Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-02-21
WHERE GLENNIE WAS.
How He Was Made Prisoner by a
Pretty Confed crate Miss.

"Iwas down in Louisiana, not
many years ago." to quote from an
old song, that several companies of us
wicked Yankees were posted in small
town just far enough from New
Orleans and other important points to
be of no strategic consequence for its
own sake; yet, being on direct route
from the enemy's lines to the Missis-
sippi river, was important as an out
post. The war was almost over, and
the enemy knew it, and we knew they
knew it, so we were not as vigilant as
we might have been had we been sta
toned in front of Lees army. The
natives were loyalty Southern, every
man of them, perhaps should say
every woman, for the only men left in
town were the few who had passed
their three score years and ten, one
physician and one preacher. But the
natives did not allow us to feel UNI
comfortable. The doctor disagreed
radically with us on principle and
cursed Grant fuently, but he took pro-
fessional and even friendly interest in
such of us as had more malaria than
our regimental surgeon could manage.
The preacher gave us a sermon that
reminded us of Sundays at home, and
the old men would smoke and chat
with us all day long, so long as we die
not say what we believed about The
future of military events.
AS for the women, bless them! they
were exactly like the majority o
women everywhere else, very tenacious
of their opinions so far as the war wa.
concerned, but otherwise hospitable
gracious and charming. They didn't
mean to give us the entree of local so
ciety, but somehow we got there al
the same. We did it so quietly that
none OF them knew how it began o.
who began it, and don't believe tina
after the first twenty-four hours an,
OF them took the pains to inquire. w
purchased enough supplies to set bust
ness booming, allowed no marauding
wore clean clothing, and were on on
good behavior every way, Presiden
Lincoln having specially ordered
through General Banks, that Louisi
ana must be "conciliated" (whateve
that might mean).
The consequence was that we off
GERS soon knew every body wort
knowing, and Were entertained with a
much courtesy and seif-possessien 3
If the native coffee had not beel
burned rye or some other substitute
and the tablecloths had not long be
forc been turned into lint or bandage
for Southern hospitals. We found in
offensive ways of introducing rea
Java, white sugar, Oolong tea an
other dining-room specialties dear t
the feminine heart, and we unloade
countless novels and newspapers int
eager hands. More important tina
all else, believe we could talk. S
could they, but for some reason
womeHH'ss talk with women did nc
seem to have been entirely satisfying
We talked so industriously and to sue
good effect, that any chance visito
who might have dropped into town
the middle of our first week woul
have thought from appearance that W
were lifelong acquaintance. Tn
women never let us forget that the
were Southerners to tho hearts core
and that we were merely Lincol
hirelings; still, they were womer
they did not like to see any one apes
careless of dress, so soon there Wa
not uniform coat with loose hang
ing button. To have a Souther
woman, whether maid, wife, widow {
gray-haired grandmother, bring
needle and thread and tighten blu
ton, while the wearer stood awkward
in front of her, was to realize tn;
Louisiana was not the only party
the war who was being ''conciliated.
Every regiment had some office
generally young Lieutenant, wbo'
ability. appearance and spirits cor
PEELED his comrades to pronounce hi
the flower of the flock. Ours vi
VIII Glennie. The natives approve
our choice of their own accord. and v
accepted their dictum without bit
jealousy, fearing only that the youn
ster might cause some .ruitless hear
aches. But he didn't He was offlc
81 ne aFst picket line We threw o.