The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-02
A "REMINISCENCES OF. THE WAR.

Sepiemher 23rd 1873. .@5 ''+-
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A REMISIScENCE OF THE WAR
II was q day or so after the battle of
Sharlnburg ihai Lee. having crossed ID
the snuil, side of the Polinn,ae, and " isii.
ing Ia diaw stf "a portion .of tile enemy in
his front, ordered j. L. d. stuart to take
Hamptusi's Legion, seven pieces of ar
iiilery. aud portion ~ the Second v:r-
ginia Infantry. IN all aboit fifteen nun
dred men. and recross the Potomac at
Wiliisnsporf. Md. g&am E.s@i p ~-,
THIS foree was expected 10 make de-
nionstraiioii as IL il would attack the Fr
deralists ON the right and rear. OF we
started IN = gay. g@d hun.or, Stuart. like
Prince Rupert of old. leading the van aud
ready fnr ride. j s8aAs.
Ready Er sride wilhStuart. that prince
ofgay cavaliers! Who would not have
been? He would have csmiikand drd the
six Hundred" an,l ridden 10 the death
with a song upon his lips aud smile in
his gladstone eye
Fear, he knew not. Alas brave heart,
he sleeps llis lust sleep meath the shade ef
beauriful Hollywood. and puriing
stream. IN cadence s,ft aud sweet. sweeps
by his silent grave seemingly singing u
perpetual song 20 his menory, then joiiI.
ing it, waters with the turbid James Il
siasl,rs townward W the sea. @t ~@
Wehave no difficulty In forcing pas
sage, aud soon sent the Yankee guard
whirling from Williansport., Our liu-s
extended frpm the Pulnmac river adowh
the Hagersiown pike, some three miles or
more. II was the writer's soriune iohe
stationed with Stuart on the extreme left
of tlir line, and every now aud then we
wonld dr,p shell a,no,'sst the Federal
pickvis just 60 keep npa god feeling.
Analher piece %: artillery cunning ~. We
Then commanded 4 SECTION. two guns.
Major Ven Bsrcke, gallant Prissian
officer on stuarts s,stf. whWse sabre wss
aIi,nst ~ heavy N Goliath,s spear, deter
n,ined To make recunIoissaice, and he
moved off In front of our guns down the
rad rome distance, Presently he stop
ped at n farm house. aud hitchIug his
hnrse to swinging limb I've walked into
the house to get dinner. Our guns were
placed 50 as lo command the ruad Just in
frnnl vf the farm l,oase. Tile distancs
l,ad Lesn carefully stepped of, the fuse
cut. aud q ,langerus looking ''case shot,
coiitaining ninety.six mllsket tails, was
just waiting to be sent on It's mission Of
death. A elatter, u dash, anda hearty
chrrris bemr,i--a squad of twenty-five
YANKEES IN seen riding dowi the roaal q,
hresk .neck -pee,i and Within y very short
distance nf Won Balcks's sterd, whicl,
was rearing aud plunging Ia n most
sioieSt manner, scrMing to appreciate THE
situation. Won Borcke rushrs out of the
house, hut iu the hurry of the moment
forgot 10 unhitc:, his horse-tbe birdie
fortunately breaks aud Uff dashes the
Prussian npt fifteen yards AHEAD Of the
enemy. whilst the little puffs of white
smoke and the ringing reports Of dozen
carbincs told of danger TO the gallant
officer sho vas making race time To the
Confederate Iine.
4 Just tl,en our lanyard" Il pulled. aud
away govs tI,e "csse shot For an In-
stant u seems To hover over the bead o
Won Borcks, aud then Il explo,Ies, scat
tering death and destruction on ever,
hand. A. 81 Ma.<
/ Twenty.three out of Twenty-Five d
il,r~s iplj riders have been killed o.
wounded nj one shot, and yon Borcke Il
oncs mere safe In the Confederate lines.
| Tile movement has been entirely sue
scrssful--a corps of Twenty-Five ihousan,
men has been Withdrawn from sharps
burg, and our plan isis kesp them bus.
until night and then slip over tile rive
unuiolested.
II was getting nearly daIk; stuart OF