Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-05
sIn CO We left prison. II was decided THAI one
of the party should so to house and buy sons-
III IL 4, Yepfeeentiug himself as ankee deeerter


srrcs We left prison It was decided that one
| of the party should so TO q house and buy soms-
thlr {, representing himself as az ankee deserter.
! Gong to the houte, he met three women, with
| tiy, judplng from the fact that about fifteen
| minutes a,.er he came from the house with
| corn csle ahout eight inches in diameter, and
four nall pieces Of bacon, which was cut into
eight pis cse. {for there we're eight q bs.} 1t
| met just noutnfnl for eh. and Fever was
l.. rsel ate with Crater relish. Oar meal
| nsi"e nEishf d. VIZ lee umed our Ivurn,y. ito,rR
! rtcut tw miles, ve come TO pers'mron Tree.
| OIe VI 'he party elm ed it tor shaking some
down, when haprerilE to look at an opening
| In the woods. he espied dve rebel cavalry !,
th. N in all d.rectious. We had no h'sits,son In
! bel 2, ing them 10 be after as. We threw our
| 3 Ives at upon the ground. and dstrminsd to
tS SS ,n,s o ,,mr started aae NJ dsr. ne.
| ~ gro. " no directed us 70 the Pamubiev river,
ato' tt n lies stant. Reached 1t At ten p m
river; travelled about ~ miles In tw days, try
| Ing TO crose; AFRAID TO go to the ferries, we
heard they were EoardAd: came io house;
| Two OF the party went after scnnei hing to eat,
OF tcne corn bread, hu, came very near beipc
| captured. man who y "a in ths mouse start
| I'd Tor the stable TO get horse for the purpose
| o. .tn ding 10 picket telling our men 70 wait
| tor b IN, as he would be back N few minutes
to conouct them to some Of his men, who
would forward Us throueh to Richmond fOur
| s'oiy was hat We were Yankee de s.r ers) As
soon as the mans back was turned -ha two
N. struck be line Tor the WO Us adjoiuiag,
cid tenirr ls the tate Of affairs, g ran an IL
foI OIL A'fs thioueh t.e " GODS by tie b AK
| OF ihs river abon1 five miles. M, ting ne 70
; dri wing pslr Of oxen by the place We w,re
lylrF. be hlc us that there wers tn srned
men after us, and pointed the wav W. should
90 10 avoid them. We followed his d. ractlon,
al d IN sbout two hours, it becoming dark, We
rested be hind d straw stack, b.llx pret' y we'll
assured we bad throw q cur rurs usrs OF NE
track. Much tatIeu-d after the chase we made
up our minds to remain here ALI nis ht; %. re-
fore we mfde oursel' es as confor,abis as pcs
sIble, laid down and slept till morning.
NOV. IT,. Finding no way Of crossing, wo
became discouraged. Came at length to q
place " here tn. re- " as an opportunity to build
raft; went at it, and had it finished at abone
p. M, and crossed: Waited on the opposite
After having Travelled mile, met negro.
who took us 70 his mt aud gave rs as much
corn bread arc butter, bacon and milk, as We
wanted, besides some valuable informat on
rec aroipg the rebel pickets, the direction yPe
were to take to AVOID them, aud told as where
we could sleep in barn about a mile distant
CHARLEY gave him his watch in payment, went
10 the barn, and to sleep.
Hedresday, lsth-Awoke at daylight much
rtfre.hed, started for Mataponl river, went
about tw miles, when, on account of the OPEN
ness OF the country, were compelled TO stop Ia
the woods. Met neare who promised to take
US ACROSS the river at dusk True TO his promise
he came and took Us 10 a friend of his where
we got good supper, and warming by a large
hre, after which TWO OF his boys took Us across
the river in ekin, gave US direeaons vaieh
stopped at daylight In a small wood
1hnrsdog 1sih.-Snortly, two negroes came
alcDg, who cautioned MS not to travel by day.
Guards" and the citizens would be COMING
fre m all parts OF the county king and ueeps
county to the Courthouse, and would be very
apt 70 pick us up; We followed their ad vice 10
rmain all day In the woods, they PROMISING 70
come at dark and bring us something 20 eat
At p. NJ. they came In the woods where wo
1rSn $1lA
field, when just we emerged from the woods
we saw group Of some twenty persons. we
thought that it Was all up with us, that the
negro had betrayed US and called the Home
Guards to capture us. Judge how aereeahiv
surprised we were when we discovered them In
be friends-the nesroes-male and fem .Is, tner
come, 1 suppose, from miles around our htsinS
place, TO have q look at the Yankees, and aucS
a supper as they brought with them. No
wono'r that we stuffed ourselves to such AN
exn Mt that we were hardly able to valk for the
frs: five miles OF our journey. But Imust
.nun' rate The goodies spread before us. there
In Dixie, -four being $3.50 per barrel when We
LETT Richmond,) rabbit stew, loast chicken.
ooilt o ans, eggs, bacon, greene, q Jug fswees
mi,a, ,nia ana par pan OF water at hand. and plug
chat'lpR 1or about an hour in the moonlight
when we concluded that 1t waa tipae for us Ia
s.ars. start Accsrdnsly, after getting infornatisI
1rem an Old man as TO the best direction to take
70 AVOID me Pickets and complying with their
request that their names should be tak m ua
.nook hands with each, and accompanied by
TWO OF 70 EN-, started on our iourney Thsv
went with us about five miles, when thsv lef
US, pointing the way and bidding MS God speed
st.r,ad %as ni'ean M .h MILES then from where we
reached at a. M, went to the woods and mad
good sleep till daylight.
fr'oay, 10th About six q. N. a negro came
along. VINO told us that the river was picheted
and that We would find difficulty in Crossing
Tearing footsteps in the road, we could cues
ton him no further, 80 went back to the woods.
waiting an opportunity Of getting further in
formation. A: nine a. N. one of our partv went
through the woods to the river, abou, half A
aio wnsrs so we lay He met daIky
was not pieketsd, and that there was Dof 8,
SOLDIER within miles of the place. informed us
noW anu ! Whria we could get boat, il ~
Wonid 60 alter IL about midnight At hslf past
ore q. m. we siSrted for the river. Found nm
oyster boat with about four buahels of ov,tays
III y; we r9wed as Quickly as possible to the
middle OF the river, and started in an eas.eylv
direction we being told that our sunbosts wert,
lying Of Windmill Point, about thi1ty miles
,ron where We atayted. AT daylight we wers
be5 ond pursuit We calculated upon meetfnr
our eunooats al daylight but 1t came and vel.t
and we were stali far off from them At daYf
we Pulled ashore, went to house, and after
terters, and telling that VIE were irving tn oet
INTO Maryland, obtained information how Ia
a Sso.e 0e YANKEE sunboais. We were told that
they were about two miles of. 1t being yrrv
ictgy, we tnought II prudent not to try gettiur
on board OF them thai night, We fearing that we
may get fired into by them before we coniS
make ourselves known. The reason we had
ior snpposing this wss that close by this poin1
the SATELLITE and Reliance were captured hv th.,
re re oeis IN boats: and we might bs mistaken for
sne enemy We remained on shore till foura
n m, when we started. expecting to breakfass
under the old flag but how we were Gisara"
goihteu ps Snca q TWO miles as we had to 70.
= ZEN miles, at least, were passed. and stiil mo-
boat an sight. - A
=, II was dlseouraging. We rowed ashore az
mosquito Point st 10 n. M, determined TO ae.
information Of the whereabouts OF the boats ha-
sore going further Tor we were near the mouth
Of the Chesapeake Bay, and did not know
" hlch way 70 steer. Two Of our party went
70 house for this purpose They had been
saw two OF our gunboats rounding point about
1--WE or six miles on. Our boys jumped for low
10 see them, and any body weuid think tbev
were crazy, snch waving OF hats! A hand
serchief was tied to a pole and kept WAVING
until they came opposite MS and stopped
boat pulled of and came towards us, and In a
ew minutes We were all taken on board of ths
a tfo n