Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-06

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''BY THIS TIME 1 HAD SPRUNG TO THE
GROUND
about 300 of his men and pursued the
rebels On the second day the Colonel
and twelve of his men who were in
advance of the column came to a house
on the right of the road. This was
near town known as Salisbury.
''The Colonel rode toward the house,
and beckoned to the boys to come
ahead. AS we passed in front of the
house the rebs began to run out, and
we fired into them. In turning the
corner of the house and going down
a little hill my horse stumbled and
fell. Part of the column passed over
me and went to the right into the
woods. l sprang up, and hearing fir
ing on top Of the hill, I seized a fine
horse tied close by which belonged to
the rebels, and, mounting the animal,
rode to the top Of the hill. Coming
near to where the firing was, l found
Colonel Nurse alone and two rebels on
foot firing at him. I was within about
forty yards of him when his horse
reared and he went backward on the
animals withers. He quickly arose
and drew another pistol.
''By this time I had sprung to the
to shoot one of the rebs. But one of
them ran away and Colonel Nurse was
taking aim at the other, and had clip
ped wisp of hair from the left side
Of his head, when he surrendered.
Upon examining the Colonel's pistol
fired by the rebels had hit 1t in the
center of the muzzle thereby disabling
it. The Colonel asked the reb why he
did not shoot some more before sur
rendering. The reb replied because he
knew if he had continued to shoot the
Colonel would have killed him. We
captured 3S of the gang. They said
they belonged to Old Saul Street We
got as the spoils Of war q carbines
that they had captured from our picket
posts at different times"
How "a Battery Captured Supplies.
We knew, tells correspondent OF
the Cleveland Leader, it would be night
before the slowpaced baggage wagons
reached Bowling Green, and perhaps
morning before we could find them.
The thought made the soldiers raven
only no
to procure rations for supper. Far off
down the road in front we could see
a negro driving an OK team, making
his way home, probably scared into an
ague fit by the sudden appearance of
the Yankees. 1t was the first time, the
reader must remember that the Fed
eral troops had, penetrated the South,
and the ignorant people regarded them
with comical terror. The negro was
making what haste he could to avoid
being overtaken. At this moment
wheel ran off the leading gun carriage
and the first detachment haulted, draw
ing to one side to enable the battery to
pass. In a minute or two it was re-
replaced, but by this time the battery
had thundered by the OK team, leaving
the negro, half paralyzed with fear,
sitting in his wagon by the roadside.
A hurried consultation in the detach-
ment resulted in the sergeant giving
it one minute to convert the oxen into
beef. We approached the team on
run, halted, and, While the negro still
sat on the wagon, with staring eyes,
shivering with fright, twenty men fell
to the work of slaughter. They worked
like wild men for fear Of losing their
rations. In a minute or two it was
all over, eight quarters of beef adorned
the caisson chests, the detachment clat-
tered on the run to overtake the bat
terry. and the negro still sat on his wag
on, gazing alternately at the hides,
heads and debris incumbering the yoke
and wagon tongue, and the flying artil-
Iery disappearing down the road.
Some Polish editors have hard time,
In q parting word to his readers the
retiring proprietor of the Polish paper
Gornoslazak says that during the five