Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-05-28

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the natural TO the Supernatural, from ene
purely practical TO the speculative ana mys-
tical, and our views as ID usual with very
young men, were more positive tnan tney
would be now. On my referring to the odd
ness OF his name, ana MS air OF mystery, ne
replied that when the war was over, should
10 survive 1t, ne would nave no more re
serves; that then would understand MS
present motlVes lot conceaimenh
Once more we Went our respective ways;
ne gong 70 Grant IN tennessee. ana 20 the
mississippi notliia DENT on opening the river.
he was at Shlloh, wnlle was at the capture
OF Island NO ~. nad lntendeo 10 JOIN
uranus army a1ter tnat event; OUT ms victory
was won almost simultaneously the oattie
having occurred earlier than had been antic-
ipated, owing TO the enemy making the at
tack. received letter from Hakluyt. and.
reading between the lines. could see that he
had once more distinguished himself, He
had CARRIED tbrouoh a deadly Ara eoveral
h;yhlv ,rnortant or5ara IN tho ;ssno ~
vh;ch tho onrogamant t,,rrod Nc r,;,h+
not hava t,,d ne .h;. hsd he MT hoor ~
orohlv ,,entiona, T., Tho @1isns+cbes ond ,,ro-
noted to the rank Of colonel
We did not see each other again until we
were before Vicksburg in the winter and
spring Of 1863 One night we were on the
Louisiana peninsula, opposite the besieged
town, when some of our eunboats ran the
Confederate batteries. We, with others who
had gone there to witness the spectacle, were
directly in range The shot and shell tore
through the trees above our heads, shatter-
ing the trunks, and cutting off the limbs,
which fell around US in fragments 1t was
terrible fire. The Mississippi shore seemed
,hot out in murderors flame: the air was full
Of deadly missiles; it appeared as if no liy-
ing thing in front Of them could escape. But
the danger was more visible than actual. We
lay on the ground. and the shot passed above
us, commonly at height of ten or twelve
feet. Our chief peril was from tumbling
branches and fyine splintera Worthless
called the ceaseless fire a military wood cut-
ting machine. cords of wood might have been
gathered the next morning in our vicinity
though It would hardly have been worth the
powder and iron expended for it.
In lull Of the cannonade we overheard
a group Of men near us giving directions as
to the disposition Of their bodies in case they
should be killed. Being all married but one,
they wished their remains and what money
and valuehles thew had on THAR ,,orsons
sent home to their wives. The bachelor, Who
was the Bohemian correspondent Of a Chi.
caco newspaper. said: .Burv me- inst whera
| lie; nobody cares for me. and havan,t a
cent in nv pocket" Hakiuvt longbad a.
this. and said: ats a preot comfort ;sr.t -,
when a fellow is in danger to think thot 10
isn't married. II have hcardnI ranl;aJ
that mature husbands are often ,nd;frarent
to danger. even to death Ia II haco,,sa
they have nothing to live for1 or because
they have nothing morOto feoran Arotho.
roar Of the batteries prave,tad resnnnsa.
and as the yuuboats had passed the H.inn
gradually ceased. and in an hour or +,v1, NC
were asleep on one Of the transpor4s
That nights experience had ov.k.,o, 4,
both of us a DESIRE tn RIM tho h,++ar;o., L.
thought it might be exciting n Govt ~ co.,.
ton. since ali that could he dove -vo,,1d ~.
as the phrase ia to stand md tars ~ u,l,;"h ~
Is commonly thoupbt To i've t-;oI ~ o,,.a,.a
told hin, that his valor had heen t,.;ad -,
often that it was superauous tn trv Il fr,tha.
But he insisted, as before. that exnosura to a
new kind of peril might frirbten n man who
had reason tc believe himsa,f Irava ond
added: al have never run hatterias '.n,,
know, ard the thing apnss,ls to nv inayn.-
ton. hope we shall do it together sor,a
time"
Within week ho was ordered to Wash
ington as q bearer Of important dispatches
expecting to return speedily. Tho plan of
the campaign against Vicksburg demanded
that some of the transports should pass the
town, and preparations were made to that
end Ayear before, when Gen. W T. Sherman
had suggested tho idea. be WAS nronouncod
crazy. It had always been accented 90 ~,
incontrovertible military fact that = 1vooda,,
vessel could not 90 by a STATIONARY h,ttsrv -,
heavy grade. The attemnt had nsror 49, W
made by any nation. But Americ, was oo;ua
to try it; indeed Farragut's war shi,,s naI
already tried it successfully. We Ind aIreodv
taught Europe various military lessons. AMI