The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-03-04

discovered in the hollow trunk eight army
muskets and two bayouets. Soldiers had
stored them there about 81 years ago.
The widow OF General Custer says that
he was the first Of American army officers
to experiment on the rattlesnake as an en-
tree. His cook prepared the dish under
protest, and as the general was eating the
dainty, he saw the alarmed negro cautious
H pcering In through crack OF the tent,
doubtless expecting to see his master drop
down in fit
THE COLOR BEARER.
Here lies that brave that radiant one,
The youngest of our gallant band;
So fair, 1t seemed his blood alone
Might well redeem his stricken land
The red, the white, the blue, were there
In cheek and brow and flashing eye;
Richer than gold his waving hair
Beneath his flag we saw him die.
Red CLOVIS the rose above his tomb,
White swings the lily's perfumed bell,
And blue the sweet Spring ylolets bloom,
His eountry's colors guard him we'll.
General Sherman seemed to understand
that "Hungry soldier has no morale or
morals" for whea he caught lad in blue
in his wagon one night abstracting there
from large sugar-cured ham, he asked
kindly and without show of anger, shave
you no meat9 ?" "None," said the SOL
der; "rhe regiment is one day behind on
rations, and the commissary doesn't want
to make extra issues.n take the ham
then, said Sherman, as he resumed his
cigar, sand whenever you need any more
come to me and ask for them"
1t is the officers place to command aud
the privato's to obey, but once in while
the private may properly offer advice.
Colonel Cilley, of the First Maine Cavalry,
was little nearsighted aud once after he
formed his regiment on the Boynton plank
road, and the men opened rapid fire,
moment later, seeing no enemy, and COM
ing up 10 u corporal of Company b, he
shouted: "You are acting like fool with
your ammunition, Corporal" ''The rebs
are right out there" the corporal replied.
''That may be so, but wait till you can
see them" sKneel down here, colonel;
now look through there The colonel
said nothing more about wasting ammuni-
ton, but remained on his knees and began
firing with his revolver.
At the battle OF Fredericksburg, the 22d
Massachusetts regiment, after a sleepless
night, was aroused, the roll was called in
whispers, cartridges were distributed, and
we prepared to move up TO our line OF the
previous afternoon. "Why don't you get
up and get your cartridges ln said Ser
geant Knowles, as he touched with his
foot the blanketed form of man who was
lying with us. The man made no move
ment- Cold and shivering, and little
out of patience, the Sergeant stopped,
lighted match, removed the blanket aud
one OF the 18th Rhode Island dead was
exposed to view. The sergeant had been
trying TO issue cartridges to a dead man
and compel him to answer roll-call. The
soldier had answered hours before his
duty 10 his country was done, and who
knows how that stranger in our country
died, or what were his thoughts that cold,
bitter night on the battlefield of Freder-
icksburg
In the report by. General Sheridan of
bis operations in the Shenandoah Valley
are these facts Captured or destroyed
from August 1st, 1864 to January 1st,
1855, ITO cannous. SO gun carriages, 35
caissons, 1913 sets Of double harness, 2
anvils, 8, 067 small arms, 90, 900 rounds OF
ammunition, 81 wagons, 1877 ambuIances,
medicine wagons, l,006 common har-
ness, 1,040 sets of horse equipments, 40
battle flags, IA, 1863 small arms, aud l, 06l,-
900 rounds OF small ammunition, 4,240
horses, 553 mules, 100 -four mills, wool
en- mill, s saw mills, powder mill, 8
saltpeter works, 1890 barns. furnaces,
/ depot, | locomotive, distilleries, 2 box
cars, tanneries, AGO., 070 bushels Of
wheat, %, 900 bushels OF oats, l57, 076
bushels OF corn, S74 barrels of flour, 3D.
$50 tons of hay, 500 tons of fodder, 450
tons Of straw, 16,438 beef cattle, 1887
sheep, 6,14l swine, $50 calves, $4,000
pounds of bacon, 10, 900 pounds of tobac-
CO, 947emiles of rails, $500 bushels OF po-
tatoes, !, 655 balls OF cotton and factor
les. The casualties to Union forces 10
these operations were Sixth corps,
1900; Nineteenth corps, 5000; Crooks
army of West Virginia, 1855; Cavalry,
3,9l7 other troops 23l. Total 16, 952.
Life Of General Sherman.
No literary announcement OF the year is
OF greater interest to the general public
than that Of comprehensive Life OF Gen.
Sherman, which Is about to be published
and sold through agents by the noted
honso of Hubbard Brothers, of Phladel-
phia. Admirable biographies OF Grant and
Sheridan, complete to the time OF their
death, are already familiar to the public,
but life OF the tLird great comm ander,
TO finish the series, has been lacking. Tho
various biographies OF Sherman hitherto