The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-06
Made No Shoes for Reb..

Made No Shoes for Rebs.
A white-haired, elderly man stood In
Doric hall at the state house the other
day intently gazing at the battle flags
Of the Massachusetts regiments that
fought to preserve the Union from
1881 to 1866. Ee fingered long, and
seemed to be greatly interested In the
torn and tattered standards, says the
Boston Globe. 4 visitor noticed the
man and. stepping up to him, said:
You appear to be interested In those
fags?"
Il think l have right to be, sir"
replied the old gentleman. That
flag" said he, pointing to the shot
riddled colors Of the 10th regiment
was captured from me In front Of
Petersburg by the rebels, June q,
1864. Thirty years afterward, by an
act of Congress, it was returned to the
State and | had the honor Of deliver
ing it to the governor Of the common
wealth."
That's remarkable" said the Wis
the stirring days of the war, and the
different ensa gements that the old
10Th regiment participated IN The
color bearer was Sergeant Michael
Scannen Of Lynn, who, although 70
years old, is hale and hearty, and In
known by every Grand Army man In
Essex county. Little by little Scan
nell was induced to tell the story OF
the capture of the colors at Peters
burg.
1--WE were brigaded with the 42d
New York and the 18th MasSachu-
setts," said Sergeant Scannell, land we
were ordered to advance. There was
evidently some mistake, as when we
moved out it left a gap that General
Malone was quick to see and take adj
vantage of. Without any idea of the
perilous position we occupied we
moved forward in the best of spirits.
Quicker than it takes to say Jack
Robinson the rebs swooped down
upon US and we were powerless to re-
sist capture. 1t was all up with u
and there was nothing to do but sur
render. A rebel officer rode up to me.
and, with long oath, demanded the
colors. Give me those colors, you
Yankee, blankety, blankety blank
said he, with his gun pointed at my
head.
II looked at him coolly and, straight
ening myself up, said: Sir, I have
been in this country nearly twenty
years, and you are the first man TO
call me a Yankee. Take the coions-
You're welcome TO them.'"
Scannell, with the rest Of the -egi-
| ment, was hustled off to Anderson vine
and spent nearly twelve months In
rebel prisons, suffering untold misery.
| One day while at Andersonville a rebel
officer came through shouting the
name of Sergeant Scannell That's
me-" replied Scannell. he was or
dered to make shoes for the rebs, al
he had been a shoemaker at Haverhiu
before the war.
"Neverr" said Scannell. Never"
The rebel officer argued with him
| and told him that he would get better
| food and treatment If he went into the
| shoe shop and that he would have a
chance to recover from the scurvy that
| had attacked him. But Scannell was
firm. Never was the reply do
you think that l am going to go back
on the flag Of my adopted country and
make shoes for rebs? Not while I
| have my senses about me-"
Grants Laconic vicksburg Letter.
President Guild, of the Boston Art
Club, says a letter from that city, has
in his possession a letter written by
General Ulysses S. Grant after the fail
of Vicksburg, which furnishes an ex-
| ample OF the remarkably concise ex-
preston for which the great General
was noted Even the magnitude Of
the event did not excite any exuber-
ance of jubilation. Following Is an
exact copy Of the letter. which is adj
dressed to his father, at that time liv-
| ing In Ohio:
Vicksburg, July 6. 1893
Dear Father-Vicksburg has at last
surrendered after a siege Of over for
ty days. The surrender took place on
| the morning Of the Fourth Of July.
found I had continuously underesti-
mated the force Of the enemy, both In
men and artillery The number Of
| prisoners surrendered was 10000. The
process of paroling is so tedious. how
ever, that many who are DESTROYS ef
getting to their homes win escape BE-
| fore the paroling officers get around
| to them. The arms taken are about
$50 pieces of artillery and over $1,000
stand OF small arms. The enemy stin
had about four days rations Of hour
and meat and large quantity Of SUI
gar. The weather is now exceedingly
warm and the roads intolerably dusty.
| 1t cannot be expected under these cir
cumstances tsat the health CT this
command can Feep up as it hiss done.
| My troops were not allowed one hours
time after the surrender. but were at
once started after other game Ny
| health has continued good during the
campaign which has just closed.
Remember me to all at home.-Ulys-
ses.
Don't Marry This Man.