When Lincoln Kissed Me : a Story of the Wilderness Campaign

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WING War Correspondent WHEN LINCOLN KISSED ME of us should start for the North with the several reports of the stirring events of the last two or three days* As I was the youngestt I knew the task natur- ally belonged to me, and my offer to undertake it was instantly accepted by the others* It was known to be an ad- venturous undertaking* The Ninth corps was aheady crossing the Rapi- dan to support the fortunes of the battle-line in front, and thus by to- morrow the whole country between the Ra...pidan and the Bull Run Rivers was to be abandoned by our troops* How full of peril the enterprise really was may be inferred from the fact that of four or five messengers for different newspapers I was the only one who had the good fortune to get through* My favorite mount was a Kentucky- bred racing horse, that I had procured from Captain Cline, Meade^s chief of n WHEN LINCOLN KISSED ME scouts* As soon as it was decided that I should make the trip I went up to the corral, and instructed the **hoY** to give Jesse a hearty breakfast at three o'clock in the morning, and to have him groomed and saddled at four* He might have to take me more than seventy miles to Washington — possibly without even a feed or halt — the fol- lowing day* I then went up to Grant's headquar- ters, and, approaching him, said that I was coming out the next day, and asked him if he had any message to the people that I could insert in my dispatches to the Tribune* ** Well, yes,'' he replied, ** you may tell the people that things are going swimmingly down here*" The remark was so evasive, or pur- posely misleading, at the close of a battle in which every one of his plans 12 WHEN LINCOLN KISSED ME had evidently gone wrong that I smiled as I entered the exact words in my note book, thanked him, and tamed away* I had only taken a step or two when he got tip and joined me* When we had walked otrt of hearing of his companions he laid his hand upon my shotilder and, quietly facing me, in- quired, ** You expect to get through to "Washii^on ?

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