The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-28

sion In the 20th. / replied Ia tho afiirma-
tive, and soon after received my eommlh'
sion with orders 10 report forthwith 70
Gen, Sheridan az New Orleana,
We we're al New Orleans but a short
time, when orders came 70 embark for
Texas. The three days voyage across the
Gulf In midsummer, confined 20 the close
quarters Of a small steamer, deprived or
water no 10 drink, was anything but q
pleasure trip, have no doubt many or
Inc men thought the forced march 10
Knoxville In midwlnter OF the Siege or
Chattanooga more enllirable'
Landing at IndRnOla, we marched up
tho country about AOmileH, and there upon
the banks OF the Plaoedore went Into
oamp and remained IN mastery inactivity
over three months, living. upon the con
demned supplies OF q defaulting New
Orleans quartermaster and commlhhhry,
A more monotonOua military llfe could
soarOely he Imagined separated from all
sOolety-hut one family within ~
miles, and that one mlserably degraded
no books or papers aud malls weeka
aparl-no opportunity loforage except an
occasional draw Of veal from the herds OF
cattle roaming the prairie, but plenty
Of mosquitoes, galllnlpperh ana aagd'llleH,
Occasionally d party would 90 down 20
often wondered since, that we didn't
make ourselves sick by the exposure, We
had some expetienee with the oenllped
and the taranula but suffered no damage,
While tWO comrades were gathering
peoAn nuts, oentlped dropped from
limb upOn the neck Of one OF the mon and
fastened his lentacula into his skin and II
was impossible for his oomrade 20 pull II
of, H0 was compelled TO cut II oil with
his knife, The man was made very sick,
/ WAS sent for, gave him Htlmulania and
oauterlzed the bitter place. Drawing on
my boot one morning, my foot touched
something which felt Ike q worn' Qnlek
as Thought Withdrew the boot, and turn
lnq down, eentiped dropped out
fell that had made a narrow eaoape,
Notwithstanding tho hnnOyanoeh 10
which we were subjected, IN the way Of
unpalatable food aud water, the health OF
the regiment during our stay In Texas
was very good. There was but ono death
and that WAS "a tenderfOot surgeon OF An
Indiana regiment who died Of typhoid
fever, II will be remembered by those
present who were with ua In Texas, that a
guard was placed over the grave for a
number OF nights 10 protect his body
from the coyote.
have often said, and l now repeat II,
that all the misery, discomfort and auirer
lnQ endured In the four years active scr.
vice, was not equal 10 what we auitered
during the three months stay In Texaa,
Adlutant Raper anha me 10 tell the
story OF tho woman who appeared IN camp.
/ we'll remember that little epiaode,
which for time created quite q stir In
camp. II was noiaed around that there
was q woman IN cimp-a lady nt head
auartera. Imbned with an lntulllye weak
ness for the opposite sex, could not 70.
alat tho desire 10 sec her, as had not met
a white woman for several monthn. On
reaching headquarters, | found the tent
surrounded with soldiers all equally cur
oua 10 soc tho woman,
1 heard her story 10 the oiilcer IN COM
mand. She lived some twenty mileh dis
tant, aud a soldier had taken from her
house a double barrel shot gun aud she
came 20 our camp In the hope OF ACQUIRING
her property. There was something IN
her manner and language which attract
cd me and when tho opportunity present
cd, 1 asked her whore she was from,
Judge OF my aurprlao when she anhwercd
-GeauQa county, Ohio. Her story In
brlof was, that hor husband had con-
aumptlon-waa advised 10 remove South
that ho loft the Reserve before the war
and settled In Texas. lie recovered his
honlth-wna conacrlptod into tho Southern
army and killed by hla Northern friends,
The woman recovered lfor gun, l., 81