The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-09
HISTORY.


l1lS WIS VA -tiic NtSt ''S'''"
side. Major McCook was a pay
master in the army, who, in his
fiery ardor and patriotic zeal, had
ioincd the column in the capacity
Of volunteer aide, and, pushing
forward into the thick of the fight
received the death wound. The
writer Of this bracketed annotat.on
mon Colonel Aliens vivid sketch
saw Mai. McCook Immediately
after he was shot, lying on cot
in farm house on The West Vlr-
o.inia bank OF the Ohio River. He
was shortly Afterwards placed ON
hoard n steamboat bound for Gin
cinnati, and died two days later.
Ed. Times.
With the rising of the sun the
fog lifted, showing the gunbcats
IN the river ttlnclads, as they were
called Ed. Iimes) and all hope
oe escape for Morgan by the shall
low bar was gone.
Some succeeded in getting beyond
this gorge to continue their flight
though many dismounted and disab-
led were captured here, while scfne
halted short distance beyond the
forest clad lii,is to surrender rather
than continue a hopeesS flight.
One attachment OF coniederates
surrendered and came under my
command. After escort.ng tins de-
tachment to our lines ] found that
during my absence Colonel GariWrd
had continued the pursuit OF such
as had escaped at the sunllen gorge
but before going had left q detaeh-
ment of the Seventh Ohio cavalry
to wait for my return with orders
for nc TO rerain with the prisoners
on the river bank untl further or
ders from him.
Thep Ifsoncrs and guards rested
for u few minutes on the river bank
all gazing wistfdlly at the water.
1t must be bern in mind that both
Morgan : and Hobson ) command
had been in the saddle for about
three weeks during all Of winch
tine we had ridden in the gray
c,ouds of dust which our thousands
of horses raised on the country
road, in midsummer aud these clouds
were so dense that it was lmposslbie
for the riders to see his horses ears
and it can readily be seen that un-
der these circumstances bath
would he most desirable.
As we sat on the river bank first
one man then another asked permis-
sicn to 90 to the waters edge to
wash his face till soon about one
half of the men both Union and
Confederate were at the waters edge
washing their hands and faces and
digging the dust out of their eyes
ears and nostri.s. This proved to be
such half way sort of business ana
so unsatisfactory that The men ask
ed TO 90 in swimming. Rcccglizing
the merit of the request gave per-
mis- sion for one half the guards to
90 in swimming together anu the
other half to stand by and take
their turns. The men stripped OFF
and soon both sides yankees y
and Johnnies' were splashing in
water together enjoying tlp most
necessary bath they ever had in
their lives. The first detachment
having completed their scrubbing
the second detachment took the.r
turn.
White men were bathing ono of
the Confederates turned to me and
pointing TO the naked soldiers III tha
water said lit is difficult TO tclA
t'uther from which meaning that he
found difficulty in telling "Ym-
kcc" from "Johnnie' when they
were stripped naked. / quickly
agreed with him as | was mt that
moment debating in my mind
whether there was any danger OF
getting the babies mixed but u
glance at the men in dusty blue on
the shore with their Spencer ear
hines re-assured me and / permitted
the boys to ga'nho in the water to
their hearts content.
After the bath the bmards shared
their fried chicken in their havcr-
sacks with the prisoners and We
siclcad ourselves out ON the grass
under the shade Of the trees in regu-
lar picnic fashion resting and wait
ing for orders.
One of the officials with Gen
eral Duke gave me d little Confed-
crate flag about the size of my two
hands. ] accepted this little flag
and asked the name of the officer.
lie replied Captain Hines, lie
recently died at Frankfort, KY,
and at the time Of his death was
chief Justice Of The state court Of
appeals.
He jests at sears who never felt
a wound. " This quotation suggests
itself by reason OF the fact that un-
der the varying fortunes Of war less
than four months after the events
spoken Of in a sharp cavalry en-
gagemcnt in east Tennessee I found
myself a prisoner OF war in the
hands OF the Fourth Kentucky cav