Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-08-08
from the Atlantic Monthly for August
Ny Second Capture.

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tbe timel At about b,lf amer six two officer.
came yidi9g fnriouslv m 10 our mild officer and
kent oong with hin for a wbile' maliop three
dito Ggnre, sboge opr hsads Gbey onIS were
monntsdl in tte forest shades in nlace of The ono
that nnl'ke the or. Eirg had continued b;s w1y
bs,mIsssl, from nm, on1.et Tbeir consnlta,io1
over. tbe Two siranoers dashed over snapoipg
weeds and nnderbrneb IA ,be command on abo,Jo'
and our mid officer ordered o1r column Of pri.
oners to b,lt We were In the woods Mn. but We
had eme,oed fran. bslueen those sun manned em-
hank penfs so,no lime .ioee The oro,nd wa. m
chosen bv oor ,spf'. ruIsf hut he NAV have de.
pended much gpo1 sit man. whose yigilanos. no
doubt. he had before tr.sd IN tbe f,llofdsy. Tbey
seemed % me but handful, and ony sieve for
tbeir CHARGE io dribb.. tbraugh me- latter aid4d
by the lime and Mace in tbeir work of dronping
If drew closer to the Adiu,a.t
"S,v vbaf you b.yet5s s',y for home. in case
W.. mis-. ..i.i and ia commission of tho b,lf
.e7uid talk rather freek. % Your lime has came
note
" Youv.I write If finn not heard from.-apd-
NV love 10 o,v "--be guf,Ied
" Yes. yes" said eheerlly. "AU right, old
f.llow.-ve N ho,l l,p,4 over tbi. some 1,y
rave him "a moment.
You III do mo The elna favor. Il ! don't baDpen
to turn un.' said: and We sIezsd each Others
hands o. You have the c1npsss.-you know the
wsy. There /, nothing more. believe Ned 2".
.,id. hastily. ard Iogked into' ria .yes
al sbau v.icb ms chance as me- wagons mass
there Il. noitiup more. % bs replieI ,nd We parted
mmedi.tely.
f. va. ss II ve had soreed 20 toss usnpies Tor the
n ms avn rI.r. ,,s,a ostpri.,,
Il vas .oon vbi.p4r4d about ,h,t We ware ia
Iet tbe trains gat abt,d n Il. sinra (, ,ya. necss
sary that thew should move faster, .nd the rebel
authorities presume lad decided Do ave their
tran.portation. az the r.k of evs, tbeir etotife.
Ooe or other then. II seemed ,ikely. sou.d be
faken the Yankees were driving us 6re,re them.
having reversed Tie fortunes N he day and per
han, migbt bber,te Die pri.oners Who 40 minded
tbis retreat We stood / Dresane hr half an
hour. dpwp uD iu 4 c9npre,sed mass upon the
skin of tbe bisbv.y. whist. startled bv fear.
poV.rtyl t,.L-na.lar over ieams,ers. Inc late
drowsv duyer. Droed forward tbairtoil worn trains
/, was seasopsb,e. bu. believed ny lime had not
vet come. The deem shade, encouraged me. but
awaied th, hour that had bit unon. thoueht
for a moment Of the Adiuant. perhaps then duck.
ipg b., head beneath a. bushes, and watching
with hi. heart h.aling time. The heavy mass b,
deprees movi,, ON. tr.sf.d thai The wbeel #
Fortune. whist these other wheels we're moving
R.h..,,,rd had ,,r,s- In his ,sv,r
AtaF Ff'ls aGer seven W. sg,in fill into line
NOT having allowed al, the t4am. 10 n,s. ne. and
q. the same Fortune would have n. We lelt the
Wood, behind us. ana marched between opsp
meadows. II bad now rrav5 quite lsrs. Nv face
wore a look of anxiety li noted the wide stretch
of omen field beyond me
Ki,r herr va, as ,rr.o ans f,ces ri. mine among
the grouns Of reb.l officers who rod. slowly alobg
~. G,.s TIN. w. tba chill s.osor NJ ,a,irrh,7
ion 10 the bo,-bloodsd gentlemen S ms com.
uupic,tions vero nassi8, ranidly betveen the
commapder Of our jetacb9ept and the eomman.
der Of The army Thugs we're not working sat.
i.Gctgr,lv 10 either. 0rderbes were di.paIcbed
m Inc front and to the rear. and tho air-ba.,ino
hue e vas sounded on ahead. as II to obida the
tsams,ers When we had marched nm an ascent
and yer. q, The brow If low ridgs. we uers
b,l,sd and then ,nrnsd into an omen 6sId n was
decided epp.rsntly. that the rest Of the tr,in
.bouId n,ss MS
No douh, | should here have all the yrscss of
,e,dy nsr AT my heel. bonsy. .dinned. or Vnlc,n.
f,,,sa in occordsnca Win nv bnmor whether
sod or harsh m making nm the climav Of NV sc.
cunt. for Al this spot Inc good writer would he
mo,t impre.sve in hi. language. and Sc, the reader
IN q trembls We waited for seventy minutes in
tbis roadside field. the prisoners resepedly bud.
ding together, with the callous guards making
circle about them. Let me enlarge upon our cir.
oumstancss. The time, about eight o'clock; the
atmosphere thick and murky; the sky overcast,
promising warm September night ASKED the
Sergeant il il would rain, and said oarelessly some
other triaes. ieigued an excess Of sIeeplness.
Our detachment Law some thirty wards from the
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