The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-19
THE FIELD OF BATTLE
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF
THE WAR.
The Veterans of the Rebellion Tell of
Whistling Bullets, Bright Bayonets,
Bursting Bombs, Bloody Battles,
Camp Fire, Festive Bugs, Etc., Etc.

Captain Beverly Tucker of Tennes-
see tells this story concerning General
Grant says the New York Herald
About three weeks before the battles
began around Chattanooga, Grant came
there on crutches, having been severe
iy injured by runaway horse while
in New Orleans.
Paying no heed to his disability,
Grant was on horseback every day,
studying the topography of the field
of the operations of the immediate flu
ture. One morning. accompanied by
traversed the country about Missionary
Ridge, and shortly after the noon hour
everybody. including the horses, be-
came hungry. The whole place seemed
deserted but smoke was at last dis
covered coming from the chimney of an
obscure hut. An orderly was sent
there, who came back and reported
that a white woman was there who
would prepare dinner if they would
wait, but that it would be very ordi
nary meal. The offer was at once ac-
cepted with thanks
While preparing and serving the
plain dinner the little woman kept up
a vigorous running fire of talk, show
ing that she was Confederate, and
that she fairly Kissed with hatred of
the Yankees" The general and his
suDordinates maintained silence, ex-
cept for few very courteous rejoin-
ders, and when the dinner was over
the general addressed the woman of
the house thus:
Madam, we are under obligations
to you for the dinner, and for your
courtesy in preparing it for US. But.
as it is very palpable that you are a
Confederate, we must insist upon pay
ing for what we have received. Here
is a $50 bill in Confederate money and
here is $50 bill in the United States
money; you shall have either one that
you choose
Now, the Confederate money was
scarcely worth the paper on which it
was printed, and the woman was very
poor. General Grant and all the Off
GERS riveted their eyes upon the little
woman. but she never fiinched, nor
paled. nor qualed. Shaking her gray
hair haughtily. and holding up her
head as proudly as any queen could
have done, she said
II bate the Yankees, and hate their
cause; and l bate their money. too.
can accept nothing but Confederate
money. sir"
Please understand. madam" was
the reply. ''that l am General Grant,
the commander of all of these Yankee
forces. l was educated at West Point
with your Confederate generals. Lee.
Jackson, Johnston and all the rest,
and am, of course gentleman.
Therefore. you win understand that it
| is with great courtesy and kindness
that place my hand upon your shout
| der and commend you. as an American
woman. for the courage of your con-
victions- You are as firm in your be-
| lief as our Revolutionary grandmoth-
ers were You are right, as a matter
of principle, in choosing the Confed-
crate money; and now, as lady to
whom we are under obligations for
kindness shown, / Deg of you to ac-
cept the United States bill also, as a
token CT our respect and esteem
| With the Confederate money In one
hand. she accepted the United States
money with the other hand, and then
| said
in the same spirit, general, must
believe hereafter that the Yankees are
also sincere and brave, and l shall
never abuse them again under any cir
cumstances."