The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-01
SOME FOURTH OF JULY STORIES,

little, in spite of my pain. But
was aroused very soon by the entrance
of an orderly with note
L did not have to be told that the
message was from General Pember
ton L lost my sleepiness at once anc
watched my fathers face while he read
the note. 1t was not a IOnge one. bul
he read it over intently two OF three
times. When he looked up an express
sion of great relief passed over his
features and he took long breath.
Well, Fred he said. turning to me
it's all over. We shall enter Vicks-
burg in the morning, as soon as the
formal surrender is made
That was all he said. and l suppose
he must have turned in soon after
fell into a deep sleep almost instantly
OF the actual entrance into Nicks-
burg on the Fourth, ! remember only
the chief points. Our men were jubi-
liant, of course. The staff led by IA
Their rode inside the confederate lines
to house partly of stone and partly
of wood, that was pretty well riddled
by shot and shell, where we met Cen
eral Pemberton, who looked greatly
distressed, and the papers were signed
The talk between General PembertoT
and my father was not long: rs ter. ms
were courteous. but hardly cordial and
all were heartily glad when the sigma
lures had been appended to he arti-
Giles of capitulation. Then we remouut-
ed and rode into town. / remember that
our horses had TO jump the breast
works and trenches and that the jolt
ing increased my suffering. Father Sc
lected his headquarters as soon as he
could, a dentist was brought and my
aching tooth was attended 10. and
then, being very i'll indeed, I vas put
to bed. A few days later il was neces-
sary to send me north in order TO save
my life
Some of Fourth of July Firing That
Meant Business.
DIR. George f. Shrady who was Cen
eral Grants physician during the great
soldiers last illness, recalls July 4th,
1862. as the most impressive 1ndepend-
ence Day in his experience.
Il had just been graduated in medi-
cine" said DR. Shrady, and was on
my way to Fortress Monroe, where 1
was to serve as an assistant surgeon.
The battle of Malvern Hill had been
fought on July l and ,, and there was
many wounded Union soldiers at the
hospitals in and about Fortress Mon
roe. We went there bv boat, the sea
voyage part of the trip being made
on the Euterpe. and our trip up % the
fort on a smaller steamer. 1 got my
first taste of real war Gu THAI trip.
The confederates at Fo-t POwhatS
disregarded our yellow flag, indicat-
ing that ours was a hospital boat,
and opened fire upon us.
Il stood on deck looking directly at
the fort, as our boat steamed leisure
ly along. Suddenly there was puff
of white smoke and flash. Then a
big something came sailing through
the air right towards US. You know
you can see the projectile from a big
gun If you are about in its range. My
first thought was that I was right in
it. so to say, and my second that I'd
like to get out of tia way. But be-
fore l had time to dodge, the shot had
struck the Snokestack and demo&-
lshed 1t. That made things highly in
teresting, ana besides the sharp-shoot-
ers kept peppering at our pilot house
all the way up, and, taking it alto
gether, the trip was right lively one.
When we made the return trip a
lew days later in the same boat we
were escorted by two gunboats. one of
which was named the Galena. after
the town of General Grants residence.
1t was as If a school girl had been
stoned by mischievous urchins on her
way TO school, was afraid of being
hurt, and the teacher had sent her
would Swagger along on either side /
and see that she came to no sort of |
harm. Well, as we passed Fort Pow |
hatan one of our gunboats sent a shell |
or two crashing over toward the boat.
1t was fun to see the missiles cut off |
the tree branches and make the dust |
fly around there. There were no an |
swering shots The mischievous ur- |
chins kept quiet. They didn't like the |
looks of the big boys who had been |
sent to see the little girl home, and |
so the return trip was much less ex- |
citing than the trip up stream had |
been"
Importance of the Fourth in the
Career of WeII-KnOwn Army
officer.
An army officer of such present rank
and standing that he is likely some day
o be major general, was recently
visiting some old friends in the east.
who had not seen him often since he
began army life, and said to them
that he looked upon the Fourth of
July, 1852, as the date of the beginning
If his career, and that he had some
ZINES wondered at the condolences
which had made that day conspicu-
JUS one in his life. Then, briefly. he
old his story:
Soon after midnight on July 4, 1862,
country lad was awakened by a pre-
arranged signal, and, looking from his
window, saw one of his mates waiting
for him to come out and
celebrate by the firing of pistols and
little brass cannon, in the small hours
II the night. Not many minutes was
he awakened lad engaged in dress
ng, and with an agility which was
always his characteristic, he swung
himself from his window to the limbs
4 cherry tree, and by that means
lropped to the ground. In his pocket
we're couple Of biscuits and some
pieces of cold meat, which he had with
provided on the evening be-