Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-14
Bran Cakes.

On the retreat from Lyuchburg we were
nearly starved 10 death, being wild with
hunger when we reached Meadow Bluffs;
where we were told all along that we
would get raiions. When we reached that
place. what was our dismay to find the
troops that were guarding the train were
driven back a week or ten days before
Where our rati0ns were no one knew.
We camped there during the day. Our
baggage wagons for the first time for a
number Of days caught up with US. By
some means we learned that a number Of
the 10th Ohio had left a little sack OF
-four. y or % pounds in Bill Frank
wagon. We pressed around him and 50
wrought upon his feelings, for indeed we
were starving. that Bill finally agreed to
issue it, | climbed up in the wagon and
held out big tin bucket which / had got
ten somewhere As | held it out Frank
asked me for how many. | said for four.
There was only one of US, but was hun
CRY enough for four. Frank poured into
my bucket about a pint which | slowed
away in my haversack
About o'clock p. m. we stretched out
On the road ready for the column to move.
While LAYING here built a little fire and
baked up about one third OF my -four We
marched ali that night and half of the next
dav before we halted. BY that time we
had crossed over Little Sewall mountain,
where we went into camp and where the
infantry got rations. None Of US knew we
were so near to them though. We got none
until the next day as the rations for the
artillery, by some mistake, were sent fur
Their to the rear.
When we camped Crooks division had
killed its last beef. The larger bones,
back bone, ribs, etc, had been cut out and
thrown away and had laid in the hot June
sun. and had oeen tramped into the mud
by thousands of feet | mixed up a
in the infantry had picked up couple OF
ribs out of the mud, and after roasting
them bit, he left TO get some water 10
make some coffee, intending 10 have jolly
feast While he was gone ap 1rupr ated
the ribs - assist my lit'la cake IN hl.iuc
the empty void in nv b;cad-basket \ big
rain cNna W nef,re nv bread 'ga' done
crawled ~ uudtra baggage wag -, c!aWed
Of The half baked bread and picked the
meat OF Of the stolen ribs with great relish.
When the boy came back and found his
meat gone. be cried as if his heart would
break felt sorry to hear him cry so. but
the meat was eaten, and could do nothing
for him. He did not die of hunger. He drew
rations that afternoon.
When it stopped raining, "Decencyn
Wallace came along and asked me if had
any -four told him / had about half
pint He said there was some bran in one
Of our wagons that the boys were trying TO
cook, but the stuff would not stick together
till they could turn it Nov we can NIX
your -four and they viii stick together
"Au right said !. Get the bran and we
viii try it." Wallace gathered up : mess
pan ard started for the bran. 'tiello. .
where are YOU going.r said Arch Snider
coming up Il am going down TO get some
bran. --- has some -four and we are 60
Ing 10 make some bran cakes, the best You
ever ate in all your life "All right, -
said Arch, Il will get the Dire" Here was
three Tor the bran cakes
4 coiored man mad built a ire out Of