Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-11
A SOLDIERS PREMONlTloN.
The singular Fulfillment of Prophecy
of Death.

The Singular Fulfillment of Prophecy
of Death.
Gen. Francis A. Walker, chatting
with some of his comrades in Washing
ton, told a singular story of his expert
ence. He said that minor officer in
his command, man who had been a
dear friend, passed through battle after
battle without a single scratch. The
man was in the thick of every fight
Many time he stood urging on his
company, and, while his men fell around
him, he seemed to have charmed life.
Among the soldiers it was believed that
he was specially protected, but as bat
tie after battle passed and he received
not so much as skin wound, the Off
Ger became depressed. He said to Gen.
Walker, just before the Wilderness
campaign began: Frank, | shall new
er be wounded When | am hit
shall pass away so suddenly that
shall not even know that ! have been
dropped.
Gen. Walker asked him why he felt
50, assuring him that it was a morbid
feeling.
W. 1iOs lAlC oillICi W. nCIC
will come battle by and. by, and
shall be hit squarely in the temple.
You know what that means"
They went through the Wilderness,
and the officer was in the thick of the
fight at Bloody Angle and was not hurt.
Hundreds of men fell around him at
Spottsylvania and he was not scratched.
He was in the first assault at Gold Har-
Dor when men We're moved down, and
he rushed in at the second, the very in
carnation of fighting soldier. Just
as the men We're retreating he
stopped for a moment and turned his
head to look back, and in an instant he
dropped as though he had been smitten
by lightning bolt from the heavens.
When they found him they saw that d
minnie ball had gone clean through
from one temple to the other, and that
he must have been conscious for an in
slant, for the forefnger Of his right
hand was in the wound, as though he
was instinctively probing for the bullet.
y. Y. sun.
Brag and Buster.
There was an enormous amount of
brag and bluster in the early part of
the war The following challenge was
sent by the Pillow Guards, of Memphis,
Tenn, to the Prentiss Guards, Of Cairo,
H.: s'We have enlisted under the stars
and bars of the confederate states, for
the purpose of defending southern
rights and indicating southern honor.
But more especially we have been Sc
lected and sworn in for the purpose Of
guarding the person of our gallant Gen.
Pillow. Understanding that you oc-
cupy like position with reference to
Prentiss, the commandant at Cairo.
we challenge you to meet us at any
time. at any place, in any number. and
with any arms or equipments you may
select. We wish to meet no others until
we have met and conquered you and
your general Make your own terms.
only let us know when and where. and
be certain you will meet the bravest
guard the world has ever known. The
above was dated June 3, 1861, and on
Iune II. the following was indorsed on
the back Of the challenge by Capt. Jos
d. Walker. commanding the Prentiss
Guards: We accept no challenge from
traitors, but hang them II we ever
meet. You shall suffer the fate 0t trait
ors. Cart. Walker commanded an in
dependent company attached to the
18th Illinois. and was afterWard adiu-
tant Of the seth Illinois. and was Rilled
at Drewrys Blutfs. Va, in May. 50 -
Nati3nal Tribune.