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Thirty-first Regiment .- The regiment was organized at Camp Vigo, near Terre Haute, Ind., under charge of Colonel after Brevet Maj .- Gen. Charles Cruft, and mustered into service September 5, 1861. September 21, 1861, Companies A, C, E, I and K left by rail for Evansville, Ind .; arrived and drew their arms and tent- age on Sunday, September 22,.1861. That night Companies A and K ascended Green River, Ky., to the first locks and took possession of the little town of Spottsville, then threatened by the enemy, being the first Union troops to take a position in that country.
September 25, 1861, Companies C, E and I went on board the steamer " Mattie Cook," and ascended Green River to the second locks, eighty miles, and took possession of the town of Romney; remained long enough to bring away a cargo of tobaccco; found no enemy and returned to Evansville; September 28 again sent up the river to Spottsville; remained until October 26, when Companies B, D, F, G and H left Terre Haute and went to Evansville.
The whole regiment moved to Henderson, Ky., October 26, . 1861, where they remained drilling and protecting recruiting for Kentucky regiments until November 5, 1861, when they moved to Calhoun, Ky., on the north side of Green River, at the second locks. Here they remained during a portion of the winter, and were placed in Gen. T. J. Crittenden's division of Buell's army. While in this camp the men were assailed with disease, and many of them fell victims; January 15, 1862, moved to South Carrolton, Ky., and fortified, expecting a battle, but on February 3, 1862, were ordered
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back to Calhoun, Ky., where they remained until February 9, 1862, where they were shipped on the transport "B. J. Adams " to Fort Donelson, and arrived in time to take part in the hottest of the con- test, losing in officers and men 70 killed, wounded and missing; from thence marched to Fort Henry, shipped on transports up to the Tennessee river to Pittsburg Landing, and was the first regi- ment to make a reconnoissance south at that place; fought in Hurlburt's division April 6 and 7, 1862, at Shiloh, and was compli- mented by the division commander; loss in that memorable battle 168 officers and men killed, wounded and missing. Among the killed was Maj. Arn and Capt. Harvey.
Just after this battle it was transferred to the Twenty-second Brigade, Fourth Division of the Army of the Ohio, and moved on Corinth, Miss .; fought there May 26 and 27, 1862; pursued Beaure- gard as far south as Booneville, Miss .; from thence it marched to Athens, Ala., thence to Nashville, Murfreesboro and McMinnville; was with Buell's army during his retreat to Louisville, and in the pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky in the fall of 1862; fought in the battle of Stone River December 29, 30 and 31, 1862, and January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1863, losing in that engagement 113 officers and men killed, wounded and captured; was in the advance on and capture of Tullahoma in June, 1863; made the march over Wal- don's Ridge; appeared in front of Chattanooga, and was one of the first regiments to pass over Point Lookout after the evacuation of Chattanooga; skirmished eight days around Ringgold, Ga., and Crawford Springs, and engaged in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863, losing 110 officers and men killed, wounded and captured; was under fire at Chattanooga from Sep- tember 22 to October 29, 1863, when it was sent to Bridgeport, Ala., to hold the railroad bridge over the Tennessee river. There the regiment re-enlisted as veterans January 1, 1864, and started to Indianapolis, Ind .; arrived January 29, 1864, and furloughed for thirty days; started again for the front on March 15, 1864; trans- ported by rail to Nashville, Tenn., thence marched to Ottaway, Tenn., where they arrived March 31, 1864; moved with main army on Dalton, Ga., May 3; fought at Rockyface, Ga., May 11, losing 22 men, killed and wounded; at Resaca, Ga., May 14 and 15; Kings- ton, May 19; Dallas, May 27, 28 and 29, and at New Hope church May 30, 1864.
June 1, 1864, they were detailed to escort the vast train of Gen. Sherman back to Kingston from Dallas for supplies; returned to the front June 9, 1864; fought around Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., from June 11 to the evacuation of Marietta, Ga., July 3, 1864, during which time the regiment lost in killed, wounded and
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missing 23 officers and men ; among the killed at Kenesaw Mountain was Lieut .- Col. F. L. Neff; fought at Smyrna church, Ga., July 3 and 4; Chattahoochee river from July 5 to 12, 1864; fought continually around Atlanta, Ga., from July 22 to August 28, 1864; was in Sherman's grand flank movement around the city, and destroyed many miles of the Atlanta, West Point & Mont- gomery Railroad, also the Atlanta & Macon Railroad; fought at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864; pursued the enemy to Lovejoy, and was under fire from September 1, 1864, to the night of September 5, 1864, when the regiment withdrew and moved back to Atlanta, where it was encamped until October 3, 1864.
Pursued Hood to Galesville, Ala .; from thence the regiment marched to Chattanooga, guarded the Fourth Corps train over the mountains to Pulaski, Tenn .; marched back to Columbia, Tenn .; skirmished two days and withdrew to Franklinn, Tenn .; was at the battle of the first named place; withdrew to Nashville, Tenn., and was in the trenches when Hood thought to besiege the town; was in the battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864, and was in the charge at that battle on Montgomery Hill, when the brigade to which it belonged captured four pieces of artillery and over 200 prisoners, losing, officers and men, killed, wounded and missing, 42; pursued Hood across the Tennessee river; marched to Huntsville, Ala., where they remained until March 13, 1865; moved by rail to Strawberry Plain, East Tenn., from where we took up line of march April 3, 1865; made a raid over fifty miles over the mountains into North Carolina to the town of Asheville, captur- ing horses, mules, etc .; returned to camp at Shield's mill April 11, 1865, when were greeted with the news of Lee's surrender; left Shield's mill and marched to Bulls' Gap, Tenn., from thence by rail for Nashville, where we encamped; remained at Nashville until June 17, 1865, when took cars for Johnsonville, Tenn .; ar- rived and embarked on steamer "Silver Moon " for New Orleans June 20, 1865; arrived at New Orleans June 25, 1865; disembarked ยท on the 26th, and encamped on the old Chalmette battle ground, where we remained until July 9, 1865, then embarked on board the Gulf steamer "McClellan" for Texas; arrived and went ashore at Indianola, Tex., July 13, 1865; remained at Indianola until July 15, when we took up the line of march, and arrived at Green Lake, Tex., July 16, 1865; left Green Lake August 8, and arrived at Victoria, Tex., August 11, 1865, and encamped five miles north of town; remained in camp until September 27, when we took up the line of march and encamped one mile east of Victoria, on the rail- road; remained and worked on the railroad until November 21, 1865, when we received orders of muster-out. Summary -- This
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regiment was mustered out December 8, 1865, composed of the fol- lowing companies: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, and the field and staff. Total in the original organization, 1,017, and 36 officers. Total aggregate of men, 1,314. Killed: Officers, 4; enlisted men, 74. Died: Officers, 6; enlisted men, 272. Discharged: Officers, 61; enlisted men, 685. Transferred: Officers, 4; enlisted men, 54. Deserted, 79. Aggregate losses, 1,250. Total when mustered out, 28 officers and 336 men.
Eighteenth Battery .- It is supposed there were twenty-five men from Vigo county, James E. Rippetoe, David W. Rippetoe, Frank Rice, Jason L. Rippetoe and L. H. Rippetoe; second lieutenant Williamm B. Rippetoe was promoted to first lieutenant. This com- pany was one of the efficient arms of the States' service and added its full share to the military glory of the State.
Company E, Thirty-second Regiment (German) .- First captain, Philip H. Moniger ; first lieutenant, Edward John ; second lieutenant, John G. Apel, then E. John became captain. This company mus- tered in at Indianapolis, August 24, 1861; Col. August Willich. The regiment veteraned and served during the war. It was in Johnson's brigade, Cook's division. Company E, with three other companies, was at Rowlett's station, when attacked by Gen. Hindman's com- mand and Terry's Texas Rangers; had 10 men killed, 22 wounded and 8 missing. They were at Bowling Green, Nash- ville, and with Buel to Shiloh, where they suffered heavily; had 8 wounded at Corinth, in Buel's retreat to Louisville; then to Nashville, Murfreesboro, and at Stone River fight; were in the skirmish at Liberty Gap; retreated to Chattanooga; at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863, and went to relief of Burnside at Knox- ville; were at Resaca, May 15, Altoona Hills and Dallas, May 27; at Peach Tree Creek, June 19, and Paiges Springs, June 22. The non veterans were sent home, September 7, 1864. In October the regiment was reorganized into four companies, under Lieut .- Col. Hans Blume; remained at Chattanooga until June, 1865, then transferred to New Orleans and were with Sherman in Texas.
Company I, First Cavalry, Twenty-eighth Regiment .- Robert R. Stewart, first captain ; Harman L. Miller, captain at muster out; Con- rad Baker, colonel. This was one of two independent companies that entered the service, first for one year, were accepted and mustered in, April 25, 1861; and in July following were mustered for three years' service; under Capt. R. R. Stewart it left Indianapolis, with the regi- ment, July 4, 1861; became the escort to Gen. Rosecrans in Western Virginia, then assigned to this duty under Gen. Fremont, and then to Gen. Sigel on the Potomac; mustered out, August, 1864. The command were in the Strasburg battle, and the skirmishing that
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ended in the battle of Cross Keys; were at Cedar Mountain with Pope's army and Manassas, and alone made the charge, crossing the river at Fredricksburg; they were on escort duty with Gen. Howard and at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; then to the Lower Potomac and joined the main army at White House, where they remained until June, 1864, and were mustered out.
Company B,. Thirty-fifth (Irish ) .- Capt. John P. Dufficy ; mus- tered December 11, 1861; Col. John C. Walker; on the 13th left for Beardstown, Ky., and were with Buell at Bowling Green and Nashville; May 22, 1861, were consolidated with the Thirty-fifth Regiment, and reorganized as that number under Lieut .- Col. Mul- len, who was afterward colonel; from Nashville to McMinnville, in September, 1862, to Louisville with Buell in the pursuit of Bragg; returned to Nashville, and when foraging at Dobbins Ford attacked and lost 5 killed and 35 wounded; loss at the battle of Stone River, 134 killed, wounded and missing; met with heavy loss at Chickamauga; in December 16, 1863, veteraned and returned home in December, 1864; returned to Belle Spring; at Kenesaw Mountain were fiercely attacked at night and driven from their works in a hand-to-hand fight; Maj. Dufficy was killed; loss, 11 killed and 54 wounded; regiment then went to Atlanta guarded supply trains; at Franklin, Tenn., received 400 recruits; in the two days fight, at Nashville; at Huntsville, Knoxville and returned to Nashville, then to Texas, and in September, 1865, mustered out at Indianapolis.
Second Cavalry Regiment .- At the organization of this regiment John A. Bridland was colonel and Robert R. Stewart, lieutenant- colonel. The latter was made colonel of the Eleventh Cavalry, and his brother, James W. Stewart, became colonel of the Second Cavalry.
Forty-third Regiment was organized September 27, 1861, colo- nel, George K. Steele; lieutenent-colonel, W. E. McLean. Com- pany D of this regiment was from Vigo county ; Wesley W. Morris, captain, and afterward, Francis M. Welsh, captain. The command was in Kentucky till February, 1862, and then assigned to Pope's command in Missouri; in the siege of New Madrid and Island No. 10; then with Foote's gunboat fleet and the taking of Fort Pillow ; was the first regiment landed at Memphis, and with the Forty-sixth In- diana did garrison duty there two weeks; then went to White river and Helena, and Grenada, Miss .; returned to Yazoo pass; was in the battle of Helena, July 4, 1863, and was with Steele's expedi- tion and capture of Little Rock; re-enlisted at the last place, 400 strong, and pursued Price into southwestern Arkansas, and in fights at Elkin's ford, Jekins' Ferry, Camden and Mark's mill, and '
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with Steele in the retreat to Little Rock; in April while guarding train were attacked by Marmaduke's forces, 6,000 strong, when they lost 200 killed, wounded and missing; arrived at Indianapolis June 10, 1864, and re-enlisted, and sent to Frankfort, Ky., to resist the threats of Morgan; helped drive off Morgan ; had a severe skirm- ish near Emmetsburg; then to Indianapolis, guarding prisoners one year; mustered out June 14, 1865.
Companies B and F, Fifty-fourth Regiment .- Under emergen- cy three months ; was mustered June 10, 1862; colonel, D. Garland Rose; Carlton A. Goodwin, captain Company B .; Lawrence S. Ball, captain Company F. In August they went to Kentucky to resist Kirby Smith, where were on duty till end of term.
Seventy-first Regiment (Sixth Cavalry) had two companies from Vigo county ; Company B-captain, Edward B. Allen; Joseph C. Gifford, first-lieutenant; Orlando J. Smith, second-lieutenant; was organized in July and August, 1862; mustered at Indianapolis, Au- gust 18; went to Kentucky against Kirby Smith, August 30, battle of Richmond, Lieut .- Col. Topping, commanding and Maj. Conklin killed; regiment lost 215 killed, wounded and missing, and 347 prisoners, of the latter 225 got away from the enemy, others pa- roled; regiment was reorganized after the paroled prisoners returned, and returned to Kentucky 400 strong; were sent to guard trestle work on road near Muldraugh Hill and were attacked by John H. Morgan, 4,000 strong, and captured; released and returned to Indian- apolis and remained until August 26, 1863; reorganized February 23, and changed to mounted regiment (cavalry) and Companies L and M added; then went to East Tennessee and at the siege of Knoxville; in the spring of 1864 were at Mount Sterling, Ky., and from there to Nicholsonville; April went to Georgia; crossed the Cumberland and joined Sherman, May 11, and were in Stone's cavalry. The regiment took part in all that battles in the campaign -- Resaca, Cassville, Kenesaw Mount, etc; were in the capture of Altoona pass and raised the first flag on Lost Mountain; July 27 went to Stoneman, and then to Macon, Ga., where they lost 166 killed, wounded and missing; August 28, to Nashville, where they were re- mounted and equipped; in September sent in pursuit of Wheeler; September left Nashville in Gen. Croxton's division and helped to defeat Forrest at Pulaski, and pursued him into Alabama; lost 26 men at Pulaski; in November started to Dalton, then returned to Nashville; in the two days' fight there and then in the pursuit of Hood; returned to Nashville; remained until June 17, 1865, and were mustered out at Pulaski, June 17, 1865; re-enlisted and consoli- dated with the Fifth Cavalry, remaining the Sixth; returned to In- dianapolis, 425 and discharged. The reorganized men remained in
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Tennessee under command of Col. C. C. Matson until September 15, 1865, and were mustered out at Murfreesboro, and returned to In- dianapolis, 631 men and 32 officers.
Seventy-seventh Regiment (Fourth Cavalry). - Col. Isaac P. Gray; organized August 22, 1862; divided into four battalions; were joined in Kentucky; two companies from Vigo county. Com- pany M-Captain, Jonas Seeley; first lieutenant, Samuel Dicker- son; second lieutenant, William H. H. Carpenter. Company H- Captain, George H. Purdy ; first lieutenant, Robert Woodall; second lieutenant, Hardin C. Allen; were in skirmish at Madison, Ky., August 26; at Mount Washington, October 21, where suffered severely. During Bragg's threatened invasion a portion were in camp at Madison, thence to Kentucky; at Vevay and Frankfort, then to Gallatin and Green river; December 25, whipped Morgan near Mumfordsville; then to Murfreesville, and with Rosecrans at Chickamauga ; wintered in East Tennessee, 1863 and 1864; January 27, 1864, had a severe engagement with the enemy at Fair Garden, and drove them eight miles; Maj. Purdy ordered charge on rebel battery; captured it and more men than were in the attacking party. Lieut .- Col. Leslie was killed in the charge; went with Sherman to Atlanta, and were in the fights and skirmishes; after the fall of Atlanta were sent to Tennessee and then to Louis- ville; in January, 1865, were at Nashville, then to Planterville and Selma, Ala .; were in the Selma fight on the right of the army; from there to Montgomery at its surrender; then to West Point, had a severe battle and captured Fort Tyler, and then to Macon, Ga .; returned in May to Nashville, where were mustered out in June, 1865.
Eighty-fifth Regiment .- Colonel, John P. Baird; lieutenant-colo- nel Alexander B. Crane, and adjutant, Francis C. Crawford. In this regiment was Company C-Alexander B. Crane, captain; Wilson T. Stork, first lieutenant; Thomas Grimes, second lieutenant. Com- pany E-captain, Jefferson E. Brant; first lieutenant, Orrin McAnder- son ; second lieutenant, John Gunn. Company F-captain, William D. Weir; Hiram L. Tillotson, first lieutenant; Lawrence H. Hutch- inson, second lieutenant. Company G -- captain, Ellery C. Davis; first lieutenant, Mortimer Denny; second lieutenant, Edward W. Redding; regiment organized in Terre Haute, September 2, 1862; went to Falmouth, Ky., to Lexington and Danville, Louisville, Nashville and Franklin, and in pursuit of Forrest to Spring Hill; in a desperate battle with Forrest at Thompson's station, and were captured by the enemy-entire brigade; men sent to Anderson- ville; officers paroled; men were released March 31, and returned to Indianapolis, after being prisoners twenty-one days. Many of
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the men died on the hard march to Richmond as prisoners; re- organized in June, 1863, and sent to Franklin. Reached Murfrees- boro April 20, 1864, and partook of the Atlanta campaign; were in the charge at Resaca, Dallas Woods, Golgotha, Culp's farm, Peach Tree Creek. At the last place Coburn's command received the charge of the enemy, and they did not fire upon them until they were within fifty feet; inflicted terrible mortality upon the assail- ants; were in the assaults and at the fall of Atlanta; in January, 1865, after the fall of Savannah, were in the swamps until were marched to South Carolina; attacked Johnson, March 16, at Averysboro. The Eighty-fifth was the directing regiment in the charge through the open field, capturing the place and taking many prisoners, but suffered severely. For this splendid charge Gen. Sherman complimented the regiment; were at Bentonville, then to Goldsboro and to Richmond, and thence to Washington, where were mustered out, June 12, 1865; part of the men remained, and were assigned to the Thirty-third Indiana and sent to Louisville, where they were mustered out July 21, 1865. This regiment lost 147 from May 15, 1864, to muster out.
Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment ( Elev- enth Cavalry), organized September 14, 1863; colonel, Rob- ert R. Stewart; Carlton A. Goodwin, captain Company D; Thomas Long, first lieutenant; George A. Betcher, second lieu- tenant; regiment first sent to Nashville, where they remained until January 1, then to northern Alabama until October 16, when they returned to Nashville and were mounted and be- came the Eleventh Cavalry; reached Grayville Springs, Ala., January 7, 1865, where they were dismounted and remained until February 7; then to Eastport, Miss; then to St. Louis, where they were again mounted and sent to Rolla, June 26. From there to Fort Riley, Kas., and to Council Bluffs; from there to Leav- enworth, September 19, 1865; mustered out. The battalion reached Indianapolis under command of Col. Abram Shana, with 30 officers and 579 men.
One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment was raised toward the latter part of the war by Col. R. N. Hudson, who was its comman- der during its term of service. This was organized wholly at Terre Haute.
In the way of furnishing men, those who were in all the hard battles, long marches and many skirmishes, where all the counties in the northern States may now boast of their efforts, there were none that may claim precedence over little Vigo. The number and qual- ity of the men sent, their work in the field, and the efforts and sac- rifices at home, in sending forward others, and even more to fill the
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gaps, distinguished the people of this county. The leading men came forward promptly and on their individual credit raised bounty money, and organized to care for the families of those who had gone to the war. The county authorities responded, borrowed large sums, paid liberal bounties and distributed weekly to the soldiers' families. But the true home heroes were the noble ladies of Terre Haute, some account of whom may be found in the account on another page.
The number of old soldiers now in the county of Vigo, and in the divisions of the county, children and widows is as follows:
TOWNSHIPS.
Number of soldiers.
Disabled by wounds or sickness.
Children.
Widows.
City.
500
228
490
45
Harrison.
45
30
95
4
Fayette
72
64
91
4
Sugar Creek.
78
70
40
4
Otter Creek.
46
32
97
Nevins . .
80
62
153
7
Lost Creek.
58
43
94
7
Pierson
57
45
106
Riley
50
43
90
9
Linton
38
22
72
5
Prairie Creek
68
40
80
3
Prairieton .
32
28
44
4
Honey Creek
60
43
74
2
Total
1,184
750
1,426
94
There are
This report is probably only approximately accurate. 1,184 soldiers in this county and only 242 children in excess of this number.
" Camp Vigo," was established at Terre Haute.
The grand total of troops from Indiana was 208,367 men of all enlistments. The number of three-year men was 165,617; one- year 21,642, or 129 regiments of infantry, 13 cavalry and 1 heavy artillery and 26 batteries of light artillery.
The total from Vigo county was 4,445, and these were from the townships as follows:
Harrison, including Terre Haute, 2,003; Fayette, 251; Sugar Creek, 244; Otter Creek, 198; Nevins, 151; Prairieton, 137; Prairie Creek, 166; Honey Creek, 236; Riley, 210; Linton, 192; Pierson, 148; Lost Creek, 219.
In addition to these there were enrolled in the Legion, or State Militia, under an act of the legislature passed at the early part of the war, a large number of men. These were to defend the State from invasion. A district, under this law, was made of Vigo, Clay, Owen and Sullivan, and a brigade raised. Col. Richard W. Thompson was appointed commander in November, 1861. In this command was an entire regiment raised in Vigo county, Col. Harvey
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D. Scott, in command; Augustus Arnold, adjutant; and William S. Mahan, quartermaster.
In addition to the distinct commands raised in Vigo county, were the following companies that joined the following regiments: Companies C and D, Eleventh Indiana (three months) ; same com- panies, same regiment, three years; Company F, Fourteenth Regi- ment, three years; Companies C, E and K, of Thirty-first Regiment, three years; portions of B, D and H, of the Seventy-first (Sixth Cavalry ) ; Company E, Second Cavalry (Forty-first) ; Company M, Seventy-Seventh Regiment (Fourth Cavalry).
Vigo county paid in bounties $316,039.10; relief, soldiers' fami- lies, $136,164.23; total, $452,203.33.
P. J. Ryan's Bravery Medal .- By act of congress, July 12, 1862, congress was authorized to vote medals honor to private soldiers, for extraordinary bravery. But two of these were ever given, and Vigo county has the honor of receiving one of them through P. J. Ryan. It is inscribed: " The Congress to Private Peter J. Ryan, Company D, Eleventh Indiana Veteran Volunteers."
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CHAPTER XXXI.
NOTABLE CRIMES.
Beauchamp's Crime .- The first murder in Vigo county for which the death penalty was inflicted was the killing of George Mickleberry by Noah Beauchamp near St. Marys, in Sugar creek township, in May, 1840. The murderer was hanged at Rockville in the winter of 1842, having gone to Parke county on a change of venue, and there convicted. Noah Beauchamp and George Mickle- berry were the owners of adjoining farms in Sugar Creek town- ship, and were in those days considered well-to-do farmers. The men were members of the same church, were friends of long stand- ing, and each of their families consisted of a wife and several daughters. On the dividing line between the two farms was a fine natural spring, which was used for watering stock. In the spring of the year a temporary dam was built in the little stream formed by the spring, and the latter backed up for the purpose of washing the sheep of the two farmers, preparatory to the annual shearing. Each of the men, when the shearing had been completed, spread his wool out to dry on the hillocks on either side of the spring. A short time after the annual shearing had been completed in May, 1840, and the wool spread out to dry, a report was current in the neighborhood that the daughters of Beauchamp had been stealing wool from the Mickleberrys' collection, while the owners were ab- sent. This report, which was said to have been originated by the daughters of Mickleberry, of course came to the ears of the par- ties accused of the theft. On the day the story was first heard at the Beauchamps, the husband and father was absent. On his re- turn, about noon, his daughters informed him of the story, which had been started derogatory to them, and without stopping to eat his dinner, Beauchamp set out for the home of the Mickleberrys. The Mickleberry family was seated at the dinner table when Beau- champ arrived. The latter appeared at the door, and repeating the story he had heard, asked if it were true that the daughters of Mick- leberry had said this. Mickleberry responded that it was so, and that he supported every word they may have said. This brought on a quarrel, in the course of which Mickleberry lifted a chair to strike Beauchamp, but his wife prevented him from doing this. At
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