The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-01-27

The flag of the Twentieth Regiment
tie which Captain Reed belonged fol-
lowed the flag of the Forty-ffth into
Vicksburg, that regiment being given
second place in the column.
Among the rest are tine colors Of the
Eight Infantry, which was commanded
| by Uncle" Dick Oglesby, present Gov.
ernor Of the State.
Lying in one Of the cases at the end
of the room iarthest from the entrance
is a faded fagof blue and gold-the same
that was
PRESENTED TO GOLD HICKORY"
Jackson by the ladies of New Orleans.
1t was carried during the war by a regi-
ment Of Louisiana troops, and captured
by Federal troops under Gen. Osterhaus
at the Black River fight near Vicksburg.
Much brighter and rather new look
ing, compared to the former is a blue
flag captured from an Arkansas regiment
by Franz Slige's boys at Pea Ridge.
In another case may be seen the sad
die and bride used by Gen. Logan, and
near by is a rough cane, cut about five
weeks ago upon Ft. Robinette, Corinth,
and sent TO Capt. Reed by a friend.
There is a photograph OF the confeder-
ate dead, including Gen. Rogers, as they
appeared in the trench after a last futile
and fatal charge, with his Texan troops,
upon those same works. The photo
graph was taken the following morning,
and while the unfortunate confederates
lay stiff and ghastly just as they fell.
sNATcHED FROM DEATH.
a romantic and remarkable story is
that Of John w. January, whose photo
graph is shown vititors. "I knew him
when he was a boy, before the wal" "
sail Capt Reed, "and know him yet.
Only six weeks ago he came to see me
and we talked of his terrible sufferings. s"
He left his sweetheart and parents and
went to the war, was captured and sent
to AndersOnville prison, where he was
confined a long time, and where he be.
came a victim to gangrene. Both feet
becoming decayed, he one day asked a
rebel surgeon connected with that hell
to amputate them, and was told that he
needn't bother; he'd soon follow them
to the bone-yard." So he managed to
procure a rusty pocket-knife, which he
sharpened upon a stone and GmpWated
his o~a Ject, five inches above the ankle (!
Wonderful to relate he still lived, al
though reduced to a mere skeleton, and
as one likely to be Of little service to his
country he was soon exchanged and
sent to New York, weighinga at that time
only forty-fve pounds. He remained in
hospital in that city for nearly a year,
fora long time almost too weak to move.
Meanwhile they heard nothing of him
at the old home in Illinois. There they
looked and longed in vain for tidings of
him. Hopes changed to fears, and as
time passed and still they could find no
trace but the news that he was captured
and in some prison pen, fears gave way
to a belief that he had shared the fate
OF many another brave man, and was
sleeping among the unknown dead in
the far-away South, and he was mourn
ed as lost. When he finally became
able TO leave the hospital he started for
his old home, and it was about nine
o'clock one night when he stood upon
the threshold, and, as one returned
from the grave, surprised and gladdened
the hearts Of his parents. Capt. Reed
has two photographs of Mr., January,
one taken upon his arrival at New York
alter being exchanged, and another as
he now appears. He gets around fairly
well upon his stumps, and looks to en-
joy good health. But one of the best
parts of the story is the fact that his
sweetheart - noble woman - thought
none the less Of him because OF his Grip
pied condition, and John, to-day, is the
husband Of a wife worthy of ancient
Sparta, and the father of five youthful
Januarys He draws a pension OF $40
PEI month, with which he supports his
family, and aged parents, who are still
| living, but helpless and dependent upon
him.
/ Could rOmancer write a tale like that
Could novelist tell a story more sadly
and at once sweetly interesting than
that of the adventures, misfortunes and
love of John January? Nix.
In another place we see a piece OF
board from stocks used to confne pris-
oners, and also a piece of the board that
marked the
DEAD LINE
at Andersouville, also a sketch OF that
terrible prison. A recountal of the in-
dignities to which the unfortunate Fed
eral prisoners were there subjected by
the devilish Writ and the scum of the
Coniederacy, by which he was assisted,
does more to reinstate in my rather lib
eral mind a belief that there is a place
of eternal damnation than could the
united sermons Of all the DDS i'm the
country.
An interesting relic is a mallet made
from
A RAIL LINCOLN sPLIT
and a pine board containing seven balls
fired i'm succession by Lincoln, when