Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-22

when / reached the rebel outposts,
how could l pass their lines. was
within forty rods OF their pickets, and
| happened to think that our men,
knowing l was In the rebel camp,
| would be on the alert. and my only
chance was to run the rebel posts and
make enough distance so that our fell
lows could at least secure my body
in case l fell. Then l thought what
good would my body be if 1t could not
talk? searched myself for something
to write on, and wondered where my
pockets were, forgetting had
changed clothes and was now a
Seventh Georgia rebel What was 20
be done? Every moment lost might
help to the destruction OF our army
All | could think of was. no pen. no
ink, no pencil, no paper. / even tried
TO write on the ground and laughed to
think | could not carry the earth with
me. | grew desperate. but all at once
everything became as plain as day.
took out my knife, cut off the top of
my shoe, and with the sharp point
wrote the following:
Don't muv 2dc rebs will atac sentr
muv to rit is blur hurd um sa SO with
Oun mouth"
felt better then. | put my knife
back, examined my revolver, and
made for the picket line passed
a short distance to the right of the
sentinel, near enough to see others ly-
ing on the ground. don't think he
saw me until | was well by them; he
made quick shot and the other two
sprang to their feet. 1t was at short
range. and | turned far enough to fire
and fired three shots, with what eff
feet | could not tell, and then struck
out for dear life and our lines. The
other posts, on right and left, opened
up, and the race commenced In good
earnest. | strained every muscle and
siuew in me. Then saw a fash from
our guns, and knew that our men had
seen me.
] tried to call: Here comes your
dispatch" The squad that met me
We're from the First Minnesota. and
they always made quick work of CIV
erything. for they were expert rifle
shots. The race was over. stumbled
and fell a time or two. but held fast
to my dispatch, and when the boys
met me l was nearly all in, One OF
them said: 1T Is a Johnny" Another
said: Pick him up and run; they are
getting battery into position" Sure
enough they were. for the next In
slant, crash! came Il shell, and then
they did hustle. | wasn't worried in
the least, for said to myself: They
can't hit a dispatch" | kept saying
"Gibbon," and the officer in charge
ordered four of his men TO carry me
to division headquarters. l was tenn
porarily paralyZed. | could not use
my hands nor speak; but | could hear
and see as well as ever While they
were making out my writings
thought: You are awful poor schol-
ars If you can't tell what m-u-v spellsr'
| Everything was topsy -turvy. One aid
was sent for Hancock, another for Il
| doctor and the old scratch was 10 pay.
| When the doctor came he looked me
over and said: lie Will be out Of
this very soon" He ordered me
! stripped and rubbed with spirits,
forced dose of something down my
throat, and ! soon began to realize
! where | was. Hancock came and
could make out the dispatch off-hand
| thought to myself; THAT man knows
something" He said Hurry up, doc
tor, and get him talking as soon as
possible this IS important" tried
to use my talking machinery and
did make noise, and the doctor said;
He is coming around fast now" The
next moment my head seemed TO be
on fire, and then my feet took me I'm
| the same way I yelled Ike Co
manchie Indian, and for few mo-
ments / kept the whole squad busy
| The doctor continued to treat me, and
after some time he inquired How
do you feel now" ! said. "All right"
"He can talk now, but 20 slow until
he gets started. he said. I asked the
doctor if | was stabbed, he said no,
and then ! told where I had been, de
scribed the fellows | had seen, gave
their conversation to each other about
forcing our center and about the state
militia: how they would make rs II
they were trying to turn our right,
and then charge our center. Han
cock turned to Gibbon and said: Gen
eral, they Will find the -- lot Of
State militia they ever run up
against" and the next day proved
that Hancock was right-Alex. Wor-
den, Seventh Michigan, In National
| Tribune.
Passing of Civil War Veterans.
Grant was General; so were
Hayes and Garfield and Harrison. Nc
Kinley was major Since Andrew
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