The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1900-09-13
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
Some Happenings OF a Raid to Break UP
Shelby's Operations.

| Some Happenings OF Raid to Break UP
Shelby's Operations.
| EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the
Summer of 1864 our regiment, the 18th
| Mo. Cav, was stationed mt DcvallS' Bluff,
Ark. In August, about the timo Price
was preparing 10 start on his raid into
| Missouri, Shelby's command was pcram-
| bulatng between where we were and
JackSonp0rt, at the mouth Of Black River,
| and Searcy, on the Little Red River, and
| in the adjacent country, gathering up re-
cruits both by voluntary enlistment and
CONSUMPTION.
d detachment of the Sth and nth Mo.
Cav. and 9th Iowa Cav, under Col. Gel
| ger, of the Sth, was sent into that part
of the country to interfere with Shelby $
program.
On the second or third day our advance
guard came TO u small squad of JOhnnics
sitting eating watcrmclOns. They paid no
| attention to the guard as they advanced,
| thinking it was some of their own men;
they sat there enjoying their melons until
the boys were right on them, and had
| them covered with carbincs. On hearing
| the order to surrender one Of them, look
Ing up and taking in the situation, cX-
| claimed, Sold, by -" They threw up
| their hands and surrendered without any
ceremony.
The following night we campcd at the
edge of a small town on White River,
| called Grand Glaze. We were very well
supplied with bareback. but somehow
never could get meat enough in our havcr-
sacks to last many days; consequently we
had to depend largely Oh the country for
| meat. After taking care Of my horse |
started out to forage some for my mess.
| As we al! had pretty good mouths for
chicken ! thought | would see what could
| be done in that line. As | did not wish
| ia H.Cfu,h Ira uninf and pf tIn off
GERS, who / knew were very tired, i went
| to the farther side of town from camp,
| and. as it was nearing shutdown, SpIcd
| some nicc-loOking fowls going to roost in
| a poultry-house. | made straight for it.,
climbing over the fence rather than going
out OF my way TO pass through the front
| gate. There was n small boy i'll the back
yard who seemed 10 understand from my
movements what my intention was. He
| very inconSiderately ran into the poultry
| house, swinging his arms violently and
| shouting eycitedly: 'ShOo out of here,
every one Of you" Fortunately for me,
they were all rushing for the door just as
| stepped inside | grabbed two chickens
| in one hand and q turkey in the other and
started for camp, ciated with my success.
Suddenly | heard a rustling behind me.
| On turning | was Mortified to see an
armed female within 10 feet of me with
weapon raised ready to strike the awful
blow, but by quickening my step l was
| enabled to keep Out of the way of the
broom, with which she was just ready to
| hit. Seeing that | was out of range of
that weapon, she opened fire with n
weapon of longer range-hcr tongue-and
| kept UP the fusiladc and made it hot for
me until j was quite out of sight. A Cat
| ling would not have been in it for rapidity
of fire.
Mess No. / Jared sumptuously that
1 -. 4 Il 4.
of dumplings made OF bareback.
| The next morning, breakfast over and
| having received no marching orders, quite
Il number of us We're lettering on the
river bank in front of the town, when two
Iohnnies appeared on the opposite bank
near an old log cabin which stood near the
| river, apparently vacant. They hallooed
| to know what command it was over there.
Someone replied, Col. Gciger's," but not
loud enough to be understood.
A thought struck one of the boys to
| trick them. He told the fellow who had
replied to keep silent. He then replied
in much louder tone that it was Shell
by's command. They then inquired if it
was Jackman's regiment. lie replied that
it was: that Jackman's regiment "wore
Federal uniforms" He then asked them
what command they belonged to. They
replied Col. McRaes, which at that time
| WAS making JacksOnpOrt las well as / re-
member, about 40 or 80 miles above
there headquarters. Our comrade, as
| there was canoe over there, called to
them to get into it and come over. The
rebels retired back of the cabin and held
a consultation. They returned after n
while and one of them got into the canoe
and started across TO us.
During the time of the conversation
carried on across the river and the CON
sultation of the Johnnies quite n number
of the boys had gathered on the bank.
and we sat down with our carbines ready
to see that the Johnny on the other side
did not escape without an effort on our
part to prevent him. But just as the
Johnny In the canoe landed all eyes We're
turned on him, and the other one, having
become suspicious that everything was
not right, took this opportunity to dodge
behind the cabin and make his escape,
which he accomplished without shot be-
ing fired. so quickly was it done.
The one who came across took the joke
with a good grace, saying he did not care
much, rs he claimed that he was con,
scripted. He said he saw that he was
sold before he got TO the shore, but he
was too near US to turn back. Ho said
the other fellow was Lieutenant, and
also that they had tied their horses in the
brush back of the cabin.-W. w. STOCK.
TON, Co. A, 11th Mo. Cav, Ballston, Ore