The copper country evening news., 1898-06-28
WILLING TO SERVE.
,ouAN TO VOLUNTEER IN The
Flh0' CIVIL WAR.

f'n' CIVIL WAR.
} oIss, First Nurse to voiun-
HrA ". .,., the Firing on Fort sumter.
sS. ~. Relate. Some Of Her h'p'''''' :
~ %s.. War Really Means
,,etty brick ho.se In Washington
In i.s Mrs. Mary S. Gist, the nrss
lives 'oua' aha United States to offer her
, woman 'sas for % her country's honor during s'
services y, car She was walking down
The .o ,ssS street, Chicago. when the news
DsarpO'h hor of the firing on Fort sumter
reached ~, - two hours afterward she of1er'
In less "r,ces sn"d and had been accepted.
60 Ssa us' went out as member Oh 'ne a.,u san
oo0mmittee ons and was one OF the ~ orig
itaIy Urses VU appointed by Miss DIX. MRS.
inai nua as however, kept busy most OF the
Gis' ws' "vocutive work, looking after the
time On -.atIon of supplies, soldiers, etc.
transP0 Leaving Chicago she took active
BelorU !, nreparing necessaries to be sent TO
the field ,hot she Thought of the
fxfl.
"nen o,tnotion and what she would do
P.'SsS y ssso of war, she replied:
DeWbile deploring any sucn necessity as
md hoping that the president ana
,' I've ".blnet may devise some way 10 sus.
his .ho honor of our flag without war, II
'aln ". Conrse becomes inevitable l VIII
~'n bv INV country TO the utmost OF my
Nlnu a1,r - as did before In the late war
uunt!d "tsd our blood for our country's hon
W. s~t ,"t" Ido not feel quite SO about this
w. ~sr Any one who has been through 10,
We" '"i have would feel that the president
m.s right in hesitating to sacrifice our
NsI Mort and brave men-for they are and
ta'a a"o no suuerors in tho world--for those
."'ocborous Spaniards If our dignity can
ha upbold in any other way.
AT the time of the firing on Sumter my
,rsband was professor at the head OF
.OlIoge in Chicago, and when the word
came he ordered the boys to put up theii
bOoks-he was going to fight for his coun'
.rv,s honor Instantly a number of the
s,rdents surrounded him and offered to &C
,ritb him # he would form q company
which was done. He hastened home to tel
me the news, but before he could do SO
told him what had done.
aYou cannot go; you must remain with
our children, he replied.
HMother will care for them, answer
Cd So It was settled, and we both went.
nHo was killed, and later on / married
Judpe Gist of Kentucky. So infuriatet
were the people of his town when the,
heard that be had joined the Union arm,
tbey burned his house, library and ever
his clothes. But we went on doing oul
duty After the war we came to Washing
ton, where he died from physical trouble
contracted during the war.
$50, you see, contributed my share II
the past and know whereof I speak. Iva
with General Grant at the surrender o
Vicksburg-a scene never to be forgotten
~ do not care to refer to those time un
less to show some of the impetuous one
they must count we'll the cost before rush
Ing into similar ones.
"Never will forget General Grant as b
appeared that day. When the tiding
spread that Vicksburg had surrendered
the sick rose from their beds, the wounds
dragged their helpless limbs, all who pos
sibly could joined in the march, and thes
poor, helpless boys too weak for the ur
dertaking, lay down by the roadside an
died. One of them, as his comrades stooI
ed to raise him, said: Go on, Bill; II
near enough. / can die here, but to-
mother almost got into the drasted city
Returning the next day, his body wa
found half mile nearer the city, his hand
torn and bleeding with trying to drag b!
helpless body over the stony road as NEG
as possible to the conquered spot.
1.-THE city under the Union flag, the fri
thing done was to open the prison door
General Grant, on foot, led the processio
through the streets and entered the priso
just behind the flag. Over $50 soldier
were shut up there, who for the first tin
In many months beheld the Union flaI
under which they had fought. Ono bra'
old man, blind and near unto death, sale
lcan't see. Bring me near the flag. Il
me feel 1t once more'-tenderly pressiI
his hands over its folds. He pressed 1t
his lips, crying: Beautiful flag, too lat
have starved to death for you'll And fol
ing bis arms around 1t he fell back dead
General Grant was asked to speak.
cannot, he replied. The sight Of my ey
makes my heart sick.
The flag was soon floating over Il
courthouse, and at General Grants I
quest Rally Round the Flag was sun
Never again do expect to witness such ,
anecting scene. Many soldiers wept, al
general Grant, whom many thought b,
no feeling, sat on his horse like statu
'ne tears coursing down his cheeks.
4. These are only few of the seen
through which passed. / could tell
scenes OF sufferings endured by brave m
on both sides which would I'LL you wi
norror some romantic and some ev
iudierous. Think also of the men w
went forth full Of patriotism, youth al
spirit' who soon found nameless grav,
NO, no. Let us be patriotic, but do n
rusn into war If 1t can be avoided. "-J,
s'e NJ Holland in Washington Post.