Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-02
FAIRLY CAUGHT.
Simple Story Of Love and
War.

when the war broke out in 1861, I
bs at college. Northern born and
led, I fully shared the feelings of the
birth, and when at tho commencement
1862 l finished my course of study, 1
solved to enlist ''for threeyears or the
Dr. l entered a cavalry regiment
It then forming, and, going out a non
mmissioned officer, l returned wear
the bars of a Captain.
We had scarce begun to drill, when
regiment was called into active
|vice, and during the continuance of
struggle we were kept almost con-
pity Notwithstanding the commune
ions Of the enemy or protecting those
Pur own army, chasing small bodies
fonfclcrates OR exercising our inge-
~ in keeping out of the clutches of
Ger bodies. On the whole, we sue
He'd in making ourselves generally
srceablc to the people on the other
and though doing a great deal of
ice we had very little really hard
hung and hence came through with
loss in killed and wounded than
F other cavalry regiments suffered.
lng the summer of 1864, we did serv-
IN one of the Gulf States. Much of
time we we're away from our base of
plles and had to live off the country.
led us into a new line of experi-
rs, some of which were amusing,
e pathetic, some sentimental. OF
adventure | am about to relate, you
form your own opinion.
ne day when, for a wonder, my COM
y had been permitted to lie idle in
p Tor 4 whole week, l was sent with
an of wagons and about forty men
0 some foraging. The country in
vicinity OF our camp had already
stripped bare-so we went on and
picking up a little here and there
! we were about twenty miles from
?. There wasno hostile force known
near us and so we felt perfectly
F.e IN the afternoon we reached a
tatlon. 1t was of moderate size and
Iormerly been carefully cultivated.
'Le flelds We're now neglected and
OF weeds. There were the usual
llalngs, and a little way off the slave
'ers-now entirely deserted. The
e was not large. 1t stood in q beau
park, and in the midst of surround
tecay was very neatly kept. On our
we mad heard of this plantation and
Y family resident here. The owner
Fominandcd a regiment of Confed-
p, aad had but recently lost his life
!lle; His only son was now an Of
~ the same army. The family at
consisted of the mother, who was
p, and her daughter, a young lady
out twenty. There we're about the
iour or five old African women
"o or three old black men, with a
eolored children. All, the able
= colored people had disappeared
ae OF the men being in the Union
NO other persons we're to be
Q the plantation. As we had
'old that these people had some
anu also some corn-nfeal, we
ca to look the matter up. As our
~ we're only about half loaded, the
once began to search the out
nsS' and. finding a few bushels of
promptly appropriated it.
ing given orders to the men, I
into the house to make some
les OF the family. The young
net me at the door and very frank
me OF their condition. me
dead father and of her absent
-that her mother was sick up
ana that at present they were
on corn bread made without
lat they had less than a bushel of
the house, and not a pig, a
H. a COW. a horse or a mule, any
on the plantation. She hoped
p.her might soon return, for if
were not obtained they must
NIL 4 terrible RIB story. very plainly