The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-26

ranks to take their places. Little 'Jen-
ME" Langbein, however, had no notion
of looking out for his own safety He
was present to do his part, and when
the order was given to charge" he
went with his regiment, keeping a
sharp eye for disabled comrades and
especially for Adjutant Bartholomew.
When this officer was wounded, he
did not fall at once, but staggered out
side of the federal ranks, and in a. mo-
ment was between the hostile lines.
Then it was that the lad showed the
stuff of which he was made, for with
out needing in the least the leaden
rain of bullets or the screaming shot
and shell, he rushed UP to his friend,
caught him as in his delirium he was
wandering aimlessly about, and man.
aged to pilot him without further hurt
from the field and to a comparatively
quiet place. There the lad gave the
officer a drink from his canteen and
then rushed away to find the regi-
mental surgeon. When that officer ar
rived, Bartholomew was unconscious,
but soon revived a little.
Il felt the doctor pushing his fingers
into my wound, says Bartholomew;
'he felt in and around it, and 1 then
heard him tell Jennie it was no use,
that L was nearly dead, and that il
would not be worth while to move
me-"
Then the doctor left, but Langbein
would not abandon his friend. The
boy was not strong enough unaided to
carry away the officer but he hunted
up Charley Wiley, the drum major,
a big strapping fellow, and together
they managed to carry the unconS-
cious man to a house near by, where
he was placed upon a bed. Langbein's
devotion to his friend did not cease
with his rescue from the field, how
ever. Later in the day the COnfed-
crates were reinforced and the FEEDER
ais had to retreat, and so hastily that
it was not a question of taking care
of the wounded. In the circumstances
the adjutant would have been aban-
doned had it not been for the contin-
ued devotion of his little friend, who
managed to get the injured man into
the army wagon and stayed by him
till he was safe in the Federal hos
pital at Roanoke Island, where he I'LL
timately recovered and later rejoined
his regiment.
Jennie" was awarded a thirty
days furlough for his heroism and
went back to his father and mother
in New York with a letter from his
commanding officer of which he is
still proud besides being mentioned in
general orders, though his medal was
not granted until early in the present
year.
Other War Experiences.
Once when his regiment was sta
toned near Newport News and while
the Confederates were advancing on
the Federal works, he was missing.
SO popular was he with company B.
to which he belonged that the entire
command turned out to search for
him. He had lost himself and when
found was very near the enemy's line,
and, as he was brought in, perched
on the back of member Of the res
cuing party, the entire regiment broke
into cheers. AT the battle of Freder-
icksburg, December Is, 1868, while the
Confederates We're shelling the Union
army from Bloody Mary's Heights
and just before the charge upon the
heights, the boy was SO stunned by
shot which struck in his immediate
neSghborhood that he was revived
with the greatest difficulty. At the
siege of Norfolk a. Confederate sharp
shooter shot off the tassel of his tez,
and at Antietam, when because OF ms
fatigue, he was placed upon horse
by a. comrade under the pretext that
the animal must be cared for, the
horse was shot under the boy as he
was crossing the famous stone bridge.
This did not seem to upset the little
fellows nerves, however, for he calm
ly picked himself up and when found
by his friends was beating his drum
for dear life, while bullets flew thick
about him. Jennie" Lang'bein was
in the battle of South Mountain, Fred
ericksburg, and at the capture of
Forts Clark and Hatteras among 9TH
ers. He desired at the close of the
war to enter the military academy at
West Point and secured the endorse
ment of Generals Geddy, Sedgwick,
Sumner and Burnside. The last
named was especially interested in the
lads future and the two were on their
way to Washington to see President
Lincoln about the appointment when
the latter was killed by the bullet OF
Booth.
This changed the entire course Of