Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-02-26

And the next morning, with the or
der on his breast, Little Potter died
And still can we hear the grizzly
old surgeons words, as he came to thu
cot:
Dead! Why-God bless the boy
Capture OF the Spanish Fort.
My regiment lay directly in front
of Spanish Fort during the siege, and
on the night of the evacuation, I was
in the trenches. Four of us were oc
cupylng a hole, probably half mile
to the right of the fort in front OF
where our regiment lay. l do not re-
member the time of night, but prob
ably it was about the hour Of midnight
when all Of a sudden there began ire,
mendous cheering away to the right
along our line The cheering was
grand, indeed, and, as we knew, began
in old A. J. Smiths Corps, which was
taken up seemingly by each successive
regiment until it reached our position
and was still carried along the line
to our left. l admit that none in oul
little hole-at the time-knew what
the cheering meant, but remarked tc
each other that there was something
along the line at this time, so we con,
Guided the most dangerous part was
over and the JohnnieS had pulled Their
holes IN and old A. Us boys were look.
ing after them. We soon found out
there was no need of staying in Oul
hole longer. | then said to the boys
let us go over to the rebs works: onG
fellow agreed to it and we started fol-
the works in front of us which was
but short distance. Nothing Of i'm
portance was to be seen at this point
we then struck for the big fort to
our left. We stumbled along in that
direction until quite there, when a
thought suddenly came to our minds
that the Johnnies were not very par
ticular where they planted their tor
pedoes about fort, SO long as they
knew where they were themselves. We
concluded to return to camp and look
after the fort when it would be more
light. Up to this time we had seen
none of Smiths guerrillas or any rebS
and all was quiet along the line. II
the early morn not few from all the
commands were on prospecting tour
But it was not Of long duration, the
roll was being beat In the camps, and
as the comrade remarked: There was
a little hustling did" We were soon
on the move for Blukely, but luckily
for the Twenty-eighth, as we had 8
faculty Of getting into scrapes Of that
kind, Steel and his nfggers had the
Johnnies corralled on our arrival. ]
have no doubt the Thirteenth Corps
were glad Of it, but often wondered
why the guerrilla part Of the Sixteenth
Corps let their colored comrades dc
such a thing when there was 50 much
glory in it. In regard to the capture
of Spanish Fort, l will add, at the
time the Sixteenth Corps captured 1t
firmly believe any one regiment Of the
Thirteenth could have done 1t. l will
now speak Of an incident which may
possibly be remembered by my com
rades If / am not mistaken it was
the Fiftieth Indiana. l write from
memory alone, yet the incident is az
fresh to mind as If it happened but
yesterday. You will remember neces-
sity made it our custom while in front
Of Spanish Fort to relieve the ole
guard at night. Having on the night
in question moved out with our guard
detail from the different regiments
were halted in line while the officers
were making the necessary assignment
for the different posts. There was
probably a detail Of fifty or more from
nv command and q like number from
other regiments. The Indiana boys
were near our line at the time, but
all were restless from waiting Mum.
bers had crawled beneath an old earth.
work covering near by, awaiting the
delay. Presently a shell was seen com
Ing In our direction from a rebel water
battery In front. Well, 1t did come
and exploded in this earthwork. | re-
member while watching it's course there
was considerable lodging about and
lying down at this time and lively
hustling among the boys under the
covering. One poor soldier was brought
therefrom and laid upon the ground
near by. He was speechless, and was
not recognized by any Of the Twenty
eighth. 1t was some moments before
he was recognized by any. Soon, how
ever, a fellow comrade bowed his head
to that Of the wounded comrade and
made this expression, My God, it's
Nels. Hayden!" l was informed he
never spoke again, but lived a day or
two and then crossed over.-JohE
Isonhart In American Tribune,
Odds and Ends.
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