Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-01-27

Yes" said the Sergeant, Il was
praying man in the army. At least, l
prayed once under very distressing cir
eumstances, and my prayer was an
swered. After the surrender of Vicks-
burg, and after the army was ordered
forward in the new campaign l was
detached for hospital duty, and was
1T in charge Of sixteen sick men of
tie Ninety fourth Illinois. 1t was ex-
tremely difficult to obtain the bare ne
cessitates of life, and my poor sick
comrades. unable to help themselves,
looked to me for food and care.
The army was intent on the new
move All the quartermasters and
commissaries were looking to supplies
for the troops ordered to advance. No
one pas any attention to me or my
pleas for sick men. Everybody from
highest to lowest seemed to have for
gotten us. Thoroughly discouraged, l
went outside the hospital camp, crept
into the bushes, knelt down, and pray
81. The load was lifted from my
spirit | returned to camp to find that
we had not been forgotten. Supplies
soon came, and with them orders to
transfer my sick men to Illinois.
II went into the battle of Spring.
field, Mo, in 1862 with prayer on my
lips. ! came out with seven bullet
holes through my clothes and without
cap, the latter having been shot off
my head And yet there was not a
scratch on my body, and l was never,
In the hottest fights, disabled by a
wound. Here / am long past the so
year milestone, hale and hearty, pre-
served / verify believe, by the grace
of an all-wise Providence. Yes, was
a praying man, and l believe my pray
ers were answered"
II served in General McNulty : regi-
ment myself" said another Ninety
Fourther. II was on duty as a private
| in New Orleans when General Grant
visited that depa -tment. The day he
was to return north many of our regi-
ment gathered on the street leading to
the landing to see the general and his
| escort pass. AS General Grant passed
| the point at which l stood the horse
ridden by one of the department staff
SHE'D and bolted squarely into the gen.
eral and his mount.
Grant was good horseman, but
despite all his efforts, his horse bolted
| became manageable, end threw his
rider. Grant sustained injuries that
made him an invalid until the battle
of Missionary Ridge. l did not give
the incident at New Orleans much
thought until the cotton buyers and
others whose plans for speculation had
been spoiled by Grant started the story
| that the general had been thrown from
his horse because he was drunk. Then
/ felt that the soldiers who witness
the accident ought to tell the trrth.'
at is a mistake" said the captain
ito say that Grant was an invalid I'M
til the battle of Missionary Ridge. He
was lame, but, great Scott! he was the
| most active lame man ever saw. The
morning after he slipped into Chatta'
nooga, several weeks before the battle
of Missionary Fridge, he limped over
! to the old railway station and surprised
| a lot OF fellows who were loading wag.
| ons, after the manner Of soldiers who
! didn't care tinker's dam for any.
body. They didn't know Grant was
within thousand miles Of Chattanoo-
ga, but they recognized him and
buckled down to work. They won
dered as they worked what the silent
man with cane was up to. They
| learned the next night, when they We're
| ordered across the river and down TO
Shelmound to support Hooker. Chi
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