Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

fore 1t, we were startled out a.
boots. I verify believe that that ~,
| parade Of the Army of the Cumho,,
within the range of our sharpsboa,
and the visible testimony of eisbtvs
regimental flags carried toward NJ
double-quick, did more to demo,.s
Bragg's army than any other inaa
Of the campaign. When that samas
swept UP Missionary Ridge Rr,sa
veterans scampered away, havins
their minds visions of the precision,
discipline which they had Witness
day or two before"
Nelson said the Major 'lOol
well on horseback in a massive -
Sheridan, who did not present y
impressive appearance On foot !,
simply magnificent on horseback an
was always master Of a horse Shp,,s
sat a horse well, but | have seen \
ride for an hour at time sitting IN R
saddle very much as a woman womb
Roussea on horseback was the ideal
der. Logan on horseback was uun
sciously dramatic and full Of a,Ho
Tall men like Gen. O. @. Howard ),
Gen. J. D. Cox always looked well
horseback, and their figures harms
lied with the spirit of battle pictun
II remember Cox" said the DocaF
"as / saw him at Antietam Brda
There was terrible struggle, and
panic seemed inevitable when a.
Cox spurred his horse to the va
front. He was as fine a figure on bms
back as Rousseau or Logan, and tova
ing above all others, ardent and dpsy
mined, he dominated one of the ma
dramatic battle scenes, and the M
turned our way. After the war WA
with him to Oberlin, where, against d
advice Of his campaign managers I
proposed to answer all questions as
negro suffrage asked by his old ahH
ZIONIST friends. 1t was a trying Uu
sion, but he seemed to me on that hI
as he was at Antietam Bridge, ready
dare everything in what he believed
be right. That spirit was his weakne
and strength, because, believing he WI
right, he would yield to no one, not ev
to Gen. Grant. Chicago Inter OcesI
Parker's Regiment an DoughnutsE
Il never met Col. Francis W. PaE
kerr" said an officer of the Uni}
Veteran Legion, "but l had a tua
with his regiment, the Fifth M
Hampshire, under very peculiar d
cumstances. Colonel Parker had SOB
thrifty boys in his regiment, and
August, 1862, they had secVred a M
ply Of toothsome doughnuts direct fn
their New England homes. On D
march from Harrison's Landing
way Of Jones Bridge to Newport New
they established their barter count
near the highway, or across it in SUD
a way as to blockade the road.
I'm the midst of the excitement OV
the doughnuts | came up on my va
from McClellan's headquarters to @
eral Kearney's headquarters. FindA
the road blockaded, l said to the boy
Kindly remove your doughnuts al
other refreshments, as l want to +
through / had a sort of braid su
on my shoulder. You could not .
what it was-whether it indicated th
| was general in chief or cOrpdn
on the picket line. The boys, lookl
at my fatigue uniform and at the bra
on my shoulder, said, 'Blanked II
do / replied, You had better reno
your doughnuts, because l am going
go through They did not remOvetha
and | gave the horse the spurs.
jumped in among the doughnut p
dlers and knocked the whole STOCK
trade sky high.
Just at that instant Gen Phil ks
ney, the man l was going to zee
headquarters, came around the bend
the ROAD. He shouted, We'll doae
am glad to see that Then turning
the men of the regiment he began
swear and scold. He wanted to EnP
why they blockaded the road, wing o.
didn't make way when ordered
boys made way for the General
myself and soon were on the mary
The Colonel's headquarters lay out
the way to Long Bridge on the CAlS
hominy or on the extreme right ln
Of our line, so I didn't see the CO@
himself, but I had good reason 10
member his regiment. "-Chicago
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