The Washington herald., 1912-01-28

was holding a conference at sherman's
headquarters, when Hood iercely at
tackled his position. Mcpherson was
killed while riding to the field Of battle.
and Logan was sent TO rally his men.
The entire left flank of Sherman's army
was in a state Of Decentralization. Logan,
on black horse. sword in hand. stead
led the wavering lines. Indifferent, appar-
entity, to the storm OF bullets that ragged
about his head. 1t was splendid exhibi-
tion OF courage and generalship as wen.
sherman and n SharpshoOter.
Sherman himself was a superIatively
brave man. I saw him every day. chin
on his breast in thought. riding a low
headed aRd tail-switching horse from
column to column as we fought and
marched along. He came UP to me one
morning while was looking down into
Atlanta through my field glasses. TAX
ing the glasses. he backed up against a
large tree and carefully studied the coun-
try stretching away TO our front. A Con-
federate sharpshooter saw him and put a
bullet into the center ofJthe tree a foot
above his head. He heard the whistle
and the impact. but he did not change his
position OF take the glasses from his eyes.
Presently he said: They are using MILL
tiamen on the fortffcations Of Atlanta
How can you tell?' I asked In some
curiosity. ... .-.....
why he replied. they are wearing
white shirts He then mounted his horse
and rode on in seeming ignorance Of the
fact that the sharpshooter came near
killing him just where he stood.
"Ceasar, as we called him, though only
five feet tall and private, was also
soldier Of rare courage. His body
was man-sfZed but his legs were grotes-
onely short. Toward evening, he'd straS
gle a little but he always came into
camp with a chicken, a ham, a goose
or some other dslicacy that appealed
to- a soldiers appetite. We were under
fire for 1iO days on our march to At
lanta. Toward the last the men had
habit OF dropping to the ground, face
down, whenever the Confederates began
to shoot. While Ceasar was in that
position a bullet carried away his KNAPP
sack He fired his musket in reply and
kept on biting cartridges, reloading and
shooting with great energy and indigna-
ton until the Confederates gave way.
AT the close Of the war, Caesar asked
me to settle up some business matters
for him in Ohio and send him such
money as came into my hands. am
going to stay in Georgia and I've picked
out a wife he said While was chas-
ing some ducks around a house one
day a woman stuck her head out OF
the door and hollered that I should
leave one Of the ducks for seed. So We
got acquainted. She said her husband.
Reb, had been killed at Chancellors-
vile and shed never marry again un-
less she got a soldier. What's the mat
ter with me?' I asked. I'm a soldier
And now we're to be married. She's
got only one eye, but she owns 400 acres
of land and is out Of debt
Hooker a Dandy on Horseback.
Moreover. there was Fighting Joe
Hooker, brave as a lion and the best
mounted officer in the Union army. He.
always rode the finest horse he could
find. 1 saw him at Kenesaw Mountain.
a yellow sash across his breast and
yellow gloves on his hands, right Up in
front of his men, neat as a pin and a
general clear down to the rowels on his
spurs"
Horses are one OF Gen. Sherwood's own
specialities. Old men say that he was
a striking personality on battlefield and
march, being tall. slender, erect and
gray-eyed and striding his mount with
the grace of professional rider. Since
the war, he has always owned a team
OF fast steppers. He drives every pleasant
day while he is In Washington, sending
his horses to his home in Toledo when
Congress adjourns. His present team of
trotters is made of Prince D., with a
record OF 2:O9 IA. and Robert Herman.
2:0S IA. Both horses were on the race
track when he bought them.
Notwithstanding his age-he Is seventy
six years old-Gen. Sherwood's ewes are
undimmed,. his face Is unwrfnkIed. and
his heart is as merry as boys. He has
been on earth twice, he says departing
Il the first time in 1875, at the end OF a
Congressional term, and returning four
years ago, again to take a seat In the
House OF Representatives.
When he studied law at Poland In
Ohio, a youth named William MCKINLEY
was pupil at the village high school
When he was secretary of state Of Ohio.
the governor, Rutherford B. HAYES. visit,
ed his Office daily, put his feet on =
table and Invariably asked: wei. gem
eral, what's the news +" Also. he heard
Ben Butler say to Sunset Coz. on ha-
ing interrupted while delivering a snaech.
''Shoo, fy. don't bother me-" and then
he saw Cox sit down, wordleEs ana
watched him shrivel up Ike burned paper.
Furthermore, he's Abraham lincoln
and listened to the last address he ever
made in public.
But he win breathe no mans dust vh.l.
he Is on the highway and win lsf no
scnffer Of the old boys Of "a "a mn.
whipped, II he Is within ear-shot.
tcSprisht lsiz b. James B. F1Iorss.l !