The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-14
General sherman.

Sainted private In our army.
Florence Earle. IN Home and Country.
General sherman.
On May IS, 1861, Sherman was
commissioned colonel OF the Thir-
teenth Infantry, with instructions to
report to Gen. Scott ut Washington.
He was put in command of brigade
in Tyler's division.
On Aug. 8, 1861, he was made a
Brigadier-General of Volunteers, to
date from May IL. and on August 20
he was sent from the Army of the
Potomac to be second in command to
Gen. Robert Anderson in Kentucky.
On account of broken health Gen An
derson soon asked to be relieved from
the command. and was succeeded by
Gen. Sherman on October II.
He was relieved from his command
by Gen. Buell. on November IL and
ordered to report to Gen. Halleck.
commanding the Department OF the
West. General Sherman was placed
In command OF Benton Barracks. At
this time General Grant was in COM
mand OF the force to move on to Forts
Henry and Donelson in February,
1862, and just after the capture Of
these strongholds Sherman was as
signed to the Army OF the Tennessee.
In the great battle OF Shiloh, Sher-
mans division served as sort OF q
pivot. The loss in Sherman's divis-
ion was 2.O38.
On July Is. Sherman was ordered
to Memphis with instructions to put 1t
In state of defense. After the Western
armies had advanced to the line OF the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad the
next step was to capture Vicksburg
and thereby open to navigation the
Mississippi River, in which program
Gen. Sherman took a conspicuous part.
Gen. Sherman in this campaign he
was appointed brigadier- general in
the regular army to date from July
IA, 1868.
After General Grant had been made
Acknowledgements and assumed COM
mand Of all the armies OF the United
States on March 2. he assigned Gen.
tary Division of the Mississippi. COM
prising the entire Southwestern re-
gion. with temporary headquarters at
Nashville. In letter of March 4,
1864, Gen. Grant acknowledges to
Gen. Sherman his great gratitude for
his cooperation and skill, which so
largely contributed TO his own success.
Tho Romance of u Bible.
When John q. Keadle left home In
1861 US a volunteer in the Twentieth
Indiana Regiment he took with him a
lock of his young wife's and 3-months-
old daughters hair, carefully inclosed
in Bible which was given him by
his wife. He lost the Bible during u
battle. A friend from Georgia, visit
ing George r. Harper, in this coun-
try, told how his relative. Capt. job
Russell, Of Company A, Third Geor-
gia Regiment, had found just such a
Bible with the name and all in 1t.
Harper did not know Keadle, but ad-
vertised the book in Grand Army
newspaper, saying it had been placed
III ito hOCPiuSs AhChuiC cow bhO
vertisement, came to Madison, re-
covered his treasure, and returned
with it to his home in Talbot, Ind.
The daughter is now 80 years old and
married, but her mother Is dead.-Ex.
Was Carried ut the Head OF the 137th.
An Illinois state official received
from John Wood, OF Quincy, the tat
tered old battle flag which was carried
at the head Of the One Hundred and
Thirty-seventh Regiment OF Illinois
Volunteers during the Civil War. The
flag was obtained by Mr.. Wood from
his grandfather. Gov. John Wood. who
was Colonel of the regiment, and 1t
will be placed among the battle flags
OF other Illinois regiments now In
Memorial Hall at the State House,
Springfield.
In Memory of Con. Crook.
The nionaar NJ ri1oua nronoaa IN