The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-07-08

} wanted some more pumpkin 10
; D He carried it all after
noon. When we got into CAM
that evening we found a larger
patch of pumpkins than we hat
left that noon That man carried
no more pumpkins after that.
Tearing Up The Railroad
We marched on for a few days
and soon got into central Georgia,
along the railroad which we tore
ND. One division of our corps
would tear up track n day, While
the other division would take the
advance. Then the next day the
ones that had torn up track would
take the advance and the ones VINO
had been in the advance the pre-
vious day would take their turn
at tearing up the track. So every
third day we had to tear up the
railroad track, and march late in
the evening to catch up with the
advance. We would put u whole
division on one side of the track
and each man would get mold OF
one end of a tie. Then all work
ing together, we would turn the
track upside down. We could
knock the ties loose and pile them
up. and then we would take the
iron rails and lay them on top of
the ties. After that we would set
the ties afre so that the rails
would get so hot they would bend
in the middle, which would pre-
vent the enemy from rebuilding
the road in a hurry. This was
done so that the rebels could not
follow us in a hurry.
We we're now in the enemy's
country, cut off from u supplies
and mail, and we had to be very
careful so that we would not get
in trouble with the enemy. We
foraged every day, for we wanted
to save our supplies. Every day
details were made to forage, four
or five men from each company
being sent out. Those who were
detailed to forage, would leave
their knapsacks with the company,
so that they were lightfooted in
order to carry a larger load of
forage.
l remember one time my bunk
mate went on detail and / car
ried his knapsack for three days
and my own too. The party did
not come in as they should nave
done. On the fourth morning l
made up my mind that if my bunk
mate did not come by the time we
started to march, / would leave his
knapsack behind. A few minutes
after breakfast my buddy showed
up in company with a large niger.
He told us that he had had a mule
all loaded up with lots of good
things to eat. All of a sudden a
party of rebels dressed up in blue
uniforms had come upon them and
taken our four boys prisoners.
The way my bunkmate got away
was through the help of the darky
who came with him. The rebels
got his musket, but the darby got
lin an old-fashioned horse pistol
about a foot an a half long. Such
.ricks were often played on both
sides.
We made about ten to fifteen
miles per day and finally got in
of Savannah, Ga. Here we
remained about ten days and threw
I'D breast works so we could pat
our artillery in position. During
hose ten days our rations were
scarce. There was a rice planta-
ton close by and several large
rice stacks, but no way to thrash
il out. Some of the boys vcTld
take a tin cup and cut the rice
heads off, put them in a cup, take
a Ratchet handle and try to hull
the rice. This was slow work.
They would get about o%ne-third
of the hulls off and cook it that
way. 1t tasted all right when we
hungry enough.
During those ten days while we
lay there a detail went out every
night to throw up breast-works.
could not work at this work
in the daytime, as the rebels had
good chance to pick off our men.
They would shell US all night and
day, too. / remember one night
when l was out on this work. l
was trying to dig out a stump
of a tree that had long slivers on
it. We had orders to fall flat on
the ground every time we saw a
| saw a flash and fell. When
I got up the slivers we're gone. A
cannon ball had done it. It was a
close call.
The night our breast-works
we're done and ready for the artil-
Iery, the rebels evacuated the city
and crossed the river south into
South Carolina. We were close
on their heels and had possession
Of the city for a few minutes to
see the sights. When we came
back we found that our company
mad gone down the river about
four miles, to take possession of
Fort Jackson which was a strong
'ort on the Savannah river. This
'ort was well supplied with large