The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

said the Sergeant. "As one time / re-
garded him as the most p~estiferous off,
Ger In the Confederate army. This was
because he captured our supply trains
when we were hungry and railroad
trains that carried our money north
According to the stories told about our
he was generally In about
five different places at one and the
time. he was a sort Of bugaboo
to the foragers and stragglers of the
Army of the Cumberland If we vent
out In advance Of the army he WIS
there. If we foraged in the rear be
WIS there.
HE used his cavalry to prevent us
from living OF the country in our front
and to scare us out of the country In
our rear. He was nearly always just
where we didn't want him to be, and
had no mercy on wagons loaded with
provisions or with the mules drawing
the wagons. His men burned the
wagons and sabered the mules, and a
good many teamsters lived in the hope
that In after years they might tell
Wheeler just what they thought Of him
l was on the point Of meeting him
about the time Of the Stone River bat
tie, but / had no remarks to make. l
had been slightly wounded at Lavergne
as we were moving on Murfreesboro,
and was In the wagon train for trans
portation to Nashville when Wheeler's
cavalry interfered.
ct always believed that 1 received
my wound from one of Wheeler's men
that night at L~avergne. We had driven
the enemy from the town and were cs-
tablishing a line Of outposts along .
stream, in pitch darkness. The stream
was the only landmark to tie to, and
the pickets formed along the northern
bank, with reserves a little to the ear
Pretty soon cavalrymen came to the
south bank - water their horses, and,
supposing they were our W men, we
asked after the health Of Joe Wheeler.
This gave us away, just as Information
came from headquarters that no Union
cavalry we're south of b stream.
Meantime our sociable cavalrymen
ID front were concentrating anu No
opened nre- Ines realn ,ne mr.
anu QUIZ RESERVES pia@se away IN
lar voiieys; II vas a oeautirui httle
nsn'' Ous went uo"n -
nins' anu TWO Jays iaeer was
wagon turneu " n
army was li'eS " Tue llon' Sonsa0s
Win bragg army. MY "ounu was
NO. seli0' anu Eau 1use -
get ou. anu -snedA iio"a.u' "nSH
something happened "nee'ers cav
any zane uo"n w INC
scurryins norue ol Araos' anu Az q ic"
'o'u We ..
erss LUIS uion ! suit 4e' anu : cimou
Oh. u ene wagon 'AA
l soon Sd" enere was ~ Sna "a
escaIe. General wheeler SAT on ms
horst not Tar from me- urgioe MS men
10 QUICK action' giving ms "ain a.'e
tion 70 a larger Tram near US IN winch
scores o. wagons were burning ne
roue on ~ mat ulfecuon anu ~ no
many MINUTES tneie was .
10" my 49,
u D,ue -N-s
anu oelole e1e 49,
szr ~ -
on o'neI pa'e INC my ~. -.
~ 49, 80
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for tbe hattle Of Dec. a. He was :
scorcber Later I learned To like Joa
wheeler very much. and I was clad
when no was bonored by President Nc
Kin,ev and Congress-. bnt In December
1860. and in september and October.
1862. / had no use for him. He was
given too much to rushing In where he
wasn't wanted."AChicago Inter-Ocean.
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Lost sword IL Returned.
Within the last few days a sword
has been restored to Captain Isaac b.
Dutton which has been buried for more
than forty years on the vicksburg bat
tleield. And il Is still q good sword,
requiring only a securing and sharpen
ing to be as good as ever, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. 1t was no
ordinary wespon at the time 1t was
lost at Champion Hills during Grants
memorable siege Of v~icksburg and eve
now, in its coat of rust, the old weapon
shows good temper and a be bent al
NEST double.
Captain Dutton was elected to lead
Company H of the oath Iowa Volunteer
Infantry. when the civil war broke
ont and he sent to Boston Tor the best
sword that could he rchas II
reached him In good time and was wcru
nv him on many a field. Rut ar the
battle Of Champion Hills before vicks.
burg. when Captain Dutton was busfly
onsoo God In looking aftar his conn.nv
on the brushy field. his belt was broken
ard tho sword ronna n rho oro,r.d
II was rot missed until he went into