The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
STORIES OF THE WAR.
-Itlanta Journal.

entered into the makeup Of Confeder
ate life in camp and field. And these
were freely handed around during the
last reunion in Atlanta.
One old fellow who followed Wheel,
er, told story that illustrated the
deep concern Wheeler felt for his
men, and the readiness with which he
upheld the humanitarian side Of war;
II did not belong to the same regi.
ment with the lieutenant said he,
s'but I recall an occasion, once, in
Kentucky, when Wheeler's men were
in rather tieklish place. There had
been hard riding, hard fighting and
little rest. The command had halted
for q few hours rest. A detachment
of the Second Georgia occupied an
outpost on yidette duty. Orders were
issued that no fires be had to attract
the enemy's attention. After taking
their position. sudden fall of the
mercury rendered the weather, already
cold, unbearable.
"a lieutenant commanding the COM
pany from which the detachment was
taken, became uneasy about his men,
and, in the darkness Of the midnight
hour, rode forward in search Of them.
.sHe found the troopers sitting in
.heir saddles in an open field almost
frozen. The sight was too much for
the Georgian. He rode up to an old
barn near the post and soon afterward
pile of fodder inside was blazing,
and quickly the barn was in flames.
':tRide up, boys, and get warm.
The Yanks, seeing that it is house
on FIRE, will think it's the work Of
their own men, = said the lieutenant,
and tie :oys did not suffer any more
till they we're relieved.
Investigation was had, Of course,
and the lieutenant, without explana
tion, acknowled responsibility. and
demanded to be taken before General
Wheeler.
ssTo Wheeler he explained all.
How the weather turned, suddenly,
much colder. His boys, he knew.
would not disobey orders; in the
emergency, he had done just as he
believed General Wheeler would have
done.
';'You did exactly what I would
have done, lieutenant; take care of
your men and I will take care OF you.
said the gallant little Joe, and that
ended it.
"That was Lieutenant Jim Bull
loch, Of Company D. Second Georgia, :
said member Of that old company Of
Walton County boys. Jim Bulloch
commanded us long time, and never
put more on the boys than he was
willing to take.
The name Of John II. Morgan will
live on aud on, as the fame Of the
dashing rider is still undiminished.
:Talk about tender-hearted men,
said an old Tennesseean. II WASH t
with Morgan, but I heard heap
about him. I remember an incident
that might be worth telling.
ssMorgan had made one Of his sud-
Cen dashes into the enemy's lines and
captured company of home guards
that garrisoned a small Tennessee
town.
Morgan had little patience with
Southern men who were arrayed on
the Union side, but he had great
big heart within him. While the
prisoners were being lined up, Morgan
noticed little girl-not over six
years old-ruhning here and there,
calling Papa Papa, and the tears
were flowing down her mottled checks,
while, with her little ragged skirts she
wiped her eyes, swollen with weeping.
GAS she passed the great raider. he
stopped and picked her up and en-
deavored to pacify her. He stroked
her tangled and matted curls aud
asked her what was the matter.
EOh, the rebels! The rebels. they
have got my papa, said the heart
broken child.
"'Where. where is he?' asked the
general.
aGonc yonder, said the child
pointing in the direction of the pris-
oners, then being marched away.
Halt! Halt rang out the clear
voice Of Morgan and he strobe toward
.he group Of prisoners with the child
in his arms.
..;Whose child is this he asked,
and a plain old fellow stepped forward
and said: "sMinc, general