The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17

Susiy, al the Ohio people, and there were
I =. Gus OF them, who passed MS mouse.
- = was not large house. but the hosplt-
f SoIs woman who looked after the mousse
keeping could stow away a dozen people
"a COMFORT, where we, with our large city
many.
Il remember she had four beds In the
i l re IIvlng room. On my first visit was
m moddae1ins now she was going 10 accom-
..a SeatS lne Iaoies and gentlemen Oh the
pr Pt w put as bed time came the room was
pSSl9ed into four sections by sheets ana
e,aha ..a hung on ropes, and there was no
en-. oaI Iassment and a great deal OF com
iort. In another case, one OF the wealth,
resi- or our stockraisers and farmers told
me me that Tor four or five years he never
Knew In Just what bed he would sleep In
ms own house. In this case, the house
was large and roomy and well arranged.
put put mere Were. always so many guests
that the man of the house was shifted 10
suit the convenience of visitors.
lie had large family of boys and
. ana they always reported early IN
the evening for orders as TO where they
would sleep. They never complained, but
tney admitted years afterward that they
were glad when the moving column OF
the privilege of sleeping in their own
oeds. The boys OF the family, while they
were boys, drifted into the habit or not
only sleeping in the bed TO which they
We're assigned on any particular night,
put INTO the habit of approprfating each
other hats, coats, boots and trousers.
vi Ouuudy morning the boy IIldl hdo
up first fitted himself out from the gen.
eraI STOCK on hand. taking what pest
suited his purpose. The second boy adopt
ed the same policy. and the boy who was
last TO leave his bed took the remnants.
protests were OF little avail. and the
only way that the owner OF coat could
regain possession OF his property was TO
form an alliance with his aggrieved
brother, capture the offender. throw him
down and take the coat off him. But all
these boys made strong, stalwart men:
Six or them enlisted in the Union army
when the Civil War came. One Of them
was shot In battle, another died at An
dersonVille and a third returned home dis
aoled: The other three are living sun.
Queerly enough, these survivors are moro
disposed 10 recall the humorous Incidents
Of army life than the serious.
speaking OF comical incidents OF the
war" said Captain Oscar Ludwig, brings
70 mind an incident OF the blowing up or
Fort Hill, at Vicksburg. Fort Hill. It
should be understood, was the key to the
ment. the Twentieth Illinois. had charged
up to the fort on May %. but was ordered
back on the 23d, and laid siege in the reg
1Iar way: In June we proceeded to dig
purpose OF mining. A car loaded high
with cotton bales was pushed in front to
protect the diggers. and the tunnel or
trench was covered as we proceeded to
protect us from the rebel fire. Finally
we pushed the tunnel under the fort and
mace ready for exploding the mines. and
The mines were exploded The fort
and all the men in II seemed to go into
the air. and the Twentieth Illinois and
other regiments rushed into the gap. AS
we climbed over the broken embankment
three men who had been blown up with
the fort came down. Two OF these were
white men, and they were dead. The
other, colored man. came down with a
mass OF debris. but he was living. When
the boys dug him out they asked him
how In the world he came TO be in the
Tort. The frightened darby explained
that he was the servant OF one of the
leading officers. and that he had just
carried to his master his dinner when
the explosion came
He went on TO say: Dat is so, for a
TACT / came just in time 10 be bowed
up. 1 was standin' by de side OF de cap
tain when there came a roarin' and trem-
bin, an / felt myself goin' up. In lit
tie while ! started down. and I met de
captain comm up, but we didn't speak
He was goin' up head fust. and l was
comm down head fust. I struck mighty
hard. but here ] is, thank the Lord and
the Yankeesr I suppose that # any one
would ask that darby to describe the
siege OF Vicksburg he would tell of his
ONT Own >, mishap at the blowing up OF Fort
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