The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1902-10-16
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITAtS OF CAMP AND BAT.
TIE INCIDENTS.
of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Incl
dents of Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
ing Experiences and Battle Scenes.

/ many
| dents of Marches. Camp Life, Forag-
ing Experiences and Battle Scenes.
a good many stories." said the
| Colonel. have been told OF that truce
| at Kenesaw. but here Is another. My
| point of view was that part of the I'm
| ion line nearest the rebel works. After
| the assault on the dead angle. June
| ~. 1864, many dead and wounded Were
left on the ground between the line
we established and the rebel fortiiica-
| tions. Some of the wounded crept back
| TO us during that afternoon and others
| managed to roll out of the zone of fire
| and creep back to us that night. The
more severely wounded, however, re-
mained where they fell until death re-
| lieved their sufferinSs. On the 2Sth
of June there We're no living left be-
| tween the lines. and on the 29th n truce
WAS arranged for the burial of the
dead.
Some of the bodies were carried to
our lines. but most of the dead were
buried where they fell. the rebel de-
tails and our own working to the same
purpose. During the truce there was
in front of our brigade mingling of
officers and men from both sides in the
not very wide space between the lines.
l saw General James ID. Morgan or
our division wearing a soldiers blouse,
without insignia of rank. talking TO
General Il. +. Cheatam, commanding
the Confederates in our front. Cheat
am wore blue drilling roundabout
gathered at the waist, and. like Nor
gan. was posing as a private soldier.
Both. however, We're recognized and
identified. and Cheatam during the
truce threw off all pretense of dis
guise.
Among the men in company G. Fif-
born and raised in Jefferson County.
Ohio, who was one of our men to scale
the rebel works. In some way he
learned that a certain Texas regiment
was in our Immediate front, and that
his elder brother was surgeon of the
regiment. When the truce was on our
Ohio boy mingled with the Coufeder-
ates. expecting to find his brother. but
on inquiry learned the surgeon had
been sent back to Marietta with wound
ed that very morning. and SO the BROTH
ers missed seeing each other on an his
toric occasion. The Union soldier sent
verbal and written messages to his
rebel brother. and after that never re-
ferred TO the relationship. Did they
ever meet after the war? L don't
know"
''Of course they did, said the Ser
geant. Il meet every day or two men
who struggled against one another at
Stone River or Kenesaw. And by the
ing party the other night whose face
l had not seen for forty years. We
were together in hospital at Nashville
in 1862 and convalesced together I'M
der what seemed to us at the time in
tolerable restrictions. When we We're
transferred TO the cOnvalescent wards
we were always hungry and although
we were high grade men we could not
resist the temptation to hover about
the dining room door half an hour be-
fore meal time. We We're shame
faced about ii, but we We're so hungry
all the time that shame did not count.
and we with a score of others formed
every day about the door for first
rush on the tables and were often driv-
zen back with reproaches by the sur
geon in charge.
Now never go to refreshment or
dining room at n reception If l can
help it. But on this evening last week
my wife wanted to see the table and
the decorations and l was inveigied
into the crowd waiting outside the door
l did in the hospital at Nashville. and
was wondering if anybody else was
ashamed of this waiting like children
for dainties and sweets. when caught
the expression of disapproval and dis
gust on the face of man Just in front
of me in the jam. His hair was gray
or would have said Immediately that
he was my old hospital chum Then 1
remembered that my own hair was
gray. and held out my hand to greet
in fact my old friend.
He began at once, Like old times.
isn't it? l never remember Nashville
and how ravenous l was in that con-
valescent hospital. without blushing.
Do you remember the day stole an
apple on the street? l think of il
whenever 4 petty thief is brought be-
fore me in court. Do you remember
Blake, who in frenzy of hunger stole
and devoured two pounds Of cheese?
He is on the bench out in Kansas and
he spends all his spare time in buying
cheese for hungry boys and hoboes.
They have to take cheese or nothing be-
cause he remembers how cheese touch
ed the hungry spot in his case.
''And do you remember he contin-
ued. as we drifted to the rear, the
chicken pies that old colored woman
sold in the market-house? Lord. how
hungry l was then. l ate three pies
at one sitting and they never feazed
me. / never feel ashamed of that. or
of stealing the apple. but l do feel
ashamed whenever think of how we
hung with the general demeanor of
hungry dogs about that dining-room
door, and l never feel quite comfort
able at n function like this Hellof
Where's my wife? Where's yours. my
hoy? Deserters. both of us. Well.
let's sneak out of the whole business
And we did. 10 recall memories of the
hungry cOnvalescents of 1S62"-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
DOdging Bullets in Battle.
The physical effects produced upon
different men in the presehce of dam
ger forms an Interesting study. but in