Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-06
a WONDERFUL DREAM.
How General Carnahan Claims to Hs
Foreseen a Battle.

If the question is direct, General Car
nahan will say that he has no faith in
dreams. He admits that they are
sometimes very strange, and he says
that.he has himself had some very re-
markable experiences in dreaming.
He has. while asleep. foreseen import
ant events in his life; still he does not
regard dreams as in any way signifi
cant, and can not say that he has any
faith in them. A conversation with
him elected this information before
he told the story that is here re-
peated.
'In the battle of Mission Ridge" he
said, II was injured by the cOncus-
sion of a bursting shell. The day af
terward | felt i'll, and as l continued
to grow worse / was relieved from
duty. When my brigade started. three
weeks afterward, for East Tennessee, /
was still in the hands of the surgeon,
but gradually recovered. and on the
23d of December / received orders to
escort a supply train from Chattanooga
to Knoxville.
My command comprised 800 men.
On the 30th of December we reached
the river crossing at Charleston. 1t
WAS dreary, drilling evening when
we arrived at the point where inform
ed the men we would go into bivouac-
i gave orders that the picket line
should be stationed with the right rest
ing on the river above and the left be-
low, forming ahalf circle. After max
ing the rounds and instructing the men
to keep a very sharp lookout, because
the country was strange, and it was not
improbable that we would be attacked
at any time. | went into camp. Early
in the night Tennessee cavalryman
came into camp for the assistance of
our chaplain in getting himself proper
ly married 10 his sweetheart With
some of the officers / attended the we'd
ding, ard il was late before i got back
to the camp and retired. | slept very
soundly. We had no intimations that
the enemy was anywhere near, and our
scouts had reported no signs of dan
ger, so that it appeared that all was
safe.
During the night / dreamed that
beyond our camp was ridge, and TO
the left side of the road. setting back a
short distance, was rather fne-look-
ing house with q porch on each side
and with green shutters over the win
dows On each side of the walk lead
ing up to the house was a row of ever
green's From the ridge looking be
yOnd was an open field. inclosed by a
stake-and-ridered fence. 1t all ap-
peared to me very wildly. l dreamed |
that some pickets were scattered and |
that in the early morning Wheelers |
Cavalry appeared in sight and began to
lay down the fence, and moved toward |
our men to attack them. At the same |
time | saw regiment of our cavalry |
approach from the other side of the
river. At this point in my dream | /
was awakened by the bugle call.
"A moment afterward another bugle-
call was sounded. and when l went
down to the bridge found that Colonel
Longs Ohio cavalry was camped on the
noticed road just as had seen it in
my dream. l followed the road to the
picket line. and / saw ridge beyond
just as it appeared to me while asleep,
l followed the road to where it crossed
the ridge, and came in sight of farm
house, with green shutters and rows of
evergreen trees in front. Where our
pickets should have been stationed they
were gone. at once re-established the
picket line farther out. advancing the
line until it occupied the ridge, and
placed in charge Captain Billings, who
now lives at Hillsboro, instructing him
under no circumstances TO leave with
out orders / returned TO the camp,
ordered the men into line and moved
out to the old picket lines. | could hear
the men murmuring and grumbling
When the old picket line was reached
the command TO order arms, fix bay
onets and STACK arms was given.
Just at that instant lively skirm-
ish fire on the new picket line
began. / sent word to Colonel Long.
across the river, that we had been at
tackled, and at once marched the men
toward the place where the skirmish
was taking place. When we got to the
ridge Wheeler's men were laying down
the fence. While waiting for him to
move, sent orders to cake our wagon
train across the river without mo-
ment's delay. in order that the supplies
might not be placed in unnecessary
danger. Wheeler's men formed in line.
but while hesitating to advance we
made n charge and broke their lines
Long came up just in time to pass {
through and join in the pursuit We I
captured 100 men, ITO horses and two t
pieces of artillery. {
while the situation of the country,
the movements of the enemy and the
approach of Longs cavalry were all as 7
had appeared in my dream, / had no S
previous information about any of I
them. had not seen the place where
the tight occurred. l did not know i
Longs cavalry was near. and had no 5
information that Wheelers cavalry was l
in that part of the country. Indian l
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