Show two or of anecdotes in the century y gen 1101 horace ace porter gives ive the following anecdotes that were related by grant at the headquarters mess 1 I was with gen taylors command in mexico when he not only failed to receive re but found that nearly all his regulars were to be 9 sent ent aln away ty from him to join gen scott taylor N w as a apt pt to be a little abse t ni I 1 when absorbed in any perplexing problem and tho the morning lie he received the discouraging dis coura ing news lie he sat down to breakfast in ili a brown study poured out it a cup of coffee and instead of putting in the sugar he reached out and got hold of tile the mustard pot and stirred halt half a dozen spoonfuls of its contents into the coffee ile he difant realize what lie he had done till he took a mouthful and then he broke out in a towering lowering rage we learned Eom something ething at shiloh about the way in ili which the reports of losses are sometimes exaggerated in battle at the close ot of the first lays days fight sherman met a colonel of one ot of its his regiments with only about of 0 his soldiers it ranks and said to him why where are your men the colonel cast his eyes sadly along the line wiped a tear from ills his chaez cheek and replied in a whimpering voice wo we went in stron strong and all left felt of us you dont tell me exclaimed sherman beginning to be deeply affected by the fearful result of the carnage yes said the co colonel louel the robs appeared to have a special al spite against us sherman passed along some hours afterward when the com was issuing rations and found that the colonels men were returning on the run from under the bank of tho the river where they had taken shelter from the birin firing and in a few minutes nearly all of the lost had bad returned and were boiling coffee and eating a hearty meal with an appetite that showed they were still very much alive |