Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
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of the murderer Drlce. I've
) absp> hat sort Of thing | want TO;
enas Witnessed during the war
roussss me for ell time, and was n
into ~ aIl peyer forget il l live to be
a 3 ee&] Gen. Harvey. In 1864 was
! p'sd6a the army of the james, where
'ps been an immense number Of
Ids hos. Insertions OF bounty Jumpers,
: lows used to play their game
They would enlist up north
I~oeaiity where big bounties or
eirl nv hnts for substitutes were paid,
"A Get sometimes as much as
'ues II NAV be more. Well, they
sWss9 Ime down TO the front, do every
ana ~ u up TO the handle, and until
vas dropped to the officers
soa half tickeled to death at get
instel7 .plendid new material. Most of
ny fog buedt that they had handled gun,
vme'aag rife before. These fellows
tne foos AVS the ~cleanest and neatest OF
n. for guard duty, and a good
semadr Ebe time took orderly duty on
! 'o Y Ia inspection,
: months the game o sthis When they
req. ha3 IA the confidence of officers
! ne 4. they would quietly wait until
ueh mh ale or regiment went on picket
70 BE- ~ into a little skirmish line
md then quietly skip across lots
oofn ~ Johnnies, gun, Announcements,
notAa Nan. and all, and tell, there a
J thsEt being southern born, or, il of
70 Is a birth that was their safest gag,
II were sympathizors with the
'e q Won southern cause, and had enlisted
-dblue- bellied Yankee ranks
ned ui let q chance TO get through the
Ter ri XIV and Join the cause they had
Cathyi Il heart. They we're received
COrss N arms, for the rebs., to en-
lick md assertion, had q law offering
N 10 each deserter and, besides,
to cam nav in gold the value of the
silentk kns Of war taken across the lines.
this. they we're not obliged to
ane asa q confederate service against
10 n. but were given civilian en-
a stu n somewhere by the govern
coma
[ourse, they would be sent up to
heir u,. bnd when they came from the
4 Csh. the Potomac, James, or the
kera i and there were lioniZed in a
tai IS wsy for their brave devotion to
se. What good did it do them2
n. lis: After looking round long
US 10 get posted aud familiar with
! 4 theY would enlist as substitute
= Has ne rich banker or contractor or
nent official, and get as much as
- 10 s., 1000 in gold, and be sent TO
'eAA bat, where they would play the
ps bcket, and come into our lines as
.aese korthernbOrn men, who had been
south at the outbreak Of the re-
unabteto get north, forced into
81 ranks, watched and suspected
spent 8bused for loyalty, and would not
Its, and from the cruel bondage until
small hen their d-d loyal hearts were
'ryants bursting with emotion, and tears
Of TIE Dreaming Town their lying faces
'onouI sight and embrace of the dear
? up that il had broken their hearts
" she against. Dern my buttons;
teach IN those loyal North C'liny' fell
artla bel so good wei the flag that il
ut ht, be ashamed of my own LOYALTY
aDcui Fotion to it. Same old game, all
n. Shs Pay for their rebel arms and
orn tents, transportation north, ex
'dmirf from draft, good work in the
Q Plan masters or commissary's depart
$nntil their id red-hot loyalty
hem go intothe army 60 help the
"a flag and scoop in another big
md bis
ement Butler wasn't very much of a
She although he would go poking
coffee fire every once in a while 10
COUSIN lmself believe he was, but he is
ay re- one, and when any one picks him
at her fiat. they will ascertain that a
,rying nistake Of Judgment has been
After a while General Butler,
,hildy ) commanding the army Of the
3 from b ga, dropped to the fact that a
nany very loyal men were com.
lattr cur lines at o very late period
dare par, aud to the whole game.
!, 81 kt time rebel deserters came into
rss ma IS he gathered them up Mt bis
TALENT tarters and had each ones story
dopf9 to writing by one OF the lot OF
mn 4 be had on his staff, and then
st thnny Reb Deserter was marched
thing fery white regiment in the 10th
/. sass corps and introduced. In many
sam hey met whole regiments full OF
/, sr luaintances, andin such cases the
was introduced to court martial.
said martial meant sentence of death,
GOOD Plth Butler commanding that
and hring party, q yolley, and-no
n. Eesertion,
ont recollect exactly the date
10 lng occurred that I am telling
and Dut 1t wa either the latterrpart
H.. elnper, ga, or very early in JAN
The o., that 1t happened that fourteen
!, 7 poor devils, who had come to
;ods OF their game, were collected in
" division, 10th army crops, all
hr action on their court martial
gray es, when n day an order came
ana ON Buffers headquarters npprov-
sentence OF death in each case,
aering the execution by shooting
next day. The necessary or
ere at once issued by Gen. Alfred
~
ny, then the division commander,
,sss ~ morning about 10 o'clock the
,ro. q the command were formed on
sldes OF a square in a broad field
q The line Of breastworks, Gen.
ma senator Hawley's brigade facing
va and the others facing inward on
- BIl and left. Abort the center of
ia a a row of fourteen graves had
,nd pug IN the frozen ground, and all
mo Fady Tor the execution.
M DAY was the most depressing
~ nave ever seen. Just before, it
EOwed to the depth of perhaps fif-
al inches, and then during all the
~ oeiore slow, cold rain had steadi-
"a ~, aid was still falling, which had
q the snow thoroughly without
Il gu or softening the frozen ground
M Some delay caused the troops
I. In line in deathlike silence for
nan an hour before the weirdly
4 Piul music Of tho .Adeste Fidelis'
tardfrom the band, and soon after
4 y column slowly filed out from
= Az pines ove toward headquar-
y Ad approached the scene. Each
Y contained two az tha cnn1amna1 1