Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-07-06
THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
The Blue and the Gray Review Incl
dents of the Late War, and I'm a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle.

side of battles-were more common
than the public knows" said distin-
guished soldier in attendance upon
recent reunion of the Army OF the Ten
neSSee
The shooting of Maj Gen Nelson at
Louisville by Brig. Gen. JEFF c. Davis,
because Nelson in fit of anger mad
called Davis long string of hard
names, is one of the few that came TO
the surface. You wouldn't think it,
probably, but l myself was once SO
close to a tragedy that II makes my
gray hair rise up as recall it.
While number of officers of the
regiment were in the majors tent
said something that a captain took ex-
ceptions TO. and a war of words fol
lowed. When he pumped out, You
are liar | struck out with my right
and set him to bleeding. He came back
at ME like tiger-cat. We clinched,
and for three or four minutes had Ii
hot and sharp; then the others sep
arated us. He made all sorts of
me. and l confess that for time did
fear that he would make me trouble
in the way of a court-martial, but the
matter seemed to blow over
"One fall afternoon the captain in
vited me TO take walk with him.
Thinking that our troubles had COM
pletely healed. | consented. On the
way back TO camp we passed through
an orchard. climbed tree to get
some apples. Just as reached for an
apple l saw the captain reach for his
revolver and glare at me like very
tiend, Instantly | loosed my hold and
dropped 10 the ground. Selling stake,
| took my place by his side and said
Now, you cowardly dog, put up that
gun or III brain YOU This time he
was kept on n hot griddle for month,
though l made no threats and had no
thought of reporting his attempt to
aSsassinate me.
The next fight we got into we made
up for good and all, and remained fast
friends until the final roundup when
Gen. Joe Johnston had his men throw
down their guns and go home to make
crop 1t happened in this way: The
colonel had given the order to form
line of battle. AS adjutant, ii was my
duty to see that each captain carried
out the order When | reached the
would-be assassin and had performed
1,.4vv 70 IL,
called out, 'Adjutant, come back When
i complied he took my hand, looked me
squarely in the eye and said: Lieu
tenant, can you forgive me for all OF
my meanness TO you? ! hope SO. l
have never had a good hour since that
incident In the orchard.
with all my heart, captain. No
one but you and myself knows anything
about that little affair
LAS | said, nothing else came up to
separate us while in the army, We
never met after being mustered out.
He died a few years ago. OF course
could have sent him out of the army
in disgrace and Placed him in the peni-
Tertiary after he was out, but I've nj
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the general. orders had been gwen 10
let no well or uhWouhded man 20 10
the rear. Our general had toid the
whole stan that Il we couldn't stop
straggiers any other way TO shoot them
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