Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-17
SHERMAN.
His Narrow Escape from SOnfeder-
ate sharpsh0Oter.

his narrow Esctaffc
ate Sharpsh0Ofer.
From the Augusta (Ga) ConsttutiOnalist.
The following remarkable anecdote
comes to US from an esteemed contrlbu-
tor, He says 81 did not myself meet
| with the adventure recorded, but it was
narrated to me by fri end, whose word
| could implicitly trust, but whose death
has occurred since the surrender.
One morning, how it matters not, four
of nv company, myself among the num-
| her found ourselves inthe wilds of South
| Carolina. without any knowledge of the
country separated from our command,
and having an idea that Sherman's adN
| vance guard was close to US, but IN what
direction we could not tell, as we were
utterly at loss. This it will be allowed,
was a situation far from pleasant but
| when. in addition, it is taken into consld-
Grafton that we were enduring the pangs
of hunger and thirst; that we were weary,
heart and bOdy-cOmpletely broken down
and that we possessed a sorrOwful con-
seriousness that the Confederacy was near
its end, it will be readily imagined that
yery few Jokes and hilarious remarks en-
Iiyened our conversation as we Joggeu
along Hunger is a guest that uses very
little ceremony ia his visit and the little
fellow was knocking at our breasts very
rudely, and DANGEROUSLY asserting his
= presence. He was not to be put TO
silence. and so, for peace sake, we deter
/ mined to grant his request. As II to try
MS, no sooner had we agreed to search
fol food, than we came to by-path
which branched of to the right OF the
road we were travelling. ltlOOked prom
Using, and looking down a leafy vista, we
: discerned about three hundred yards OF!
j, unmistakable signs of farmhouse, ana
. as thing of course a land flowing with
4 milk and honey. So determined to STAND
II hazard of the die, we filed of down the
. road to breakfast We found a small
d farm house, inhabited by an old widow
n lady, whose two sons had been killed II
l. Virginia, and who, with four or five faith
,e full slaves, still managed to keep her httl'
farm in good order Welcoming US, IL
ID "the sake Of the gray as she said, VI
a were soon seated the grass plat, en-
ce loving the influence Of her excellent but
ne ter-milk, corn bread and fried chicken
n we're rapidly becoming re -invIgoratcd
10 Suddenly confusion of voices sounde
g. near us, and | caught the CLEAN OF sabre
-. and bright uniforms, as about doze
i@ cavalry in dark blue Numbered down tc
~ ward US Evidently they had not seen u
4 word and touch. and all four wei
50 in the adjoining thicket, awaiting the
air approach They galloped up, and, ordel
ers ing breakfast, sat down on bench to wa
rds for it. l felt a touch on my shouIde
,e. and, looking up, saw pale face near
ed own, with eyes turned IN constraine
err manner TO the officer on the bench,
,de II" the lips whispered, almo
So. ipaudibly, snow is the time to end t
by var Yonder sits Sherman
Of was so utterly taken by surprise tn
lgs, 7 did not at first comprehend him, b
7ier gradually, as l gazed mechanically on t
ing 0ficer pointed out to me, began to u
zen derstapd that the SOuth's greatest a
.rge most powerful enemy, the one who u
also ranidiy wiping her out OF existence u
.nts' nation. who held her fate, as it were,
nop' tbe hollow of his hand, who had dc
'lNe bar more evil in four months than all
i"e' predecessors had accomplished in
many wears, was sitting here serene {
unconscious, within reach of my carbi
, the lat once commenced cautiously to
and aI;n, II The fate of the Con(ederi
:, or perhaps, hung on that moment. WI
tma- at this length of time, l think upon
teen awful interests that were at stake,
lght brain reels and l grow faint The G
'y ven eral arose, unconscious Of his peril,
a = IL ne walked with a rapid military tread
I - Az the house, followed by his staff, and
nb, is soon We coulu SCI mem through tHo .
-aidss window engageu III eatlns greaA'a q"
rand, was completely Oaiaed, ana hau no
CHG pOrtunity, nor hau any oil US 10 It
front our attempts, as a body OF cavalry
arrived, before whom we thought it
dent TO retire, and accordingly ma
e law sudden retreat. ACsIRAL