The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-08

hero. I have gone into detail, not
so much for his Qualification, but to
give his son and daughter, who are in
attendance in these last rites of their
father. reminder that any weak
nesses that have been displayed by
this soldier in his later life were the
result largely of this wound in the
head, followed as it was in later years
by sunstroke, rendering him unac.
countable for his acts. / assure them
that their fathers life has not been
wasted, but that he bore a glorious
part In that eventful war which made
heroes numerous--yet he was one OF
the greatest of ALL
'That was the story, and it was
worth the telling, most of all, on such
an occasion. The Twenty-fourth New
York cavalry, 1t must be remembered,
lost June II, 1864, forty killed and 1O7
wounded, including seven officers. On
the 18th the regiment lost eighty-seven
killed and wounded and five officers
In the assault Of that day Colonel VIII.
liam Raulston, Twenty-fourth New
York cavalry, commanding the brigade,
was wounded, and four other COM
handing officers Of the brigade and
division were wounded, and at II
o'clock at night Newberry was the
senior officer Of the division, and
crossed back to the lines of the main
army, which were the advance line
from that time until the next April,
nine days before Lees surrender
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Sheridan's Other Ride.
mot much Of a giant In SIZE" as he
expresses it, was "a lad who enlisted
In the Twenty-sfxth Massachusetts,
Regiment when he was ID years and
3 months old. Because of h. youth it
was generally his fortune to be de-
tailed at headquarters. When, in
1864, his regiment was attached to the
new Nineteenth Corps, he became or
derby to General Philip II. Sheridan,
and In that capacity, as he tells the
story ia the Boston Globe, he took part
in an earlier ride at Winchester than
that which made the general famous
Says the veteran:
One day in the dead Of winter
when matters were pretty quiet, there
was quite a fall Of snow at Winches-
ter, and 1t occurred to Sheridan that
he ought to have sleigh ride. A pair
Of old runners was found in some
ones VACATED stable, and the problem
Of body for the runners was solved
by some rowing soldiers who ran
across an old bath tub; in a deserted
home, and brought it to headquarters
Just the thing" said Sheridan.
The blacksmiths, were ordered to
prepare the outfit for use as a sleigh.
They did their best. The old tub was
attached to the runners. a pole was
put on for a. pair Of horses, and with
numerous buffalo robes the turnout
was made to look like a respectable
family affair. Then the horses, a bay
and white, were hitched to the i'm
provised sleigh. lump in, orderly
said Sheridan. l took a seat at the
generals side.
whats the matter with this, order
ly?" said the general, as he whipped
up the horses. Having all could do
to hold on, made no reply. The old
bath tub, at the rate we were going,
was liable to drop to pieces at any
moment
Now, orderly" said the general, IF
that white horse had little more mud
on him he would be better match for
the bay.
l said nothing, but 1 thought the
white horse would get all the mud he
wanted. Much to my relief, the gen.
eral soon espied lady whom he knew
and asked her to take ride. She
gladly accepted the invitation, al
though if she had known what kind of
continuance Sheridan was navigating
she probably would have declined the
honor Of a spin with the commanding
general.
well, orderly" said Sheridan, 81
guess you will have to walk back 1
walked back willingly, and Sheridan
survived his sleigh ride in a bath tub
to drive Early out of the valley and
be in at the finish at Appomattox.
In a Hoepita1 for Forty-two Years.
Left deaf and dumb after a severe
attack of scarlet fever when she was
a child II years Of age, Miss Eliza
Adams has passed forty-two years in
the Louisville City Hospital in COM
plete ignorance Of the place of her
birth, her proper name or who her
parents were.
This peculiar character arrived in
Louisville In the fall Of 1862 from
Nashville, Tenn. She had been de-
ported with the crowds Of women and
children Of the United States govern
ment sent out of that State when the
armies Of the North and South were
making its green pastures CORY with
the blood Of the Civil War, and in the
deportation she became separated
from her parents and family.
In Nashville a great camp was pre-
pared for the protection Of these peo-
pie and for several weeks Eliza
Adams was confined in this place.
Finally she became i'll Of scarlet fever