The National tribune., 1899-12-07

| they We're guarding him. The guard un
wisely allowed him 10 do so. There were
two doors to the house. The water was
near the opposite door from which he en-,
tered. Instead of stopping to get drink
he passed out into a patch of very tall corn
and over ridge to a squad of his friends
who We're waiting for him.
Some of our soldiers ran the train on to
Nashville without incident. Only a few
days before this Gen Forrest had captured
Murfreesboro, with a brand new regi-
ment of Ohio cavalry that had Just left
the State of Ohio with everything fresh from
Gods country.
The next morning We were put on cars
/ that is, our brigade. except the Both Ind,
which was put in train of wagons-and
run out to Murfreesboro. Gen. Forrest
gracefully retired. We took the place
without firing a shot, but did not get the
fine, sleek horses, brides and saddles,
carbines and accouterments that Forrest
had taken to help him in establishing the
Shareholders Confederacy. 1t was some
days before our tents overlook us. There
pane one of those terrible rain-storms one
afternoon and continued till late in the
night. We were there without any shelter
or any place to sleep only on the wet ground.
The writer procured a clapboard and made
bed on that. 1t was neither long nor
wide enough.
We stayed here a week or SO, and then
went on to McMinnville and camped in the
sand on the bank of the river.
LIQUID REFREsHMENT.
One day we We're sent up to Sparta 10
capture Forests brigade of rebel cavalry.
On the way up there we captured a ware
house with a number of barrels of verv fine
brandy. The boys rolled them out and set
them on end and with butts OF their guns
stove in the heads. ard every fellow who
could do so filled his canteen with brandy.
IL was not SO much trouble TO get n canteen
INTO the barrels as it was 10 get il out by the
time one would get his canteen into the
barrei score or more canteens would be
on the top Of ii, and then there was the fun.
The writer got a canteen full, but Thought
ne would not drink any of it until he got
back TO McMinnville; then he and his com
rades would drink it and have a big time
We went up near Sparta and canned for
the night, and 1t rained. got some rails
and laid them down with the soft side up TO
sleep on, so that | might be up out of the
mud. 10 make sure that | did not lose
my brandy-for thought maybe someone
in the company would steal it and would
lose my fun, too, put my canteen with its
precious contents under me and Law down
and slept as only a weary soldier can do
when he had good soft bed of fence rails.
Horror OF horrors! The next morning
canteen and brandy were gone and | have
not heard Of them since.
AS we returned TO McMinnville about a
dozen Of our soldiers gave out, and after
wards were captured near the Fork River
and hanged by the rebel sympathizers.
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rebel bushwhackers shot one or two of the
"a ina. Cav. while on picket at night. Gen. |
Nelson issued orders and had them posted |
all about the country for all citizens who
had arms to bring them in and turn them
over TO him. Three hundred were broupht |
in, some Of them very fine siIver-mounied
rifles and shotguns.
When we We're ordered to leave there the
writer, whose right leg was so injured nv
the spell of fever referred 10 in another mart |
OF the story that he could not hold out TO
make a long, hard march, was detailed as
helper TO our company teamster. The
guns We're piled III the streets and burned:
the soldiers were given the privilege of
taking their choice from the pile. The teams
OF our regiment were sent back TO Murfrees-
boro, where Gen. HaZen was in command
This was about Aug. % or %, 1862.
Gen. Bragg had started on his raid into
Kentucky. Our supplies were cut off. so
that we had TO live off the country. On the
morning OF tie 20 IN f1Ve wagons of our repi- |
ment and 10 Of the I'd Ind. Cav. went out
about five miles on the pike to get forage
lor the mules. We went to the barn of an |
rich old rebel to load our wagons with hav
from his well-filled NOV. / told our team |
ster that if he would get one of the other |
teamsters to help him load our wagon. |
would go out and get some forage for us. |
He said all right" so went TO where some |
of the other boys had a lot OF fine sheen
hemmed III by the side of high stone fence
You know how sheep will bound into the
AIR TO get past you when YOU have him
heinmed; big, fine fat fellow thought
he would pass me, and as he did so caught |
him by one forefoot and he came 10 the
ground.
BY the time got my sheep where the
boys were with the wagon they had our
wagons Loaded, and | took my sheep and
tied him fast to the pole. While we were
gettlng our sheep say om sheep, for you
know they were ours after we took them
a great big man came to where we We're and
told US we We're taking his Sheep and he
hoped the rebels would get us before we got