News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-01
The Capture of jeff Davis.
HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY's ACCOUNT or
THE AFFAIR.


THE AFFAIR.
Burton \. Harrison. Jefferson
| Davis privato soorot.,u,. ,,.L, o- ~,
o,o ,-i.,o., = =,
'''0o' Vi 'he confederate lresl-
0ei' ; capture, describes it in the No.
NemDer Century as follows:
1--WE were taken bv surnrisn and
not one of us EXCHANGED = shot with
the enemy. Col. Johnston tells me
he was the first prisoner toI[on In q
moment Col. Pritcbard rode directly
to me and pointing across the creek
said, what does that mean? Have
/ YOU any men with yOu2 ?" SunnOsino
the firing was done hv onr tnoInstors.
| | replied, sof coursn wo hovn-dor't
| YOU hear the frino ," lie seemed to
! be nettled at the reDIv. oave tbp order
| charge and boldly led tho wov him
! selfa across the crooiy noorI,. o,.or,, ,,,o,,
in the command foIIowina orr ca,nn
was thus left deserted for . few min
utes, except by one mourtnd soldier
near Mrs. Davis tom who r,oo oftnr-
ward said to have been stationed there
| by Col. Pricbard in noseipr mud h,.
| the few troODers who StornaJ 70 nI,n-
| der our wagons. ! had hnnn sIaanino
upon the same side of tbe road with
the tent occupied by Mrs. Davis. and
was then standing very near if. look
ing there, | saw her come ont and
| heard her say something to tbo SOL
dier mentioned perceiviDr she want
| ed him to move off. | apDroached and
actually persuaded the fellow to ride
away. As the soldier moved into the
road and | walked beside his horse.
the President EMERGED for the first
time from the tent, at the further side
from US, and walked away into the
woods to the eastward, and at right
angles to the road.
''Presently looking around and ob-
serving somebody had come out Of
the tent, the soldier turned his horses
head and, reaching the spot he had
first occupied, was again approached
by Mrs. Davis, who engaged him in
conversation. In minute this troop
er was joined by one, or perhaps two,
of his comrades, who had either Jagged
behind the column and were just COM
ing up the road, or had at that mo-
ment crossed over from the other, the
west side, where few Of them had
fallen to plunderlng, as L have stated,
instead Of charging over the creek.
They remained on horseback, and
soon became violent in their language I
with Mrs. Davis. The order to halt |.
was called out by one Of them to the
President. 1t was not obeyed, and /.
was quickly repeated in loud voice |.
several times. At last one of the /
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