The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-27

cd for the offensc.
While at Houston one company mess
concluded that the beef Issued did not
have strcaks of fat sufficiently thick mixed
with the lean. and therefore threw 1t into
the camp ditch. Their captain came to me
greatly excited, inquiring what proposed
doing about II. and received the answer |
simply proposed doing what the boy shot
at--no,hing, and he could inform his men
the beef was theirs to dispose of rs they
chose and whether they threw II into
the ditch or down their tl-.lts was mat
ter of Indifference heard no more OF the
beef ditching business, but some of these
men did While at Vlcksburg. just before
the siege began. the beef cattle furnished
my brigade had become go niserably poor
aud weak they would sometimes stick fast
In a mudhole while being driven to camp,
requiring a detail to be sent to pull them
out with ropes, Some OF the Texas boys
| who threw their beef into the ditch at
Houston would sometimes be on such de-
tail. and as that performances had often
been told on them. some fellow would
cry out while pulling at mired beef:
Look here, you company--sccond Texas
follors--how would you like go at that
Houston beef about this timc?" but the
Texans never seemed to hear them, yet
one could imagine the remembrance caused
their mouths to water.
| had a negro boy, Sandy. employed as
my host!er and his shoes having been
about worn out, he came 10 early on the
morning OF our first days assault on Cor
NTH, asking for another pair. or course
[ had no way to supply him. and though
intending as a lest told him with a So
rious face the only way could suggest
TO get shoes for him to follow at safe
distance in the rear OF the brigade that
day and maybe he could get a pair from
a dead Yankee. Sandy's lips dropned pret-
~ low and his only answer was n suhaued
gruut
did not see him again until VS. ep.
oamped the night following the second
days assault. He came to me with a dls.
cnnsolate grin annie in extent but for
| from reaesurlnr I'm nspect md stil NJ
nshy pale as possible for one of his duslfv
hue Seeing him still without shoe +
asked why he had not done ma T had am,
gcsted. to which no renliel. "Oh my
goody gracious, done my laval host
You see. boss II was inst die w,v
orupt along wny hehind 40 hovs ana ,,r,,,,
soon SOC great bie dsaa yanitna AVN ptty
Nat ON his bnck win Mood nj, ovn, ,5s
face So | tux i'm mn fno, and bay,,n ~
ter easy iiko 10 mn AZ, he 49, -. 49,,
when dat doad yani,ao syr,n ~" r ue" ooo AVA
saws snvs he .Vnn ann,n,, h,,. ~ ~, sn1
cal. what Won doin. beras, nh r. , ueI,
l.I tiet drannea AL hnn, ,no,, - ~. -.
and nehber stopt runnin, tell rot rlenn
bnck 70 40 owaspr 'a, ,, ~. .et, so' ulehh
! artor Tho To1oraIs no, ,,t' p,..'
our lines on Missionary RiIgn E .nss u
cheatham ordered General John x. Jack.
sou anu hlySeIi to place our brigade In
and hoi5 IN cha, ~ , ''e iale Oh riio PITS
sweeping down in rear Of our works mil
tho artillery on our right could be re-
heweu' Jackson right rested on the In
Of slIeht rldro an,, S''"s .uu VIese
pass along his rear and extend he limo ~
the left While doing SO the Federals
poured into us a heavy fire. While mass
ing Jackson's command pinev wnnds
Georgia conscript was seen in tho rear
rank so long and lank as TO attract snc.
claI notice He WIS gazing over tho shonl.
der OF his front rank hle with mouth VIdo
open and eyes bullying out like lohster's
He suddenly broke Tor mo rpnr rusbed
through our ranks down the slone halr
bent, his gun az u trail, looking back over
one shoulder, and repeating at tho tnn of
his voice: Nov l lay me down TO slsep
Good Lord How they Is shootin'l" Soo,
he reached a large fallen tree over which
he tumbled headforemost. with the dismal
and apparently expiring wall. Now | Inv
me down to sleep" We have newer learnoJ
whether or not he is lying there sin
asleep,
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Dear Confederate Comride, / see an ar
tico In the Confederates' column. How
We Lost the Horses Now let ro ran
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Wv N''' w" '"N' any "'isV' S'uu'u auu
gun
General Banks army was fortified a,
Morganza, La. This place Is ON the Mis-.
slssippl river. ON his retrcai from Me Rad
river exposition he slopned M mis- nIsca ~
recruit and rest Mis- fatiaued army after a
running dght or retreat from Nons0eld
and Pleasant nm 10 Yollov bavou n ,yas
running aeht and he had TO sboot RIM
or give nm the gun
After the Yellow bavou ssht the yan.
kees fell hack Ia simmsnort an f,e At,na
falaya riyer, there sn,,a ,ooi, ,rs,sns,,,s
others crnssea tha river ana WOW, -" -,
the month NJ Rod riyer poi ni,s.
landins they attempted r. cot an ,ransnorya
~, ,ho 49,. . Nt ~ %. v" Hanspe''s
nmi,ed dawn ,bo S,,ss,ss, ~ 10y sn ~, eney
And nv ma tin,s psnl, pp ar .,ns' ~ nSpu,
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