Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-30
ruE BOOMING CANNON
.o,rns OF CAMP AND SAT
Rs' TIE INCIDENTS.
of the Rebellion Relate
S' .uusing and Startling Incl
Marches, Camp Life, Forag-
roeriences and Battle Scenes.

-. Experiences ana Battle scenes
,.,ooynr could tell" said the Ken
uoIor what would happen In
W'"' Early In 1861, the Kentuck-
"' ,.hn wanted to enlist in the Union
'" 1riftrd in three directions. Some
'''| ~ Rousseau ut Camp Joe Holt in
",no others with Woodruff and
l r.mrro 10 Camp Clay In Ohio, and
"''. ogoln to Camp Dick Robinson
u" voI.on I'm eastern Kentucky
,ns all thc officers who left Louis
in Aprl and May, 1861, none We're
W." popular than Rousseau and
~ ,r.,lrrF and brilliant careers seemed
ming to both. Rousseau went for
81 without a break to n major gen
.rsblp Woodruff went at the head
,rJs regiment, the Second Kentucky,
West Virginia and at the very be-
,mros of the campaign was captured
-. fine enemy at Scary Creek, and the
81 ..onpt he had organized went
n,,ogb fine war under the leadership
Of moher.
oynIthrr Woodruff nor any officer
rpih him when he rode into the enc
n,s lines was Mt fault, but all We're
,.,l prisoners while officers on duty
,.,o winning regulations. Woodruff
r,rpr returned to the regiment, but
.,r service ms Il general officer In
.mmands far removed from the men
rn followed him from Louisville into
a, Second Kentucky Regiment at
Camp Clay
NIr9ntimr. another Second Ken
ncky regiment had been organized un-
ar Colonel Speed S. Fry In eastern
Emturky, and another First Kentucky
r,mpnt under Bramlette. The First
end Second Kentucky regiments organ
wl at Camp Clay were deep in the
Nest Virginia campaign before the
ac>ou Of title was settled, and then
rysrrgImcn became the Fourth, and
80 HIliitlNf INV Lilhs lNPu5SNbu
psmcnt numbered the Third Ken
nay regiment finally became the
Filth. and Whittaker's the Sixth, the
aonrIs Of all Of them winning pro-
notion In the army or In public life.
lieutenant Colonel Neif and Cap
hDS Ilurd and Austin, Of the Second
kentucky, were captured with Wood
MI, and In time MI were sent to Libby
Prison; John r. lIurd was captain of
Company +, and his capture advanced
command Immediately Lieutenant
Jacob II, Smith, who became Il briga-
Tier general in the regular army and
lair 4 reputation rs fighter In the
Philippines llurd, however, so1l re-
l0Ud 10 his regiment nv major
Trough what he called happy cir
Gasmuro.
white in Libby, he noticed that the
M'rIcratc or city surgeons who came
the officers quarters passed the
CARDS on green ribbon tied on the
Ell arm Many of these surgeons
r., @ " ",''''' IT, anu o,'' u"S
Wen enc Of them dropped his green
,.mN badge llurd picked 1t up. tied
.oa his own arm. and, putting on an
@4orhatiEr air. marched past the
'@'t> and cut in the streets OF Rich
.al moI,ip,, GOOD lii. osoo,, ora ro
aNIo, IA bi. r,,j,no,+ ,,i,h tho nros
.,o Of l,rInr ,d,o,turo
.qn.
ahn4 "'N9 i''" o"'
r.,' .,',. '''''', ''S'''oi' 1t was .he
,,nS,.,,,. - '''' sci VICE ~ winch
m.., WV 81 '"''Seu ~ "ipii''-
n,r ''"''' l'En' To lei', oon'-
.,. ,, ''"@ "' '"e liSht ana poili-
>. W. ''' "l" whereas uhoer tue
Oh, n "'''N'"E companies were "A
Nm, IT,. LUIS departure seemed TO me
rr rr... '"'' '"'''' "' 'iieSs' pu' Ven
NAM, ','N "lP'"Neu the arrange
%.r" ""' 1t STOOD to the end. 1t was
nr'' "' Nr"'"'Ny infantry mount
sor3. '"''' '""f' teScuea 'heit
.r,,. ,'' 'o"rlh Nehtucky cav
. ''"' ''''' '"'
N"tAIhS, OF the Fourth Cav
WIS I'll Lafayette with $50 men
'"," sixth ana Seventh Ken
'''"'tl, when he was attacked