Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . the had known the latter intimately, having traveled500 miles in his company during his Russian journey. Hegreeted both boys in a fatherly fashion, and at my requestgave each of them a visiting card as a memento of themeeting. Presently I ventured to say : • General, these youngsters have no conception of acommander doing anything but prancing around in fulluniform, on a fiery steed, or leading charges sword in hand,and cutting down a score of fellows with his own you tell them if you ever did any actual fighting likeCaesar and Alexand
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . the had known the latter intimately, having traveled500 miles in his company during his Russian journey. Hegreeted both boys in a fatherly fashion, and at my requestgave each of them a visiting card as a memento of themeeting. Presently I ventured to say : • General, these youngsters have no conception of acommander doing anything but prancing around in fulluniform, on a fiery steed, or leading charges sword in hand,and cutting down a score of fellows with his own you tell them if you ever did any actual fighting likeCaesar and Alexander, and how many hundred men youhave killed ? * Sherman laughed good-naturedly, and patting the boyson the head said that he was usually away from the thickof the fighting, and he only remembered once engagingpersonally in it. He and his staff were under fire, and henoticed one man on the other side who seemed to be inplain view, and who was peppering them as fast as he couldload and fire, Acting upon a sudden impulse Sherman. H CO MWW 32 RUSSIAN REMINISCENCES. 579 turned to a Union soldier standing near by, and seizing hisrifle took a snap-shot at the Rebel, who disappeared, andthat, said Sherman, was the only time I ever shot anyone. Reference being made to his Russian visit, he relatedan account of a grand reception which he attended in , where he was introduced to two charmingladies who spoke English, and invited him to call at theirresidence. To his dismay, Sherman could not find anycard or scrap of paper to set down the address, so hegallantly wrote it on his white glove. It was one of those regular Russian names—twocoughs and a sneeze, he explained, and I never could haveremembered it otherwise. And so the hour passed pleasantly until the carriagereturned, and the hero drove off with his companions, leav-ing a delightful impression upon all who had met may seem trifling incidents, but they picture thedefender of the Republic as he appeared in f
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