. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . appened to know was a mem- REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION ber of Colonel Donohoes regiment in the war, calledhim into his studio, saying he wanted to show him apicture of his old Colonel. It was upon the easel and stillunfinished. The Irishman gazed with admiration uponthe picture and approaching it was about to place hishand upon it when the artist says, Stop, stop, it is not dry ! Not dry,the Irishman re-peated, not dry,then it surelycant be MikeDonohoe. Another storycharacteristic o fthe quick wit ofColonel Donohoe,is too g
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . appened to know was a mem- REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION ber of Colonel Donohoes regiment in the war, calledhim into his studio, saying he wanted to show him apicture of his old Colonel. It was upon the easel and stillunfinished. The Irishman gazed with admiration uponthe picture and approaching it was about to place hishand upon it when the artist says, Stop, stop, it is not dry ! Not dry,the Irishman re-peated, not dry,then it surelycant be MikeDonohoe. Another storycharacteristic o fthe quick wit ofColonel Donohoe,is too good to belost. ColonelDonohoe was inthe field at thehead of his com-mand in activeoperations in Vir-ginia. His wife atthat time was liv-ing in Lowell. Animportant eventwith Airs. Dono-hoe was expecteddaily, when oneday the Colonel received a telegram from Lowell statingthat his wife had to present to him a new recruit for theloth New Hampshire. Lpon reading the message thecolonel immediately replied, Muster him in and set himto work at the GEN. M. T. DONOHOE. 292
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