The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-05-25
. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES
BY ONE OF THE "oLD VETS. >

Memorial day, with the memories it in
vokes aud the choicest flowers OF Spring
time TO deck the graves Of 'tOnr Dead
Will soon be here. 1t is beautiful GUS
tom-one worthy general adoption by the
American people.
Morris II. Duey, Of one Of the New
York regiments. lost both of bis arms by
a cannon shot, at Fort Fisher, in January,
1865, and draws pension Of 500 a
month for his injuries.
$50 you've been TO Peekskill, Sergeant
Mulligan9 Did you enjoy yourself 2"
''Sure, Oh had foine tonne" ''But you
must feel tired after carrying heavy gun
around SO much 2" "Phoy, it was twoist
as easy as carryin' bricks"
A. Fl. Pratt, Co. l, % Vermont, of
Below Falls, Vermont, has bullet in his
head, which be got at Mary's Heights,
May Sd, 1868. 1t struck him ia the right
eye, taking out the eye, destroying his
sense of smelling, also, and he has suffered
ever since from epileptic fits.
"Are you going to keep that poor sol
dier out there in the rain all night" said
Captain C.'s wife to her husband, on see
ing sentinel on duty in the rain. The
Captain explained that it was necessary
to do so ; but she didn't seem quite salts
fed, and asked again, Couldn't you let
him come in on the boat and stand under
shelter, but he still said it was impossible
for him to allow it, when she said, "Dear,
couldn't you lend him your umbrella"
April is the month Of patriotic memo
ries. Some sad, some pleasant. April
30th, 1889, Washington was inaugurated.
f rst President of the United States.
April days mark the opening and closing
scenes of the cruel civil war. Sumter
and Appomattex will be remembered as
long as free governments endure, the
former with regret, the latter with great
Joy. These are events worthy of COM
memoration by free people. Get your
histories, boys and girls, acquaint your
selves with the heroic deeds of "Our Boys
in Blue"
All have read with interest the sad
story Of Jennie Wade, who was killed at
Gettysburg while baking bread for the
soldiers, during the great battle there.
There was another young girl who baked
bread for the hungry soldiers through all
that bloody fight, Josephine Rogers
The great artillery duel that shook the
foundations of mountains did not frighten
her from her work. General Pickett made
his fearful charge past her little house,
but she went on baking bread. When
the battle was over the house was found
riddled with bullets, and seventeen dead
bodies were removed from 1t, but she was
safe. The fire of the battle had scorched
her garments, but she went on baking
bread.
Col. Thomas Reynolds, OF the 10th
Wisconsin Regiment, who was shot in the
leg on the Goth of July, 1864, in front of
Atlanta, and was so severely wounded
that the Surgeons debated for some time
the propriety Of amputating his leg. Col.
Reynolds, overhearing this conversation,
begged them TO spare bis leg, as 1t was
valuable one, being an imported leg,
Col. Reynolds being of Irish birth. This
well-limed pleasantly aud wit. saved his
leg, for the Surgeons thought il he could
peTpetrate joke at such time, they
could trust to his vitality to save the limb.
He thus saved his leg and afterward COM
manded his regiment, and was brevetted
Brigadier- for conspicuous gal
lantry.
While General Rousseau was making a
raid with his cavalry in Alabama, he halted
his column 10 front of planters house,
who was ON the front porch. The General
remarked to the planter, "My good sir, |
fear must take some of your mules. !"
The planter demonstrated, saying He
had already given ten mules TO General
Roddy," (of Rebel Cavalry Regt.) Gen.
Rousseau remarked, "You should be as
liberal to us as TO Roddy." s'Wel ain't
you on our side, remarked the planter.
''No,n said Gen. Rosseau, ~ am Gen.
Rousseau and all these men are yanks.
''Great ----, is 1t possible" asked the
planter, care these yanks whoever sup
posed they would come away down here
in Alabama" Gen. Rousseau, however,
got the mules.
During the Winter campaign in Tennes-
see, as @. s. Beath, Quartermaster of the
ll7th Illinois Regiment, was passing along
one OF the streets Of Memphis, he saw a
soldier coming toward him, struggling
with the spirit within him. just in adj
vance of Sergeant B., was Freeman OF
African DESCENT The soldier saw him
coming, and with some difficulty managed
to calculate "Haltl /" The darkey didn't
heed his authority, and march ahead.
The soldier squared himself and as the
darkey was passing made dive at him,
but the darkey, aided by the soldiers in-
ward foe, easily lodged the blow, and
the soldier plunged headlong in the gut
ter. As soon as he could recover his
speech, he said, ''There now, lie there,
g-g-guess y-y-you'll h h-halt the next
time tell you !"
The shelter tent of the army had Meth
er veranda nor portico, nor door plate.
1t was destitute also OF pompous chin
neys and chandeliers 1t had no stairways
winding or otherwise celarless was this
abode and with no partitions, hence draw
ing room, boudoir and kitchen, oratory