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ADGERSCREOIIE WITH CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Wisconsin Man's Disclose How President of South Was Talcen.
and that It would be difficult to sub¬ sist a large party, and that we must start immediately and not wait for ra¬ tions—adding, as I left him, that If there was a flght, and Jefferson Davis should get hurt. Gen. Wilson would not feel very bad over It.
Girl Gives Clew. "I then returned to the camp of my rogltnent and soon had a detail of 150 men selected, all well armed and mounted. "We proceeded through lla- con, and crossed the bridge over the Ochmulgee river, and then took a line march toward Savannah. Gen. Crox¬ ton had furnished me with a large map
MnmnjpQ of Georgia, so that I was able to shape
mcillUIIO jjjy course correotly.
"Several regiments were sent off in different directions to Intercept Da-vis. after we had started.
"It was dark, and the roads in the pine woods were only trails. We soon became confussd, and after wandering around for some time, found ourselves
By FKED L. HOLMES.
«i^t?J=?i?^'r,i^'V^''^<^"''^^^i"'°";<=°n^i"K into D"Win again. Picking fn tht'^tw.P. "^^^ an important part ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ and daylight com- tL ni. t^ ?^ *? Jefferson Davis at , (j^j g^ ^^ \txu<,-^. out on the
detecUng the former president of the-^"t, we came to lurkey creek, where confederacy was Henry Harnden, who. ^Y^ found the bridge torn up. ^^ hlle for many years livedit-Sulirvan Jef-^ ">>« was ^being repaired, I strolled up ferson county, where he operated a J^ ^ '<>S house nearby, and questioned farm and smkll sawmill. Upon thai the woman whom I found there. In ^9- outbreak of the war of secession,! ga-'-'to the party who ha^p^ssgdrjaut Harnden enlisted as a private but be-1 she did not know who they.Wer^ Xw* .
fore the clase of the war had beeniP* ^^'^ ^Ff^'^t'' ^^^ ^^T J'\ ^^
„„„^ , , . , ; J C^ i J house and drank some milk, and she
promoted to a colonelcy and breveted i ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ jj^^^ g^^^„ ^j p^^^^j
brigadier general. Before hts death ^vjjdi she said they had drooped. I Col. Harnden wrote a complete de- g^w It was a piece of a Richmond scription of the capture of Jefferson newspaper, of recent date. Davis. . "A bright little girl standing by said
"Toward the evening of May 6, 1865, she had heard one gentleman call the when we were encamped about a mile other 'Col. Harrison,' and the other north of Macon, Ga., I received orders was addressed,as 'Mr. President.' Upon to report to division headquarters," my Inquiring as to how they -were says Col. Harnden in his memoirs. "I dressed, she said, they were 'almost as nounted my horse and rode over there handsomely dressed as I was, but their Inding Gen, John T. Croxton in com- coats were not alike.' Pointiiig to my nand in the absence of Gen. McCook. shoulder .straps, I inquired if they had The general informed me that it wa9 such things on their coats; she replied reported that Jefferson Davi.% presi- no, but one of them had stars on his dent of the confederacy, was in South collar and. gold on his sleeves, -while Carolina, making his way south into the other had plain clothes. The child's Georgia; that a portion of bis cabinet description convinced me that one'-was were with him, and that they were ac- an officer of high rank, and the other
companied by 600 of 700 men; that I had been selected to command a de¬ tachment of 150 fc-om the First Wis¬ consin cavalry, to endeavor to cut him off, and capture him if possible. I in¬ quired if he thought 150 men a sufH- cient number to take on the expedl-
Jefferson Davis.
Courier Intercepted.
"So convinced was I that we were at last really "on the track that I wrote a dispatch and started a courier with it to Gen, Wilson; but the man was cap¬
tion. He replied that, in the opinion tured by some confederates, taken into of Gen. Wilson, It. was. He explained, the woods, robbed of his horse and that the escort of Davis was greatly I equipments, and left to make his way demoralized, and many were leaving'to Macon on foot—which he did, but him; that they would be poorly armed,' not Until after my return there. _ and it was doubtful if they would fight "May 9 as soon as it was light at all—but if they should flght, he enough to see, we pushed on in a would risk our being able to take care southwest direction, until we struck of them. He said the country through the Ochmulgee, the same river we liad -which our routw lav was verv poor^ before crossed at Macon. ¦ Continuing
Object Description
| Title | Biographical Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Source Title | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles (WLHBA) Biographical Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Author/Creator | varies |
| Description | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles (WLHBA) Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930 from 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 | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWCL0000a |
Description
| Title | 144 |
| Source Title | Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles (WLHBA) Biographical Newspaper clippings, 1861-1930, Vol. 1 |
| Regiment | 1st Cavalry; |
| Volume | 9 |
| People | Harnden, Henry, Lt. Col.; Davis, Jefferson; |
| Topic | veterans |
| Source Type | newspaper clipping |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Full text | 4 in^- J/. /pJ \, / ADGERSCREOIIE WITH CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS Wisconsin Man's Disclose How President of South Was Talcen. and that It would be difficult to sub¬ sist a large party, and that we must start immediately and not wait for ra¬ tions—adding, as I left him, that If there was a flght, and Jefferson Davis should get hurt. Gen. Wilson would not feel very bad over It. Girl Gives Clew. "I then returned to the camp of my rogltnent and soon had a detail of 150 men selected, all well armed and mounted. "We proceeded through lla- con, and crossed the bridge over the Ochmulgee river, and then took a line march toward Savannah. Gen. Crox¬ ton had furnished me with a large map MnmnjpQ of Georgia, so that I was able to shape mcillUIIO jjjy course correotly. "Several regiments were sent off in different directions to Intercept Da-vis. after we had started. "It was dark, and the roads in the pine woods were only trails. We soon became confussd, and after wandering around for some time, found ourselves By FKED L. HOLMES. «i^t?J=?i?^'r,i^'V^''^<^"''^^^i"'°";<=°n^i"K into D"Win again. Picking fn tht'^tw.P. "^^^ an important part ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ and daylight com- tL ni. t^ ?^ *? Jefferson Davis at , (j^j g^ ^^ \txu<,-^. out on the detecUng the former president of the-^"t, we came to lurkey creek, where confederacy was Henry Harnden, who. ^Y^ found the bridge torn up. ^^ hlle for many years livedit-Sulirvan Jef-^ ">>« was ^being repaired, I strolled up ferson county, where he operated a J^ ^ '<>S house nearby, and questioned farm and smkll sawmill. Upon thai the woman whom I found there. In ^9- outbreak of the war of secession,! ga-'-'to the party who ha^p^ssgdrjaut Harnden enlisted as a private but be-1 she did not know who they.Wer^ Xw* . fore the clase of the war had beeniP* ^^'^ ^Ff^'^t'' ^^^ ^^T J'\ ^^ „„„^ , , . , ; J C^ i J house and drank some milk, and she promoted to a colonelcy and breveted i ^^^^^^ ^^ ^ jj^^^ g^^^„ ^j p^^^^j brigadier general. Before hts death ^vjjdi she said they had drooped. I Col. Harnden wrote a complete de- g^w It was a piece of a Richmond scription of the capture of Jefferson newspaper, of recent date. Davis. . "A bright little girl standing by said "Toward the evening of May 6, 1865, she had heard one gentleman call the when we were encamped about a mile other 'Col. Harrison,' and the other north of Macon, Ga., I received orders was addressed,as 'Mr. President.' Upon to report to division headquarters" my Inquiring as to how they -were says Col. Harnden in his memoirs. "I dressed, she said, they were 'almost as nounted my horse and rode over there handsomely dressed as I was, but their Inding Gen, John T. Croxton in com- coats were not alike.' Pointiiig to my nand in the absence of Gen. McCook. shoulder .straps, I inquired if they had The general informed me that it wa9 such things on their coats; she replied reported that Jefferson Davi.% presi- no, but one of them had stars on his dent of the confederacy, was in South collar and. gold on his sleeves, -while Carolina, making his way south into the other had plain clothes. The child's Georgia; that a portion of bis cabinet description convinced me that one'-was were with him, and that they were ac- an officer of high rank, and the other companied by 600 of 700 men; that I had been selected to command a de¬ tachment of 150 fc-om the First Wis¬ consin cavalry, to endeavor to cut him off, and capture him if possible. I in¬ quired if he thought 150 men a sufH- cient number to take on the expedl- Jefferson Davis. Courier Intercepted. "So convinced was I that we were at last really "on the track that I wrote a dispatch and started a courier with it to Gen, Wilson; but the man was cap¬ tion. He replied that, in the opinion tured by some confederates, taken into of Gen. Wilson, It. was. He explained, the woods, robbed of his horse and that the escort of Davis was greatly I equipments, and left to make his way demoralized, and many were leaving'to Macon on foot—which he did, but him; that they would be poorly armed,' not Until after my return there. _ and it was doubtful if they would fight "May 9 as soon as it was light at all—but if they should flght, he enough to see, we pushed on in a would risk our being able to take care southwest direction, until we struck of them. He said the country through the Ochmulgee, the same river we liad -which our routw lav was verv poor^ before crossed at Macon. ¦ Continuing |
| Digital Identifier | CWCL0144 |