The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-25

Der of negro servants were permitted
to accompany us. exchanged cloth
ing with one of them, giving him my
gray uniform for a suit of dark cloth,
and pretending to be an outside work
man, helped around the barracks |
which were being built on the grounds |
At the first opportunity l walked out
Of the gate, and then to Columbus,
where / boarded a train for Louisville. |
found friends in Louisville, and was
soon back in Clarksville again. In
short time joined the Sd Kentucky
Cavalry"
"And became ore of John Morgan's
raiders?" / said
Il served with the Sd Cavalry"
Judge Lurton replied, ignoring my
question, until again captured, which
occurred at the battle of Burlington
Island, after General Morgan had com
pleted his demonstrations in Indiana
and Ohio and was returning to his own
country by marching day and night
and changing horses at nearly every
farm"
Then came the incident when the
two men now on the Supreme Court
bench first encountered each other.
Rosecrans, the Federal general had
strong garrisons at Gallatin, Castalian
Springs, and Hartville, in Tennessee,
Morgan, then a colonel, attacked the
garrison at Hartville, on the 7th.
I'VE forded the Cumberland River
very early in the morning" Judge
Lurton said to me, going down, one
man at a time, over a narrow brldle-
path and jumping our horses from the
bank, four feet above the water, The
weather was bitter cold, snow was on
the ground, and our clothing froze on
our bodies when we reached the other
side. The Federals had about two
thousand men-Ohio and Illinois in
fantry, Illinois and Kentucky cavalry,
and a section Of the 18th Indiana bat
terry. We had 1900 cavalry, infantry
and artillery The Federals surrender.
ed in little more than an hour. We
lost 1876 men. The Federals lost 262
men, and 1884 of them were made
prisoners.
"As soon as the battle was over we
hastily recrossed the river, each cav
alryman carrying an infantryman be-
hind him. ! was left with the rear
guard to pick up Federal muskets and
other portable property, all of which
we loaded into wagons. Mr.. Justice
Harlan is an early riser. He was up
that morning soon after daylight, at
his camp, near Castalian Springs, six
miles distant from Huntsville. He
heard the artillery fire and immediate
ly started with his regiment to the
relief OF the garrison at Hartsyille,
reaching a bluff back Of the river just
as the last wagon was going over, |
was with the wagon. Colonel Harlan
opened on us with a piece of artillery.
The shells dropped so near the wagon
, that the drivers, becoming frightened,
cut the mules loose and got to shore
+ as quickly as possible. ! went with
them, of course. And that was my in
= PRODUCTION to Mr. Justice Harlan Nor
gan was made brigadler-general for
the battle he won at Hartsville."
, Near Cincinnati Private Lurton al
most met another youth who was des-
tined to gain wide fame as a Democrat
. and public man. The home guard turn
l ed out to defend their liberty and their
, native land. Judson Harmon, now
Governor Of Ohio, and candidate for
the presidency Of the United States
rode forth on horseback to hurl Nor
gan back and to slaughter his maraud
? ers as they ran.
!. Morgan had taken all the good
3 horses" Governor Harmon told me
t when l interviewed him several years
Y ago. "and consequently we had no
! snorting steeds, only crow-baits, on
= which to follow him and his men. For
3 tunateIy for us, he marched around
a Cincinnati and escaped to the east
4 Harmon has worked the story up
e Judge Lurton remarked, until he now
! declares that he remembers seeing me
e climb a hill That was Harmon's gee
e ond campaign. When General Kirby
( was reported to be on his way toward
s Cincinnati, the home guards rushed "a
e the front, and Harmon, slipping away
] from his mother and disobeying his
J. father, who was a Baptist preacher
went into camp under a circus tent
I armed with a double-barreled shotgun
D and an old sword that had been hand
. forged by a village blacksmith"
I At Burlington Island, not FAR from
. Cincinnati, most OF Morgans men were
oonfurad hv tho TodoraIa Marian Wae