Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Record Of A Brave Man


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. 1

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