The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19

massIng 10000 strong at Shiloh Church, neal
strong. under Gems. Albert Sidney Johnston and
Beauregard, were coming from tho South. The
% Se.ief shared shss S : ' aSerS o9e. R Th4es weeks wsS at be esnd
Shiloh was fought Mrs: Reynolds mot her hps.
band in camp: Col: Reynolds had meanwhile
Netherlands staff. Here In camp, Insufficient
" fed. through chill and frost and rain, the
troops slept on the ground, and Mrs. Reynolds
On Sunday, the morning Of the 9th of April.
she procured a can OF peaches and some -four
from the sutler and began to prepare a feast.
For weeks a desultory firing had been kept up
between the two armies. and when this firing
stance until an orderly dashed into camp
bringing information that the rebels had made
the Seventeenth to fall in and move forward.
Tho camp was instantly excited. Mrs. Rcy-
noldS cmptied tho contents, of her frying pan
the tent ready for the advance.
Here, take these; you will need Them she
Il don't know whore l will find you when
this thing is over. Belle" he remarked, anxious
oh, I'll remain here i possible" she re.
piled cheerfully, and Il I'm, not here. I'll be
on the Q~uarternastcr's boat"
Sundty night darkness settled down with
necessary to arm those on board the boats to
fleeing to them for shelter. Mrs. Reynolds, by
tho order OF. Capt. Norton, stood guard, armed
with a revolver, which she was pledged only TO
shoot in the air. Later that night the boat
load OF wounded was conveyed TO Savannah.
Another load was taken on during the night.
ii. third load Xii night Mrs. Reynolds and
other devoted patriots worked without rest to
alleviate the sniferihGs of the wounued.
Monday night came the news that the reb-
els had been beaten and wero in retreat toward
Corinth. The dead on both sides numbered
Confederate wounded. Lieut.. Col. Smith, who
brought the tidings, was also the bearer of
band, the first she had received since he went
into action. Col. smith and his men were
starving. Mono of them had pOrtaken of food
since Sunday morning, and some Of them had
not tasted a crumb since. Saturday night.
Mr1. REYNOLDS had no authority to give out
bread had gone into "a locker on the steamer.
She broke open the locker. seized n pair Of trous-
crs that she found among sanitary commits:
sion stores, tied n knot in each leg, jammed
these improvised receptacles fun of loaves. and
dragged. them to Col. Smith, who threw them
She was present in the little church on the
field where surgeons, were at work. The
Reynolds organized a squad and went to the
river, from which she returned with plenty to
drink. II was while thus engaged that Gov.
Tho latter knew Mrs. Reynolds, and the Gov.
ernor was introduced, This was the begin,
aflcrward led to The commission OF Mrs. Rey-
nolds as Major. After the battle OF Shiloh
T MrS; nSy M n tho TT rMn, non. .ba 6d to rest When she
Although an invalid and unable to minister
to the, wants of tho soldiers in camp where she
was, she remained with her huAban until the
fall of 1864. She saw more of the mighty
events in American history. She heard the can.
nonading on tho Mississippi and the crash OF
muskctry in the dozen skirmishes that led UP
TO The taxing or Nlckshurg. She was close TO
the battle Of Champion Hin. where Gen. Grants
army defeated Pemberton and his Confederate
forces. She was with the Seventeenth Illinois
when it'gdvanGed with Grant toward Wick sburG,
Although an invalid she alto bareback without
a murInur, and often thought a blanket on the
ground n luxury for ono in the ranks, She
was very i'll when the final bomhardment OF
Nieksbnrg began. but she kept informed on
every movement OF the Union troops. Nicks.
July 1, 1868. and, on Tuesday, the 9TH. she en-,
tered tho city with the conqueTinR hosts. HeI
friends urged her TO return home, but she re-
manned in the hospitals until the war was over