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Jil £01IS of £coi Staling. !H-jcic Ad7«ae*ier. |S«nos\?rT W. B. Wilt, of squad roa B,, Wisconsin Cavalry. G-Ieerl Daniel* *ud pci-I vale M'Calm of iqaidioa A, wcro u.ii lift J week on a sceuiiu^ expedition iii Arkansas, ■*• vet*! miles beh w HoruersvxUe, wh«u th?y j were suddenly pounced unou by a -quad c: rebeN. IfCibu coeeeedtfi in •hwciu^; ; t*i SergeeeC Ware wa* cap lured and siar.ed for j the rebel camp a prisoner. A* nighf, the' party stopped for rest, and Ware was pbf*d I under a guard of four men, two on Ally ] while #ka oilier two abpt cli«e a! Land. He was deprived of a!! hia clothing excepting !i» shirt, aalt;! comforted wi?b the aasursnoe that the *«**lt; day, on their arrival at camp, he should t« hung. They *l*o informed him that Dr. Gregory was murdered by I hem. anlt;* exhibited what they purported to be the identical gun which font the fatal ball—oil of which mat here beed decidedly comforting.During: the night one of the guard* whose duly it was to keep awake fell into a due*, and Ware, watching for an opportunity, reined two guns belonging to the ikupen, when the only guard awake had his attention drawn to something eUe than his regular buiiinea?, and cocking one of the gun», he aimed it at the breast of Lbe only wakeful guard, coolly informing him that if he made the least alarm death should be hia portion. With his gun thus leveled on the aatonmhed guard, Ware commenced backing off, which operation wl continued until he thoaght it safe to turu and run, and then be made die beet ponibb ure of hia node lower limbs. The time ha made for a short distance would undoubtedly have been an honor to either Jeff Thompson or General Price. Finding the weight of two gtm* 100 much for him on this rapid retreat, he broke ap the poorest one against a tree. The one he raved and brought in ii the gun that was said to have killed Dr. Gregory. On the approach of morning Ware went into a house and pressed into service a pair ef panta. In this novel style—barefooted, bareheaded and coatle**—he made his way through woods and Mr amps for a distance of twenty-fire miles, and at bast arrived safely—where he walt; considered lost—at the camp of his own equadroa. Hia safe return was greeted with many demonstrations of joy, aul h‘-itow enjoys the attention a genuine hero merits. This truthful narrative uf Ware's adcen-turea deserves circulation in pretsreue© to the numerous fiction not half us strar»ge.
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Urbana Union
Urbana, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 22, 1862
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