The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-04-12
PORT HUDSON CAMPAIGN.
Personal Reeollections Of the War Be-
tween the States by Private
Soldier.

Soldier.
While at Port Hudson, we whiled
away the time in doing pretty much
nothing except work on the fortifi-
cations. Love of gambling seems to
be an indigenous growth in an
army, and everything that was q
game from chuckaluck to faro, was
INDUCED in by the soldiers in the
southern army. Some men became
like Cresus and others like Job.
II. c. E. of company F. was one of
TIE most successful card-players In
the army, and while at Port Hud-
son he won everything in the whole
army that he played for. Poor fell
low, he fell in the last charge OF the
war at Bentonville, N. c. Clay was
fine soldier and generous heart
ed man. Chicken fighting was Of
ten INDUCED in, not alone with
game cocks, but shanghais, domi-
hicks, bantams and mIx-breeds, |
and jail alike were entered, and
many was the barnyard that was
robbed Of its s.rutting and Growing
ornament Soldiers Will not steal
they just took them chicks and
not lnfrequently ..all the ducks and
geese along with them. The roos-
ters for the pit, the hens for the
pot. While writing about taking
things 1 am reminded of quite an
amusing episode in connection with
R. j. B. Our commissary had col
lected quite number of hogs, and
had them penned up, preparatory
TO slaughtering, and the boys
thought it but fun to take from
the government. So onesevening
r. j. and big Joab recconoitered
the pen and made preparations for
the night attack on the porkers. r.
j. prided himself on his superior
generalship IN foraging, more es-
pecially when a large porker was
the pIize at stake after dark. R.
j. mustered his force, consisting
entirely of G. company men, and
Joab the big was first lieutenant.
Il. j. put his force in motion and
soon arrived at the camp of the
hogs. They were ALL fast asleep.
lying in groups, and as r. j. only
wanted one he was careful not to
wake the others, fearing that the
guard would be forced to take no.
tice of it. So he said: .'Hold on,
boys; let me get over first" He
quietly crawled over the fence and
began his search for a single hog,
and whispering, "hold on, boys; Ill
get him." At last he thought of
exclaiming eureka" but fear of
disturbing the slumbers of the
watchful sentinel and sleeping
swine he desisted. An immense
hog, as he thought, was lying full
length before him and his idea was
to fall on the hog, cut his throat
and
LET HIM BLEED TO DEATH.
So he got out his Arkansas tooth
pick and felt OF the edge, to find il
ready for the fray. He made ready
and the thing which he took to be
the hog was only the shadow of one
on mud hold. r. j. stuck fast in
the mud and had to be relieved by
Lieut.. Joab and the other boys
who affirm that he was almost to-
tally covered up with mud. Joah
afterwards killed the hog with an
axe and R. j. was appeased, but
how Bob caught the hog was often
told afterwards, causing hear y
a hearty laugh. One morning jus.
after coming off picket some of us
were at headquarters, talking to
Col. Walker, when Gen. Gregg's
orderly rode up and gave the colo
hel paper. After reading it Col.
w. asked him if Gen. Gregg had
issued the same orders to the whole
brigade. The orderly said no, only
to the 3rd. Our old colonel was in
dignant, saying ''the third don't do
all the stealing in the army, but ]
| will obey Some one had robbed
Gen. Gregg of his skillet, which to
a soldier was indispensable and he
had issued orders to search onr reg
iment and notice of this was what
nettled Col. Walker. "Well," says
the-oolonel, "we will begin with
Co. D." Now company D. had q
private soldier ins the person OF
Joe Dycus, a mere lad not over 1f
or III years old, and as Joe
had some reputation for his famll.
iarity with brigade headquarters
at least with with the cooking uten
sils thereof, the colonel searched
Joe first, and to his great surprise
he found the generals skillet. Joe
was brought before Gregg, who
= said: "Dycus, why did you steal
:. my skillet?' Joe held to it that be
did not steal it. "Well, sir, how
'' came you with it?' Joe was ar
nneducated fellow, and had very
l. droll pronunciation and answered
the general: 81 was jist comm
=. from picketin' old Troth's landin'
/. whar the skeeters like to eat me mp
n and cum by here to ak you fol
the loan of your skillit, to make ny
coash in and you war sleepin' 81
nicely l wouldn't wake you, blu
. borryed the skillit and was going t,
fetch it back soon as l was done m,
Y breakfast" Gen. Gregg laughe,
y and said: Joe, when you want my
Z, skillet come and get it," Joe wa
d a gallant boy and if he was uned
3, ucated, nature made him brave an,
: generous, and he was true to tn
1T flag to the end. Another laugha
y BILE story about Joe: He was cap
It tured in the Georgia campaign am
r sent north to prison, and after tn
re surrender, the prisoners were pa
- rolled and Joe had wendell his wa
III back to Nashville. He was at tn
ID old Decatur depot on Broad stree
" waiting for the train and he
y, sPIED A PIE STAND.
Es Now, if there was anything tina
al Joe loved better than anythin
a else, pie was that thing; but he ha
i'd no money, and yet he walked bold
ly up to the pieman and asked
show der yer sell these pies?" Th
pie vender told him so much pe
: pie, Joe replied: Il am axing 70
ID the price by the Dozen" The pi
~ man said: "One dollar per doze
! in hard monry and one dollar an
half in greenback." Joe said
"Put me up Dozen" and after r,
ceiving them he laid confederat