Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-06-07
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IN the pioneer brigade, 10 when T.
belonged relates this veteran, there
was Wisconsin man who seemed to.
have the gift of perpetual good feeling
After Bragg had left Tullahoma ON his
way to some safer locality, we pushed
on to Elk River to repair bridge. The
Wisconsin man, whom | remember as
Hank, went down the stream.a little
way to take a swim, and while he was
disporting himself in the water five of
Bragg's boys appeared on the bank,
covered him with their guns and cor
daily invited him to come in out of the.
wet. He promptly yielded to the per-
suasion and dressed while laughingly
telling his captors that if there had
been but four of them he would have.
declined to recognize them as a supe-
rior land force, and fought them from
the water.
While the prisoner was awaiting arr
order to march, the five surprised hin
by stacking their arms, notifying him
that they surrendered and asking him
to be taken into camp. Like hundreds
of others in lower Tennessee during the
summer Of 1868, they were tired of the.
fight and glad to get within our lines
The last time was at national en-
campment came across the hero of the
occasion, and I'll be blowed IL he wasn't
telling in solemn earnest how he made @
sudden dash upon those five JOhnnies,
surrounded them, disarmed them and
marched them to headquarters. Such
r%r tc sv1nx with nr1G
who participated In the event, and
was convinced that Hank thought he
was telling the gospel truth.
The veterans other story Is about Is
big member of the red sash brigade
who had done yeoman service in the
pine woods of Michigan before he en-
tered the army. II didn't see this" he
acknowledges, "but / can bring proof
If it be demanded" At the Bull Run re-
treat the woodsman stopped to assist
a wounded oomrade. While he was DO
ing this good Samaritan work he WAS
suddenly surrounded by pursuers and
ordered to surrender. He had not yet
been weaned from the favorite method
of fighting in the lumber camps, so he
threw aside his gun and bayonet as use
less membranes and sailed in for n,
rough and tumble, repeatedly announc-
ing that he could lick the whole outfit.
The onslaught was so sudden and so
ludicrous that those assaulted We're
temporarily paralyzed by laughter, aud
half-a-dozen of them had gone down
with damaged heads or bleeding noses
before they could rally. Then the bold
puncher was taken by a good natured
exertion of force, and was only recon
ciled when assured that some man;
would be found to do him battle in n
rough and tumble.-DetroitF Free Press.
Before Pickett Charged.
One of the most terribly dramatic
scenes of the civil war was Pickett's
charge on the third day of Gettysburg
The moments Of anticipation were aw-
full in their intensity. They are thus
recorded in the recent volume, Pickett
and His Men"
Pickett had received a note from
headquarters. He handed it to Long
street
"Gen. Longstreet, shall / go for
ward?' he asked.
Longstreet looked at him with an ex-
preston which seldom comes to any
face. He held out his hand and bowed
his head in assent. Not word did he
speak.
Then l shall lead my division for
ward, SIR" said Pickett, and galloped
off.
He had gone only few yards when
he came back and took a letter from his.
pocket. On it he wrote in pencil:
IF old Peters nod means death,
good-by and God bless you, little one"
He gave the letter to Longstreet and
rode back. That letter, with its family
pencled words, reached it's destination,
far down in Virginia.
Pickett gave orders to his brigade
commanders, and rode along the line
his men springing to their feet with a
shout of delight as he told them what
was expected of them.
He was sitting on his horse when
Wilcox rode up. Taking flask from
his pocket, Wilcox said:
pickett, take drink with me. I'm.
an hour you'll be in hell or glory"
Pickett declined to drink, saying II
promised the little girl who is waiting
and praying for me down in Virginia
that / would keep fresh upon my lips
until we shall meet again the breath
of the violets she gave me when we
parted. Whatever my fate, Wilcox, 4
shall try to do my duty like man, and
hope that. by that little girls prayers,
shall reach either glory or Glory"
What followed is famous history
A Relic of Snmter.
In General Corbfn's Office at the War
Department at Washington Is a section
of the Flagstaff from which floated the
stars and stripes over Fort Sumter
when the garrison stationed there
struck it's colors, April IA, 1861, and left
4ha Fort IN I.ncSoacian rf tho ConfaHar-