The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-06-22
A Taaieah Anniversary WAR Story
BIZ RANDALL PARRISH
COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY A. c. MeCLURC & co.

AOlu ~ E"htis itdAf6AhS thC Noi4o
of time and inspired by the interest I
Immediately perceived depicted In the
faces clustered about ] related mere
~ what they needed to know from the
military viewpoint. leaving out all ref
renee TO the girl. except to mention
that she was the cause Of Lieutenant
Dunn's night ride.
You report" said the major. that
the plan. as you understood II. was to
double the Confederate right wing to
the rear past their center last night:
then that during today. and under
protection OF those bluffs yonder. The
enter will also he moved To the left.
thus massing their entire fighting force
Just back OF Minersville soon after
dark. with the intention OF hurting it
in solid mass against our unprepared
right flank at daybreak tomorrow?
Do ! state this correctiy?"
That was my understanding. sir"
yet our pickets have reported no
movement apparent in their front.
/ Cnmpires were burning the full length
Of the Confederate lines from Miners
willie to Coulter's Landing all through
the night"
Then the most OF them must have
beer dummy tires. sir. for ! rode from
Denslow's plantation TO Coulter's with
out e%ncounterin2 a single | am
positive that after midnight there was
not a Confederate company left on duty
east of Salter's creek. A few men
NAV have been detailed TO keep the
fires going. but their regiments were
certainly already IN the march west
ward"
Rosecrans was leaning stifiy back
In his chair. tapping on the table with
the blunt end OF a pencil. his keen eyes
constantly studying my face. Sud
denly he glanced over toward the
group OF officers standing clustered in
the doorway.
Captain Geer. were any Of your
scouts across the river last nightT"
ques, ioned Rosecrans.
Daniels. sir"
Bring him in"
He arrived shortly. stili rubbing his
eyes as though just awakened from
sleep. as odd appearing u specimen OF
the typical mountain white as ever !
saw-long. loosely jointed limbs. mar
row. stopped shoulders. pushily Wits
kered face intensely solemn In express
sion and strangely wrnkled. yet orna-
mented with seer blue eyes containing
some shrewd humor IN their depths.
Daniels and the generals stern
voice instantly commanded his atten-
ton. Captain Geer tells me you were
across the river during the night
What did you discovers!
WAL. gin'rai." he piped out in a mere
| squeak OF "a voice. which sounded fun
ny enough. although no one laughed.
long maybe bout 10 O'Clock. Their
night bein' tol'ble dark. ! got on Their
OF side o. II log an sorter drifted with
tler current. steerin' a bit. o course.
till I come In agin ther south shore.
| reckon | clumb out maybe dfty feet
east % ther mouth u Salter crick. whar
bushes grow clar down 10 ther edge O
ther water | got ashore all right an
wormed my way up TO Their top o. ther
bank. bui tibet was bout all | did do
| never see SIGH n picket line afore as
them I,eltS he'd Thar wasn't q hole
that n black cat could IA crawled
through. II mnde me think tibet some
thin was happenin' fer sure. hut every
time | tried ter git out o. tibet bunch o
| trees | run up agin a picket. ] tried
ter crawl mp along ther crick ever
vadin' in Their water under Their bank.
but tibet was no good So long bout
3 O'Clock | decided tibet maybe !
might better be gittln' back ag'in over
10 this side afore il got light"
And you neither saw nor heard any
shing?'
mot a blame lot anyway. ! heerd
a battery goin' long. the fellers cussin'
nm licken' their bosses somethin' scan
d'lous; an thar WIS a consideble mass
o. cavalry marchin' behind EN-. fer
their things was juggling. an they stop
] ped TO water the bosses in the crick.