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The Evening Times, Bay City, MI
Friday, 10 March, 1905

         IS AN OLD SOLDIER
         
         DENTON SELLICK Visited This City Today
         
         Says the World Has Never Known of Such
          Carnage as is Going on in Manchuria
          
         DENTON SELLICK, a battle-scared (sic) veteran of the
       civil war  passed through this city today en route from
       the Soldiers' home at Grand Rapids to his home in Alpena.
       
         MR. SELLICK paid a visit to Superintendent MURPHY at
       the police station where the two talked over experiences
       during their fighting days. SELLICK is 84 years old and
       as spry as a kitten. He went into the army in 1861 and
       served three years when he was discharged and then joined
       the cavalry and was with GEN. CUSTER in some of the latter's
       memorable raids.
       
         "I was with CUSTER from April to July, 1864," said MR.
       SELLICK to the Evening Times, "and participated in many
       fights, among them the battle of Hall's shop, Yellow
       Tavern, Bottom Ridge and Shepardstown. There I was 
       wounded in the shoulder. There was some fighting done
       in those days but the slaughter was not so great as in
       the Russian-Japanese war. It was not because we did not
       fight hard enough but because we did not have the equip-
       ments in those days to do the terrible execution. In
       the seven 'days' fight before Richmond under GEN. Mc-
       CLELLAND 11,000 were killed and wounded which in those
       times must be considered a fearful slaughter. There were
       as many brave men in our war as ever stood, and many of
       them were democrats, too. I don't take any stock in the
       old cry of democrats being rebels. I am a democrat and
       always have been and no truer American ever lived."
       
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