The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-01
SHERIDAN WAS FRIGHTENED.
He Walkei Across a high Trestle on a
Dark Night Without Knowing 1t.
rom the Chicado Times

From the CHICAGO Times.
Ona night lust before the Chicago fire
c., Shen;ds,, ,,os a,+a,+airiro comrada
80, 0''oi 'N'i' 90 e'''0' ''''Ai- ~,
Vi lHe army VI us o"iloeIlalio' no ~
was stormy. After good dinner they were
ENJOYING a post -prandial cigar. Just then
Sharids, soil. "N,1v in apSwar To your
onest;ons w. aver afraId3 Was lever
scaredp In answer to the first. | am conf
dent no man in hi ,ioh+ mind poes into a
battle without feeling of dread-a some
thing that cannot he Cescrihad only experi-
eDce1 This feeling will vary according
to the neculiar merry 0I,s ORGANIZATION of tie
individual Tn il ara involved all The cues
tions Of moral resuonsihilitv end its effect
on the individual tine future etc. | Know
that il has its efFects ON me hut there comes
duty which is above everythinp In doing
volr 6utv outsiders lose signt Of this. AID
in that way some nan ret fhe credit of be-
ing without fear
NOV, as To the question If a scare
Show me the man who has not been scared
and ha will he a nbenomenon After the
TuIIehora co,nnai,r, with its tiohts of
Hoover, and Liberty Cans. with Bragg
forced bavond file Tennessee river. we went
into cam1. Nv division consisted of three
brigades. Two were stationed at Deckard
ON The Nashville and Chattanooga railroad.
The third brigade was at the terminus of a
| rAncD
mines some ten or fifteen miles away. Tnis
ruad ran through some rich valleys tcallad
coyes in that Tart of the c3untry)' in which
some sp endid plantations were situated.
"Ona day. lust before we began the move
that cuIrnina ed in the battle of Chicka-
manga. | went up to the end of the road t.
| inspec. my brigade stationed at that point
| took staff offic with ME. We drove up
the mountain in an ambulance and left or
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be at the terminus at 6 o'clock D. m. to take
! look at the junction and main camp at
| Deckard. | inspected my brigade and
waited until O'Clock D.. M. but no car
came. [ then took nv staff onicer and
started down the track, expecting every
moment to meet the car. We walked until
twilight and no car came. Seeing a light
at a snort distance from the road, but still
| near enough to hear the car if it came, we
went up and requested supper The pro-
prietor of the pldnta ton vas courtly cd
| gentleman, whom | thought received us
| rather colby and seemed i'll at ease. lie
| gave us a nice supper, but ! noticed every
! tning was hurried | also noticed a com
motion among the negroes.
after supper the old man approached
me and said: i see by your uniform you
are a ma ior-general in tie union army, and
| must enter my solemn protest against you
being here in the position YOU are without
a proper guard or escort. You well know
| these mou ntains are full of ignorant, fanati-
| cal man. ignorant of the laws of warm
! fact. but little better than Indians. They
would deem il patriotic act to murder
YOU. say murder, for it would
| be murder Since YOU arrived
| have nut every safeguard around YOU.
have sent nv negroes in every direction to
watch and TO give warning at the first
| intimation of danger. AS | said these men
| are ignorant and | am sorry to saw. beyond
NV control. | could not protect you for one
! instant, and beg of you for Gods sake go,
and pray YOU may safely reach camp And
permit me the privilege of al old man and
| let me beg of YOU never expose yourself to
such risks again. You well know the ter
ribIe punishment that fell on the communi-
tv when Gen. McCook was murdered in his
ambulance. The innocent and guilty alike
suffered. l shall pray for your safe return
| to camp. for should ANYTHING befall you,
God help this community. You do not real
| ize what your safety is to us. don't want
to appear inhospitable, but for Gods sake
GO want you to come and dine with me,
but with proper escort. Then l will feel
| free from all responsibility and will be
| happy to see YOU.
Il hurried away, approaching the old
mans fears, although l frankly admit
| had never thought of it before or of my
personal danger or its effects on any one in
case of any accident to myself. AS | walks d
away l must say l grew anxious. The
force of the old mans fears and words grew
on me. Not that | feared for myself but
| if an accident should happen to me, could
| in my imagination, see my division taking a
terrible revenge. So 1 hurried on, hoping
to meet the handcar before we came to the
| big lrestle- work, some 20 feet high and over
| $50 feet Tonga spidery affair. with nothing
but ties to walk on. l dreaded this more
than anything else, for l always get dizzy
trying to walk at any great hight. After
walking for about an hour (the darkness be-
ing intense) heard the welcome rattle of
the car, and stopped for it to come up. The
sergeant SAID mistake had been made, and
that they had been sent down the main line
to the tunnel. Not finding me, they came
back to the junction, and had hurried on,
| hoping to find me-
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