Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-07-26

ttpipe OF" the boats. we were
awaiting orders to go, but knew not |
where.
Having been paid off at New
Madrid, and with nothing TO buy.
the boys began gambling. All
kinds of games were running on
high leyee close BY and at every
game a smudge was burning to keep
away the galIinipers. Gambling
continued until we were ordered
aboard and steamed up the river 10
CARO- and from there up the Ohio
and Tennessee rivers 10 Hamburg
landing, to re inforce Gen Halleck,
who had taken charge of the army
after the battle of Shiloh.
Before going farther, wish to
call the attention of those who be
lieve in the equal distribution Of the
money Of the rich among the poor,
and note the fact that the scheme
would not work. To illustrate,
these men all had money with moth
ing to pay it out for and yet in less
than "a hours one-fourth of the men
had all the money and the rest were
seeking loans, and paying interest
on the money, until the next pay
day, in order to have money TO
gamble with on board the steamer
During the siege of Cornith ]
sold newspapers to the army and
made considerable money. We were
engaged in two skirmishes-one or
the 9th Of May and the other one
on the 28th, about the time CorintE
was evacuated by the Confederates
1t lsa we'll known fact that they
, gave Halleck the slip and left bu
little behind them. Halleck was /
slow man. lie could not sleeI
nights unless behind entrenchment
and he would have them thrown ul
| every time we made a stop. Th
army rested near Corinth from Jun
/ until September, when it move'
: south to Iuka and after the secon
8 battle of Corinth, as far south a
0 Oxford, Miss.
' When Grant was compelled I
! turn back on account OF his supple
e being destroyed at Holly SPRING
Col. Murphy of the Eighth Wlscol
II san, whose regiment belonged
|, our brigade, was blamed for Il
+ vsole affair. The fact of the ma
"a ter is, it was complete surpris
o Had it not been so, Grant cou
Il easily haye sent word to Murphy
= re on the lookout. Van Dorm vi
n. ssly old fox AM took sneak {
to them, and | don't consider tn
ct Murphy was any more TO blar
10 than some others, but some one HI
/ to be the scape goat and il fell
20 Murphy's lot. | vas with Gran
IN command at Oxford when this affs
ed occurred. The battery went IN
ed camp at Germantown for the wint
ne and IN the spring moved down
oe Young's point, above VIcksbar
ay while | went to Corinlh to 9
sx- newspapers TO Gen. Dodge's co
nv mand. From there in the spring
bal 1868 / went to Vicksburg and 81
ere newspapers to the tro"ps encamI
to near Black river bridge, in the r
tie of the city. After the fall of Vic
Ion burg our brigade, consisting Of
ere Eleventh Missouri, Forty.sevel
the Illinois, Fifth Minnesota and Fig
Wisconsin, went with Banks on
/, st Red river campaign. The batt
The was ordered to Memphis to lay 0
ere unil the return of the boys
,ere had re-enllsted from veteran
ken Tough.
y,p This is the history Of the Q
ing, mand up till the time entered
,oys army as an enlisted soldier, dul
vet which time, three years, we
been engaged IN the follow
,any battles and skirmishes: New !
:, to rid, Island No. 10, skirmish on
stin- 9th at Pennington, Miss, and
land on the gsth, seige Of Corinth, se'
ne | battle Of Corlnth, battle Of Jacl