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and author of "Saturday Night Sens! three miles below Clarendon by. the and Nonsense," a facetious writerlJ captain of the boat, who informed
full, replete, from touching pathos tc
sarcasm. Well, he bargained witlif closed against rebels and he had to
Pike for some cotton and it was load¬ ed on a steamboat and Pilte got| aboard going to Helena to get the p'ayj for the cotton. He was set ashore
Pike that the lines at Helena Were
command returned V--^^%lO ^ It the incident of \. J-lSS^
walk home. Our to Helena without firing a shot. I will relate tha out¬ come of the cotton deal later on.
i^/^^^. /^
V
V /.
THR13JE IRACilC OCCURRENCES, HAPPENING WITHIN THREE DAYS, IN WHICH THE WRITER WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED.
[By Capt. A. M. Sherman.]
[The story of Company L (Eau Claire Rangers) is here taken up—at the time of their return from Claren¬ don tp Helena, Ark.]
EXPEDITION TO ARKANSAS POST.
Another expedition was ordered, this time against Arkansas Post, a forti¬ fied towO: on the Arkansas River. Out command of several thousand consist' od of gunboats and transports to carry thef artillery. Infantry and cav¬ alry >lown the river to where there was iBL road leading direct to Wild Goos^ Ferry, on White River, whore the <^Y8lry transports disembarked detaiis of several cavalry regiments and a section of light artillery in Hght: marching order and no commis¬ sary,, The river" and streams wei'e Already high and it commenced tot
coming. We waited and waited, no sound, no signals from the fleet, no couriers, water rising, road getting worse, we cannot watt much longer, tho whole country of forest wilder¬ ness surrounding this Ill-fated com¬ mand was becoming inundated.
A CONFERENCE HELD.
All agreed that the command should return at once if it expected to ^et back at all by the road. Tb.^ artitlei^ymen said the. horses could never haul the guns back as it was all they could do to get them over the washed-out culvert, so they thought of spiking and abandoning them. What? Spike and abandon these guns? This was an astonishing proposition to some of the Eau ClairQ Rangers and they began to think oi ways and means, In fact they were j| un&nlmous committee of ways and means, which, were to construct an«i attach a lumber-raft oar on each end
^ ^.« ,. .u . u . . of a long and heavy cypress boat with
slow and difficult, the route being ^^^^^,^3 sjx inches thick and three across the Mississippi alluvial hot-^^^^ ^^^^ ^^U^ one-piece gunwales, toms. We wallowed along, however, ^. . ^ ^yxxt\^ up al Batesville
till ipidiiight, when a halt was order led and we sat on our horses in si¬ lence for half an hour In a drench¬ ing rain, the water knee deep to our horsies, when word was passed along, para,de rest; thereupon many sought to Ipave the road for higher ground and . floundered saddle deep in the road ditches; others dismounted andj hold their horses. Towards daylight the storm abated and as soon as we could see we resumed the march and Isooii reached the ferry.
fiJAUGHT BY INUNDATION.
But np boat, which we understood |was to be there in advance of ourj
for a supply boat.
RANGERS DETERMINED TO SAVE THE ARTILLERY.
The next thing was to put tbe cannon aboard and to flOalt down the river and meet any boat that .might be on the way after U8. this plan was decided upon, the de¬ tail to man tbe oars all being from our regiment, I think they were all Eau Claire Rangers. Forty men from an Ohio regiment and a Ileuteur ant were selected as fighting men be-| cause they were armed superior to! bny, having CoU'e revolving carbines
Object Description
| Title | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Source Title | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Description | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles (WLHBA) Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930 from historical and biographical articles preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Articles include eyewitness accounts written during the Civil War; such as war correspondence, soldiers diaries and printed letters from soldiers. Articles also include veterans reminiscence, obituaries and anniversary coverage of major battles or formation of regiments. A wide range of subjects, battles and people are covered. |
| Subcollection | Newspaper Clippings |
| Source | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles |
| Source Type | newspaper clipping |
| Place of Publication | varies |
| Source Creation Date | 1861-1930 |
| Source Publisher | varies |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | 01900000vol1 |
Description
| Title | 56 |
| Source Title | Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Regiment | 2nd Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | AR |
| Place | Helena |
| People | Sherman, Arthur M., Capt.; |
| Topic | transportation; combat; |
| Source Type | newspaper clipping |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2010 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2010 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | and author of "Saturday Night Sens! three miles below Clarendon by. the and Nonsense" a facetious writerlJ captain of the boat, who informed full, replete, from touching pathos tc sarcasm. Well, he bargained witlif closed against rebels and he had to Pike for some cotton and it was load¬ ed on a steamboat and Pilte got| aboard going to Helena to get the p'ayj for the cotton. He was set ashore Pike that the lines at Helena Were command returned V--^^%lO ^ It the incident of \. J-lSS^ walk home. Our to Helena without firing a shot. I will relate tha out¬ come of the cotton deal later on. i^/^^^. /^ V V /. THR13JE IRACilC OCCURRENCES, HAPPENING WITHIN THREE DAYS, IN WHICH THE WRITER WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED. [By Capt. A. M. Sherman.] [The story of Company L (Eau Claire Rangers) is here taken up—at the time of their return from Claren¬ don tp Helena, Ark.] EXPEDITION TO ARKANSAS POST. Another expedition was ordered, this time against Arkansas Post, a forti¬ fied towO: on the Arkansas River. Out command of several thousand consist' od of gunboats and transports to carry thef artillery. Infantry and cav¬ alry >lown the river to where there was iBL road leading direct to Wild Goos^ Ferry, on White River, whore the <^Y8lry transports disembarked detaiis of several cavalry regiments and a section of light artillery in Hght: marching order and no commis¬ sary,, The river" and streams wei'e Already high and it commenced tot coming. We waited and waited, no sound, no signals from the fleet, no couriers, water rising, road getting worse, we cannot watt much longer, tho whole country of forest wilder¬ ness surrounding this Ill-fated com¬ mand was becoming inundated. A CONFERENCE HELD. All agreed that the command should return at once if it expected to ^et back at all by the road. Tb.^ artitlei^ymen said the. horses could never haul the guns back as it was all they could do to get them over the washed-out culvert, so they thought of spiking and abandoning them. What? Spike and abandon these guns? This was an astonishing proposition to some of the Eau ClairQ Rangers and they began to think oi ways and means, In fact they were j| un&nlmous committee of ways and means, which, were to construct an«i attach a lumber-raft oar on each end ^ ^.« ,. .u . u . . of a long and heavy cypress boat with slow and difficult, the route being ^^^^^,^3 sjx inches thick and three across the Mississippi alluvial hot-^^^^ ^^^^ ^^U^ one-piece gunwales, toms. We wallowed along, however, ^. . ^ ^yxxt\^ up al Batesville till ipidiiight, when a halt was order led and we sat on our horses in si¬ lence for half an hour In a drench¬ ing rain, the water knee deep to our horsies, when word was passed along, para,de rest; thereupon many sought to Ipave the road for higher ground and . floundered saddle deep in the road ditches; others dismounted andj hold their horses. Towards daylight the storm abated and as soon as we could see we resumed the march and Isooii reached the ferry. fiJAUGHT BY INUNDATION. But np boat, which we understood |was to be there in advance of ourj for a supply boat. RANGERS DETERMINED TO SAVE THE ARTILLERY. The next thing was to put tbe cannon aboard and to flOalt down the river and meet any boat that .might be on the way after U8. this plan was decided upon, the de¬ tail to man tbe oars all being from our regiment, I think they were all Eau Claire Rangers. Forty men from an Ohio regiment and a Ileuteur ant were selected as fighting men be-| cause they were armed superior to! bny, having CoU'e revolving carbines |
| Digital Identifier | 01900061 |