The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-06-20

This was the last time 1 saw Mr.. Martin
until he visited us in our camp on the
battlefield OF Shiloh, Sept. 18Th, 1861
enlisted as private soldier in Col.
McHenry's 18th, Ky. Vol. Infantry Regi-
ment and at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn.
April 9th, 1862, 1 wss wounded by a IL
pound bomshell which ruined the sight of
my right eve and burned my face in a
most hideous manner. was..taken of
the field, blind and bleeding, and led on
hoard steamer crowded with the woun
ded, which took us down the river to
Savannah, Tenn, where received the
best OF medical treatment and in week
| secured permission to return to my
regiment TO be treated by our own sur
geon. About two weeks after the battle
of Shiloh, while standing under the
shade OF large oak tree in our camp, l saw
Capt. Wn. Davidson, OF Company b. an
orderly, Sergeant Samuel X. Cox, OF Com
pany A, a gentleman dressed in black
clothes and two elderly ladies' dressed in
black, pass some distance in front of me.
One OF the party must have noticed my
terrible looking face and spoken OF it
for they all stopped and lookedJ at me.
Sergeant Cox, now President Of the Ohio
County Bank, spoke to me and said,
swell, Eddie how is your wounded face?''
told him that it was improving slowly
and as | spoke saw that the gentleman
in black was John Q. Martin that had
known years before at Cloverport, - KY,
and l said in loud voice, "How do YOU
do, Mr.. Martin" He did not speak but
started towards me and though 1 knew
him to be brave man he looked horror
stricken when he came to me and saw
my frightful looking face and the dried
blood stain on my military jacket for l
was yet private soldier.
talked to him o! our many dealings
at Cloverport and how often we had seen
each other, and of the many people i
knew there but could not make him
recollect me He talked in very friend
ly and interesting manner to me as only
a well bred and intelligent gentleman can
! and told me that one of the ladies was
Capt. Davidson's mother, of Hawesville,
and the other was her sister, Mrs. Capt.
Sawyer, OF Cloverport, and that Sergeant
Cox's mother was a sister to them,
which accounted for him remaining in
their company while they were in our
camp. Mrs. Sawyer before she married
Capt. Sawyer was the widow Lamar and
John G. Martin was her son-in.law. Mrs.
Sawyer's youngest son, John Lamar,
was confederate soldier and she had
heard that he had been killed, wounded
or taken prisoner at the battle of Shiloh.
This they afterwards learned was all a
mistake as he was at that time with the
confederate army at Corinth, Miss.
Mr.. Martin talked with me some time,
told all the news he had from Clover
port, wished me speedy recovery from
my wounds and safe return to my Ken
tncky home, and after pressing my hand
in a friendly farewell, he rejoined his
party at the tent OF Capt. Davidson.
don't recollect seeing Mr.. Martin but
once since we met on the field Of Shiloh
and that was on the streets at Clover
port during the summer of 1866. He
was there on some business, and was
walking fast when met him and said
"How do you do, Mr.. Martin" He stop.
ped, turned round and asked who was
and after had told him asked him II
he didn't remember meeting me in our
camp on the field OF Shiloh, and at the
same time showed him the scars on my
face. He said he had no recollection of
seeing me at Shiloh or any other place
and appeared to regret not recollecting
me as a citizen or soldier, though he told
me all about his visit to us and how it
terminated. While we were talking
several business men stepped up and
after 1 had explained meeting Mr.. Mar
tin on the battle field /, left them ter