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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-15
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-15
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

Lieut-Col. Henderson. q Methodist
clergyman; Lieut.. \. Il. Griffin and
Major Grant for the South. While
Major Frank Miller. a lr sbyterlan
clergyman; Lieut.. Edward l.. Daven-
port and Major Wall Of the N.uth In
diana Cavalry were detailed by me to
represent the North. At the SUCCESS
ton of the Confcd rate officers the
tn!on camp was named Camp FISK
IN honor of me. This camp was on
Sweat's plantation at -Four Mile
Bridge. just back of Nicksburg. The
Confederate camp was at the other
end of the territory ana VAS called
Camp Townsend
"As a matter of historical accuracy.
II is but just TO state that while the
North. for a number Of reasons. was
not able to deliver its quota Of
prisoners to Camp Fisk as contom-
plated by the cartel. the Confederate
authorities cons ntcd that large num-
hers of Union prisoners at the camp
be parolcd and sent home even though
these prisoners were no longer 4
financial tax upon the Confed raCy.
The fact that Gen. Grant, finally yield
ing To pleas from both North and
South. also arranged for an exchange
If prisoners about the middle of
February. gave rise to some confusion
IN regard to tn work at Camp Fisk.
hut IL was only "A surface confusion
which was Colorcd by the opposition to
Major-Gcn. y. j. +. Dana. Gen. Dana
disapproved Of the plan established by
our cartel and although he could not
prevent the work, he sought 10 OBJ
struct il, and at n time il was only
because Of the most urgent represent
tationS from Gen. Smith that the
prisoners released from A~ndersonvillc
and Cahawba, and then on their way
TO Camp Fisk, were not turned back
and subjected To the most serious dis.
tress.'
Shortly after raising the Twenty
third Ohio Infantry and entering the
conflict Col. Fisk was commissioned "A
Lieutenant and appointed on Gen.
Rosecrans's staff. He was later as
signed to the staff of Gen. Hugh
Ewing, joined Gen. sherman In Janu-
AIRY, 1863, and served at different times
as Assistant Acknowledgement with
Gems. Ewing. L~ighthurn, Hazen and
Smith.
"Thcr" were many funny incidents
mixed in with the fierce comiatS OF
war" said Col. Fisk. "One 10
me now.
"Early in January, 1868, Gen. Sher-
man commenced to widen a canal
Which crossed from Young's Point t.
the river below. Wei remember thu
morning We arrived at 8. house n"4'
the mouth of the canal. which was
to be the headquarters for the direc-
ton of the work. We found an old
lrishman who We supposed was the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
UNIQUE PLAN OF

termed 10y many tn Henry Ward
lieecher of the South.
They were in the old stone house
which had been occupied 10y Gen.
Logan during the siege or Nicksburg
and they wanted a great many favors.
Among other things. the dire strait
of their prisoners Of Mar was admitted
and they asked that the North send
clothing and medical supplies to them.
| listened to all they had to say and
then replied that they could have what
they wanted II they would deliver to
me our men then confined in their
prisons so hat |, and not they. might
see them properly fed and clothed.
They looked at me in astonishmcnt.
| was oon to learn the reason. While
| was of good erect height. | had no
great Z pom my shoulders, and
be.ng without beard and slight of build
| seemed even younger perhaps thar
| was. while my lack of escort GER
tainly gave me no great appearance
Of official distinction. They gave me
To understand that they wished to
negotiate with one in authority. When
| assured them that they could speak
W Illt III Nldl tiIdNtlN VIZ SpbH GAME
To an understanding.
sol. Watts was the ranking officer.
but Lieut.-Col Howard \. NJ. Hender-
son. who was a minister. was the
spokesman for the delegation. Col.
Henderson sat down with me at an
old wooden table and without further
delay We drew up a cartel which was
afterward ratified by both Govern
ments Upon my return to our head
quarters, which were Their in the fine
old McCutcheon mansion in NIcksburG.
| was fortunate enough to find In
speCtor-Gen. Marcy. The plan found
immediate favor in the eyes of 10Th
Gems. Marcy and Smith, and Gen.
Marcy tool the cartel at once to Presi-
dent Lincoln, whose approval was
easily secured
when the news of the Presidents
sanction was forwarded to us Gen.
Smith at once appointed me to act
for the United States Government in
carrying out the terms of the cartel
as finally signed by Gen. Smith, Cob
Watts and Lieut.. Col. Henderson on
February q, and later amplliicd by
second agreement on March 16. The
Confederate officers lost no time in get
ting the cartel to President Davis of
the Confederacy for his approval. The
result was that in a few weeks We had
established "A neutral zone called Au-
brey Territory, which extended from
Jackson, Miss, on the east, to Big
Black Bridge, on the west. where our
men from Cahawba and AndersonVille
came under parole until exchange
should be deemed cNpedicnt.
Here We nurscd back to strength
thousands of Union men. The rail-
81 and the tel graph were repaired
by the parolled men, II utral ground
was proclaimed for one mile on both
SIDES of the track and the territory
was patrolled by cavalry, each govern
ment being repr scented IN its manage
mcnt. The officers in charge We're
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Col. A. c. Fisk Tells of the Little known Human Rescue
Work Carried On at Camp Fisk, Miss, During Last
Year of Civil War-At the Front With Sherman

only occupant. There was Il table.
nut Wo had to use hardtick boxes for
chairs.
Gen. sherman had seated himself
On one Of these and commenced writ
ing To secure "A better light he arose
sufficiently TO move the hoX but when
he again settled himself on his seat
such a strange and uncanuy noise of
fright and pain came so suddenly from
the no. that there was considerable"
excitement, and Gen. sherman, jump
ing to his feet with as great haste as
4 he had been a woman catching sight
Of a mouse. exclaimed in "A quick. ner-
vous voice, Pat Pat What's under
that box
Poor Pat raised the boz. disclosing
lis last Rooster. VIII ~ he had cNi-
IDENTIFY concealed too hastily when he
had e US approaching the cabin.
The laugh went around and no one en-
Dyed it more than Gen. sherman.
Another picture of Gen. sherman
is as fresh N my mind as 4 | had
seen I hut last week. continued Col.
Fisk. 81 happened. with Gen. Ewing
and other officers, TO Ice at Sherman's
headquarters on the Vcn.ng when a
reporter from the New York Hcrdld.
who had been sent by sherman be-
yond the lines, called with a letter
from President Lincoln. asking per-
mission for him TO return, should the
commanding generals feel that such
return was not Inconsistent viii tn"
interests OF the public service. II
was but shortly after some most saw
age attacks had been made in the
Northern press against both Grant
and sherman.
This reporter had been with Shcr-
mans troops during the battle OF
c~hickasaw Bayou and had asSliled
sherman N the published coun Of
the battle. For his he had been
court-martialled and sent beyond MIL
tary lines, not to return. The elder
Bennett, who then owned the H,rdid
had seen President Lincoln, and.
armed by the powerful influence Of
his paper, had secured he letter. the
President naturally beng ANXIOUS to
keep the press of the country with
the Administrator. President Lin
coins letter was addressed to Score
tary stanton. who referred il to Gen.
Gran, for his Information and action
When brought to Gen. Grant, he in
turn referred il To Gen sherman for
his information and action
Cen. sherman at THIS time ocCu-
ped at his headquarters "A large farm
house at Young's Point belonging to
a Mrs. Grove. When the correspond
an arrived it was abou, : o'clock
in the evening. Gen. sherman was
walking across the smooth pine floor
of one of the large rooms in front -
"A bright wood fire, cn,r:tatn'ng ~
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The scene that was Witnessed "h"h
We arrived IN camp cannot be easily
described. So eager were the men 10
get At the fresh fowls That 1t was only
10y " my revolver n threaten
n instant death that the things We
lodged with the quartcrmiStcrS Cor
proper distribution.
1T was while | was sun on Gen.
Ewlng'S stan in the early spring 81
1863 that Admiral Porter sought {"
aid Gen. Grant in his plans against
\lckshurE 10y undertaking. what WIS
jcst.ngly called his forest cruise Read
ers of history know that had i not
been for Shcrman's timely aid the
Mississippi squadron might AT tbs
time have hecn lost.
For some time Gen. Grant had been
trying every possible plan to obtain a
Judgment oH the high ground in the
rear of NiCksburg and Gen. Ross had
been sent on an expedition which
aimed To- open mp Iazoo Pass. Fear
ing that the tonfederateS would : nd
troops from NICkshurE to crush Ross
before requirements could reach
him Gen. Grant conferred with .Ad-
miral Porter and hat officer made Il
reconnaissance up 'ht NaZuu RIVER TO
Stccle'S Bayou. through that To- Back
Bayou and up the latter To- Deer creek,
and ~, reported To- Gen. Grant that To
the Limit of exploration these STRAINS
were naNisthlc { + IN" irunyItds on
the 10th uf March Grant wrote Shcr-
man directing him to proceed NJ
Stcele's Bayou. through Black Bayou
to- Deer Greek. thence with the gun
hnatS which We're already at Deer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

guests IN conversation In the midst
of one Of his stories an orderly APP
pcarci at the door and with a vast
sense OF the Importance of his words.
announced. \ messenger from the
President of the United States.
NATURALLY We were all attention
Gen. sherman ordered the messenger
20 enter. II was the reporter who
had been sent beyond the lines. He
handed President LinCo,n's letter To-
Gen. sherman. who read it slowly.
and then turning to the a with a
scorn and ras. in which he was mag
niiccnt, said:
"'lou want To return within my
military lines. 30 you? Never. with
my conscn'' If | had my way |
should lang you to the nearest tree.
| consider YOU worse than a murderer.
You have tried to rob me of wha. |
hold most dear. doarcr than life it.
sclf-mN good namo, an .uhcr.ttnc"
| am cnd.avoring to l"aN" To my
family and TO pustcrlty Here. order
~, show this man out
zone Of the IN - successful and
unique forarlng expeditions of tn.
Who'll" war. | am sure, was one upon
which Gen. sherman sent m" jus
after his relief { Admiral Porter ON
Stccl's bayou. We were in "A section
which had eve been visited for sun
plies 10y either army II i was to tn"
Jimmie plck HI plantation We went.
Mr.. HI was a very extensive and
wealthy planter. and negro cabins be-
longing to- him were scattered along
Deer Creek for several miles,
when my party reached the plan
tatlon We found all Of the good horses
and large mules zone, hut shetland
ponies. geese. ducks. chickens and
turkeys by the hundreds, together with
a number Of old horses and mules.
The little shetland ponies were every
whore ami madc a very quaint scene
While | never expect again to- see a
plantation provis!oncd in such album
dance.
Il found the beds in the negro
cabins to he of the old cord variety
and ordered my men to use this cord
to tie the fowls together by the LEGS.
We then loaded the mules and ponies
with the fowls, which We're strung to-
gcthcr 10y the bed ropes and thrown
over the animals backs until they
nearly touched the ground \ con
siderable quantity of corr meal and
SIN kcd meat was also found and
packed ON the backs Of the little ami
mails. When the party WAS ready to
return the procession wa perhaps two
miles IN length stretched out in since
lille ON the lcvcc and followed 10y prob
a. HLA
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u, u. JEAN NELSON pENEIELD

TEAR the close Of our civil war
there was instituted at Camp
Fisk, just out from Nicksburg.
Miss, one of the most inter-
estinC pieces of human rescue and
conservation work which the war an
nals record. yet, strange to say, little
Is generally known about it..
Those to whom his hit of history is
new VIII read the story of humanita-
rian cooperation between two warning
Governments with keen interest. while
those who are still living # the 5000
and more men who faced death in
Cahawba and AndersonVill" prisons
during the winter of ls6i-Gj and were
nursed and fed back to health at Camp
Fisk will rejoice to know that Col. \.
c. Fisk, the man who planned and
negotiated their parole II whose
largr hearted foresight secured their
safety and comfort, is alive TO tell the
story.
Official statistics show that out of
the 359.52S men lost by the North in
the civil war only 61.05S We're actually
killed in battle, while 22i.5S6 died from
disease and over 10000 did during
confinement in Confederate prisons.
This last number would probably have
been increased by thousands had not
the unique plan established at Camp
Fisk been put in operation.
This is the story as told to me 10y
Col. Fisk:
one Of the heaviest burdens which
We at the front had To bear was the
know. dye that our comrades were
dying by thousands in the Southern
prisons and hat the conditions under
which the remnant existed were too
horrible for words. That this was due
not to intention. but to the financial
stress under which the Conf. derate
Government labored, did not alter the
situation. We knew, however, hat
exchange was not favored because of
tactical reasons. The southern pris-
Oners were well fed and cared for in
the North, while most of our men in
the Southern prisons We're half starved
and 50 i'll as to be incapable Of ever
resuming service in the field. An en-
change would have meant sending
back to Gen. Lee thousands OF men in
tn pink of condition, and SO our men
were left to their fate,
"An opportunity to give relief came
TO me, however. when ! was on Gen.
Morgan l.. Smiths staff and stationed
at Nicksburg. In January, 1869, "A flag
of truce appeared at our outposts and
one of our guards brought the notice
to Gen. Smith, who directed me to
meet the Confederates. without any
military trappings and taking with me
no one but the guard who hal brought
the message, ! drove out IN "A hack to
the appointed place of meeting, to find
an imposing number of Confederate
officers, together with a mi of
prominent civilians. non the officers
being Col. n. G.. Watts from Andcr-
sonville and Lieut.-col. II. \. NJ. Hen
derson from Cahawba, and mon the
civilians the Rev. {. Is. Marshall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

TEAR the close Of u civil war
. there was instituted at Camp
' Fisk, just out from Nicksburg.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-23

Had Ridden to Call Upon Esther.
Harding, had occupied Stanley hall.
The generous minded young men were
keen to- realize there was a yelled hos.
tility against the strangers who nov
had taken up their abode at Stanley
hall.
Yes" Bert Randolph ratified on,
"Aunt is Il stunner-she's broad mind
ed, too, not stiff and narrow like our
Fairfax women folks. / do not know
why she is going to visit Blair STAN
ley's mother instead Of mine, but any
way, Aunt Burton Randolph will be
here to attend the Fairfax tournament.
which off in a couple of days.
I have a bill Of it with me. It's the
biggest event We have in Fairfax, and
poor Arthur Stanley was set on win
ming the wreath this year. How he
practiced for it. He would have won
it last year, but Blair Stanley, who IS
older and much heavier than he, beat
him out by a nasty bit Of interference.
A)luu I lie, Idlpu!
Ralph was quick to say he thought
Blair had ridden unfairly, and Bert
went on with his chatter concerning
his stunning aunt and the coming tour
nanent.
Il would be surprised If Aunt Bur
ton didn't go wild about Esther" Bert
continued. "She loves to have pretty
girls around her, and any girl she
chaperons is made a belle of Richmond,
for Aunt Burton Randolph surely
does queen it nightly in Richmond
society,""
While lie was speaking the young
Randolph Of Fairfax produced a hand
bill printed in old English text, which
read:
YE OLDE TIME
TOUR M ENT!
YE GALLANT CAVALIERS AND
sQUIREs AND KNIGHTS OF
FAIRFAX COUNTY
WILL HOLD AN
OLDE TIME TOURNAMENT
AT YE FAIRFAX GROUNDS
NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ALL RIDERS MUST BE MASKED.
YE VICTORIOUS KNIGHT SHALL
CROWN HIS LADYE FAYRE
QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTIEi
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-23

Mrs. Randolph and Vivian Marston had
pointedly thrown down the bouquets
and had turned their backs on Esther.
The queen Of love and beauty was I'M
acknowledged and %dethroned.
AT this open and direct humiliation
Of the daughter Of Hagar the whole as
sembly grew still as death and the
hoarse shouts Of the h%andcuffed sheriff
We're heard, "Stop that man! He is
Arthur Stanley, wanted for murder"
A loud roar burst from the excited
throng. Men sprang to their feet and
women screamed. Arthur. at the CRY
from Esther to save himself, ran down
the aisle and, clearing the rail at a
bound. vaulted on his horse, snatching
the reins from the negro lad as he did
so. But at the brusque commands of
the sheriff the masked knights closed
N on Arthur and, hemming him round,
drove him and his horse toward the
grand stand, struggling, fighting for
life and liberty.
ito be continued next week.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-23
MayuiLle
Graduates
In Demand

Mayville, N. D., Sept. 22.-The de-
mand for graduates of the MayvfI.e
Normal school as teachers and lprin>
cipals in the public st-.ools OF tie
state is even greater than ever ebe-
fore. The school could easily locaSo
twice as many graduates ctI1n yeas,
if it had them to locate, anu yet tlc
size Of the graduating class for the
last few years has been from sixty to
seventy-fve. A few of the members
OF each years class go into the rura:
schools, but by far the most OF those
who teach in the elemen :ary schools
go into good towns. After a year or
two's experience a surprisingly largo
NUM- Der are promoted to excellent po>
sitions in the largest cities in the
state. The graduates who go out as
OF village schools get goo:
positions, and frequently succeed to
the desirable office of county superin-
tendent- The great majority of gra-
duates who teach in the grades &c.
salaries the first year ranging from
$50 to SIS per month and those who
CUE as principals nearly always get
salaries the first year of $50 to $l0o
per month. Certainly the Mayville
Normal school is a good place to go
for the young man or wcE1lan with
who wants to get a good start
in life and in the teaching probes
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-23
CHAPTER XII.
Tho Tournament.

AZ Ut poor Arthur Stanley won't
8 be here to ride this year."
D exclaimed the good natured
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-23
Thorpe Has
Hopes For
Corn Crop

Despite the fact North Dakota's
cor crop, generally speaking, was
ruined by the frost, L. S. Thorpe OF
Mayville, recognized as North Dako-
ta's corn king, is not in the least dis
mayed or discouraged. Mr.. Young is
just completing a two weeks scout
ing trip through the state, on which
he ;la5 swung through the south and
southeastern section, the central anu
northern section, entering Ward u
ty, in quest OF first hand information
on the situation.
The fact that not one farmer out Of
a hundred will he able to harvest seeA
'ccrn from his own field does not
change Mr.. Thcrpe's opinion that year
in and year cut corn a De raised
SUCCESSFULLY in North Dakota, and that
only the fact that the summer of 1915
was a freak in every particular is re.
;gpunsible for the bumper wheat crop
which is now being tLreshed. Mr..
Thorpe calls attention to the fact t.ar
conditions were net ncl mai during tho
past summer that if they had been
the wheat crop would not have been
fit to cut. The great lack of moisture
was cou%nteracted by tile coolest sum
mer on record, With both Jun ana
August frosts.
For years Y. S. Thorpe. on his lit
tie farm at Mayville, has been raising
quality. corn. If acreage were consiG-
cred, Thorpe would not rank high in
the corn business. His whole effort
has been directed at breeding up the
famous Minnesota No. 13, until for
several years the corn frcm his fields
has won statewide hcnors. It has
been a noticeable fact that Thorpe's
corn filled to the very tip in a manner
found nowhere else.
MI. Thorpe believes that he will
harvest a considerable quantity Of
seed, portions of his fields having es-
capped. This will protect the famous
Minnesota No. 13 which he is .propa-
eating. He is also dong everything
possible to find a supply of desirable
seed corn, fitted for North Dakota, for
the hundreds that will demand it mex
spring. That corn is already being
imported, from no one Knows where,
to be sold at fancy prices to North
Dakota farmers, when the chances r
ten to one that it is in no sense fitted
for this section, is the f2eiief of Mr..
Thorpe, .