Show I 1 I 1 A story of or the tile mill 1 I adventure of AN AIN T ARMY KID OF I 1 63 5 As related by one of our oar I 1 ogden citizens COLONEL j E mm 11 U 0 A lonus lad of while mile on duty was SHOT nur 11 IT ir A arom a WUA wild reckless aimy army sill kid to a Cler Clerey gyra muk an THE ARRY 11 KID ICED OF ga 1 ayoung dan who B came a preacher the folio lug etory story is tola by colon colonel J E hudson Hi ideon of 0 tins this city the chari itter of thetys tho topical I 1 ca I 1 cumberland army kid of 0 63 83 in the early days ot of september 1833 1853 the amy army of the cumberland was concentrated on the north bank of the river awaiting the tile order to dash across that broad stream and hurl itself against ai abinet inet its it old confab erate too foe once more to try issue lebue va with ith the silv southerners w ho lay ili in wait for or their r hated blue chatel antagonist expecting ei pectin in in the coming battle to deal a stunning deathblow death blow to the tile causa cause of freedom the numbers num bere liona tion sAnd ind movements el of the federal campdera cAmp wera shrouded in the twilight darkness of 0 the heavy oak forens winch which border the river and ilia great army cona coul oui of its 1 mighty strength and proud of i ltd its former grand achie indents lay like a tiger croughin cro uchin inor bor the final spring upon its prey when hen ito rosecrans Kose crans sho should u id give the tile welcome elcome A or derl ard on the southern bank of 0 I 1 the be river thu the perfectly d csc I 1 ned confederate army veterans one otio and ull all com inked lauded balia by hie brave an 1 fearless sol tier fier den gen bragg impatiently iipp waited awaited the omet and burning with a zoal begotten 10 by love of home hoine and le I 1 lie brave southerners look 11 I 1 forward to the hour when ilia yankee invader should stand before them in in lionora ble and awl open battle uen gen Koae irana had conceived hia hit plan of campaign n with an abdat fly 1 A bich reflected led the highest bi heit order of military genius and when hen the proper moment came earn v ith the terrible rapidity ofa of n thuile r bolt he lie flung hie ilia army a roar tho the river at three dil different paint and by a series of brilliant movements threatened the Cou feJer foller ate base so severely 1 that braf g hastily evacuated chattanooga t the I 1 to eyrie of if the tile southern army and fell back to i southward in retreat only n to glain acain oil eavor to repel tho the threat ette danger rosber ans accompanied by hie his body gurd had crossed the tile tennessee kiver river near Ste venon ata al bama and after a few days diaff of rapid circuitous marching established hib his headquarters in the tile edge a chatta Cli atta an the south bank of I 1 the 1 to river tile 1 he generals bodyguard body guard was ae com composed poll of a squadron equa dron of 0 tho va danl n lil cavalry four companies comp inie of 0 the Is t ohio and tho ilia oil ohio I 1 0 infantry all carefully selected an and I 1 trusted veterans et erane it was about 12 at night when our column reached rea heil tho old brick house on the outskirts of chat danoog tano ogi t ac occupied culea by the commander in chief and as thie this wae was to be the first reet rest since we 0 o had crowd the river ri er some dave days before vi a soon pitched our tents rolled rotted up in our blankett blan kete ketA and slept the sleep of weary tri putting tf our sore artist lit ill tho the mighty hod of battea and the vigil ince of our o 0 lines when hen I 1 awoke next day lay t the he ruin o 0 wan high in lip heavens conr camp was all 11 astir and after giter having having eaten eiten breakfast I 1 lighted my pipe an and commenced to tg invest iuta the tile lion tion a little heing a particularly struck by the wm re silent air air which pervaded everybody and anti everything e teething con oon necked with ith the lamp camp and haa en the men and I 1 biot yet out on duty blood stood together in and talked in undertones together og ether now and then a weary courier vt bulj coine in in from the tile south nhu wini oo 00 of having ridden harl and long and and direct directly iv another would urt olf on a dead ran run in the tho latue satue direction from froin which the other had away to tho the southall south all of chiji oja to ray bay up een fiver tile le air skir hip ered anthe the me at startling worda ool peth 14 8 aa V up P our three army arm corp far to the sauth arii separated and anti at that moment v were mantling marching hard in i to affe I t a it junction slid bragg a 1 had at lit divin divined ed the intent intentions ionA of u Itow erans and anti was ae advancing to cruh crush with overwhelming overA helming fone force tile three corps beforce they could un v iq ven A arttra a while I 1 got tired of things in camp and telling my hilored I ored boy wy I 1 i lip m here he 14 would find MA me if wanted I 1 nt rollA doan down to lite lie ner river to 1 i try oy iny fiand ut qing some snap I 1 turtles tur burte te ith which t the to I 1 1 a I 1 had t apen n filere abbul ari o 0 hour an ant ila E nt fugitt 4 oa 01 1 when bin til gd gillo loped do toch n to me leyl i irs ng my curso and with a broad grin j nil all his byorn ly orn raid said ley dey you ut at M wow awine iamo to ins ch kill und el acry ting angain tin ready I 1 reported at once and found five comp wiles of the lenth tenth and aal two boorn comi a of the drawn up in title in in light marching order aly my i ardern were to take of tile detail ava td rapidly to gap 4 adapt copt mew lurea to I 1 the ilia c IV post all ru an d b ji davs leada le ailini to otha tha pi pt ice aud liula t the 0 lat ra i properly prop eily relieved in n about three hours we oar our destination and found the he vo courier pom o 0 be bo a ol 01 0 the I 1 it I 1 Cn vair adt under a r corn inana of a lieutenant atho A ila gladly kate all the information ho ike and elco medus lie to ili hie cam p the 1 he cavalry had been lie be having evvy vt y wickedly attacking our i ignal posts slashing sl ashin and anti shooting hoolin Ahe rover chev they tot I 1 t a chanco chance chasin chasing g c capturing 1 1111 1 1 and killing 1 lingaur our couriers endeavoring deavo rill ring to ut if communication ion between our corps commanders and the tile commander in in chief we raade made oar our sm directed and every now and nd then during the tile day da couriers couri ersi would come into our linen line irom the south each worn out and slid b having abing bof a story of late peril and adaven t ture tire to relate at 6 last it night came cattle and the moon almost full alwo brightly now and then however ou 04 escurel by light flitting alqua clou dr and 11 eiery thins wa was quiet null about 12 2 midnight at thia tills hour I 1 was at an advanced out ant robt on itie lite Kinz gold road the officer in charge of this tills poet post IlAv luvin illg nent sent a patrol ot of e s down don the pike lunt just before I 1 came cant while quietly that hatting ting together toj tog tether ethe r the dread report of a gun minted with ith ells and the loud clat terl ru g of hoofs broke the midnight stillness and all ah ho beard heard in ili another moment we cearto heard the roaring reports of the eight spencer rifles rides of our patrol our boys had taken an hand in the rumpus boon soon we could PI plainly ai alys a homen mii dash in argi I 1 dg ms madly di y d 0 t the be road tou 1 us ea and in an a moment loment confronted the br bristling 1 st bayonet bayonets of our men A rou h hand clutched hie ilia bridle klatil halt dismount came the command a let line isa is a puce place of scant cuarte by the rider sprang from lie his it mere beardless beard lepa I 1 overgrown st ling of 10 hn his handsome han deome face me at detill 1 ai ne earing tang the likeness of 0 hie his good wo mo features with a reckless rec klese dare d ire devil avil look there he stood the typical cumberland army kid of 63 11 I hello fello Tenth glad to see you ghe give moo roe borne 0 water terl A canteen wae was handed banded him and lie gulped its contents town convulsively got any and a half dozen willing illing 11 hand hands handed out the luxury 11 lie smelled on one a and handed banded it buk back libbl nibbled niece at anether and consigned lon calls signed ign ad it to its owner oner then twirled another in ilia hi inhere fingers Buiel led it fastidiously appeared to be bulled suited and bit airi great chudik returning the remnant to lite nun mall who ho bave it him film then he lie shook bimm hini geli lt and turned his tongue 1 I am a fifteenth l man loan I 1 aln they haie put me in the courier bit I 1 dont know if I 1 will v ill like it but 01 you ol b ba t I 1 carry big news ip iho eAto to old losey 1 general Oe ro J about hlf a anio to ball back a lot of johnnies camel out of a lane right on to ino ilia and ordered me to halt nary a halt ou oil bet I 1 then lit they tired on me and tried to run me 11 bonn n and anti I 1 thought I 1 wa gone up up J jua af then 1 I pa aei a lot of fellow 4 h ho 0 wore ere un their knees km ed on both bide of the alks pike th y let me ins come through ail and then away at tile reba did the tile reba hit ine me of bourso not they dont know knon know to lilt hit anything kut but I 1 inget hurry on itell I 1 tell iou on foden were ill coln to 0 hae hate it 11 a around these old woods before many manyd days je tau tata ta ta u I 1 rode with him down to the lite relay post and on our ft ay av lie offered to run a race of ar aslor for tj 2 1 I refused but told him I 1 w would meet him next da dy for a quarter mile asoh ilia the kid turned over his dispatches to the tile lieutenant lieuten int in charge i lia of the post laid aside liw his arina and ment sand said lip fie would carlu himself up a lule little before bendin his I 1 lion 4 we were wera st andine with ith our r b back ichii ij to the ire tire the kid rig lit hy ony my in a eld ids when hen he ile reached re alicd hia hand up be hind his hi left Al choul lor and frit felt down under hia ilia when en he lie withdrew I 1 bid his hand it wart mak covert cover l with blood blod I 1 an ail I 1 he lie exclaimed oh oil my rny god the intebi hit me after all and I 1 never knew it itt irile youngster 1 swayed swaged and nd staggered and fell into my arms in a dead floi tit A blanket aas 1 on the tile I 1 ground aund before ilia fire and our poor fr hid a I 1 was gently laid down the tile nuri suri keon georic canne ame anti cut the thyi and shirt off and disco discovered ered jut just below the left shoulder eh a gaping ghastly kiha sll bullet hole I 1 thought he be would neier never see another eun sun rito ri to it was fully twenty minute minutes from lite time the buy oas shot the moment he covered oe red that ho he had hill been wounded and when alien be he saw the tile blood ho lie was completely overcome bodany bo miny m iny exciting events crowded u upon 11 UK US soon aftem ardit that I 1 lost L echt M 11 of my kid and did cot not k enot now what a hat had become of him film but one week ee afterward on the night 11 of the tile of september when lien lying hin on the ground in Ro saville cap gap within a very few feet of the spot I 1 t where here I 1 had laid I 1 the lie wounded courier before the tile fire tire I 1 his prophecy at the tho 1 I tell TOO yoa prophecy mir were ere cin n to he h 11 A ve e b h 4 11 a a abou arou around d these woods before many day days we a bad had juit juia plat thed ched out ant offic smoke tind tire fire and the d cata storm of 0 ChUk mAua the result 0 vt which aich was that blue coated veterans would neer never marih march mari h and anti fight again and 60 bout Boulli hern ern homes wore am made to mourn the loss of a father or brother I 1 long afterwards earned learned what be came conf kid lid I 1 from ins his old corn com charlie Itro It chols now if a resident of A ogden the boy cep ua guilly mc hod and t 7 he its 1 ie I 1 the ater of 0 great efer ahm rt U 1 r J I 1 dpn e ot of bouno brinly oes natt aliew tobio eveir ear or want to run horses fur for a it two nil jar jr uke stake as he lie did flent your ore 1 a I ro the kill wae was a fair sample of the tile pio fifteenth gitil cavalry 6 riders and aid avage P fligh drillars drillers dr illers f regiment and nd ot of their sl sll L ivory kaery regiment rei mont in in Itose a erAns vonn nAnd had 1114 many a prototype of the airro hero of I 1 HIM ilia Fket 11 and anti they were 1 A call le of anxiety to thia rown off iLerd and slid an soure e of menace and danger to tile confider atea the tile I 1 kid of 63 becoming bei omin taju tull full flogged tAl minei I 1 of 01 iid tx 3 |