Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-11-27
INCIDENT OF MISSIONARY RIDGE.
Ten. Grants Great Kindness to a Wound.
cd Confederate.

Tic following story. recently %reiaieI
to me by Capt. Ben 3. Wright. viii |
trust. prove interesting to al Old!
soldiers, North and South. and 10 al
Americans who revere the nemurr 81
tie grand Old silent soldier. L. =. Grant.
J relate il n it was told me:
was Captain Of Company G.Thirty-
eighth Alabama Volunteers. infantry
regiment, al the battle Of Missionary
Ridge. Our regiment was in line near
onc Oil log Lou.c-, near Gen. Braur'4
headquarters. The first day of the bat
tie we did some hard lighting and lost
h"avilY in trying to hold this part of
Tic iine. | was with tuy men. en-
%couraging and urging them to hold the
line and drive the enemy back. when q
Mimic bali eat my sword buckle, passed
trOugh my side, and lodged near my
hip bone. | fell and was unable II ret
mp! About th;s time the Federais
charged with such fury that Our boys
gave way and the two lines went sweep
ing over ne.
II don't remember now io"- ] lag "a
the ground. | saw a lot Of hor,emeu
approaching. They halted near me. !
SAW that one III them was 4 .taf officer.
and he proved TO be a member Of Gen.
Grants staff. ! have forgotten hi.
name. He saw mp. d~ismounted. and
came TO me and asked Il he colll du
anything Tor me. | told him No lie
saw was badly hart. ana told m order.
~ TO bring him some water. lie handed
him a canteeu. He took Il flask from
his tangEnf ,.rrfs..l -L.,. ,4I..l... 80. -
cup, aud tod me to drink it, holding me
up while | did 50. He then went aud
mounted his horse.
about this time ten. Grant rode Up.
n short distance from where | still lly
on the ground. lie inquired Of the first
officer WHO ] was, The staff officer he.
pied: 1t j. 4 rcbe, officer. and he il.
badly hurt. Gen. Grant then got
down and came 10 me and wanted 20
know my condition. Inquired how |
was shot and if va in much pain. He
soon learned that | was seriously. il not
mortally, wounded. whcrenpoa Ire
called his staff surgeon and had him eX.
anime me.
The General then wrote something
and handed J. 10 his orderly. who took
il and rode oil. Soon some Federal
soldiers came with a litter. and Gen.
Grant told them 20 take me down the
mountain 10 the ambulance train and
thence 10 the hospital at Chattanooga.
Il was placed on a litter and carried
down the mountain side, more than half
a mile. over Is rough a road ~ YOU
ever SAW. and with All the care the men
used to keep from hurting me | sui
fered IA great deal. and by the time ]
reached the ambulance | wa, aJort
ready to pass IN my .ssss- w. ASas
ho~oftal where written instructions frotI,
Gen. Grant were handed the z in
charge. sitatng tbnk 4 sas az Ns~-
10 cl3I Attention.
"A DIR. Cook, from Indiana. / think
took me in charge. ami for nine day.
and nights lc sttid 10y me aud never lie
ire want for anything. ii was a cost
shave, but | made 1t, though. Gen.
Grant came 10 sec mc twice and sat
some time by my bedside, aud talked
kindly and friendly 10 me about my
home. where | was from, and about the
WAL never can forget him for his
Kindness To me. Dl. Cook was like a
brother 10 me-God bless him-aud |
would like so much to know If BE j.
alive. II 80 | want 20 write HIM and
thahk him for saving my life. and If he
is alive and will come to Comanche the
laichstring will hang on the outside OF
the door. After had recovered enough
II be moved | was sent North with other
prisoners. Went to Camp Chase; from
there To Fort Delaware. Was in prison
TWENTY-FIVE months. and there when the
war ended. will always have a kind
feeling for Gen. Grant. Have never re-
covered from wound.'-T. y. Moore, IN
Bnu and GraN.