. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . d them howI should fix it so I could eat it; they told me to mix it up with water and eat it, that was good enough for a d Yankee. but I did not. They formed a guard around us at dark; alongin the evening they passed through our guard line with heavyartillery, and as one piece passed near me I got on a cannonand rode out. It being dark they did not notice me and Iescaped and returned to my Regiment. I thanked God theydid not see me. George Mason could have got
. Personal and historical sketches and facial history of and by members of the Seventh regiment Michigan volunteer cavalry, 1862-1865 . d them howI should fix it so I could eat it; they told me to mix it up with water and eat it, that was good enough for a d Yankee. but I did not. They formed a guard around us at dark; alongin the evening they passed through our guard line with heavyartillery, and as one piece passed near me I got on a cannonand rode out. It being dark they did not notice me and Iescaped and returned to my Regiment. I thanked God theydid not see me. George Mason could have gotten away withme if he had had a mind to, but he feared he would be Regiment that captured me was the 5th Georgia Infantry. On the night of July 4th, myself and Lieutenant Little-field, of Custers Staff, located the enemys train and ourCommand captured it. At Falling Waters I was with TO of our Regiment whocaptured 400 prisoners, I taking five of them to the rear; onthe way one of them, an officer, tried to get a pistol from outhis pocket to shoot me, but 1 saw him in time to disarm him,which probably saved my life. 182. 1895. Albert H. Olm stead,Co. D. St. Louis, Mich. Born October 15th, 1845, at Windsor, Eaton County,Mich.; enlisted at Charlotte, Eaton County, Mich., September9th, 1864, as Private in Co. D, 7th Michigan Cavalry; mus-tered out at Detroit, August 16th, 1865, and honorablydischarged. 183
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