Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-09-30
SOLDIERS AT HONE.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
How the Boys of Both Armies WhiIed
Away Life in Canp-Forag:ng Ex-
periences, Tiresome Marches-Thril.
hing Scenes on the Battlefield.


General Turchin," said the Captain.
"was one of the courtliest Of the gen
eral officers of the Union army. and
at the same time one of the most I'M
conventional. viii never forget the
stately military bow with which he
was wont TO greet his fellow officers.
but | smile whenever | think of it,
because it comes up in memory asso-
clated with quaint harks Of decid
edly unmilitary character
"Turchin was one of the best drill
masters in the service He delighted
in .,yIgade drill and maneuver, and at
sgch times was the very persOnifica-
ton of dignity and precision. On one
occasion when he was intent on an
order TO have the brigade change front
a rabbit jumped from the grass in
front Of the line and ran across the
field in plain sight of every man. Not
a man. with the eyes of the general
upon him, dared look UP. Imagine,
then. how surprised they were 10 hear
order half given to calculate: H,
dere goes rappit"
''Un anothe- occasion our regiment,
the Eleventh Ohio, was marching In
battle order, when, coming TO a slough
in the road. each wing marched by
the flank on either side OF the road.
This was the second night after Mis-
sionary Ril-c, and was very dark, and
the left wing lost direction. When
daylight came the boys saw they were
not marching with the right wing OF
their own regiment, but with troops
of another division.
"A. our company commander was
changing the direction of the march
toward where he supposed the right
wing to be, General Turchin spied us,
and. alert on the instant, asked, What
troops are tbose9 One of the officers
replied. Part of the Eleventh Ohio,
general and Turchin said explosive
ly, You tam stragglers, what do you
here? Iou not have any fire for six
weeks To this some one replied:
a
fight on hand, you know that, general
Instead of resenting this Turchin told
the boys how to find the other bat
TALON, and as he rode away said: Dat
tam Eleventh beats the devil in fight
Ing and talking, too
Speaking of the Eleventh Ohio.
said the sergeant, the boys used to
tell the year after the war very
goad dog story, This particular dog
was called Curly, and WAS with the
regiment longer than apy other adopt
ed by the Eleventh. Unlike other
dogs. he never ran away from skirm-
ish or battle, but stuck close to the
company in every engagement At
Chickamauga he refused to leave our
wounded, and was taken prisoner.
When after the lpttle the wounded
were removed under Il flag of truce.
| Curly broke through the rebel lines
and joined his company in Chat
tanooga.
strangely enough Curly escaped
without a wound until we were on
our way home for muster out He got
off the cars at Bowling Green and
broke his leg. Before the situation
was understood the train started and
Curly. left be lind wounded, was re-
ported lost The boys who had been
wounded at Chiekamauga. and who re-
membered CmIy's devotion and loyalty
on that occasion. could not give him
up. They made such n stir about il
that some months later the soldiers
stationed at Bowling Green shipped
Curly to Louisville, and from here
he was sent to Osborne. Ohio, " here
he was cared for by a member of The
regiment until old age carried him
off"
That .eminds me-" said the doctor,
''of little adventure | had just after
the war. l was called one dark night
10 see patient Eve or six miles from
town. The man who came for me
said il was a bad case, but he had
forgotten the name of the sick man,
who WAS a newcomer in the neigh
borhood However he said he had
been told if he would name the name
of his new neighbor the doctor would
be sure 10 come THIS excited my
curiosity and | went, but with many
misgNinSs.
AS We approached the house my
guide was plainly nervous, and rs
savage dog came barking down the
narrow lane that led to the house he
jumped out of the buggy and ran.
This left me alone with a dog that
seemed determined to eat me alive.
He cireled around the buggy in n way
to make me nervous. and finally /
shouted, Bose you old rascal. stop
that now Instantly there was "A
change. The dog seemed frantic with
joy. He stood with his fore feet Ia
the buggy and whlned for recognition.
And did recognize him as our rcgi-
mental mascot, and found inside one
of the boys of my old home company
too sick to tell me his story. But [
brought him out of that sickness. and
Bose was as glad as was Chicago
lntar-Ocean.
A war-T Time HumOrist.
One day in 1863 there came down
TO the front recruit with grin on
his face and a chucklc in his throat
AMI he had hardly been turned. over
20 Tie :'rd regiment when he put his