The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-01-19
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10. 1866.

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10 your issue of Nov %, ,Isee m accoun.
of the last duys Of the Confederpey.s 4 con
tribute this as my might to full history Of
the eventual month. was full member Of
DibrelpS DivisiOn Of wheeler's cavalry, and
had some opportunities Of kuowinE much
that was trAnspiring. m19a A .nos.sH
Our division had been selected 10 escort
Ars Davisfrom Greensboro to Charlotte, and
leaving Battle ridge, over the NeuSe River,
we reached Greensboro about midnight Of
April 10, after two days and half Of rapid
marching. For the first time we were fully
Informed Of the extent Of our disasters-of
the retreat, deFeat, surrender, annihilation of
General Lees greatAFmy were told that
we were relied upon to guard Mr.. Davis, his
Cabinet and archives to Charlotte, and keep
of Sherman, who was hoyering upon our
right flank Ne1a evening as Nc. Davis and
General Breckenridge rode through the d.
vision at the head Of the Government eorttgc
they were welcomed by tho most CnthusiRs-
tic cheers sailll 7t0--G bdd1 ue. /
We continued our march toward Charlotte.
General Breckinridgc--ihe viii and brains
of the Government in its last dsys-left US
upon the third morning, returning 10 the arr
my to hold those consultations with Generals
johnson and Sherman, of which 70 much
has been said. PerhapSthe country may yet
believe that Sherman, johnson and Breckin-
ridge were b. tier Statesmen than Seward
and Stanton. Mr.. Davis rode near or at the
head Of the column ail the time; was always
polite, affable and accessible seemed cheer
ful'and resolute; talked pleasantly, kindly and
Sociably to all who approached. Mr.. Bepja-
min and General Cooper rode in an ambu-
lance Mr.. Trcuholm and bis family in an
other. Judge Reagan, COlonels Lubbock, OF
Texas, Taylor, Wood aud Preston Johnson al
ways rode near the Prcsidcnt, General Law
lon Qaartermastsr General, General GiImer,
Chief BaginseF, and General St.JohHs, with
hshsir d,tseiss, Mr. Mallory Mr.. George Da-
Wis, and others Of less aOts, accompanied
the Presidential party. Besides Geaeral
DibrilS division, General Geary Of South Car
Olina, hRd small body Of mounted men, some
aSveaty-AvS or one hundrpd, collected 81
Greensboro, from the dkSr1t Of the Virginia
cavalry At Salisbury We met General EeholS
and staff, Of South Western Virginia, and va
riOuS Staf, post, and furloughed.. officers, who
had run from Richmond, Lynchbarg, Abing.
don, westera North OarolinA md various por-
tions OF South Carolina men drivento COM
mon centre by GraHt, Sherman, stoDemnn
Wilson, and Foster members of Congress,
civil funclonaFiss, and refugees. You may
be sure, We dirty ,0ldiers who had borne the
heat and burden and danger Of the war,
made grea, spor, ofthe beloved "posp Ofacef
the "bned'p shirt and black coat gentry, who
without horses aud unused 70 eamplife, were
begging for lnuleS, (horSeS were not attaina-
ble,) so thq. they nigh.sccOmpaRyu Us. Clad
ly would . kingdom have been given fora
horse Alas our kingdom was in az dssper-
ate condition IS poor Richards was, and
was not worth a LorSe. For the hrst tins
during the iwaf We soldiers bad revenge ap-
on the gentlemen who had been seeking and
filing Son places ie1tia-5 .arI.sI5 1ai
Afler moving across YAdkia riVoI, General
Dibrill received orders from General Fergus
on, who with a small cavalry brigade was a.
Charlotte, that S'onsmAn was approaching
Charlotte, and begging Him to move on i'm
msdiatelyewhich be did; marching All night
and reaching Charlotte abOutsunriSs, to 6nd.
that S,ensnan waa notnsar that place, bat
had deceived our officers there and burnt sll
the bridges over the catawba. GsneraI Fer
Tulsn moved out ofCharious as sooA rs VIC
reached there, to Eadsn Ford over the Ca
tawba, the point where the rnilroad from
Charlotte TO Columbis creased that river
About midday General Basil Duke, with the
remnant Of MOrgan's celebrated cavalry
about 6ys hpndred-r,aehsd Charlotte from
Christiansbats. when General EeholI dis
banded his afAntry and abandoned bic wa
gons and artillery At Chrisliansburg, be Or
dsred his eayaliy TO follow him across the
mountains to General JohaIOn. General
Dukes brigade was diimountcd, their hor-
ses being in North Carolina, but they seized
the artillery and wsgon moles, nnd rode
bdrsbacksdto Charlotte. a few Of fDukos
mth lsluled 70 accompany him and came TO
Kentucky with some Kentucky cavalry, who.
surrendered at Mount Sterling but over one
hundred urder Lieutfnanl-Colonsl Diamond
of,his cavalry, reported to and aceOm?anied
DaEsa Corral Vaughn, also, with shout
three Aundredl Of bis hdgsd,y marched w,b
General R,hoiaio Csarlo,l', so that We bad
at or meas QhallouarD Dierill'S DFiIioa, con-
sisilng Of ais brigrade, under Colonel MeLe-
more and Williams Kentucky brigade, under
Colonel Breckiabridgs-abOn. 1900 lighting
men General Dukes brigade Of Ksatuekl-
sas, badly moented, eve hundtsdi vaugABp
Tsnnsgsssaas, badly armed and diseiplinsd1
lhrss hAndFsdi FsrEuaeA'I brigade Of AiA1
bAnianp and NiSiippianI,, lsysn Aundrsd In
Rll 2,soe mes-semS Of then diSbsariensd
AID demotallssd NJ. Davis reached Char
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