Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY

men had three days' rations, but Mr. Hartshorn had eaten his,
so he roasted some of the mule meat.
Mr. Hartshorn has a number of relics. Some Confederate bills
that he secured while in the army, and a cane that was made by
his bunk mate who was in Libbey prison. This cane is made from
the bones that were picked clean of meat at the prison. There
is a ramrod running through the middle of it. It was made in
prison during the idle hours of the men.
Mr. Hartshorn also has five pennies that he carried during the
war. One of these is 108 years old, it being a half penny with
the date of 1809.-State Journal, 1917.
DRUMMER OF SHILOHI FALLS, ENDS PARADE IN
MOTOR CAR.
"Now I won't be able to finish the parade," said Sumner F.
Hartshorn, drummer boy of Shiloh, when he collapsed in the parade given in honor of Lansing's conscripts Monday.
The cold wind and the long march proved quite a task for the
drummer boy of Shiloh, as he marched along beating a merry
tattoo on his old drum, his feet grew heavier and heavier. His
comrades urged him to stop but he refused. In front of the
Downey Red Cross head station he fell to the pavement.
Alden Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Thomas, 114 South
Walnut street, one of Hartshorn's admirers, found him seated on
the curb, bitterly disappointed because he couldn't drum all of
the way to the station.
Alden is six years old. In two minutes he had guided Hartshorn
into a big coupe and found his mother to drive and the drummer
boy of Shiloh, wreathed in smiles, snug and warm, drummed his
way to the station, directly following the parade.
Mr. Hartshorn is all right today.
"I wouldn't have missed marching with those young fellows for
anything," he says. "They are just as I was when I went off to
the Civil War. My comrades and I have a mighty lot of respect
for the fine boys who left yesterday." -State Journal, 1918.