The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-27

which he turned them back,
Well, that caplainwa a man OF good
sense, good man TO have about when
anything was going on, He sat right
doWnat the instrument and telelrqphed
to my wife, at ChilliGothe, Ohio, "lhe
report that your husband was killed
this morning Is untrue. He was Hound-
ed, not dangerously, and is safe" The
next morning, or the next but one alter
the battle, the carrier took the daily
paper to my wife AZ usual, 1t was car
Tied into tho room in which she was
lying in bed, and was laid upon the bed,
as ahe was in the habit OF reading 1t.
Her uncle saw the paper coming, and
hurried into the room, and, before she
could take 1t up, he grabbed 1t and
quietly put 1t to one side, little dis
turbed. He had heard what was in 1t,
that a list Of the dead was there, and a
little complimentary obituary notice,
which it is pleasant to have, Laugh'
ter II might be pleasant under some
circumstances, but no concluded 1t
would not DO regarded so at that time,
so be drew the paper away, and just at
that moment 1t so happened that the
telegraph boy came with the dispatch
from tho captain Of my command, Civ
ing the message that | have rected.
When that was read the relief came,
LooKIE~ JR A LoEG.HEADED MAN,
Rather an interesting incident grew
out of the sending OF that dispatch, As
soon as l learned OF it, l at once In
quired for the name that was signed to
the dispatch, 1t was given to me, and
l at once inquired for persons OF that
name. found u reporter Of the New
York Herald Of that name, tDld you
send that dispatch?" l asked him, for |
desired to thank him for this good act,
"No," said he, ~ Should have been very
glad to have done 1t, but did not send
It," [Laughterl Hound four persons
OF the same name. The first name was
not known, but found four OF the same
surname. Each one resolutely denied
sending 1t, and for thirteen yGars con-
tinued to inquire, telling about 1t In cir
cles, hoping to find that man, and one
time about thirteen years afterward,
when / was somewhat in the situation
that our Benjamin meaning President
Benjamin H0rrisonj Ia in to-day, was
telling about it in the white house to
some gentlemen from Weat Virginia,
when one OF them said: "Why i know
who that man is, it is So.and.so OF our
village" 1tturned out to he q quiet
man who had not told it to me, and
nude no fuss about it, but at home had
told 1t. So, thirteen years after the bat
tie OF Cedar Greek, | found the man
who sent that dispatch, and ! have been
very fond OF him over since, Applause
and l0ughter]
suERIDAN's MISTAKE,
There is another thing that will tell
about, as being little curious, about
the same battle. Sheridan has written
quito an admirable book, youknow, I
am afraid it is not getting as wide'a cir
culatton as 1t ought to have. 1t ia very
we'll written and very interesting. In
speaking OF that fight no says that in
passing up the pike, sometimes on one
side, and Sometimes on tho other, COM
ing to Cedar Creek, he struck first the
division OF Getty Of the Sixth corp; that
he passed along that division u short
distance, when there arose out Of hol-
low before him q line consisting en-
tirely OF Crooks Army OF West Virginia
and OF color.bearers. Tho army had
been stampeded in the morning, but
these people were not panic stricken.
They sagutod him, but there was moth
ing now between the enemy and him
and the fuSitives but this division OF
Getty's. Said he: "These officers
seemed to rise right up from the
ground" This was twenty.four years
afterward, but he recollects it perfectly
we'll except names. Among them, how
ever, he tecollects seeing one, Colonel II.
B. Hayes, since president OF the United
States, and drops the story there, leav-
ing the impression that there were no
men there-no privates, no army--sim-
ply some color.bearers and some OIL.
GERS. The fact is that in the hollow,
Just in the rear, was q line OF men, 1000
or 1900 probably, and they had thrown
up little barricade and were lying
close behind 1t. He came up and saw
these officers and did not see the men,
or seems not to have seen them; but |
had no idea at the time that he did not
see the private soldiers in that line. He
now tells that singular story OF a line OF
officers, line OF color.bearers, and no
force. The fact is that first came Get
ty's division andithen mine, and then
came General Kelfers division, alllying
down behind the barricade, but in good
condition, except that there had been
some losses in the morning. General
Keller was next to me and then came
the rest OF the Sixth corps, and down
farther l have no doubt tho Nineteenth
corps was in line. We had been, l sup.
pose, an hour or an hour and a half in
that position.
GEN. SHERIDAN WOULD COME
We had learned that General sheri.
dan was in Winchester, and the mo-
mont he found out there was a battle on
and that disaster had befalIen his men,
we knew that lie would come as rapidly
as the horse could bear him to the
scene OF the trouble. We were conf
don't OF another thing-that We were
strong enough, Il any commander
would take charge OF our army, TO com.
pletely overwhelm the army that had
driven US in the morning. In the first
place, they had marched that night and
were worn out, and We had slept wefl
until they disturbed US early in the
morning. We were comparatively
rested, and when Sheridan came there
was along the whole limo a thrill Of 10y
aud satisfaction, for we know that when
he came victory WIS not for off
lido not, Of course, mention this by
way Of criticism. 1t only shows that
the wiseat aud boat and bravest OF men
cannot SEQ all that occurs in a battle,
and this has lod me very often to ro'