Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-02-27
Let us have his name Chicago Inter
The Fortune of war.

AuIhlShtu HloSi bI lHe lHatefldt III
leadership which had saved the Uuion.
He named Frank Z. Blair. Gen. Thorn
as, Farragut and others.
lie declared Il was Southern Demo
crat, samuel Phillips Lee. who. by
Keeping open the Cumberland River by
which reinforcements and supplies
We're sent TO the FederalS assisted in
the overthrow and defeat of Hoods
army OF COnfederateS For that act,
said the speaker, Congress gave Lee
vote of thanks
Well" replied another Southeruer
ION the other hand. a Yankee school
teacher whom | knew furnished the
South with some pretty good fighting
material in the first years of the civil
War. His name was {. &. Ryrne.
lie was a graduate of 4 State mill
tary school, and was fond OF showing
his pupils what he knew He organ
ized II military company Of the older
classes and used to dril the boys at
recess and after school.
We used broomhandles. laths and
sticks for guns. After we had re-
ceived our first lessons in falling in.
and lining up and counting off. and
other widimentary tactics, Byrne used
10 take us out and make us jump gul-
lies, climb fences. charge hogs that
were running Mt large and do a lot
Of things which he told lis soldiers had
to do
AZ one time he divided the company
and got mp sham fight One hoy got
his leg broke, another spraiued his
ankle and several had fist fights to
settle old grudgcs.
The parents intcrfercd. and Byrue
was instructed to train the minds of
his pupils and let their legs alone. But
the boys liked Byrne's military idea,
and he used to take us out in the woods
near by and go through his evolutions.
Just then the Civil war broke In
upon the country and the schools and
churches IN the town quit business.
"Byrue'S opportunity came and he
enlisted on the Union side He got to
be II captain and did some net of
bravery at Wilson's Creek whore Gen.
Lyon was l'lled He was on Gen
Franz SigeIs staff at one time
But nearly every boy he had drilled
enlisted IN Coon Thorntons famous
rebel artillery company, and some of
them became noted fighters IN the
Southern army. In dash that was
made in the Southwest Byrnc was
captured 10y some Of the hoys he had
drilled on the old playground.
1T was not known. of course, NJ the
time of the capture, Init afterward
the boys went To old Pap Price aud
told him the story, ana Price sent
Ryrne back 10 his command under es-
cort no exchange being required. Pap
Price said to Byrne at the time:
Captain. If there arc any more OF
yom boys whom you drilled. who
haven't enlisted ! wish YOU would
send them through the lines You have
saved MS good deal of trouble with
those we have
Il was one of the guard that cs-
corted Ryrnc back to his lines, and on
our way ont some Of the escort robbed
hen roost and We gave our old teach
az dinner, lie was good naturcd.
clever Yankee and he knew we didn't
buy the chickens When the feed was
over he said
Boys | taught YOU how to fight,
rut Pap Price taught you how 30 rob
n hen rooSt
THAT was one of the very first
stories Of the war; but 50 far as I
know II has never been told before. J
never knew what became of Eyrc.
| wish did New York Sun