A HEROINE OF CHICKAMAUGA

During the preliminary manoeuvers which preceded the battle of Chickamauga, Manigault's brigade was in position near a small farm, the humble log cabin of which marked the poverty of the owner, but close to this was a patch of luscious sorghum cane, into which the boys found their way and commenced to forage. As they were in the midst of the cane breaking it and sucking the juicy portions, two newcomers appeared on the scene. Colonel Sawyer of the Twenty-fourth Alabama regiment, and the owner. The colonel promptly ordered the men out, but the old woman interfered; her dress and appearance indicated how dependent she was upon that little patch for part of her support, but her heart was warm for the cause. "Colonel," she said, "That's my sorghum; I raised it, but these are my boys; let them have all they want. Pitch in boys and help yourselves."