Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-16
GENERAL GRANTS LOST ORDER.

u6NhhAL 6hANTc LU6T U6O66s
Famous Document Turns Up In the Poe.
ket ola Texan ut the Buffalo Fair.
The recent visit of many Of the Texss
Press association to Buffalo has broughs
TO light valuable war document which
has been missing since the battle a
Missouri Ridge, on November Is. 1862
Manager A. B. PenAeld was accoste0
last Tuesday by tall, soldierly looking
man, with an accent which betrayed his
Southern origin. with . hearty. "You
are Mr.. Penfeld, are you mott"
81 am" said the manager.
"Well. my dear sir. am Captain
Harry Lacey of Corslcana, Tex, and
with my regiment fought the federal
hoops at Mission Ridge. I wish to say
your picture is very iine. sir, and I am
glad to see the action 90 impartially re-
produced. was with Rogers Texas
Rangers, or. rather, what was left Of the
Rangers. You know we, as an organ
ization, were badly cut up at Corinth.
Miss. Well. Mr.. Penfeld. your Red
Star Midway Route is all right. and
your SHOWS are superb. shall. like oil
the rest Of my editorial confreres. carry
back to Texas, sir, lively sense Of
gratitude for your great kindness to u
as body. Now, l am going to give
you treat"
Mr.. Penfeld started back with fright.
as he saw visions of a drinking bout,
and realized that the average Southern
er drank as we'll as he fought He.
however, was much relieved when he
saw the tall Texan unbutton his frock
coat and draw forth from an inner
pocket, with care. worn leather book. :
from an inner pocket Of which he took
a worn piece Of parchment, such a. was
used durin gthe civil war for general
orders or dispatches. 1
Unfolding 1t the former confederate
captain said: Read that. sir. and tell
me If you realize what treasure tina: .
paper really is?' Mr.. Penheld looked
at the unfolded sheet and read a. fol- !
lows:
Chattanooga, Tenn. Nov. "a, 1863
Major General George H. Thomas, Chat. !,
tanooga: General Sherman carried
Missionary Ridge as far as the tunnel
with only slight skirmishing. His RICH: I
now rests at the tunnel and on top OF !,
the hill, his left at Chickamaugs creek.
I have instructed General Siberian to
advance as soon as 1t is light in the
morning, and your attack, which wilk
be simultaneous, will be in cooperation,
Yoor command will either carry thee
rife pits and ridge directly In front ON
them or move to the left, as the pres- 1
ence of the enemy may requira III
Rockers position on the mountain
Cannot be maintained), with q small 4
force, and 1t is found impracticable to
carry the top from where he is, It Will
be advisable for him to move up the
valley with all the force he can spare.
and ascend by the first practicable
road."-U.: s. Grant, Major General.
Mr.. Penfield, gasped Here was ths
original order-the long lost order
which GeperaN Grant in his own person.
a; memoirs speaks Of as lost Turning
to Captain Lacey he said: Where do
you get thisT'.
The old soldier said: "Why. when
Sheridan forced his way to the crest OF
the ridge, broke through his line In
the confusion, and, passing rapidly down
to the first line at, our old position, ND
in rifle pit until nightfall, when e.
capped and joined LIongstreet In Virginia
In the bottom OF the pit found the
order, with some other papers addressed
to the federal GeneraN Granger. think
It dropped from some. Officers coat In
tn. scramble uphill. I have managed
to keep it ever since, for 1t was that
charge he orders in this paper which
carried the day for theAUnion forces. 20
YOU see It has a great historic value"
Mr.. Penield pleaded with the South
erner to sell it. but thetan Texan re-
fused, with dignity which told Mr..
to desist. The former confed-
crate leaned over the platform and scan
ned closely the great battle, Saying soft
ly: "It's grand. It's real, but all 30
terrible" Wiping furtive tear from
his feyes. But it took Western blood to
do, IL, and after. all, they were mostly
of GsSouthern extraction.
In. fact the great man to- whom Grant
addressed the order was Virgintan.-
Blu ffalo Express.
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