The National tribune., 1910-05-19

nrere: Yankees at last, God is goodi"
She told US she had come from Illi-
nois, and was employed as a school
teacher. For expressing Union senti
ments she had been put into Jail, and
had been in solitary confinement for
Swo years on bread and water. We in
tended to burn the town, but she asked
us not to do so. as many of the people
had been good to her, and by the aid
of the jailer's life had smuggied pro-
visions to her, so we burnt only the
sau.
When the command arrived she
asked Gen. Wilson for permission to ac-
company the command to Macon. where
she could ger accommodations and pro-
coed to her. home in the North. We
confiscated a horse and phaetoH, OF,
rather, Corp1 Baker did Che seemed to
have special care of her). Baker was a
fne-looking fellow. and seemed to be
particularly fond of her, which one with
half an eye could see was reciprocated.
More than one of US envfed him, as she
was good TO look at and listen to.
AS We were not living on Uncle Sans
fations, but on what we could forage.
when evening came we had that phae-
ton loaded down with good things to
eat that would have done for 20 school,
Snarms.
The boys came from the different
companies to get a glimpse of our res
cued school teacher, and she had q
word, smile or nod for all Of them. Her
presence made us homesick. thinking
Of the girls we left behind US.
ON Easter Sunday night we prepared
10 charge and take the bridge spanning
the river in front of Columbus. There
came to us a boy about IL years of age
who offered to guide the advance to the
bridge and thru the Confederate line.
and breastworks. He said his mother
lived in the small town opposite Colum-
had been killed for being too free in ex-
pressing Union sentiments. He said ne
knew every foot of ground and was not
afraid
He was made of good stuff, for he
guided the charging company thru sho
and shell and rain of bullets. and
that too, between IL and IL o'clock a.
night He enabled us to capture the
bridge and 500 prisoners before the
Confederates could return to it and
cross over.
Miss Carol stayed that night with thu
mother of that boy, the General havinl
placed a guard at the house The mex
day Corp1 Baker escorted Miss Caro-
into the city.
About noon. April IT, we were haItet
In the main street Of the city Th
heat from several burning arsenals De
came so intense we had to crowd on
horses onto the sidewalk. The delay o
our march OUT OF Columbus was causes
by the General asking for two men t
volunteer to blow up a large stone pow
der magazine, located about one mil
out of the city.
The magazine was surrounded on al
sides by an open sweet potato field
with ridges about a foot high made b
hiiling up the potatoes.
Corps Baker and a private volun
teered to blow up the magazine. Bake
broke open the door and emptied som
powder on the floor. Then each too
keg of powder and made a train {
the explosive about 200 yards long.
The ground was perfectly level wit
the exception of the potato ridge
There they applied the match. Whe
asked why they did not go farther. the
said they thought the ridges would
protection enough. and they wanted I
see IT go up. There must have bee
many tons of powder in the magazine
and when it went up the concussio
rolled Corpl Baker and his conrad
over and over along the rough groun
for many yards. They were almost en-
firely stripped of clothing They wer
blackened and skinned from head I
foot; vet, miraculously, no bones -wer
broken nor eyes damaged
We wrapped them in blankets. lai
them on stretchers and started to CO
1umbus TO place them In a hnspit;
= where our wounded were Corp1 Ba
ker asked us to not let Miss Carol kno
about it; but she heard of the acciden