The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-06-02

my country, and / had no time to think
about 70 | knew the; brigadier who sent
the order was not man TO be argued
wit 4 and had seen just enough OF mill
cary life to perceive be hazards Of dis
| obeying he cinlaanslssofthoSe in authori.
Nv without aeagnin4 the paths in which
to sliparound t4e,p. In short, went.
! cannot say that did my country much
service I know tina finish, d effcctual-
y my dress boots before | bad marched
far upon the sacred soil, (Said soil was
the occasion Of "a good deal Of profane
speech by the time the boys had become
|acqualnted with It's sticking quahtles.)
II was dreary mareh, and being very
tree a night, | manag' q to get place
p the fartlhduse. which our coicntl ST.
ttcted for his headquarters. lie was d
colonel Of volunteers AID new to the 2
service, so he pitched with one whicn
showed much more appreciation OF com
{6rt than military wisdom. About two
inthe morning all of MS .whp lad nor The
luck to escape by the Kitchen door Mere
t'gobbled up" 10y an adventurous palty
OF rebel cayalry, and Monto found Ourselves
30 the ropii to Richmond. NJ 1890 (.
IVY Zen m0fglg dawned, got a good
bak at tties1leadfT, OF or .c;pt,rs
rather think Ia ii know HIM. Wasn't. /.
ie my ciIun IN Noteworthy % daring nv
ieni0FHy #W "a We're tlllvft tAu-ghfmtre~,
FleQd8 IN al The class OF tiIty--!4 He q
pflcd,tO l0Uk stern rs tp-ttIe f,,.--9f his
launtrgs p6t he ulaRlt; h. furiy airkeg
aioWn, and gaVea I gEiiar liatvalt Shout
3'e he calle1mY name ~ t!lln ki he " as
Il .n9Yeo WIN h f,'u4d | was Il noii-coill-
iaianf, but W hcn hc learned chat my
Presence Hltil ille army was Involuntary
~ was h8raughty del iglIt,d. su3e
NO poIicics Dctween Us, old boy" be
>ita'1 when he heard my story ;f3ilpw to-
set you h9nre again Is the thlng!" 81
However, he would not take me into
Richmond, but sent me to his fathers
house on the plantation, land as soon as
he had nade lIs report came over and
joined Us. found that his father was
Uhion man, and hat Herbert was, like
thousand Others, dragged into the bust
ness by tht States rights delusion which
ik the fortieth article of the Virginian's
belief. So we managed to get on to.
gether without any discussion. Well
Herbert came over fiVm Richmond to
Beau SejGur, as the plantation was called,
autl then we held council. / could not ;.
be exchanged, because was nobody.
The Federals could not claim me, and
the Contederates, Herbert explained,
would not give me up, except tor value
receiyed--j. e.. one surgeon, or other
officer OF equal rank He could not get
me pass, for, only that his own military
service was allowed to stand against his
fathers own opinions, the old gentleman
would have suffered. He haa tried in
vain 10 get pass for his father and
sister to go North, and every application
from him would be useless.
You viii have to go South and get
through the blocade- Wilmington will
be a good port-then you make your way
to England, and SO home to Boston,
said both father and son. And when
| Herbert told me that all military men
III Richmond were well satisfied that we
intended, as soon as tie campaign opened,
| TO attack Richmond in force ~ way Of
the James, and that then this part of the
peninsula where we were would be aban-
doned as untenable. "We shall fight
nearer our own lines when we do con-
clude to tight-where, your generals
! must find out. 1t happens to be our
/ turn to make the card, don't you see
j But, meanwhile, You want to be getting
home, and papa here wants to send
Fabroad what he can save Of our silver
and family jewels. Now you and he had
best start for Wilmington tomorrow. I
! can't have either of you here he added.
+" The plantation may be occupied by the
enemy any day AS Z military necessity
4 l cannot let them lind you here, and as a
filial duty want to get papa abroad. :"
! Sa we started for Wilmington the next
.Iday. We did not pass through Rich
mond, much to my regret, but Herbert
.kdid not think it best We tapped the
railroad al Petersburg, and were enabled
j by the colone. 5 gray unitosm and our
own civilian attire (Herbert rugged mo
cut from his own wardrobe) to pass un-
challenged. by the way, it. was . touch
] ing business. fa ~
I "Ishall never wear tlle3e again he
sale, as he handed me the clothes IT
have my windingsheet on,' and he
tapped the gray breast of his Confederate
uniform. 81 shall fail in my first battle J:
I.oniy hope it won't be by the hand Of
any of orr boys"
i It was the only allusion he ever made
to the fact Of our old classmates being
against him.
! should meyer have managed the Will
mington business myself. In the first
place had no money and in the next
place, had not the passwords and signs
/ | only know | kept myself quiet at
/ villainous hotel while the old gentleman
had interviews with divers desperate
looking customers and was rushing about
in mysterious ways However, one even
ing ne came into my room, followed by as
mild hammered and quiet-looking q