The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-01-12

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nearly 100 wagons, with six mule teamst.
each wagon We took between 900 and q, tnse ~ %
prisoners who had crawled into the wagon ounty
to ride One of them an officer. an olJ Geor
acquaintance of Colonel Davis. He r,t ~. erson .
of the wagon and after talking over o,,,dar,' ru,
times % few minutes with the colonel sa,1lntitIe
to him, I suppose for old acquaintan'a 1852
sake you will let me 60 to my coinlnands D nsn,,
"'No, sir; You viii 80 with me- the COLI a,nrpos
mel replied Atro
"I&at enough. He weat HPal'
Lack seemed to follow US all tha n yS =, -
through 1t was ono of the greatest faat, ,hl srea
of the war. After the te&raters found tb.. stante
they were prisoners, weren't they n1adspvec" s"
Mad was no nameforit. They tried tostosf sfullow,
the train One fellow got off from his Inp. /. SOU
and began to unhitch the team from IN .nne y. ~ J
wagon. Another tried to set ftye Id III stafe !
straw in which the shells were packed. Wsnay be
put stop to sAat y cay&irSman rode bT nIse iniso
tie side OF every driver AND told him Tia, ,nfru,
he mast keep Ills team going, for we would ngens
shoot the first man who did not obey orders IN
That quteted them.
so on we Went. We had not gone great :,
many miles when we heard firing in the E II
rear Those in advance thought it was all I.
Gay with them but our rear guard kept the
enemy in check The Confederate cavalry
followed lis up Il number of miles The = .
reason they atd not retaEe the train was nd nm.
that they did not know how much force weuly Il
had and were afraid Of gettingtoo far nortA arm
lest they might be drawn into q trap Sov af
they let lis go with our prize. We kept thel cou
train going as fast could and arrived .cord
in Grecncastle about clock a. m on the az sn = :
18th. " hen we arrived, the uhaDitants at ghle
first would not believe what we had done; ia Ii,
that we had marched from Harper's Ferry ook
(over 80 niles, gone through Longstreets ia !,
corps and taken nearly l00 wagons from the I'M .
enemy in II hours" hd II
~ 80, ilal , ,tl nd
- ''"f' iNN't % ''.s' .'s < otleshaere
never carried out ths.t c..cglg4 it in en- tAe
ergy or during. RED a
AS Il reward for his pluck Davis was pro owea y. !
noted to lead a brigade. lie was the in lie i
spiring genilss Of the movement, and his scurr
success set the country north and south No
agog with aStonishment that the whole iort !,
garrison Of Iarper's Ferry did not follow ase il
the cavalry out. eIof
The first cavalry battle OF the Gettysburg on, a i
campaign, the meeting between Stuart an4 owns
4 pleasonton on the baylzs Of the Kappa. .0rty
hammock river, at Beverly Ford and Brandwv,,.hh
Station, June s 1865, cut short the eareetheret
4 ri The bold leader of that escane He v, the s
/ Instantly killed M the head If Ill. hroaa front
ti3 q - 49, -, .s,,1s,, ~. - hank
Wnlie as',. "oiS, IS, ~ o1sa Dnkoi
was Ia ogaefal pnlofa c.sas'n sa ary,
Wcuiu doubtless nave Succeeesa tAat 04- forent
/ Ger on his retirement a few months latar yeudu
and would have been the peer OF hlpa+ Snd s.
| rick, Torhert, Custer, Gregg and wilson Is Aid =
/ o bold marshal OF sqnHdrOns slsn
| GEORGE l.. hIIMhR. IA IA =,