The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-22

fEWlAW u Yell, Bt&IC on q QUICK marCl, and
trust to luck to ret warm. In fact.
they practically generated steam -
they moved along. and &c the a,,n On me
ont Tor fifteen minutes il was ora: ted.
with cheers. All this time orr mail
came TO ,,s regularly WI, mad "a ner.
giving an account of the ,onera4iona a
the Army Of the Potomac and 81 Grant
at Vicksbure. and had no more men an
the sick list when we came mt than
when we went in. s= . s75s #s 81
There were, OF course. MANY ludic.
rous Incidents which gave spic, to 1ifc
In camp. One night myself and mariner
made our bed on 4 Foundation az rails
on the sharp incline Of 4 ridge THE
rain during the night was 90 heavy thai
| It washed the foundations ont and we
rolled down the hill. -prohablv twenty
yards. a fayorite plan at that time was
to put rum blanket IN the ground .
wooden blanket .ove, th,a. than two mon
womb ia down cln.o n,,tt,no Sunolar
blanket ana 4 tum blanket over +ho,,
taking care to have the MINER b,anket
project tevond 4hn h,antat an tho
ground. me NIGHT wa ;waro disturbed:
by a most terrific veil Some man who
had that day been reading Victor
Hugo's Les Miserables' dreamed that
the sewers Of Paris were running in at
one ear and out at the other. He woke
with scream to find that in his tnrn.
ing and twisting the lower gum blanket
on the ground had become exposed, The
rain had fallen on this in torrents and
ron under him 80 that he was right IN
pool of water. This probably induced
his dream and caused rho hovs +o no.
lieve that the fellow had lost his mind
3 Another plan was to 1se the small,
shelter tents stretched on noles close
enough to the ground to shnt ont at
least half the rain: but with these fall
men we're at a great disadvantage
They womb make q litt,o Aoor,ng ~
a...-s ~ q -" iuenes liotn 'lie grouno,
go $500 LII Sne..el 'eae ovei tnat ana
s,ua themselves con'lofeaole ior the
ISL pu' wnen sleep came ana tney
49, u, vu.' tleir ieet woulu project
a.vu 81 slA ~ tmtave lncnes N tne ram,
uu 'ne "aAeiu' men III camp maze 1t
pa'.Ne ~ ~ around ana nang tln
uones buckets camp-kettles ana other
lungs on the projecting feet' which
probably So1ten caused many six
,ooteer TO cream that his feet were
io az WIN tll; cannon % oails. ..,
IN TINS campaign the men OF the reg
inenes aug d1tches, pulled wagons up
nill, harvested oats and other grain, ate
nore Dla lt' kD l'e ana nuckleDerr1es
elan III any year OF tnelr previous ex-,
petlence' nyea On NAH ratlons' except
as tney were nheo out py foraging for
sesetao'es: cnlc 's'e ana hogs, and at
sle enu VI Tue campaign were at the
wv '. .ue Aioun'ains III East iennes-
see. AA.ei q rest VI cwo months they
we're ~ ChlcKamaauea' -OnlcaSo Inter
veeau'
Brave Art ~ . Conf.a...+ c,
"rha dav hoforo nor - s,,s.e.,
dered - said a rorfeao,,+o In 49,, 49,
n+har dow ct oro.end So;,n,,,s rnoa,.
stna1l atraa,o IN pttt,o tdmara 49,.
~, Virginia 1vhtct fn11otza no ia ~ -
tho ptohn,npd ana narr,,ia na.,. y.
and a,,,nt,ea ,n+n tho Arnorn.++o- d..
a. trhato was ot,lv hondtn, 80 ~.
cot,,no,nv loft and az raochod 49, 49,.
init Of the hill which skirts tn eastern
bank. + Turned tn aep IF tho Fodorals-
who hal hoon ho+iv t,ursu,n, ~ voro
y w: w.. w. as uiu 80 observed man
wearing tne UNIFORM mi Of OF confederate
omcer, roe slowly along the =preeipi--
lous side OF the stream opposite us, and
eVloentiy searching Tor a crossing. At
THIS moment long, steel-tipped blue
iihe OF federai infantry crowned
the # NIL ABOVE. IN ruiz view and within
easy range OF the horsemen. Appar-
emily abandoning oil hope OF escape the
ia a'L' ar.. turned ana rooe o1rectiy toward
the nee senemys me. As we "atcned MN,
of surrender should be too long delayed,
he suddenly wheeled about, put spurs
to his horse, and, dashing down the de-
cliyftv. cleared the stream with 4
bound. Not a shot was fired at the bold
rider. AS he reached the opposite bank
spontaneous shout went up from the
whole line-a generous tribute from the
brave to the brave. A moment after
ward the Confederate was in the midst
80 ws,,-
yalnIs O.. $500 ne4 "
' 'l ' oiu . o'one"ai Ill Di :ls''.
The Volunteers Fight LONGEST.
"a retired army officer who served
through the late unpleasantness was
asked which were the best fighters, reg
ulars or volunteers.
.tWell. both were brave enough. but
the volunteers would fight longer than
:. $500 ~ A
the regulars =, f..
., low 90 you account !s9 TOT tnat! ,..,..
- nats easy. Inc Iool volunteers
knew SO little ABOUT warfare tnat tney