Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-22
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rive Fighting Parsons.
speaking OF chaplains," said Oar
H. Anderson, Il met that fighting par
son, Chaplain Lozier OF the Thirty .sey,
enth Indiana, under very exciting cir.
cumstaEces at Stone River. In the
mix'up Dee 81. 1862, In the point OF
cedars from which the First Kentucky
made a charge, my brother was severe.
~ wounded and | was assisting him To
place where tine wound could he
| dressed We had proceeded only n few
steps when we came across a young fel.
low with Il shattered shoulder sitting
on a rock. He asked me for drink,
and as my canteen strap was short, |
stopped over TO let him drink from the
| canteeIl
Just as the wounded man had fin,
ished drinking Rebel broke through
the thicket OF cedars into the clear
space where we were and raising his
gun quickly fired point blank ut me
The bullet went through my cauteen
anu struck the man whom | had lust
given drink sQuarely in the forehead
just AT that instant into the clear spa %
came Captain Lozier supporting 9
wounded man OF his regiment whose
gun he was carrying. heard LoxIer
say, You booger. you," saw him let 20
Of his wounded man. throw the musket
quickly to his shoulder and fire.
That settled the case of the Rebel
and reserving my fire turned again 10
the man twice wounded. The bullet
had penetrated the skin on his temple
and plowed around to a point under his
ear, where there was quite II lump. lie
insisted that the new wound dldn'i
hurt him, and took the whole affair
very coolly. | wish | knew his name
and what became of him. II he is alive
today l would burn my shirt to make
a light to see as brave man as he
was on that terrible day, forty one
years ago. And Chaplain Lozier, hope
he Is alive, and still good shot"
mot far from that same point" said
the captain. another fighting parson
| CNAoAAtA hObuS vi AuG fNth
enty-fourth Ohio made very startling
remark-that is to say startling re
mark for parson. The colonel sitting
on his horse had better view OF the
advancing Rebels than his men, and
raising his hands he said very earnest
ly, May God have mercy on those men,
Two minutes later the Rebels opened q
furious fire and there was great ex,
element and confusion.
I'm the midst of the commotien the
Rev Granville Moody OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church raised In his stirrups
and shouted, Give them hell, boys
give them hellr Two or three years
| after that | was attending a Sunday
school convention In Ohio, when one OF
the speakers said Jocularly. There are
rumors 10 the effect that the Rev. Gran.
| Vile Moody, while In command of his
| regiment at the battle OF Stone River
used profane language. see that
! Brother Moody is present would Ike
to have him deny the story
up rose the more than six feet Of
the stalwart fighting pars0n, as fine %
| looking man as ever rode horse on
| faced a religious convention. There
was q wild uproar Of applause, because
| in those days men who lad returned
| from the field We're very popular
Moody made his way to the speakers
platform and smiled down at the IN
multi Then he said. Brethren. the
boys say that said Give them hell
/ don't think the boys would lie about
their colonel But | don't remember
that said those words. My own the
DRY is that / began to say Give then
Hail Columbia" and that IN the furry
/ stopped at the word hail The b0yy
say that my theory will not hold water
that / pronounced the word hell in the
good old Methodist way and that ]
meant It, hope you will excuse me If
| seem reluctant 10 say that my boys
He'd. / can't say that And with %
whoop Of exultation the Sunday schoo
workers gathered about the Fighting
parsou.' '-Chlcago Inter Ocean.