Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-09-20
INCIDENTS AFTER CAPTURE.

INCIDENTS AFTER CAPTURE.
After the capture of the regiment
the boys set about plans of escape, and
q mum Der of them did get away. las.
A. Pegg, of Co. e." by some means
got pair of copperas-dyed pants, an
old jacket and a double-barrelled shot
gun. Ia this suit he walked around
and mixed pretty freely with the
rebels for awhile. Next he mounted q
t horse, and with his canteen strung
across his shoulder, started out. He
rode some distance when he came to a
spring, around which the rebels were
crOwding aud scu fling for water. Pegg
spurred up his horse abruptly among
them and demanded that they hand
him some water. One of-the rebels
inquired where he belonged. With as
hard face as he could assume he hur-
iiedly answered, so the battery, and
to hand up the water He afterwards
said that he was really and greatly
alarmed lest the next question would
be, g''What battery ?" He did not
know the name of one of their orgsn.-
izations and would have been caught
had they pressed the question; but his
con fideut assn ming warded off furth her
questions, The water was handed to
him and-he was permitted TO pass.
He came out from among them and
made his way on 10 Knoxville, visit
ing his family few days and then re-
porting to the remnant of his regi-
ment for duty. He was as good a SOL
der as ever slung a carbine.
An officer slipped the guards and
made his escape L presume he pre-
IeTs that hin name should not be used,
as be has been the suGject of enough
jokes on account Of II. The guards
got after hun, and were following iii al
closely. He found he would have to.
resort to some means beslue running
To avoid capture, SO, running into q
occupied by colored people, he told au
Old c0lOred woman that the rebels
were after him, and were about to q
him. Quick as thought, she threw
down leather bed under which there
Was one of straw, anu directed him to
get OIL the straw IIcK. DE did 50. S le
then threw back the feather lick, COW
erIng up our man, and tum bling into
bed herself, began gTCaning and pre-
lendiBg TO be very sIck. She was
scarcely arrange d before the rebels came,
In. lnqulrlng, for the Yankee. sac,
denied seeing HIM, and INSISTED on
their searching the premises. They
examined every place Where they im-1
agIued man could hide-under The
beds, behind the door, and even exam
med tie .beds, except tbs one the I'D
sick ~ woman~ was.oD, tut could fad
DO man, and had to give up the search
and Ieave without their man. Iu due
time he was out again, aud made his
Way safety 10 the Federal tines. -E- =
Their guard was weak, aud had Col.
Prosser been allowed the privilege at
d. catar he would have retaken the
whole cummaDd, but Gen. Grange
was afraid 10 risk such al undertake
lug, Hest PrOsser, tOO, should be cap-
tured. The rebels new Prosser had :
escaped from A hens. aud this guard
Was afrail of his operations. 30, at
night, they marched hard IN the diIec-
tiuu of Fiorebce, in order to get the
PRISONERS safe into the Conf derate
lines. Wagons were loaded with the
booty and arms they had cap ured and
were driven In rear of the whole.
Going down q hill, theff mules Ia,
n of these Wagons took fright and
gan to- run, making q considerable
nt1st, IN which perhaps some guns
We're sccidep'ly fred NJ This c. n US Ell
the guards, IS hey supposed for time
thal they wire attacked, and lit was
the 'lden opportunity for hummer
If h ii. NJ
chanc q o o. ear thicket of briefs
ty the side of the road. He leaped
tnn them, fs ling fat on the grouud.
l. was dsrk, but ltg ut tn rugh That the
form OF b man couli be seen, aud
one Of the guards cav Westtr jump
iato the brier@. tie Ieveled his gun
and cummanded him to come out.
Wester thought he would risk his.
missing his mark once, rather than 20
to prison, SO he only goL the closer 10
tbe ground. Fortunately, for him,
another had jumped into the same
place unseen by auy one, before Wes-
ter, and linking he Was discovered,
raj sed up aud walked out. We,ttr
waited till he column had passed, .hen
came on 10 Decatur and reported to
Brigade heanquarters for duty.
A couple OF Others. G. Boyd chief
bugler. and Corporal BrakebllI es-
capt Il e guards about he same time,
one being little ia front OF the other.
Both were heavy. rather corpulent
men. The writer does not now re.
member which was in front, but the
ear man had tin canteen with a
email wire chain fastened at one end
to the side of the canteen, with the
other attached to the cCrk. The man
ia front jumped the f8nce and started
through The field at a ruu. The other
recognized him and being DESTROYS
that they should get together, leaped
the fence after him. The front
man heard the chain striking the tin
canteen, thought it was rebel soldier
after him with the iron rings rafting
against the scabbard of his sabre and
made haste to get away. The rear
man was afraid to speak lest it would
attract the attention of the rebels. so
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