We have already announced that among the wounded in the
terrible battle that was recently fought in Arkansas, was Capt. Henne, of this
city. There is something peculiarly
romantic in this man’s history. He was a
soldier in Germany, and in fighting the battles of his native country lost his
left arm and two fingers from his right hand.
On the breaking out of the hostilities here, he was one of the first men
to volunteer in defence of his adopted country.
He was first Lieutenant of Capt. Wentz’s company, but when they were
mustered into service he was rejected on the account of his mutilations; even
an appeal to the War Department being unsuccessful to continue him in
service. Nothing daunted, he followed
the company to Missouri, without pay even as a private, sharing the rations of
the men and determined if there was a fight to participate in it. He did fight with them, and such was his
bravery and the men’s admirations of his heroism that he was made Captain of a
Missouri company, in which capacity he has since done some hard fighting. He participated with all his accustomed ardor
in the recent terrible battle at Sugar Creek, Arkansas, where he received a
shot in the left leg, which, we learn, has in consequence been amputated. Thoroughly disabled for life, this brave man
and true patriot, it seems to us, is entitled to solid compensation from our
Government, and we hope his case will be made a special one. It is said that Mr. Hoering, his former
partner, intends to go after the Captain, or what remains of him, and bring him
home. – May it be so, and success attend his effort. – Davenport Gazette.
– Published in The
Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 22, 1862, p.
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