The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-20

q uca came cvef tCr come ul tnT uTfI, but
they would uJt give them W 1hs Tan
kScs cane many tituss after some colonel of
thsiis, who asd a brother IN the United
States Government, lut they Al many t,Ics
refused 10 elbow his body ~ Le given nl
They took him 90, bu, DC ht khow whS;
they did with him
I'VE were afraid of Auothc, attack from
tho Yankees. and prepared ourselves ~
vol I'D We could 70 meet them asSln. bat
thcg did Ut come. then Ivtt by leave
Of oar officers. with ex cf my master
lnen, ta go home. Que Of thYso hal been
wounded by shcl,. anu ho died. Gt"f
suffering very murh. Many colcrcd uC,.
pie wero killNd il the Seticn. Wher
we got Lack We found all the rattle aa1
mules sere, and ccrn Ill grown up with
wc-ds, but We did Mt care Tor that. all vt
waited Has chance 10 sslsl o There
were officers prvwling round the ucghbvr.
hood IN search Of all the negros, tu, we
lodged round no smartly they did ~ catch
u.s. The first thing I did on my return Was
70 see my W.T.; she lived fivr niles away
| succeeded in iindmg her; she was yei,
glad that had MT heen killed sho asked
mo how the fight went and / told her our
masters had beaten the people from the
iice country - she was very sorry 70 hear
that the Yankees ran. stayed with my
wife trou Saturday night until Monday
morning, aud then returned to my masters
| was afraid 10 stay long the urighborhood,
Tor fear OF tie officers. So lcft. md came,
nearer the American lines | found the
United States soldiers vt Alexandria. who
gave me Two papers, one t6r mysat, and
one for my wife. They asked me whether
| unfl uriY I I
then went back, and finding her | cave
her the paper, aud told her she must ,ry To
get on ; | told her TO come 10 the Ciniu
Bridge OF u certain time, and would meet
her, but found out they would Mt allow
me 70 pass over there, ~ Fixed a slcthcr
plan 10 yet my wife uNcr,-l was tu meet
her in canoe, and ferry her across, but
missed her though, and think she must
have gone too high up the river. When
had given her up, went along up the river,
aud came up with some of the pckcts il,
Gen, Banks diNision near Frederick Nd
| was afraid, bat they welcomed mo and
shouted, Como on! come on! doi.t hurt
hdn! Some OF tie pickets were nn hurs,.
back They gave me a sut Of clothes, and
plenty 10 eat ami treated mo well They
wanted me to stay aHd go down into VIZ.
s!nla, and tell them all about where the
batteries were, but was atraid to try that
country again, and said that wa bound
for the North told them all ! knew about
the position OF the other army. abont the
powder'mill OH the Rappahunnock river, etc
They let me go. and they gave me a uaper
to some man who keeps church, thcl said
i'll New York, aud told aIe that he would
zee to inc and make al, right | lett at
night, and travelled for the star was
afraid OF the seccsSonists in Maryland and
| only walked at night. ] cyme to Gc;tvs-
bnrE in a week, and thought when ! saw
the big barns that was in another country.
| asked man what State this was. end he
So Pennsylvania. rested there awhile
and then trav' led on till came to ,hc side
Of the mountain, and then laid hy. I
wonld lay in the woods in daytime, and
walk at night. Something's | would meet
people Mt night and when I heard thais
Coming | jumped over the fence into the
helds. had \ bag Cf provisions, which I
got hGpa the soldiers, and ate eagir.,lv. I
AN going FROM hero 10 New York. where |
hGpc to meet my VT. She has two ylIls
with her One of ny boy. is with !ay
master and the other. who is fourteen
years OLD, think was taken 20 l.ou,.l.na
Ny wife and | are going to travel iron,
New York 10 Couala, -Re.,8iaq JD,pnm