Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-11


"Persimmonsr' roarrd Jackson.
why, they're not even ripe yet"
Like EN- green just now" explain.
ed the soldier.
And why?" asked jackson. soften.
ing little with amusement ut the fel-
lows laconic answer.
ITO draw my innardS up 10 iii my
rations," was the answer hnadel,
phia Ledger.
Experience of an Illinois Veteran.
Comrade Jacob Miller, of Bra!dwood
ILL.,, had a most remarkable experience
during his service with Company IL.
Ninth Indiana. and still carries a niece
Of Confederate lead in his brain, says
the National Tribune. Comrade Miller
enlisted Mt Logansport, Ind, in 1861,
His first captain was w. L. La Sale,
and his regiment was commanded by
Robert Milroy.
At the battle Of Chickamauga, Sept.
10, 1853, while In the act OF aiming,
Comrade Miller was struck by mus
ket ball which penetrated the forehead
and he fell backward and was left for
dead COmradc Miller recollects hear
ing his captain say: It's no use tc
remove poor Miller, for he is dead
BY the shot one of his eyes was
knocked out of its socket and the 9th.
err was soon so swollen that he could
see nothing. But he retained conscious
ness, and crawled forth from among
the dead, after his comrades had fall.
en- back, and made his way To the field
hospital. The next morning, having a
great dread OF being taken prisoner,
he started out to make his way to
Chattanooga on foot. He could only
see a few feet ahead of him by hold.
ing open the lids Of the swollen eye.
Comrade Miller walked rs far as he
could and then lay down by the road
side An ambulance driver. finding
him still breathing, picked him up and
put him In the ambulance In the space
which had been occupied by com
rade who had just died. In this way
Miller finally reached Chattanooga on
Sept. 81. and there fell I'm with two
members of his own company and
with them crossed the river in the
evening and stayed all night with the
company teamsters.
At noon the next day he had his
wound dressed for the first time. Then
he drew rationS and with his com
| rades started across the mountains
to Bridgeport, where they arrived Sept
% From Bridgeport he rode to Nash.
vile lying on his back in q box ear.
In Nashville his wound received It's
second dressing.
Miller's two comrades sent letter
to their captain asking for descrip
| tive list for themselves and for Miller
so that they could draw their pay. Tn,
! captain answered. inClosing the lists
but added that he would never have
| included one for Jacob Miller had 1
not been for the testimony Of his TIVE
comrades who were with him, for tn,
reason that he was sure that he haC
| lClb ahIlltl dedtL Ou IllC lltltl Oh 0Hltk
amauga. Indeed, after the battle Nil
Ter was reported dead by his captain
and his name was printed in the news
papers among the killed.
Miller's friends in Indiana did no
know he was alive until two month.
later. The army surgeons feeling sur,
that Miller would die, told him they
would not give him any more pair
by probing for the bullet, so it was lief
in the wound until he went home. Nin'
months after he was wounded he ar
rived home. Two surgeons operated
Oh him and succeeded in removing
about one-thlrd Of the musket ball
Seventeen years after he was cleaning
his wound one day when a piece OF
lead dropped into the water
| COmrade Miller has no memory fol
names. but very wildly recalls al the
little details of how he was shot anC
how he was left for dead, and finally
crawled away from among the dead
and dying.