The Butler weekly times., 1897-07-15
Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Nv

LAX ABOUT Caesar thrice refusing a
crown in the Lupercal. Grant could
have worn one, but he wouldn't, end
there is where the contrast lies be
tween him and Napoleon |
"Can you remember the details Of |
that day now as we'll as you could |
then?" he was asked
"Yes, every one Of them. / can
see the faces of the men and the
balching of fire of the cannons"
"This is now 8 O'Clock at night,
what were you then doine?'
''At o'clock in the afternoon /
visited the headquarters of Admiral
Porter and drank a glass OF wine
with him. 1 then returned to the
town end procee ded to capture the
printing presses and take charge of
them"
"Was it true that they had been
using wall paper for newspaper, and
is that General Grant rabbit story
trus?"
"They are both absolutely true,
and have original copies of the
papers upstairs in my trunk. From
4 o'clock until 9 1 was very busy
and among other things had estab
lished the quarters for Grant and
Mcpherson, that other type Of
American courage, purity and bra
very. 1 was with the poor fellow
afterwards, when he was killed. 1
established my own headquarters at
the Widow Perkins. I can now see
the fence, the gate and the little
path that led to the house. Being
very tired l went to my tent. I had
not been there long, when General
Tom Tay lor, Pembertons chief of
ordinance, came to my tent with
four other officers of the confeder
ate army to sign his parole. in
vited them to supper, and Tom Tay
!, lor entertained us with rare old
stories. They showed such splen
did relish for my whisky that wher
they were going away I gave then
FIVE gallons of it.
MEETS HIS CONFEDERATE BROTHER
"They had scarcely left when I
ragged private soldier came to IN.
9 tent. clad in confederate gray, ant
q introduced himself. He was m.
4 own brother that went south in 1856
Z had prospered and joined the con
federate army. I tried to get hin
4 to abandon the cause, but h
+ wouldn't, and after giving him
good supper and some good chee
/. he went away still believer in th
y Gauss that was at it's zenith one da
y before, but now on the decline. Fl
n fought right alopg,but finally caK
Il tured and kept him. After NJ
brother had left me I went to slee
~ but was soon awakened by my o.
r. derly.
"He told me to tell you, sir sa,
70 the orderly, 'that General Tom Ia,
NJ lor, of the confederacy wanted
"a see YOU
r. My psrole is made out wrong
,e said Taylor; as he gazed in the d
"a rection of my whisky supply.
d had the quartermaster give him
Ia barrel of the liquor, and after Il
n men had rolled it into the ambulan
l. wagon he had with him, I sal
ID How Is your parole now, general
20 Exactly right said Taylor, who d
"a parted telling me that if he cou
:. ever do me favor he would. VIII
m we were on our way to the sea Ge
eral Howard wanted message Sc
"A over to Sherman at Atlanta. Lie
tenant Buel, q West Pointer, volu
-. teered TO take it, and Howard I
/, dered him TO travel over q cer!s
nd road I protested, but Howa
=. would have it that way. I knew t
"a road to be infested everywhere wi
rel als, and I told Howard that B,
- couldn't avoid being take n prison
=. Howard was satisfied that eve
o;- thing would be oil right and he Sc
Buel on his mission. The MESA
never reached Sherman. Five ds
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