The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-10-29
"LIGHTs AND SHADOWS OF THE OH
CAMP FIRES"
BY ONE OF THE "oLD VETS. ~

BY ONE OF THE - OLD VETS.
81 hope Wen win i'll hope Wen win
It'll Dying a0ords Of ConssOain Of the
| Wabash
"shall we give her a broadside once more, my
brave men
! Aye aye ran the full earnest cry;
breadside broadBide Wen give them again.
| Then for God and the right nobly de-
Lieutenant Morris, Of The Cumberland.
The boys of the One Hundred and Sew
enteenth New York Regiment tell good
joke in regard TO the 'mustering In" of a
darkey attached to that regiment. A huge
mustard plaster was applied to his back,
about foot below where the rear buttons
of his coat were placed, and under the
belief that ali soldiers were served In the
same manner, as q sort of military in
stitution, he wore it until the pain became
uncomfortable, at which time he was for
mally declared mustered in" the Union
army.
A secession minister came into a
store kept by Quaker and talked loudly
against the Union army, until broadbrim
told him he must stop or leave the store.
The clerical brawler keep on till the Qua
ker told him he would put him out of the
| store if he did not go out. "What," ex-
claimed the minister, 81 thought you
Quakers did not fight 'srhe sancti-
fed do not fight, but | have not been
sanctified yet, and l will put thee out OF
the store in minute" The minister fed
from the wicked Quaker.
The gunners on the Ironsides at Morris
Island had neat way of exploding their
projcctles within the fort. 1t was i'm
| possible to drive them through the sand
and cotton of which the work was made,
nor could the guns be so elevated as to
toss them from mortar, so they fired the
| shells 30 that they struck the water about
| fifty yards from the beach and jumped
into the fort. In nearly every instance
this manner OF firing made the missiles
effective. ''fhat is what / call billiards, !"
said the captain, watching the firing.
'fhey carom on the bay and beach, and
pocket the ball in the fort every time"
An officer in the Mississippi fleet Is
authority for the following After the bat
tie and capture of Forts Henry and Don
| elson, the fleet was lying at Cairo. The
prisoners were passing the fleet, and
| among them there was u contraband, an
old servant of one OF the officers. In pas
sing the Essex, he shook bis head and re-
marked, 81 doesn't Ike dat one pipe boat,
for when she cum along and throwed dem
rotten shell OBJ hers, we couldn't stan II
no longer den massa run, and after dat
left too" just previous to the battle,
had filled my shells with an incendiary
matter of my own invention, which had
not the most agreeable smell, and hence
the old darkey's remark.
When Gen. Sherman was in command
at Benton Barracks, st. Louis, he was in
the habit OF wearing an old brown coat
and 'stoVe-plpe nat, ana was not re-
cognized by the minor officials and SOL
diers. One day be met with soldier
who was beating mule. ''Stop pounding
that mule, said the General. "Gt out,"
said the soldier, In ignorance OF to whom
he was speaking. 81 tell you to STOP"
reiterated the General. "You mind your
business and will mind mine," replied
the soldier. 81 tell you again to stop
said the General. "Do you know who l
am9 am General Sherman ''Thats
played out" said the soldier, "Every
man who comes along here with an old
brown coat and stove-plpe hat on,
claims to be Gen. Sherman" For once
the General considered himself out1anked.