The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-26
HANGED IN THE HEART OF
RALEIGH!
kilpatrick's CoWardIy Cruelty TO
aPrIsoner-of- WarI

By a slip Of the pen, we last week mis-
named the man who fired the last shot at
Sherman's Bummers. in North Carolina.
1t was Lieut.. WALSH, instead of Lieut..
Minor" Byron describes Patriotism as
a silly surrender of life for the sake Of
your country, only to have your sacrifice
forgotten in a week, and your name
mis- spelled ~ tee gazette The truth
of this was probably more frequently re-
allied during the Civil War than ever
before. We could name scores of gal
liant spirits who died in the execution ef
drawer deeds than immortalized the
| Horatii of Rome. or Leonidas at Their
mopyle yet who fell as unnoticed as
the leaf that drops amid the recesses OF
the forest, to lie and rot in utter oblivion
Some one says.-''It is well. Let
them be forgotten, No need keeping
alive the memories of the war; Is this
true9 Then ue hare oil bed to the dead
North Carolina said to her sons, the
whole South plead with her sons
Come forth Rally! Rally Rally /!
Leave all, sacrifice all, and come forth to
fight in our Defence Ii you suffer hard
ships,-never mind, it is for u u
try's cause. If you lose your health, and
bleed from Gripping wounds, never
mind, it is for our beloved Dixie! Ii
you finally fall, let your death be Gained
by the knowledge that you die in an Holy
Cause, and that whether the victory
shall be for, or against US, your glorious
self-sacritice, your heroic martyrdom,
shall necer be Forgotten, and your
name shall be enrolled forever upon the
highest pinnacle of Southern Honor"
And we know that many a brave heart
did cease to beat, in full faith that this
was truth.
Die like heroes you shall not be for
gotten r'-said the Government. You
shall not be Forgotten said the Gen
erals in command. You shall not be
TO, gotten - said Congress. You shall
not be torgOtten said the Legislature.
And so said the orators. And the news
papers. And the pulpit. And the peo-
pie. "Nerer torgotten said the wo
men aud they the women who were
old enough to take the vow in lS65,-
they are about the only ones who have
kept their VOWS
1t was Walsh, not Minor" who was
hanged in Lovejoy'S grove. Let us get
that straight. He was a Lieutenant" of
"Wheeler's Cavalry Division" and from
Texas" His full name, his family, his
home, are unknown, or forgotten. He
is luckier than the North Ca~rolinian,
Mumford, who was hanged by Beast
Butler; for gentle hands have marked his
grave, whereas no one knows into what
ditch Mumford's body was tumbled.
The circumstances of Walsh's death I?
Well. it is now ! : years since the atrocious
affair occurred, and many a baby of that
date is now able to appreciate the story.
The Farmer and Mechanic believes
that tbs children of C~onfederates ought
not to be allowed to grow up in ignorance
of the great struggle in which their faith
ers and brothers fought. Hence we from
time to time resurrect the facts of note
worthy episodes in the Past.
hummer Sherman had marched
through Georgia, leaving a track, twenty
miles wide, wherein every village and
town had been plundered, and nearly eve
~ farm house, barn, bridge, school house
and church, had been burned. On he
swept, through South Carolina to Colum-
bia, her beautiful capital, which he left
in ashes. Then on into North Carolina,
to Fayetteville, which he racked, plum
dered, and partly burned.
Kilpatrick's calvary, which had won
eternal infsmy in Virginia, headed
the ''Bumner' column, or did until
Wheeler's small calvary command at
tackled and hacked him once or twice.
Fitzpatrick had a pert yellow girl at
hi. headquarters, for whom be stole
= fine family carriage, silk dresses,
jewelry, &C., to allow her to travel in
style. Joe johnson and Beauregard tried
to make a stand at Bennettsville, ard
AveraysbOro; but of course were over
powered. They fell back towards Dur
ham, leaving Wheeler disorganized mob
of cavalrymen to hold Fitzpatrick in
check, until something could be heard
from President Davis, at Greensboro.
Lee had surrendered, and so ha0 John
ston at heart but Mr.. Davis had issued
a proclamation declaring that the strug
gle should go on; and many believed the
war would be transferred west of the
Mississippi, which could hold out until
foreign countries came to the rescue.
Of course, there was great confusion
the soldiers having to get food wherever
they could; and many being IL reckless
mood, chafeiog over the misfortunes
which cam in thunder-claps every hour,
were drunk and desperate.
With this preface, We introduce the
graphic account of the Yankee entrance
into Raleigh, by our townsman, P. F.
Pescud, Esq, who was an eyewitness of
what he relates
RALEIGH, N. c., July Il, 1882.