Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-09-13
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A Gallant Iowa Soldiers Prophcsy an,
How n Was FULFILLED.
am personally connected with on,
OF those sad incidents which can nove
bc removed from my memory. During
our transient rendezvous near Memphis
Tenn, in the month OF juno, 1864. W.
wore in doubt rs TO where we would bt
sent We had in our company one o.
those froe-henrtcd, lively, caro-drivo
away follows in the person OF Robert A.
Long. Corporal Long was tho songster
Of our company, and was specially
Robert, for no ono could feel bad il
Bob was round, for ho could soon
have tho boys dancing or roaring with
laughter Mt his matchmaking. Noble,
genorous-hcartod was our Robert, who
was fine specimen of physical dovcl-
opmcnt, and who happened to bo my
mess-matc. Soon, however, our anx-
iety to move was gratifiod, but to what
| point of the compass remained TO U.S.
MS TO all other soldiers, unexplained.
Sunday morning, the 26th day OF June,
opened up to us with its balmy stiffness,
tho birds seeming to withhold their us
uul morning chorus, when the drums be-
gan the rcveille, and tho orderly flying
around among his company with Fall
in, Co. G-evory man OF you be ready
TO move In five minutes While the
boys wcrc getting knapsacks, tents,
etc, in readiness, Corporal Long came
% mo and snid:
Lyons. feel strange to-day. don't
know why. But | am going to be killed.
| wish you TO take this picture OF my
sisters and these letters of mothers
and fathers and this Testament and
should Inover return again, please send
them to my mother in Iowa"
why, Robert" said I. what makes
you so sad. Have you not as much Sc
curity and guarantee OF safety rs others
Of our comrndesP Besides, it will be
terrible to think of you being killed, us
we can't get along without you. Robert
al cam help 1t" he said. Something
tells me l will not see the setting OF to-
days sun"
"Well, Robert" said /, ~ hope you
will find yourself mistaken and be with
us again soon; and ] will take special
care of these articles which you intrust
10 my care, and should circumstances
require that deliver them to yourpoo-
pie, will do so. And now Robert (as
we grasped hands,, goodbye, and do
not feel so despondent, for we hope to
meet you round the mess tonight"
/ shall never forget the expression in
his face rs he said farewell, and no
word ever sank deeper into my heart.
The noise and confusion was soon re-
moved by the orders from the Lieuten-
ant Colonel, and at n Fright face
marchw tho regiment, with Company
& and our Robert, was soon away and |
on the cars. In a short time we saw
we turned our attention to duties in
cumbent of hospital service in the field.
The regiment moved at about $3.50 a
m. While | was busy in the forenoon,
probably about eleven a. m, the tele-
graph brought us the sad intelligence |
seems that one of Company G's men
was wounded by bushwhackers and the |
train stopped, as it became necessary
to leave this man at small station |
(Colliorvillo), in charge of a surgeon
and three men. After the detail was
made out it was filed by mistake,
Robert Long being one of the detail,
and another man had taken his place
After the train started the officer in
charge called on Robert (who was still
on the moving train) TO come and help.
Robert, on hearing his name called, be-
gan to make all haste to get off. He
threw his gun, and it stuck in the
ground on tho bayonet. He then
climbed down the end of the freight
car and got around on the bumpers in
order TO jump out. The train had now
gained considerable velocity. Robert
made the spring, but there was large
nail driven into the end OF the car,
which caught his knapsach- Just
rs he sprang, and he fell beneath the
wheels OF that heavily-loaded freight
train, and seventeen cars passed over
him about the middle OF his person.
While the second car was passing
over him he reached out both hands for
help, but, alas! too late, as his body
was lattened as thin as silk ribbon.
We at the field camp could not believe
It, until a second telegram confirmed
he first as fatally true. The weather
being very warm, they could do no
more than bury our comra.le under the
branches of large old oak
lear Collierville, to await the morning
when we will be called together to an.
iwcr the great roll-call beyond
would like to hear from others of the
Is h Iowa. %. j. Lyon, Co. G, 45th
owa. Sabc.ha, Kan, in National