odd of their men prisoners, run
the rest nine miles, some in shirts
and some in pants, burnt a rail
road stations train of cars, de-
stroyed railroad bridge. and got
back to the boats about 5 O'Clock
in the afternoon, having eaten
all the way going
and returning, and never fired a
shot! That railroad station was
Richmon, La, about 12 miles
from Vicksburg.
That evening we saw Vicks-
burg for the first time, crowned I,
with IFS beautiful court house
and black with people looking at
The Yanks That was the goal :
Of our regiment; 10 that all our :
efforts were bending, and Its cap
1nre was the crown of all our de- ,
'ires. 1t was with lively emo :
[lons we gazed upon it as the soft .
light of sunset f1oated over its
shady yards and sunny streets
and frowniag battlements; while
a beautiful blue haze floated over
It like wreath for the victor
It was our promised bride and ,
We were eager for the nuptiads.
The next morning we went On
board the ram Monarch and pre-
,eded by the gunDoat Benton,
vent up the Yazeo river and took
1 battery the Confederates were .
at Haine's Bluff. 1t be.
ng my bithday, Aug. 10, l had /.
of the covering party
while the remainder of the
; e IN, n. rolled barrels of pow ;
Ter and tons of shot and she'll in
20 the river, after taking all they :,
Three 32-pounder and /,
me 81 FOUNDER iron guns were