Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-10-28

More than eighty vent from this hause
with my husband; l looked at them well,
and | could see that every man had mis-
chief in him. know a coward as soon as
set my eyes on him. The Tories more
than once triee to frighten me, but they al
ways showed coward at the bare insinua-
ton that our troops were about.
4 Well they got off in high spirits; every
man stepping high and light. And / slept
soundly aud quietly that night, and worked
hard all the next day !; but l kept thinking
where they had got to--how far; where
and how many of the regulars and Tories
myself from the study. AS lay, whether
waking or sleeping know not, had a
dream; yet it was not all dream. (She
used the words, unconsciously. of the poet
who was not then in beng.) 1 saw dis
tinctly body wrapt in my husbands guard
cloak, bloody, dead and others dad and
wounded on the ground about him. / saw
them plainly and distinctly. uttered a
cry and sprang to my feet on the floor and
so trong was the impression on my mind,
that rushed in the direction the vision APP
peared, and came up against the side of the
house. The fire in the room gave little
light, and l gazed in every direction to
catch another glimpse of the scene. raised
the light everything was still and quiet
Ny child was sleeping but my woman was
awakened by my crying ont or jumping on
the floor. If ever / felt fear it was at that
moment. Seated on thu bed, / reflected a
few moments, and said aloud, | must go
! L IL III II -
sleep and would ride down the road. She
appeared in great alarm; but l mereiy
told her to lock the door after me, and look
after the child. / went to the stable sad
died my mare---as fleet and easy a nag as
ever traveled-and in one minute we were
tearing down the road at full speed. The
cool night seemed after a mile or twos gal
lop to bring reflection with it, and | asked
myself where ] was going, and for what
purpose. Again and again / was tempted
/ to turn back; but / was soon ten miles
| from home and my mind became stronger
every mile / rode. ! should find my hus-
band dead or dying, was as firmly my pre-
sentiment and conviction as any fact OF my
! life. When day broke, | was some thirty
miles from home. / knew the general
and had followed them without hesitation
About sunrise | came upon group Of wo-
men and children, standing and sitting by
the roadside, each one of them showing the
same anxiety of mind ] felt. Stopping
few minutes, / inquired if the battle had
been fought. They knew nothing, but
were assembled on the road to catch intel
ligence. They thought Caswell had taken
the right of the Wilmington road. and gone
towards the northwest (Cape Fear). Again
was skimming over the ground, through
country thinly settled, and very poor and
swampy; but neither my own spirits nor
my beautiful nags failed in the least. We
/ followed the well marked trail of the
/ troops.
| The sun must have been well up, say
| eight or nine o'clock, when | heard sound
like thunder, which ! knew must be can
| non. 1t was the first time | ever heard a
cannon. stopped STILL when presently
the cannon thundered again. The battle
was then fighting. What a fool my hus-
band could not be dead last night, and the
battle only fighting now Still, as | am
so near, / will go on and see how they
come out. So away we went again, faster
than ever and soon found by the noise
of guns that | was near the fight Again
/ stopped. / could hear muskets, | could
hear rifles, and could hear shouting. |
spoke to my mare and dashed on in the di-
rection of the firing and the shouts, now
louder than ever. The blind path / had
been following brought me into the Will
mington road leading 10 moore's Greek
Bridge, few hundred yards below the
bridge. A few yards from the road, under
cluster of trees, were lying perhaps twen-
ty men. They were the wounded. ]
knew the spot the very trees; and the po-
sition of the men knew as if had seen
it thousand times. | had seen it all
night | saw at once but in On instant my
whole soul was centred in one spot; for
there, wrapped in his bloody guard-cloak,
was my husbands body How | passed
the few yards from my saddle to the place
| never knew. ! remember uncoveripg
his head and seeing face clothed with
gore from a dreadful wound across the tenn
pie. / put my hand on the bloody face
twas warm, and an oakR0scn UOice begged
for water. A small camp-kettle was lying
near, and a stream Of water was close by.
brought it, poured some in his mouth,
and washed his face; and behold--it was
Frank Cogdell. lie soon revived and
could speak ! was washing the wound
in his head. Said he, sit is not that;
IL is that hole in my leg that is killing me-
A puddle Ct blood was standing on the |
ground about his feet. ! took his knife,
cut away his trowsers and stockings, and |
found the blood came from a shot-hole |
through and through the fleshy part of his
leg. / looked about and could see nothing /
that looked as if it would do for dressing
wounds but some heart leaves. / gathered |
a handful and bound them tight 10 the |
holes, and the bleeding stopped. / then
went to the others, and-Doctor dress /
ed the wounds Of many brave fellow who
did good fighting after tl,at day | bad not
inquired for my husband but while was
busy Caswell came up, He appeared very
much surprised TO see me, and was with
his hat in hand about to pay soms compli-
ment but | interrupted him by asking
"Wbcre is my husband p