If I had passed him by unnoticed, they all agreed that he would have been dead by the next morning.
Day after day as I drove about the lines I ministered to him till he was out of danger.
Years passed before I had the privilege of seeing him again. Then he was a great stalwart man, and bore the title of Hon. E. M. Pike, member of the Senate of Illinois.
He is now living at Chenoa, Ill., has a lovely wife and two children, a son and daughter full-grown. He has a large manufacturing establishment there, and is beloved and honored by all who know him.
He has given good proof that he was well worth saving.
A VISIT FROM GENERAL GRANT AND GENERAL McPHERSON.
A FEW days after the surrender of Vicksburg, I called at General Grant’s headquarters on business.
Generals McPherson and Rawlins were the only officials present with him. I was received most cordially, and inquiries were made by General Grant at once, as to whether the house he had assigned to me was comfortable and satisfactory.
I assured him that it was, and spoke with great enthusiasm of the colored servants left in charge of the property by the owners, who had fled from Vicksburg before the siege. I was especially enthusiastic about the cook.