Show arm rt F Grants Lost Order I I Famous Historic Document ou Turns Up In lii the ha Pocket oJ of oJa g a 0 mm The recent visit of at many man of at the Texas Tuns association to Buffalo has ha lu brought to light a 1 valuable war document which has haR been missing since the bat battle battie battIe tie tle of at Mission Ridge on November 25 2 Manager A H n 3 Penfield was accosted last lust Tuesday by b n a tall nih sol ol man amen with an nn accent which betrayed his hili southern origin ln with a hearty You are Mr III Pen Ien Held field are you 01 not 1 1 I nm nut said the lie manager manaKer Well my lay In dear sir 1 I am nm Captain Harry Lacey or Corsicana Tex T Te ant with my soy m regiment fought the Federal troops at nt Mission Ridge lUde I wish to say sn your our picture Is very ery or nL I ly fine lne sir and I 1 nm glad to see the action FO so Impartially reproduced I 1 Iwas Ivae was vae as with Rogers Texas Hangers you 1111 know now we ve as ns an organization organisation were badly hadl cut up uli at nt Corinth Ml lIu Well Mr Ir your our lied UN tot Star Midway route Is nil right nail your our shows are aro superb I shall like all the lie rest of my m in editorial confreres carry carr back to a Tex rex Texas as nil sir a 1 lively sense cense 1 of gratitude for tor your great kindness to us as al n a body Now I nm am am going to give ghe you ou a n treat Mr I started back with fright as nil he lie paw B W visions of ot a drinking bout and hint the average southern southerner er drank as ns well as ns he fought taught lie He however was wa much relieved when he lie saw the tall tail Texan unbutton his bI frock coat coot anti and draw forth turin form nn art Inner pocket with care a Ii worn rn leather lent her book from an Inner pock pocket ot of f which he lie teak tok toka a worn piece of at parchment such luch as was as used luring during the civil war for tor general orders or dispatched dispatches Unfolding It the former Confederate captain said Bald Read Head that sir and tell teh me If tt you OU realize what a treasure that than tha thapa paper pa r really Is Mr Ir looked it nt the unfolded sheet and read as fol follow oh lows low Chattanooga Tenn Nov No 24 f 4 George 11 H Thomas Chattanooga General Sherman carried curled Ml Missionary lonal Ridge ns nil fur far as na the tunnel with only slight m right now not no teals at the tunnel and on top tip of ot the hill bill his left eft let nt at creek I 1 have hae in General Sheridan to Advance dyance as soon Boon as 81 It Is U light In the tho morning and your oUr Attack which will be b simultaneous simul will be L In tn cooperation Your Tour Y ur urr t r command will either carry can arr the rUle rifle pits and ridge directly direct In front of ot them Item or move to the thic left eft ns ag the pretence Presence of ot enemy may require If It Hooker JH iso on the mountain cannot be maintained with n II small force It II Is 10 found Impracticable to carry carr the tue top 1011 from where shere he Is It would be bp nd nil vl for him hint to o move up the valley alle with all tho the force torce he lie 11 can spate spare and ascend by b the lie first practicable road V t L S Grant Mr gasped Here was a the original order the longIon order orcIer which General Genera Grant In III his own per personal personal memoirs Flunks of oe ns nil lust lot Turn Turning TurnIng ing log to Captain he lie said Where did lit you ou get lIet this The old soldier Mid saId Why h when forced his hili way a to the tho croft crest of the ridge I broke through his iI line In the lie confusion mind and passing rapidly down to the first line nt III our old lIsl position lion tion hid bid in a pit until nightfall when I escaped eFra tt and allI Joined In Virginia In the bottom of or the pit lIlt I found the lie order with some other papers addressed to tIt the tie Federal general Granger Grall er I think It i dropped from some nome officers coat cent In the scramble up tip hill bill I 1 have hac manages managed to keep kesis It ever efT since for It II was that charge he hI orders In this this paper pax r which carried the day da for fey tho the Union forces force no so you ou see ee It lies hns a 1 great historic hl lorl value Rlue Mr pleaded with wit the South Southerner erner tiler to sell ell It but the tail lall Town Texan re rt tUII with n a dignity which told loll Mr Ir to desist The former Confederate crate erate leaned giver Ier tin snI nl scan prun fled closely the ht great battle saying soft oft ly Iy Us grand Its Us real but nil all to so O terrible Wiping a unite furtive tear fr n hIs hI eyes Rut nut It took western blood to too sIn do o It and an after all cli they th were of southern extraction In fact the tilt great man to 10 whom Grant Orant the order was a n Vii Vir Virginian Ir ginian |