Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-09-04

Captain Harris's company, agreeably TO
the above conditions.
ISAAC ROBERTS, d. CO
General Roberts assured the troops,
that they should be received by General
jackson for the term Of service for
which they considered themselves voIun
ieering, to wit: three months, and we
in a shor, time took up the line ofmarch.
and the troops manifested great cheer
fulness and disposition to enter the ser.
vice and perform every reguisition chat
could be legally required OF a soldier.
When we bad arrived within a fswmlles
of the Ten Islands, General Roberts
halted bis troops, and went to General
Jackssn's camp TO acquaiDi him OF the
arrival OF the troops, and the terms upon
which they entered the service. The
next morning, Roberts brigade. OF The
troops taken out by him, received o
communication from General Jackson,
through Col Sitter, that they could moi,
o would not be received by him for a
less term than six months. General
Roberts then told has troope they were
discharged, aud at liberty to 60 home,
rjsin the commanding general. asthey
pleased, to which, as well as ] recolleet,
Celenel Sitter said TO the troops, thatif
they attempted to 60 home, they would
be stopped. The soldiers, or most OF
those attached to nv company, did go
home, myself with the rest. aud with
them. lillian Rase,, In whoss place,
Jshn floods did afsssma,ds, spoa the se-
aond return Of ths Company 10 Fsystts.
rifle, on their way to the Greek station,
substitute, asl know, of my own knowl
ecge, and which is further shown by the
company roll made OUT at that place, at
the second rendezvous, upsn which his
name appears as q substitute. Thi. roll
is now IN my possession. Woods was not
quite eighteen years old.and not yetsub-
jsetto militia duty ,aeeerdingte the infor-
nation ] then received; but having a
brother. William Woods, gsing out in
the company, he spoke Of volunteering,
but while at Fay etisville, during the Sc
cond rendezvous OF this Company. he
substituted, asI have before said, aud
went out in that charastsr: and until
the 20th of February, 1914, when left
Fort StrotheP for Huntsville. by order
OF the commanding general, Woods
conducted himself as orderly as any 9TH
ec soldier belonging to the company, so
far as came 10 my knowledge, and was
not during that period, guilty, or tried,
Of any offence. SO far as | knew. These
troops, were afterwards dismissed, and
received theirdischarge for three msnths.
JAMES HARRIS.
The undersigned certify, that we be
longed to ths company commanded by
Captain James Harris, Of a detaeh-
ment commanded by General Roberts,
aud were out when the detachment first
went ndprogrsssed, near the Ten ISL
ands. from which place we returned,
William RACER with us, and afterwards
re. assembled at Fayetteville, at which
plase John Woods joined the eompany,
as a substitute, in the place Of William
Rager, and went on and joined the arr
my at Fort Strother, during which time,
we were all 10 the habit ofsseing Woods
every day, and during tba. time, know
OF no act Of disobedisnce ON the part of
Woods, or characterization, until the az
fair for which he was executed. Woods
had dspoFted himself, SO far as wa
know, as well as the soldiers com monty
ofthat company or any other: and we
all know and positively certify, that be
never before that time, either deserted
or had been guilty Of mutiny. And /,
William Stewart, further certify, that l
bad known Weeds frem a small boy,
and KNEW he bad never served any
ether tour Of duty, than the one in which
he was engaged at the time he was shot.
We have also heard the statement of
Captain Harris, a great part of which
we kcow to be correct, and have entire
confidence In the truth of the whole.
WILLIAM STEWART,
JOSEPH ALEXANDER,
ISAAC ANDERSON.
I was also in the company comman-
dad by Captain Harris, and was with
bis company, when they FIRST went out
near to the Ten Islands. and returned
with them. John Woods was not then
along. When the company rs-assem-
bled al Fayettev vile, | understood Woods
bad substituted in the place of William
RACER, and from that time went on with