Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-02-19

| old surgeons words, as he came TO the
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 acuation, was
| in the trenches. Four Of us were oe
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 1t was about the hour of midnight
when al Of sudden there began tire.
mendous cheering away to the right
along our line The cheering was
grand. indeed, and. as we knew, begar
in old A. j. Smiths Corps, which was
regiment until it reached our position
and was still carried along the line
to our left. I admit that none in om
| little hole-at the time-knew what
| the cheering meant, but remarked tc
each other that there was something
up. There was but little If any firing
along the line at this time, so we con
/ Guided the most dangerous part was
over and the Johnnles had pulled theiI
| holes In and old A. Us boys were look
ing after them. We soon found out
there was no need OF staying In our
hole longer. | then said TO the boys
| let us go over to the rebs' works one
fellow agreed to 1t and we started fol
the works in front of us which was
| but q short distance. Nothing OF i'm
portance was 10 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 q
| thought suddenly came to our minds
| that the Johnnies we're not very par
ticular where they planted their tor
| pedoes about a fort, SO long as they
knew where they were themselves. We
| concluded to return to camp and look
after the fort when 1t would be more
| light. Up to this time we had seer
none of Smiths guerrillas or any rebs
| and all was quiet along the line Ii
the early morn not a few from all the
commands were on a prospecting tour
But ii was not of long duration, the
roll was being beat In the camps, and
us the comrade remarked There was
little hustllng did" We were sooD
on the move for Blukely, but luckily
| for the Twenty eighth as we had q
faculty of getting into scrapes of that
kind, Steel and his niggers had the
| Johnnies corralled on our arrival.
| have no doubt the Thirteenth Corps
were glad Of 1t, but often wondered
why the guerrilla part of the Sixteenth
| Corps let their colored comrades dc
| such d thing when there was so much
/ glory In it. In regard TO the capture
| of Spanish Fort. | will add, at the
time the Sixteenth Corps captured 1t
firmly believe any one regiment of the
Thirteenth could have done it. / vii
now speak of an incident which may
possibly be remembered by my com
| rades. IL / am not mistaken It wa,
the Fiftieth Indiana. ! write from
| y
fresh to mind as If it happened bu
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 guart
detail from the different regiments
were halted in line while the officer,
were making the necessary assignment
for the different posts. There wa,
probably a detail Of fifty or more from
my command and a like number from
other regiments. The Indiana boy,
were near our line Mt the time, but
all were restless from waiting Mum
bers had crawled beneath an old earth
work covering near by, awaiting tho
delay. Presently shell was seen com
ing I'm 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 Their,
was considerable lodging about ant
lying down at this time and lively
hustling among the boys under the
covering One poor soldier was brought
therefrom and laid upon the grount
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, fellow comrade bowed his head
10 that Of the wounded comrade anC
| made this pxDrpSgfou INV Cod ~
Nels Hayden I" was Informed ht
never spoke again, but lived a day oi
two and then crossed ovcr.-Johr
Isonhart, In American Tribune.
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