The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-11

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Louisiana was not the o. ny party %
the war who vas being &C, 'nci'ia'ed.
Every regiment Ind son Officer.
generally young Ii-utenan :. whose
ability. appearance and spirit com
PEELED his comrades - pronounce him
the flower 81 the flock Ours was
Will Glennic. The natives approve
our choice Of their own accord. and we
accepted their dictnm without a bit 81
jealousy. fearing only that the young
stcr might cause some fruitlcss heart
aches. But he didn't. lie was officer
Of the first picket line we threw OUT
and 20 impressed was hc with the de-
fen,ive possibilities Of tho place. that
We were glad 10 have him relieve us
OF some responsibility by taking
charge Of the slight carihworks IL
seemed advisable 70 erect. He spent
a full half Of every day outside the
lines. looking for additional points OF
vantage. and rs no enemy had been in
the vicinity for weeks. he never cared
for a guard
Time passed 50 delightfully."- for a
fortnight that there was little but roll
calls and picket duty to remind a that
We were soldiers Every thing was
too pleasant 10 last. so onr day "A rattle
~ rnu,ketry warned Us that there wcs
trouble on the picket line BY the time
our bnglcs had recalled " from our
ho~pitablc lounging-p a -. and hurried
rs toward the front. a soldier with a
broken arm came in and reported that
some cavalry had tried to force their
way into town BY the western road.
anu. being repil-ed. had di-mounted.
ana were di-agreeing. in the usual mil
itary manner. with the pickcts. who
had fallen back TO Glennies breast
works.
\ Bless Glennie forthe brca~tworks'''
exclaimed our Major in command.
after he had shouted: i Double quick,
march,
The resistance made b. our entire
force seemed TO disgust the enemy.
for in couple Of hours they ceased
firing. 4 special roll call showed that
none Of our men had been killed. and
ONLY two or three wounded. but {;
Captain approached the Major and
said that Lieutenant Glennie was miss
ing. lie had gone nearly mile e
the front. TO little elevation who're
he had thought howitzer might ad
y vanfagcou-ly be posted. gone two 81
4 three hours before the enemy ap
pcared.
Captured then. OF course.
groaned the Major. ''Confound il
, gentlemen. for the good Of the service
I'd rather have been captured myself.
\ Most Of us felt the same way. ant
we were too dismal for the remainder
Of the day even TO rejoice ~ having re
, pulsed the enemy. The entire forc'
|. went out n skirmishcrs for "A mile y
!. two. asking questions n every planta
v ton house and cabin. but no one coul'
! tell whether or no the enemy. AS the
galloped away had Union officer Wit
! them.
I We felt 30 ugly at orr loss that "
4 feared to face the natives when we re
I turned to town What would the
\. think az III. a. soldiers. when the
v learned that the officer whom we al
i cheerfuIly Acknowledged was III
4 abieSt soldier among rs had falle
\ into the enemy's hands, The Majo
= was 20 amazed that he actually bit q
! the mouthpicce Of his pipc-stem in
/. fit ~ anger; but this severe action al
!, not return to u the flower Of the rec
a iment.
!, Just before sunset q sentry on III
4 road startled all Of uS. A. we lay b
u hind the works. by shouting:
NJ Officer Of the guard. Flag Of true
! coming.
n We all sprang upon the parapet. m
= saw emerging from the forest. near
4 half mile away. a horse. rider an
tiny white rag. The Major raise
4 his glasses. pecrcd through them
, moment. dropped them and exclaime
II ..Well. I've heard that the Confe
Il cracy had robbed the cradle and u
Or grave. bat didn't imagine they'd bee
al recruiting Amazons That flag is ca
u ried By woman"
Ie Then all OF Us wished we had glasse
H. The rider advanced slowly until '
2. could see that she was not armed; tn
nr that she had good seat and a fine 4
nj urc. and finally that she was your
d. and pretty.
Il Wants protection for her propert
cr I suppose" growlcd the Majo
Those raiders are probably cleanil
n out the family's barn and smok
III house. there being nobody at hon
rs but women and children. What
As they suppose few infantry can
en- against nobody knows how many ca
e. alry?"
'c- Nevertheless we went slowly OF
% alone. 10 meet her. at which Glcnni,
N Captain exclaimed:
al This isn't according TO custo
az Who knows but shes young ma
70 disguised. and will drop the Maj
ed with his pistol? Come on. boys