Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-04
EoLDIERs AT HOME.
,,,rx TELL SOME INTERESTING
.uec0O1ES OF THE WAR.
-. Rows of Both Armies Whiled
Life in Camp-Fora2ing Ex-
.:a,ces, Tiresome Marches-Thril.
Scenes on the Battlefield.

er;enCes, 11rcSOnc "dFSAcs Ah -
linz scenes on the Battlefield.
oronn Of old soldiers, both Confed-
&.nte and Federal, were recently swap
'nn stories of the civil war. At last
Foy fell to comparing the greatest acts
4 bravery that each had known, and
/ sor.bprner told the following story:
or was 4 hot July day in 1864, and
On Grant was after us. Our men had
1miedlv dug rifle pits to protect them
bIvos from the Federal sharp-shooters,
4 b1 dead and dying Feds were lying up
1 he very edge of those pits.
I'm one Of the pits was an ungainly,
] ~ red-headed boy. He was retiring
4 green as grass, but a reliable fight
We never paid much attention to
! n, one way or another.
.Tba wounded had been lying for
sDurs unattended before the pits, and
"a sun was getting hotter and hotter.
hex we're suffering horribly from pain
hi thirst. Not fifteen feet away, out
he the rife-pit, lay mortally wound
officer who was our enemy.
.As the heat grew more intolerable
a, officers cries for water increased.
h was evidently dying hard, and his
meals we're of the most piteous ma
he. The red-headed boy found it hard
bear them. He had just Joined the
sment and was not yet callous to
kfering. At last, with tears flooding
grimy face, he cried out:
RI can't stand it no longer, boys!
e h going to take that poor fellow my
nteen.
EFor answer to this foolhardy speech
e of Us stuck a cap on a ramrod and
listed it above the pit. Instantly it
Is pierced by dozen bullets. To ven
Re outside a step was the maddest
cida And all the while we could
ar the officers means:
Water! water. Just one drop, for
bis SAKE, somebody. Only one DROP!
The tender-hearted boy could stand
appeal 10 longer Once, twice, three
pes, in spite of our utmost remOn-
rance, he tried unsuccessfully to clear
pit At last he gave a desperate
ap over the embankment, and OAce
the other side threw himself fiat ap-
the ground and craWled toward his
inc foe He could not get close to
b because Of the terrible fire, bus: he
pke Sumac bush, tied to the stick his
fciOus canceen and landed it in the
. ferec,S trembling hands.
You never heard such gratitude in
|lr life. Perhaps there was neves any
it before. The officer was for lying
gold watch on the stick and seeding
back as slight return for the dis
eyested act. But this the boy would
allow. He only smiled happily and
UFnei as he had gone, crawling amid
lalSt0rm Of bullets. When he re iched
edge Of the pit he called out tor his
nradeS TO clear the way for hil1, and
IN a mighty leap he was amang us
e More He was not even scratched.
tie look our congratulations calmly.
SAD il was the bravest deed we had
II during The war. He did not answer.
seyeS had soft, musing look
HOW could YOU do it?' l ASKED in a
aspef' later when the crack IF the
Us ceased for a moment.
II was something | thought Of he
SIMPLY. Something my mother
"a 10 say to me. Il was thirsty, and
gave NE drink" she said. S! e read
ue our IF the Bible, and she taught
NE until | never could forget it.
isa heard that man crying out for
WI J remembered it. The words
va s,5A N my head. l coull mt get
VI en- So | thought theI meant
ana went. That's ALL
'"'S was the reason why The boy
''%'E 20 sacrifice his life for an
ll!' And it was reason enough
S' me soldier with q,,ayering
metropolitan and Rural Home.
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