The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-01-16
.Anotller Romantic Story Of the War.

Another Romantic Story Of the War.
The St. Louis Globe gives the following par
ticulars of romantic reunion between hus-
band and wife after twelve years of separa-
ton. 90 frfse<T.1: "rrlf!S 9-t
Comparatively few of the countless heart
histories occasioned by, and growing out of,
the great civil war; have been or ever will be
written. This being, as it were, middle ground,
more of these histories originated in st. Louis
than in any other city on the continent Prior
to the war New England and the States Of
.,sathe North" sent their best representatives to
the Mound City to engagein the pursuits of
trade and commerce. Once located, they
sought social enjoyments and formed social re-
htions. The youth from the Green Mountains
maidens of Missouri, Virginia, Kentucky and
States of the extreme South. The result was
ties, closer than of simple friendship were
formed. Many life-unions trace their origin to
casual meetings upon this middle ground" of
persons born on either side of Mason and
Dixon's line, who, at the first meeting were
'iimbued with all the prejudice and animosities
peculiar to not very limited number of per-
sons in the two extremes of the Republic. In
most instances these life-copartnerships result
ed!happily, but the war came, and with it an
awakening Of the old bitterness. Members of
a family were arrayed against each other, and
even husband and wife found themselves ad-
verse i'll their sympathies. Separations re-
suited in rare instances, yet separations there
were. rNot-a few cases of marital chickering's
and nnplsasantness GANG under our own OBJ
tsFaations. u The female heart especially was
fired, and the female will, in most households
where differences of opinion existed, obtained
ascendancy. If the husband did not run away
to.ioin the Union forces, he remained at home
m complete subugation. He was not even
permitted t01maintafn ian1 armed neutrality
More than one mild-mannered Benedict of
strong Union proclivities was compelled to
sleep under the ''red white and red," floating
kousihis bed.post In some cases, Confederate
aags, in miniature, were planted upon all four
bed!posts, and, had the luckless husband dared
to raise his vandal hand to displace them, he
would have been shot on thespet. The women
We're all in dead earnest, and some of them, to
shis day, would like to Eight their battles DER
again"
In the New York Dispatch, of a recent date,
we find an incident growing out of the war
which practically illustrates some Of the above
facts. and which will be of interest to many of
cur rreaders-particularly those personally ac-
suainted with the fair milliner The incident
is headed "a Strange Meeting" and the jour
nal referred to relates how, ON AN evening OF
two. previous, q good-looking man. 8 laborer
about thirty years of age, took the cars at
Centre street depot for New York. There was
but one vacant seat in the Car that he entered,
and that was by the side of a handsome and
elegantly dressed lady. The man sat down,
and after his fair companion had removed her
veil, he was surprised to recognize in her his
wife, whom he had not seen foe more than
twelve years. = The lady threw her arms around
his neck and kissed him tenderly, and mutual
explanations followed.
It seems that they had been married just
before the breaking out of the war, at the
home of the lady in Missouri. Her father was
the owner of large tract Of land, but had
only little money. He joined the rebel
cause, and the daughter also warmly adhered
to the opinions of her father. Her husband,
however, was decided Union man. She
abused him violently OF account of his princi-
plies, and told him if he sided with the "bloody
Yankees" he might leave the place, and she
never wished to see his face again. He took
her at her word, and the same night left her
and Joined Fremonts army as private. He
was several times taken prisoner, and as often
escaped to our lines. He pressed on with
Sherman toward the sea, and at the conclusion
of his term of enlistment, joineda New York
regiment, and by this means, at the end of the
war, found his way to Newark, where he has
since worked quietly in factory.
His wife's father was killed at Vicksburg,
and she was left sole possessor of his unc1lti-
waited farm. She supported herself by work
ing in millinery establishment in St. Louis,
tfll after the close of the war. Her land rose
in value and she sold it for a good price, and
realized about $1,000. With this sum she
started millinery of her own in St. Louis,
and succeeded splendidly. She is reruted
worth 100000 to $4,000. She was on her way
,to, New York to buy some goods when she met
the man whom she had supposed long ago
dead. Remorseful for driving him away, she
had refused all offers of marriage. The joyous
meeting caused the husband to forgive his
wife's error, and a present of a new suit of
clothes, diamond ring and a splendid gold
watch, when they arrived at New York, served
materially to increase his respect and affection
for his long-lost wife. They are now stopping
at fashionable hotel, joyous over the accident
that reunited them.
A wag g-went to the station at one of the
railroads one evening, and finding the best car