Show the sharpshooter last ahot once during the war a skirmish line composed mainly of the forty eighth illinois was thrown out in advance of our army army lying near jackson miss confronting gen joseph johnston tho the men had constructed a few temporary shelters by standing rails upright mcanin loaning against each cach other the tops being boad bound together behind one of 0 ta those so little fortresses though in a i exposed po position capt F D stephenson Stephens Jn of th tha forty eighth was sitting on a burned turned up lip bucket taking his morning coffee As lie ho threw baal back his head in drinkin drinking a whiz was heild and a ball aped by within with an inch of his face directly across the eyes taking effect in a little dogwood tree beside him too the captain rose quietly and taking a ramrod stuck it in tho the ground so that its top would bo be in the space lately occupied by his nose he then went behind the tree and sighted from the bullet liole hole over the top of the rod red thus ascertaining the direction taken by thu the ball in its flight directly in this line rose the top of a large oak with great sheets and streamers of southern moss hanging banging dependent from its boughs boys said sad stephen wi evenly our man is h among the branches of that eliat tree yonder now taking a soldiers cap and placing it on the end of a knotted stick I 1 you all load up and lay low whop when I 1 shove this hat into view he will firo fire again theres your chance let drive when all was ready he slowly elevated the cap until just in sight from the tree A puff of white sake smoke burst from its ita leaves and thecae the cap turned round on its stick support letting the alie daylight through a large jagged lio hole lo 10 in its crown A moment later six springfield rifles spoke from the rail ire and a man dropped from the alie oak tre clutching wildly at moss and branches brancher as ho he fell his last shot was fired tio argonaut |