Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-01
Il. ID. CORDNER.

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"a little more grape, Captain Bragg;
Freedom calls ~you-quick, be ready.
Think of what your sires have been.
On! and let your watchword be,
Country, home and liberty"
One mile south of Judge Bratton's is the
tied in White township in 1885. He was
not at home. His wife extended a pleasant
greeting and entered into conversation
very freely,
Mr.. Cordner has been unfortunate in
grain raising. His crops have been hurt
by hail twice since he located here, and
one fall he lost his barn and several head
of stock and some farm machinery by fire.
He did not "lay down" over it, but re-
doubled his efforts and has by energy and
business tact made up in other pursuits for
his loss on the farm. He has eighty acres
in crop, ten head of horses, including the
colts, and a number of first.class cattle and
cows. He is doing a large trade in farm
machinery; also canvasses for fire n hail
insurance, n frequently can be seen with
a sample case of whips. HIS wife reported
the machinery and insurance business
good and some portions of the crop prom
Used a fair yield.
Mrs. Cordner, with wifely pride, pro-
duced the soldier papers of her husband
and from them | find that Burleigh county
! a claim as a resident one who served his
country during the war with the light ar
tillery. This adds a representative of one
more branch of the army, and while the
county has not been half %canvassed, near
lu QvQru hottlpfialh has a commemorative
living in Burleigh county. That is a good
showing for pioneers. A. D.. Cordner was
born in Rhode Island, and so were his an
cestors for three generations back. He en-
listed March 8, 1852. in Company S, First
regiment Rhode Island light artillery,
by Col. Geo. w. Adams. After seven
months service with Company G, Mr..
COrdner was appointed orderly to COL. Ad-
ans and served with him until March,
1855. Col. Adams and the First regiment
of Rhode Island made an excellent record
and gallant officer is also the history and
record of his orderly, for wherever Col.
Adams was, Orderly Cordner was with him,
and often the orderly. in the performance
of his duties in carrying messages and or
ders, was exposed to more danger and
hardships than his colonel. To give cor
rectly, even partially, an account of the
many engagements, marches, missions and
responsible duties Mr.. Cordner performed
would call for the history Of the army of
the Potomac from B2 to IS. To be brief,
and at the same time do justice, is difficult,
but the reader will readily see the charac-
ter Of the service rendered when told that
Orderly Cordner was in fOrty-twO engage
ments before Gen. Grant assumed COM
mand Of the army Of the
Potomac and in ten under
Grant. If that is not an excellent record,
where will you find one? With this fam
lily one little scrap of paper is priced more
than all others. 1t is a newspaper account
of a speech made by the grandfather of
Mr.. Cordner. 1t wa made at a great
union mass meeting. General Grant and
many prominent statesmen were there.
Grandfather Cordner, who was a "war of
1912" soldier, had a seat on the grand stand.
During the address great excitement and
enthusiasm prevailed, and the old veteran
gave way to the ruling spirit and stepped
to the front and said, Il am a pensioner of
the war Of 1912; l have nine sons and
4randsons now in the union army, and if
the government would accept mt l would
go too. l { am not too old to see across a rifle
barrel yet"
They have another precious memento IN
the tamily-a bouncing baby boy. He may
become an orderly some day, but for the
present he's the boss. *