Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-13
WHIT WIS IT!

nirbt drove ont to the old home.
sieol s;fuatcd ON ono Of the bre, ~ "
Inns IN tlo rear Of thc Town over. ?
lcokino Louo Island Sound We a
lived quietly, undisturbed by any t
unusual experiences conten'.d in '
each other, and rcyer dreamed of ;
lho brewing storm which was soon $
10 gakop us from our dull routine
and drowsy existence. The crash .
came and with it away went books t
nd papers and | started for the
,s,t OF war, Every soldier might
write a book full Of personal expert
enoos Of weary, anxious nights on
ricEet-of long, Iiresome marches
Of iolIy evenings round camp-fres-
Of i tjle.delds red with the blood
and heart breaking with groans Of
wounded and diving heroes but all
these. interesting as they might be,
have nothing to do with my mys-
tory
In 1864 Il part Of myregimenJ was
stationed at Jacksonville, Florida-a
pretty town. on a magnificent river.
Hero, after much hard fighting, little
rest. a,d no recreation, we enjoyed
onr3Iyo like bows during vacation.
TLrso halcyop days were darkenod
sn,anybot nv the illness of my old
classmate and present comrade,
Charlie Lo Mar, my sisters aliance1
husband, Though debilitated, he
wonlJ not forego active service, and
spoEe choerfuliy of reconnaissance
he intended to make up the St.
Johns River, in the gun-boat Maple
Leaf The expedition started on a
,riabt March morning and, going
to the wharf to see the boys off, |
WINS W. snrnrisod to find Bob Severance
tt omono thc Officers in command of
h thc tr0ops. Bob was from old New
Tondon-a rood fellow, but with a
Irop Of Indian blood in his veins, ]
il sometimes thought, rs | looked at
his sworlby skin, s raight, coal-blacli
hair and Iioh cheek bones, and re.
n0mEnrod he portinacity of his ha
i. troJ toward a Door little chap who
9 Ina done linn q childish injury whcr
a vo W. wcre I'll bows toaether. He haC
Z been 4 devoted admircr Of my sister
/ Init SHE cared nothing for him ; anC
d aIthonoh never quite snra that h,
al faraay7 , bo,-ber refusal, he always re
II mcmbcroI me with bis old affection
s ond a., was very Glad to meet him
a Tho bonr for starting having arrived
a TIE Mar waived his crutch cheerful
ne stoan al away from the wharf.
G, ''' F;~c dcys later came the new
h, tbat ON her Ie,urn trip, the Nop
h J~ T~"fEal blown M by a torpedo
to ,nn,o % & tcor miIciup thoriyer. "Se,
Mt on ',non " sal the messenger, iii
on clnJ;na Te Mar had gone down vii
ug thc wr9ck, and the survivors woul
be ono, o,lo " ho in Jacksonville
he '''I' 7 moi Severance twice after the so
an ,o,ainai;on Of the RECONNAISSANCE
ais r, Th" va frsf Time. I congratulated hi
les on - lis .scanc, and asked for an a
ny cannt Of the disaster, which he ga
,h, bn'riodlv, and with the hesitate
lcr annaroot in one communicating 81
at nnwg NJ, The second time, he came
est hid me oood.by, having effected
OF ayahanGo into Il regiment station,
csc ~ tGo Shenandoah Valley, where t
es heaviest Grhting was then beil
led doMa ,lCI
ere VIII rio months passed by quick
to and y hranght as to the winter
m 'sss' ,9$7 NV NV mother was dead, Bessi
.cst tool,h soo'' w rcry nnch impaired, aud
.iu- hod I,o,1'I Laen hid one side with an o
cp, G"h;nned t," attack of RI eunatism.
Ich. iar i"r''j jnn consultation, we conclud
tho W w. yn"Hd @ lha remainder of the wiuI
~ :! IlIor;1a '," Wv md fen days after,
the ~ ao'n W. nl"wino M Trough the san
ven s,rcotl %r,1 Of Jacksonville Since
ole, I,,t 9,,t, y;sif the town had become lit
,ul- ,',I, aTr Vonkerizel and showed its
o . "l 'l5oracg bynn air Of bustling act
lace 1oD1,I3 5','",'J 13rosnrrity very unlike its
Two " "1,' w. and thnf Of most South,
hts, nit;nI niV' i''' &ftsr M a few weeks reside
end, cl''T", q; Ts.,..nnyi1I" @ " we accepted u k
! it's u, - = 91rn% ,'r"ss;na invitation to visit
.tru- ano mi'.', 3'C@ co1ta2 nlanfation, few III
-cnd n,'' ,'''' 'l'o - w riyer, Am hours sail on
ward up 9,.ta5or ,a,' i'cCl commanded by Jolly {
the to;n ni,,',Y1 of bIocEado notor,cty, brou
4yeg Sslt,, m .,,,;t;n G' siah Of the beautfurgr
olcs US Us Snam;sb Sr'',,;t h 9 9oaks which surrom
with o. p,,,4 nP'I,9n honsc o Oar friend, acc
,icnt nani.3 pur' Iu"fG hv tGo usual crowd of b
d to toldlers in tow shirts, met us NJ
4 at 'o'''',oi' G,S ,nd -, 1e1bv them, we
;tna %llet, li ~ @,'ti, t5n6onse, M which was Ia
cam vsn,hlina. and dilapidatcd, but il
is Il dny wos &c considered quite palal
,s 10 yt Ils WV ~%S n,os gotbipg beautiful al
nroly t,' in'lG ,,Io"1 "'' saves th9 trees-grant
q OK. 'l,I i.l l'ro, Was" 20 hranches waved co
Z ~ oaks, WHOSE Di"tNH'S w.