The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-08
to do 1t. but he was after the drop on
me and / had to do it. He was brave

me and / had to do it. He was brave
man."
TALES OF HORROR AND HERoIsM.
Stories were told of men killed in their
tents in darkness while half asleep, or or
ders that never reached generals. OF gen.
erals who disregarded orders, OF the black
shame of an Ohio regiment which dis
graced itself above all other commands In
the fight, of men who fought heroically
with teeth chattering in fear, of towards
who became heroes and heroes in camp
who were poltroons in the line Of the ter
rible storm of the night of April 6. of the
first joyful bugle note from Buell. on the
bluffs OF the Tennessee, of how the Union
ironclads pitched screaming shells all night
long with devilsh precision into Beaure-
CARDS camp. numbering men and sleep
among the weary "Rebs." of how Grant
smiled and smiled, and simply said We Will
have them on the run to-morrow-all these
were told back and forth between the old
men of each side with a charm and grace
only possessed by men who can fight as
well as talk-men who, in a word, made
their own Iliad.
At o'clock the Savannah with Miss
Grant and her friend, Mrs. Walter Tripp,
the trip down the river to Danville. The
little town of Savannah was reached at
4:SO and an hours stop was made to give
the generals granddaughter opportunity to
visit his headquarters. Permission had
been obtained from old Gen. w. II. Cherry
to visit the Cherry mansion on the hill
above the river, the palatial old home
where Grant by Halleck's orders made his
vs&1.
Mrs. Tripp, Colonel Baker, of the
Savannah. and a guard Of honor
of a few old soldiers, Miss Grant
was taken to the Cherry home. standing
to-day much the same it was in g. The
same family owns the estate, and, while
frowning stone walls and negro servants
bar the careless sightseer, the Cherrys
threw the house open to Miss Grant. They
have preserved the corner room on the
ground floor almost as it was when Grant
was there. A war time photograph of him
hangs above the fireplace. The table is
the same, although other articles of furni-
ture are new. Miss Grant was presented
with several photographs of the house and
grounds by the courteous Cherrys. At $50
the Savannah left again for Danville. The
other boats, much slower, trailed in the
rear.
The Indiana party will leave Danville at
o'clock tomorrow morning for Indianap-
oils, arriving there at o'clock p. m. The
trip has been charming from start to fin
ish. Weather conditions, with the excep-
ton of an April shower this afternoon,
which turned the dust into sticky red clay,
have been perfect, and the arrangements
afioat and ashore for the comfort and
pleasure of the party most excellent. The
excursionists have been able to obtain a
mental kodak picture of the South as it
really Is, with its sleepiness. its queerish
tongue, its courtly manners and delight
full hospitality. its happy-go-lucky negro
who lounges on the river bank at night,
picking banjos and singing melodiously
old plantation songs handed down from
ante-bellum days. and in the daytime
roistering and skylarking on the levee,
shooting craps and dancing.
Said one old vet: why, it's all the same
just it was forty years ago. -
Said an ''ex-Reb'' who heard him: ''God
has done forgot this country since the
war;" EDWIN c. HILL.