Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-22

SUCH a terrible noise that you fear every one
will be kille1 AMI you too. But they obeyed
c the order, and I am glad they did We held
the position three days till our ammunition
, gave out. Then AZ 2 o'clock in the morning.
: June Is, 1863, horses were hitchei and We
tried to get away. Not buckle was there t.
0 rattle, not 4 soldier spoke loud word There
J Is nothing 50 solemn as going through an
eneinys country, expecting every moment
sheet OF flame to open upon you Marching
= along an officer whispered to me, sCheplain.
what did you do with that tent lent YOUR
, What difference did il make, Why should
he thus jeopardize our safety. leaned over
, and said: Il folded it up and put7-then
there came a fash, followed by the bullets of
the enemy. ran one way; he the other 1
, met him two years afterward in Ohio. i
; ran up TO him ami finished my sentence, tell
ing him where put the tent That was the
longest time it ever took me to say what l
wanted 10.
: We belonged to the One Hundred and
Twenty-seccnd Ohio, one OF the grandest
regiments ever recruited; 9G5 men went in
service with Grant from the Rapidan to
Petersburg; were in all the great fights m
. the valley; were with Grant again, around
Petersburg and Richmond. Only 80 men
were living when it was mustered out They
fought themselves 10 the death, and il
TIE war had continued year longer none
OF them would have been left alive Some
of the captains were shot through seven
times, and when the war was over
the old battered colonel was gathered
up in blanket. / was left behind with
the doctor We held council Of war We
decided to stay with the sick and wounded.
We got q pass from Gen. Early TO 90 over the
field on parole. We got fifty ambalances
eud carried ] go wounded men to Winches-
ter Then re went 10 Early ami saii We
would ike 10 50 through the lines. He looked
up at me and said: you preachers have
done more than anyone else to bring on this
war. will send you to Richmond But,
general said j, 1T is omiles to Richmond.
and only thirty TO Harpers Ferry. and We
would rather go there He said to me:
You have been shouting On % Richmond
for a long time, and TO Richmond you shall
g" We went there.
Finally we stood outside the walls of Libby
prison. waiting for some one to come out 10
notify us to come in. 4 gentleman finally
came out and invited us in. There was a
| big book on Il table He said it was the
| registry book Of Libby hotel. We registered
I we were taken In another room and
! searched. Al we possessed was taken out of
! our pockets II worth anything it was kept
! II not il was returned. / had $50 That is a
vast sum for preacher 10 have will ex-
/ plain how had it Ii was not mine had
/ / IN trust 10. the bcys, who gave it to me
! for their wives thinking would get safely
/ through the lines. | said TO the man,
| That don't belong to me.7 He said. Il
/ know H. il belongs to me-" He gave me a
receipt for it and when | came away was
LILO a o. 4
/ 500 # ,hat money 10 buy pair of boots {,
| aud Si,cJC d buy barrel of flour was
c d; for twenty men. made soup When
it raH iIS put in more water | wanted
10 give TIA home taste one day and put in an /
onion. Il cost =. The boys thought it |
chrap.
The next man searched was colonel from |
Nv York. lie had 500 hidden about him. /
/ They said, Colonel. have you any money?" |
| knew lie had, and / wondered if be would |
lc forgiven Tor lying But he didn't lie. l
he said, Look aud see" They didn't see. /
and the 500 went upstairs. How blessed 4
him l borrowed some afterwari We !
went up stairs \ genuine surprise awaited /
Us. had conjured up picture of men dead |
ana dying, cgre-wOrn and sad. There was a |
smile On every face and shout rang out as
We entered. They sprang up with cheer
ard SHOUTED Ere h fish" Judges, lawyers
merchants all shouted, Fresh fish" One OF
them came ~ 10 me and said: "HOw arc
yse't Pretty WE'LL | said "Why did YOU
n. come sogner:7 lie querieI Then nd-
dressing imaginary person. he said:
~jir come take the gentieman's baggage
AID take Ei-a u room IS. See that he don't
want for alis hing ] was astoniShed, but
no Jim came
Where shall we sleep. was the question in
Libby. Pa. your heals against the wall
Tie place Was crowded all around We laid
our heals against the door; wanted to 20 /
10 -.e..,--i WAS weary with a march Of 100
failss-suld My some one roared, "l;i2ht
WHEEL AMI every fellow hurried over On his
IF, side. ! i he what that was for Ny
next nci-ilbpr sail. when your bones get
sol. aud ycu "aE- 70 turn You give the com
mani ami ali wheel over together" had
seen military movements in perpendicular
Ia, never III horizontal before. Morning
came We were counted. 1t made one feel
fliI.ny. Il WAS done to see that We were all
There There VA, su;ler th ere named StarllS,
T.. wa a Gayori;e When his right eve
J oled at yuu you cOuli not tell where his
left eye va, ranging. Starks looAel at me,
an sid sometimes we are here. sometimes
We are not. fognl cat to escape was a
dream by nj -h., tt conspiracy by day. One
night some OF thu men escaped through a
tunnel, sixty feet long. More would have
escaped, only a lat man got damned IN /;
v tha graEicst escapade of the campaign.
Wien a man escaped he was hunted with
H. OBJ, unis. I have seen Nero, the head of
ti..u myself tried to cultivate friend
>h.p. iUt Il! not succeed 4 colprei man
toll ne there was no trouble getting rid of
tie EnluIs. Al You had to do was 10 dig a
hole wi.h your heel! fill 1t with cayenne pep
PER, and when the dog shifted it he wo1ll
give up ia, Pursuit.
~ -artci q scdaul in the prison and had
les ,,.s ia German, French, Latin and Greek
an We ha3 law school The only graduate
was z. f. Black. a member now of Baecher's
church Wien | left the prison he told me 20
tell young lady in Cincinnati that he would
not 20 70 col sc again, but would marry her
Us soon a he got home. | lid 50 ana she
was glad to hear II. met her afterward ON
Fulton street. He had carried out the pro
zraHma. Westarte! weekly paper Every
Sunday We came together 10 hear it read.
The ar c'es were writ.cl on all sorts of pa
per, in ink aad in pencil. The crowd wouli
roar WIKI laughter AMI the guard wouii say: |
They are having good time" Weresolvel
not G., hlve our funeral before we dol
one day We We're called downstairs; sew
eutr captains. AMI two Caapains. There was
little table with ioN On it. we were to!i
Two ,nyi mu-t he selected for execution We
we've to P.el ut the NAMES from tie lox
Tie names We're Sawyer a1d Flynn. They
wore ss;lt 20 the dua~e " and We were sent
upstairs. We wrote letter to President
Lincoln Ore of our number who was ex-
cil.a "a that day put II IN on the sole of hi,
unJt. he took 1t IL lincoln FitL Lee Hugh
aai Cipt. Wynler, son Of the man who or
dsr,i tu- ez cution. had been captured. Mr.
Lincoln yTd red them placed in the case
mate al Fortress Monroe AM sent
word . Wyuier tina; il Sawyer ami Flynn
were executed, Hugh and Wynder weull
share the same fate They were no. ex .cutei.
" han We first heard of the battle Of
Gettysburg we heard the Union army was
ieaten. We were all sick. But when we
heard the correct report there was a sudden
resurrection aud the air rang with our songs.
We wanted % celebrate the Fourth. We
had no laE We cast around Finally an
inventive genius ma e one cut Of blue. red
AM white On the morning Of the Fourth
i; was nailed t. a rafter on the roo. \
guard saw il and ordered It taken down.
Gcu Dix haI SAID: II any man daras 10
take down thai flag, shoot him on the spot.
We dill not want - bs shot, We did not
take {: down. The quart did Bat we cele-
irs.lel all day
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