Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1863-02-05


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4 verify of .hs trip he bad to undergo
, The poor boy would not listen TO hi
argument, and raising his head from
his pillow ofstfaS answered in pitt
| fol. moanful tone " r. main here OF
Johnsop's Island 10 be buritd by my
enemies LEI. here With no one tc
Gale for me : No, no, death is better
7 vii! N Ike the attempt IL | die.
How true my friends prophecy was
The next morning after leaving the
islaud RICHARD TAYLOR was q corpse
A nobler, truer soldier 10 the cause
never lived. He Vas one OF nature s
notlemen- finn as a friend--gentIe
and genial 10 bis mess-mstes. lie
was buried near Anderson in Ohio, Oh
the roadside.
Ga the morning Of the 2Oih of
November the prisoners were told
that the 22ua was The day sppolnted
for their leaving. Their shouts
m de the selkin ring Happier fees
never beheId. The 2lst arrIvtd-the
day PREVIOUS TO leaving the islani-
all were called up 10 answer TO their
,names. Ten Of the oumb, werec He'd
out to BE retain d rs spies and treated
as such. The writer was one Of the
ten. We were pat in snoi her block
separate from The brlance so as to be
sale from escape. Night came on,
aud with it one of those terrible
S orms at freqKnts the lakes OF tie
North. The wind seemed to shake
the very earth--the rain came down
in torrents, and TIE atmosphere was
perfectly livid With lightning The
duh moan Of the waves lashlng
aeainst The beach sounded in dilcord
With the horrid noise Of The storm.
! Now and then, aided by the light.
ming, the dark waters with its White
caps could be seen in the distance. 'All
cnmbin.d at that. moment seemed to
convert this island to a hell oh earth.
But considering Ills | was not lost to
ali hopes Of eter freeing myseli-ihr
totbe ccn'tlry. 4 frit MA stauneh
/ finn fieui-Hhose heart beat re-
spousiye to my own, was by my
side. In each others company We
were not discouraged, knowing that
"lIe who doeth all>things well, Was
With US and cur cause. AZ that par
ticu!ar moment my friend happened
TO look out of The window, and dis
covered that the rain had driven the
seniinels to Sc k shelter. The build
! ings were two stories high, and We
were In the second story; coDse-
quently if We got out we would have
Ito make ;he jump. We had but
minutes time fer refl ctiop. | got
in the window first and out | went,
landing in ,h. soft mud below;
hadscarceIy got UP before my friend
followed suit. We then hurried back
to our old quart rs found the
names Of two men 'hat had died,
whom the Surgeon ha'l negll lc'ed TO
report. ! took the name Of Nj.
Reeves. my friend that Of Marshall;
then went to the respective friends ol
tie decss5d to Gad out what branch
of the service they belonged-what
regiment or battalion. the State,
when anl where arrested-in fact all
the circumstances relative TO their
cases. The night wore of, and the
22nd fawned on cold rainy m'lan-
choly d,y--one sui'ed to the oc-
! elsion. The names were to be called
, alph betically, and the clerk had
commenced on them. We raliiet out
|, properly disguised, and as The name
, of Reeves was called, stepped boldly
forth and answered "Presrnt.
Clerk -"What regiment 90 you
) belo6g to, sir I"
Answers 1st Georgia Regiment
of cavalry
, CIetk-"Wbat company p"
Answer Company E -~71al
!, CIerk-"Wbere were you captur,
, ed
Ansser--" II East Tennessee
/, 26th oay Of Jone last!
Cltrk--" BY whom?
! Answer" AIuudy's Kentucky
! ! cavalry, willie in "a skitmish a
The clerk marked the name Of NJ
n Reeves checked, aud passed him ou
!. the gate. We were put on the ierr,
}. and taken across the bay to Sandusk.
CITY, where we got on the cars am
j. two days travel brought US to CART
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