Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-26

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| This was his narrow escape at Chicka-
manga. His headquarters were swept
out Of the way by the charge Of Long
! streets men as if by a hurricane. The
regiments that were about him were In
five minutes swept away from him. He
was left almost alone in the very pres
ence Of victorious enemy, with panic
stricken men about him. One who was
near him at that time tells how he rode
here and there pleading with the men
to stop. At last he held out his arms
and said, Stop men; stop for your
General and a few dozen brave fell
lows backed up against his horse and
stood, knowing that they were sacri-
f1cing themselves in doing So Then an
officer caught the bride of Rosecrans'
horse, and saying, we must get out Of
this led the way over some fallen logs
| into the woods.
'sThere all the historians leave Rose
Grams Some one saw him all the time.
A few men kept him in sight, running
along between him and the threaten
ing column Of rebels. Rosecrans did
not know these men, but he knew that
the steady trot to his left and right
was Of men who were loyal to the last.
These men know how narrow was the
escape of the General commanding at
| Chickamauga, but they are scattered
everywhere and not one of them has
told the story as it ought to be told.
Isn't it time to tell it now?''
Speaking of narrow escapes" said
one Of Forests men, Il have been in
some pretty close places, as have most
Of those who fought with Colonel For
rest. But I think the nearest I ever
came to meeting a flying bullet was on
Monday at Shiloh. Beauregard's army
| was gaining on us. A few stray shots
came from a point across a ravine OPP
| poSite where we were stationed, and
the lieutenant colonel called for two
men to cross the ravine make a sneak
through the woods, and see how many
| YANKEES were ever there. / was one of
| the two who volunteered to go I dis
| mounted, crossed the ravine, but had
not advanced up the hill more than
fifty yards when l heard a shot not far
| from me, and also heard the whiz Of
| the bullet
81 got behind the next tree which
was not quite as large as my body, and
| put one eye around the tree to survey
my surroundings Almost instantly a
| bullet went past my ear, so close that
I could feel the air Of it. I drew in my
eye and then put it out again, when
another bullet passed 50 close to my
head that I felt it touch my ear,
though it did not break the skin. A
third shot came. which grazed my hat,
and then I skedaddled. All this time
l did not know where the fellow was
who was shooting at me. I felt brave
enough when I went up that hill, but
| took all the rebel yell out of me; and
when / got back to the company I
made up my mind that if ever I got
into a closer place than that I would
| be a dead reb."-Chcago Inter Ocean.
| Reporting at Headquarters.
IF the cap fits, wear it, runs the
old adage, Sometimes the knowledge
that it might easily fit cannot be con-
cealed by the conscious ill-doer and he
| publicly puts on the cap, and thereby
confesses his guilt. Frank WiIkeson,
| the author of ''Recoilections Of a Pri-
vate Soldier" had an experience of
| this nature He was scarcely more than
lad, a young private in the civil war,
when the incident occurred.
On the fourth day Of the Battle of
| Cold Harbor the captain delivered to
| me an order to repair at once to head
| quarters and report to Adjutant Gen
eral Williams. My heart sank. l had
been stealing haversacks; l had been
impudent to officers; I had been doing
! lots of things l ought not. Now for it!
This ends my career" I thought.
| The captain said, Wash up, get
horse, and accompany the orderly" /
ignored the first portion of the order,
but obtained a horse, and rode off,
SLOUGH hated, blouseless and supreme
ly dirty. l had full belief 1 was to be
severely punished. Certain sheep
weighed heavily on my conscience. I
ransacked my memory and dragged
forth all my military msdeeds.
knew I must at least be court-martial-
ed. l concluded finally that should
not escape with less than shooting.
asked the orderly if General Will
| Jams was very savage-tempered. He re-
| piled that the General was the kindest
man in the army, and l felt little re-
assured At last l burst out with:
See here, what do you suppose he
wants Of me? I've been disobeying or
ders. stealing haversacks, and been i'm
| pudent to some Of the incompetent of
| ficers.''
The orderly laughed loudly.
When we reached General Williams
| tent l was really frightened half out
| of my senses, and l strobe in. hat on