Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-04-19

!. ABOUT MR.. P.'s sERvlcEs
~" ,.,s Ia the rebellion is Mr
IN ~ rrcord in the army, II We
sIFs .',rr right. Just long enough
sls."l =, and cut with the title Of
q NO = which he has used to
'll' ,s ~. advantage during the many
gu t n has been office-chasing .-Ad.
lie
III We remember right" The
J, .rauple With Charles is that he
n The habit OF remembering
-, That is the reason that he
MN throughout III" length and
ssj,h Of the county As ""a"ri"u>
He certainly doe,l "rcu.e.Abcr
~ IN this instance. To set him
\, We viii do Il brief stunt in auto
.a,uby. The writer was born in
q Aug. IL. Hence, but thirteen
mers-and about as many winters
a passed over his head when the
roc,lon began. He. with his pa
3. resided in Missouri, in u section
,osr unanimously OF southern ex-
ZION. and hence rebel in Sympa.
His birthplace was Illinois,
g.ncs the family moved t" Missouri
~. His father-loyal in every
.,r.o his country and its flag was
.sAing the public school in Weston,
s.lis Missouri river. about half way
tween ST. Joseph and Kansas City
E54u the war began. The rebS were
bad set against what they called
Yankee preachers and Yankee school
,cners. \ young man named Cy.
ITion who attained considerable
sniuelce as rebel guerilla leader,
Used a battalion of young men of the
Bunty for the Confederate service.
kNile organizing they put in their
me rounding up the Union men of
Is county, many of whom took TO the
.cis and got away. The writer's
..lIer escaped between two days. He
listed in il Missouri infantry regi-
,tnt and was made orderly sergeant
gs known as first sergeant. Later,
.su lis home county Of Platte was
unially pacitied 10y United States
r.vs he raised at Weston a COM
any Or part OF "A company We do
h remember exactly for the nth
EMouri Cavalry. While in camp,
but two and half miles from
Jseph. after the regiment was
.4tormed. and few days before it
F rs mustered into the United States
xrvite. he vas kicked and killed by a
ayalry horse. His remains were
wuglt To his home i'm Weston and
.a.le lie was buried with Masonic hon.
IS lie died on the Goth of Nav. 1861.
| ID ls'+ the writer MAS examined in
ach the twu st. Louis medical di-
F, in am effort tn get into IL Mis-
sari artillery regiment. tie was not
| then sixteen. and Was rejected ON ac-
| count Of age. On the way TO his board
! nshaAse he saw IL sign, ''Teamsters
wanted To go south. in the employ of
| The government. Tie wanted To ..go
SOUTH and lie hired out as "a team.
steI. He vas sent to Little Rock, Ark,
audaiterward I" Devai Bluff, in the
same state. That was ON White river.
The federal gunboats would occasion.
ally ascend the river Ia the Bluff. and
The wllltl and several other Young
citizen employees. all Ut them in their
levlsand most of whom had been re-
HAeaiof army service on account uf
YsOund that there were berthS in
Ariavy for boys OF almost any age,
i0a that the vessels were nearly all
Ne!l-handed. So. about Il dozen of
len-the writer among them Joined
We navy. They went in for the naval
'efAl-two years and the writer was
lslialged at the end Of about six
months ON account of the ending OF
VIZ var lie wasn't y substitute, and,
'al'stlng in the south, he was not the
F'eplent OF any of the big bounties
a'a m some sections of the state
were an effort was being made to iii
'slilat quotas without being subject.
'l'p The draft. Ii the war had not
'lael he certainly would have served
ny Term, and, with the feeling that
's'essedthe breasts of Missourians on
'lll SIDES in those days, probably
aVIr. of course it may be that when
'sa Davis heard of the bunch Of kids
,uat mad entered the navy at Devall's
Dun he got "skeered" and quit. Al
IVY rate, the bunch we're fairly good
pys and, except one who was drowned,
we're all honorably discharged at
nVuha City, the Mississippi naval
salloh, at the close of the war.
~
VOW. there were men by the name
= Patterson in those days One OF
,'e'll AZ least was Of serviceable age.
~ allerward served his country as
3p''lce Of the peace, and would have
'Neu 1t as county Judge had his
s :, insisted upon it. But il
" monarmy nit. This gentleman
iad a son-a bumptiouS younl
. na'l WHO prided himself on his alleged
.0.''lles as a wrestler and IA pugiljst
: 'eS Years ago the country called FOL
!. .V'le men TO sustain the honor OF it,
1ss ~ Cuba and i'm the Philippines