The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-04

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S0th which Maj. II. NJ.
Kenderdine of the 18th Iowa. so graphieaiiy
tells about in your issue of March L. How
viyidlv that terrible, brief battle passes before
me now, aud again / see tie gallant noy
Lieutenant" Harry kenderGine, IN the midst
of the fray-the bravest of the brave. On the
1sth of May. 1863, near Jackson, Miss, was
fought and won by the 9th Wis. battery, l.th
Iowa. the 10th No., and S0th Ohio, everything
considered, the most heroic battle OF the war.
But to my narrative.
1t intima:ed BY that omnpresent indl-
vidual the camp clown, that the object OF Gen.
Grant in quartering the ooth Ohio In the midst
of this land of milk and honey" was to stall
feed the bows through the Winter IN order to
have them in good fighting trim by the time
that they were to be turned loose Oh the South
ern Confectionery the following Spring; and
believe that subsequent events proved TINS TO
be the case
Not many DAYS after our occupation of Forest
Hill from among the riff-raf OF the stay
homes of that vicinity were gathered together
cutie a company, who organized themselves
into guerrilla hand. These boys in gray
proceeded to mount themselves upon such old
scallawag horses aud mules as were left IN the
neighborhoOd, sally forth in the darkness OF
night, tear up the railroad track, burn bridge,
fire on our pickets, and otherwise harass us.
Then, partly as measure of retaliation, the
ediCt went 1ortn from our headquarters ln'it
henceforth the s0th was to live off the fat of
this goodly land. Accordingly, one Tine jan
uary morning, with Capt. K in the van, 20.
II went forth with our teams to do, to dare,
and to see what we could find that might be
good TO stay the inner cravings OF man and
mule.
About three miles out from camp, and near
the State line between Tennessee and MissIs-
sippi, we to plantation which had the
appearance of not yet being touched By the
desolatng hand of war. A large two-story
white house. in the midst of beautiful and
spacious grounds, stood back a short distance
from the road. This the home of old
Kunnel" Anderson. We found the Kun
neln at home and in accordance with his fine,
old-style Southern manners, when he saw US
coming, he danBed his hat and came down TO
the front gate TO meet us. Politely bowling he
said: "We1i, Captain, see that you are about
to call on me for supplies"
Eyes Colonel" replied the Captain, since
your troops have interrupted our cracker
line we compelled to depend on your peo-
pie for our ratioBs"
"Wen.1 replied the "Kunnel," Z" considering
the fact that have over 100 hands besides a
large family TO feed. do hope that you will be
merciful with us, and not take all that we
have"
"well. Colonel. we will look around aud
see what you may have on baud in the proVis-
Yes. Captain; | viii go with Jon and show
you arcnnd."
We soon came to long rick E" of several
hundred bushels of sweet potatoes Here,
Captain. are all the potatoes that have" said
the Kgnuel," and then went back to the
barn. Here, Captain, you see all the corn,
fodder, and hogs that have" said the I" Kun
mel" Now, / appeal to you again to
be mefcilul with US. aud leave enough
for us to live on till we can make another
crop" begged the " Kunnel."
"Yes, Colonel. we viii try TO make a fair
divide with you," said the Captain; and we
proceeded to divide the "kumnei's" sweet
Eaters" corn. fodder and fat hogs load them
into the wagons and start for camp; but when
we had gene about half mile we were over
taken BY one Of the " Kunncl's" darby boys,
all out of breath and painting.
We'll, Sam, what's up noT?" asked the
Captain.
FPS gwine with you-all, and want to jis' tell
you, Captinc, that ole maTse didn't show ebry-
ting dat he got dab"
swell, 60 on and tell all you know about il,
Sam" demanded the Captain.
:" I's not Sam. but Tom"
"WeIl, then, Tom" said the Captain. tell
us about the things your master did not show
US"
"Wal. way back dah toads de duatahs. is a
little ole log cabin wild sottah of shade sticken
out oyah de end oh it. Right dar a ole well
caved IN, an IN dat ole well is six barls oil
sorgruin 'lasses: an den back In de woods about
q quatah ob mile is lot WIG 40 big fat hogs
in it, besides seberal rail pens full oh con and
marse have Eve sons in dc calvcry dats aroun
heah a-pesterin' you-all."
Upon our arrival in camp the Captain took
our colored friend with him up TO head
quarters, and duly reported all these revela
lions.
"Well." said the Colonel. Captain, mas
much as you have been there have becom,
acquainted with the road and Col. Anderson
premises, ] know Of no man SO well qualified Il
take charge of the expedition that is to 90 ou
there TO morrow foE the purpose of giving the OLE
'Kunne a thorough cleaning out, rs yourself
Therefore, TIE orders are from these head
quarters that you take as many men aud team
as may be necessary, and go right back Their
tomorrow.
Accordingly. by 9 o'clock next morning. will
90 men and all the teams that conld muster
we were on our way 10 the cid "kunnel's
again. Arriving there we were met at tn
gate by the Old gent. and in establishment b.
addressed the Captain: Sir. inasmuch yol
agreed 30 make divide with me when yo
were here yesterday, think that your cominl
to-day demands an explanation" Whereupol
the Captain explained why We were ther
again: that he was compelled TO obey orders
and, Furthermore it seemed that all had no
been trutbfuliy represented TO us on the previ
Gus day. Ia the meantime. we were movin
along and had come up TO dat ole caved-ii
we'll" Over this hole in the ground had bee
laid some boards; these boards were coyere
with shavings, and over all stood large work
bench. IN short order the boys had the work
bench and boards lifted from over the hole
and there, 10 and behold just as the dark
had told US were the six barrels of sorghum
molasses, and the old I" Kunnei standing by !
astonishincut exclaimed: Well, / deciar,
Captain. had no knowledge of those barre
being in Ahcre. They must have been pl
there during my absence in the Fall"
While the boys were loading the barrels INF
tie wagons the old lady OF the house. in mo-
terrific rage swooped down upon the scene, az
about the first thing from her that greeted Oh
ears was: "oh, you miserable, pusillanimoI
pukes of perditiOn, turned loose from Il
jails Of the North. TO come down here to rC
and murder us. / have five SONS in the Coz
federate service, and wish 10 God that la
5o0"
During this TRADE the old "Kunnel" w
gying TO quiet his irate spouse, and final