Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-07-22

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Atlanta Constitution
Confederates in Union Ranks
Soon after we left Atlanta on the
march to the sea- said Capt Fowler.
we captured two guns of a battery
that had been taken from US a few
weeks before. The whole outfit of
guns and caissons, cannoneers, driv-
ers and horses was turned over to
me. and just at that time l could
not put my hands on artillerymen or
drivers to take charge, kept the cap
tured men in their places and sent
them forward under guard. For all
that day Sherman's army had on the
march section of a battery manned
by men in gray
The prisoners accepted the situa-
ton cheerfully and talked jocularly
about doing duty in Sherman's army
In the evening they went into camp
In regulation order, and when / came
up L found my own men accepting as
gifts the cedar canteens and other
parts of the equipment of the rebs
that struck their fancy. I called
halt on this and informed my men
that they could buy or trade for the
possessions of the prisoners, but they
could not levy on them. Every rebel
carried a curious little keg of cedar
wood instead of a canteen, and most
of them were eager to trade their lit
tie kegs for our tin canteens and most
of my men were as eager to trade
-canteens for kegs.
For an hour or more there was
lively trading, the rebel artillerymen
receiving many things they wanted
and my own company of horse artil-
1ery coming into possession of many
-curiosities. The next morning the
prisoners took their places with 9TH
er prisoners and l lost sight of them
We were well toward Savannah when,
as l was riding by the column of men
captured on the march. l was sur
prised by a cheer. This came from
my detachment of rebel artillerymen.
who remembered me as associated
with their first and only days serv-
ice in Sherman's army"
do you remember" said the SER
sgeant Capt. Lucius H Drury of the
Old Badger, or Third Wisconsin bat
terry? Just previous to the battle of
Chickamauga he was Gen. Van Cleve's
chief of artillery, and when Critten-
den, commanding the Twenty-first
corps, ordered Gen Van Cleve to
make a reconnaissance from Gordon s
Mills toward Lafayette, to feel the en-
envy, but not to bring on an engage
ment, Drury managed the artillery
part of the program. This was Sept.
IS, 1863, and we soon felt the en-
envy As our regiment emerged from
the woods in about the center of our
line rebel battery opened on US, and
Go th1 r-,
escape the shot and shell.
81 was not satisfied with the situa-
ton and was looking for a hole or a
depression in the ground. when Mai.
Drury, chief of artillery, and Capt.
John ]. McCook, now of New York
rode past our line and proceeded
quite distance to the front. Drury
was seeking a position for his artil-
lery and Capt. McCook was to report
the situation in front to corps head
quarters. AS they rode forward they
were fired on by the rebel sharpshoot-
Drury just above the belt plate and
passed straight through his body to
the spine. He said to McCook: The
blanked rebels have pinked me, but
don't let them have the satisfaction of
knowing it
Capt McCook knew with such a
wound the major could not retain con-
seriousness long. As they were in
close range of the enemy McCook
grasped Drury'S sword belt with one
hand to keep the major from falling
off his horse, and taking the bride
rein with the other hand guided both
horses into the woods for cover Nc
Cook kept himself all the time be-
tween the major and the enemy. and
by zigzagging among the trees es-
capped the bullets fired at him. Reach
ing a sheltered spot McCook dis
mounted and assisted the major off
his horse The latter lost conscious
ness almost as soon as he was placed
upon the ground and the stretcher
bearers brought him through our line
The wound was then pronounced NOR
tai, but the bullet was removed and
the major was in the saddle again in
four weeks and was in active service
to the close of the war."-Chicago
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