Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-10-01

In another a barrel Of unusual vflencsD
is buried in the ground and the acci-
dental kicking aside Of a piece Of the
full of earth destroy its future USE
fulness. So we went from sutler to
sutler, now finding a supply, now and-
ing nothing. The detail was not very
sober at the end Of the search"
Captain Swain spoke Of the frst
trainlOad Of wounded that arrived at
White House Landing after the battle
Of Seven Pines, which the Confedcr-
ates called Fair Oaks. Being OF duty,
Captain Swain offered his services. A
woman was in charge Of those hundreds
Of wounded men-Miss Dorothy Dix.
J He represented her as energetic and
capable as a good general. "She gave
us volunteers orders right and left,
and in the most systematic, business
like manner"
l wish some one would write a true
history Of the women who went to the
front, to the b%attleields, and labored
in hospitals, prayed for the dying, wrote
letters for the wounded. and cared for
them as tenderly as their own deal
mes could have done, and in most In
stances more i~ntelligently than they
could have done. In this list would
appear a bright page devoted to thu
wonderful deeds performed by Dorothy
Dix.
II think of a laughable Occurrences
at White House Landing when tho
place was evacuated. Thousands OF
rifles had been gathered from battle.
fields and put in a pile, the muzzles
pointing in all directions. When or.
ders to move came we had to act quick
ly. for Jeb Stuart's cavalry was ar.
preaching. We had to burn buildings
and property. When the flames reach
ed those muskets there was a fusillade;
bullets few in all directions, and 81
did the darkies and other non-combat
ants.
Gen. Jeb Stuart reached the Land
ing soon after we left 1t. In his report
to Gen. Lee he said: My command was
nearly out of rations and the horses
without forage. I had relied on the ems
envy at the White House to supply us,
and I was not disappointed, in spite OF
their efforts to destroy everything. Pro
visions and delicacies Of every descrip
ton lay in heaps, and the men RECALLED
themselves on the fruits Of the tropics
as well as the substantials Of tho
land"
Property and rations worth millions
were burned because of the disastrous
retreat. a retreat which would not have
occurred had a Grant, Sherman or
Sheridan commanded the army Of the
Potomac at that time.-J. A. Watroua
in Chicago Times-Herald.
What IL His Name?
A small brass cannon with a history,
has just come into the possession Of
Gen. Hecton Tyndal Post. No. 100, G.
A. r., Of Philadelphia. 1t is scarcely
more than a toy, but 1t did deadly exc
cution at the battle Of Antietam where
Mcclellan. Hooker, Burnside and
Sumner distinguished themselves. The.
little gun was drawn from S%harpsburg
while the battle was in progress by a
boy 16 years of age, who lived In the
SlLlA dAu II was A6ALAA6 IA AAO
own hook. for the flag of his father,
who was with the Union army at some
other point. The little fellow, unaid-
ed, hauled his gun to an elevation,
faced the enemy and coolly and with
his own hand poured load after load
of missiles into the ranks Of the Con-
federates from the muzzle of his min
iature cannon. Among the $1,000 I'm
ion soldiers engaged there, there vas
not one with whom the boy had a per-
sonal acquaintance, but he fought as
devotedly and enthusiastically and
with as much deadly execution as any
of them. And as he blazed away hour
after hour, he was repeatedly cheered
by the passing and repassing Union
troops in the valley below. At last he
became the target for the rebel sharp
shooters and q bullet went through
his breast. He fell forward upon his
face, dead, with his body across his
little gun, and it gave forth no
glad boomings In the cause Of freedom
and union. After his death the can
non was kept until recently, when 1t
was sold for old brass, and taken to
Philadelphia with other old metals. A
comrade Of the Tyndal post, who is an
extensive metal broker, learned the
history Of the old piece of artillery,
then old and corroded, and he secured
1t and presented 1t to the society. It
has been frightened and cleaned up.
and looks new. It Is about three feet
in length, and has a bore of less than
two inches, but right merrily did It
bark on that eventful day, September
16, 1852, when Joe Hooker fell wound
ed. The name Of the little hero who
did battle with 1t and died is not given
"From the Deck"
The recent death Of Rear Admiral
Thomas HI. Stevens has led his COM
rades to recall the manner and spirit
in which his duty was done. It was
of his action in the Battle Of Mobile
that Captain Mahan wrote:
"As they passed, the admiration OF
the flagship and the Metacomet was