Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-05-01
For the Journal.
For the Journal.
Personal Experiences IN LIneolndOm.

I'm town with fight in him that they were all towards
sf he could run any OF them out of the camp or the
,,Ur with COZ n stalk 20 make good his boast with
. singIe companion be went out one night very late
hiking rope and swearing be would tie string of the
- towards, and march them to headquarters He
ed several of the Unioniss' houses aroused the in
mates and in TIE name of the government he actually
seized seen men, tied them, like fish on a ne and
ragged them Of half naked to headquarters where he
crrci them for towards, unbound and set them adrft
lie laughed immod2raely Tecounting what be call
eI his p dieting. We have no complaint to make Of
Ha treatment his bringing many of his drunken
friends to annoy with impairment questions. The
confinement Of the long watches, seemed to fret the
guards than ourselves and during the absence Of
the military, P proposed taking a walk. We
went several times from motives Of curiosity, and hop
uL, with Micawber, that something would turn up
We were marched about between two Enfeds and care
uly watched. We saw a portion of Nelson's brigade
go up the Sandy Pc tie same feat history tell Us
q French King did, " who marched mp hill with 90
600 men, and marched them down again" We were
subjected 20 much Insult and abuse when we appear
% on the street tina We declined continuing cur con
....gti0las" Twice we were m0bbed by rabbIs sol
ary and but Tor the prompt and decided interference
o. guard bloodsagd must haze ensued One drunken
+ How, who declared be had seen US in command OF
a. company, these soldiers were from Cered0) made
a.h 60 shoot and sent c0mradc up to our room to
u..S quarrel but our Insisting upon his election
E.ltHk made short work Of hun. One evening a new
.Iaut appeared, and we were AFRAID lest he would be
Iarterd ia already well filed den. He was ar
q
u-s-fyr be turned out to be one Of Raineys" Snake
.un5Is," who bad been up at Irout's Hill where
lloyd then lay. He had been right amongst the Cav
Try pickess and then bis way back to report to
r s-ncraUz After the battle Of Pketon, Nelson's brig
ala ordered away, and cur little town was in
Undated by his troops they were heartily sick Of the
sandy; where the mountains SO high, and piled
rJ0D one apO her so closely, that the visible
only In meridian. poor t0rsaken region, said they,
DBL. worth ghur Tor where one half are rebels and the
i.r hail IN W but tho
government TO do il for them. One of the Ohio reg-
m.n.s bad in il q wild looking Frenchman, who was
n0qs as horse thief having stolen ttjuy during the
.mpa ou and uow drunk usual, be rode about town
upon a stolen animal, bearing United States flag, and
Of bis shoulders OrnamcnGd with bullion cpaulettc
said to have en- taken from Sccest he had killed
This fellow il seems did not speak any English
and pretended not to unGe stand it, lie did Just as he
1gsad caring not for 8ny OF the uiiccrs-DdeGd, they
III they could maEe nothing OF him he rode the
inks refusing to walk step. We bad scarcely been
town when hcand squad turned out to pundcr SICeh
They when to Judge RjcCs beautiful place, first shot
yard dogs then entered, killed aud carried off his
-s and poultry, then cleaned out his barns and plum
. I.d BIN Of { cry thing they iaHcieG A squad went
into old widows to whom they sold their bacon
uUo.s and while some bargaining, others opened
tH1kand stole thirteen dollars sent her by her
a VINO was in LncoIns army, and every cent the poor
woman possessed. So general the system Of plum
dr. that the very Union citizens were loud in com
i.aut and insisted On the troops being moved away
characteristic auecdoe IN this place The commanding
Ulcer sent squad up to his mil. for lumber, and
y began leave having been asked to haul it away.
d. came Gus Of bis house and ordered them to Quit
they gave heed, be walked up, gun in hand, and
told them that the inst one that lard fingers upon has
lumber without his permission, a dead man that
il Government wanted to buy his lumber, well, and if
they wanted it without money they had to ask his leave
first. The soldiers LETT and returned with order and
got the stuI Nelson was IN such hurry that the
troops were brought out Of tie country by forced
marches 80 miles the last day, in water half the time,
They arrived in town cursing Nelson's brutality and
granny. lie WAS very unpopular This march inva-
..cI GOO OF the brigade All along we had been led to
believe that, when Nelson came down, our case should
s. Do. disposed Of In the meantime friends in CDcn-
mti furnished with lawyer, personal acq1aiut-
.uCa but when he came were denied any other in.
than that OF ordinary conversation in presence
vt the guard. The same night unknown to him, he
O. virtual prisoner, tor the u $. Marshal locked
9 in his and carried Of the key, while his travel
ing bag broken open and searched then hid under
.ur bed. The marshal, man named D-A. g.
ing a fellow lawyer aud as the tavern crowded,
drcl TO share his with friend, aud this ac
counts for his having the key; it next to ours. TIE
liable was soon crowded with Lincoln officers who look
G upon u.s. even attended were by the distinction
body guard, acting as henchmen, much might
nc supposed TO do towards q leEer Indeed we were
nnacd generally save by the ladies OF the house, but
-rhcg their attention was prompted by love for the
Cause we were suffering H. or sprung merely from The
natural generous impulses Of wOmans heart we know
not We were very much surprised one morning on re
turning TO our room to literally run against S. d. L.
very old Irlc1d whO il perfect cement, eUqureG
what we were doing here We pointed over our
shoulder towards guard which only the more per
picked him. lie being Lincoln officer allowed tC
converse with In former years we had been very init
mate and he prOmjs d. If pged our honor we were no
amHg engaged in thergbe service he would get his Col
t5sag us through Here our friend mi5tOok his man. fol-
COL IL, Of the second Ohio, proved wors
prosecutor and pCrempt0TIy forbid = from hold
ug any intercourse with US We discovered that Mel
son had arrived aud had gone immediately On to Mays
vile, thus daprvng Us Of early and doubt pleas
ant interview with that GmiIJic gentleman This mucl
we did gain from T., atteDLO ion to our case, to
The following morning we were summoned to appear be
.'re the dcEd tribunal in adjoining room, where VI
were Usacred by tie guard Oar legal friend had enga
~ad the services OF Southern Rights lawyer, c.
McC-- to conduct the case but as we had pTesu
Ied, this was a cJur. in which there was occasion 70
neither lawyers nor law; it belonged to Greeey's schoo
of d" higher law" The court was composed OF Col
LIN. Hagriss, 2nd Ohio, judge advocate, The wei
qualified for this, having been a Cincinnati drayman
COL Loeb Moore I4th Kentucky, prosecutor, Capt
Phillips, 20, NJ, and another party. The distin
glisLcd daymau or cred us forward, much in the SAM
tone IN which be wont TO expedite the movement
Of his Cg-burdenei team. Loeb asked where the Goa
lands lay from whom the title was purchased and 81
forth, to which we answered that was our business ant
quite Irrelevant re cut matters short for we Wer
likely to be hard pressed, I'VE never were adept t
yIuE we asked the adge if this was competent court
when be answered that this was preliminary examina
SION; ID which case, we responded that, having de
sire to simply CRAFTY curiosity we declined answering
any questions and demanded removal to court havins
jurisdiction. Upon which, were handed over to tn
Guards and marched down to the steamboat " jacob
Ntrader," end there turned over to the End Ohio l