The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-24
EXTRACTS FROM
u.uorr YEARS IN BATTLE,
AND
THREE IN PRISON."
from last ueek.)
RY X. A. ..

hoWe'e1 fnr the Northern papers took 1t
Harris wonderful feat-equal to the
Up as ! If the Six Hundred at Balak-
''tharse md many writer's alleged that
sva. -IIToncstreets advance. where
it che,nItG we we've checked ~ finding
as IN waist deep in the waters of
orrse4'' Run: - and we had retired,
the i'il some hundreds Of yards before
BY olu'ored that the column ofhorse-
We p ling down the turnpike were
me' But Harris was elected to
res, IN consequence OF the alleged
:. N dash.
~x..fREET RETURNS TO HIS OLD
POST.
,,,,, ten o'clock at night, Gen.
A,reet was ordered to retire his
L'" DIVISION to its position o. the
wiz III order TO conform with
ln',"' line on the left. The events
il .j,y had completely exhausted
o. '"e r,r. whom we will h~enceforth
ts n,otr by his initial "R.") and he
med in spirit al the prospect of
- me- = mile or more in the darkness
~ as pitchr) stumbling over rock.
i ~ r;,rs with shoeless feet; therefore
~ .,,rly dropped out ranks. and into
"t.L (It will be remembered that
-, ,lmIrtign the discipline was a
.,G deal relaxed, especially in regard
the .baretooted contingent" who
allowed to take their own gait,
he'd they turned up in time for the
- Bv the by. it was a queer tribute
: b,yi>h faith in Gen. Lee that he did
.Tr an instautimagine the ~retroCrade
m[,smrut meant a general retreat. or
IN q permanent retirement. He felt
49, that our whole line would resume
,s offensive next morning.; conse-
-.qrIv he coul.l save W. or three
miles OF marching by staying where he
Ha>.
ASLEEP AMONG THE DEAD.
Fndiu. a clump of young pines. or
hrs. whose thick branches form an
~mbr-lla-nke shelter from the dews.
III - ~unrolled his blanke., laid his gun
~. in EASY reach, took his greasy car
rid re-box Tor a pillow. and essayed to
,Ie,p. The spot was about 800 yards
rom the road. and the sound of the re-
firing troops could be heard for some
r,tancc. Then a gradual ~quietness
MI over the broad fields, and in half an
Isrr not a sound could be he ,rd. save
tfe faint breeze soughing through the
a-.rlery tops Of the tall pines. or per-
raag,e some lonely tree-owl. hooting its
a,malawho! who! who. WHO'D!
It seemed impossible to realize that
hardly an hour previous this had been
fhr scene of wild uproar, crashing shot.
wells. -roans. and hideous carnage.
Al weIl-known, the excitement of
tal l. i followed. (at least in young and
inexperienced soldiers) by a reaction
which leaves the body as limp and weak
- If lust past the crisis of a fever.
r had scarcely stretched himself be-
meath the cedar-bu>h ere he was asleep:
and he probably slept several hours be-
fore all incident III ed to spoil his
rest. On leaving the command to find
a sleeping place in the thicket, he had
noticed several dark objects around
him.-whieh he supposed to be decayed
lars. or clumps OF bushes. About an
hour after midnight, the cracking of a
tx- Or some subtle Influence of man
un,u man. awoke him to view 4 sight
ia. made his blood run cold! TIE
NH. had cleared somewhat. the stars
s.ua- brightly; trough there was no
noon. Directly III iront. and about ten
ic5. distant. WAS Il tail figure. seemingly
systematically tall. Topping It's arms
aud ge>ti uiaj.n5 III ghostly fashion j:
While AZ lis Get. bohbihg about. was a
second crea ugc. easily white by con-
lca>t with tie dark earth on which ii
lay. language utterly fails to depict
the eiIcet of This startlin. spectacle.
Ig the SpIrc OF half 4 Minute. blood
ami con>c.ou>nes> >topped.- lrail zcd
I..cR the senses recovered. anu II.
Iealzel thai the ~aiYar.tIon was not q
-0>tiy mluiJc, Lut merely Il battlefield
Fowler. rObbing the dead. He hat
Stopped IL OF tie dark objects. vhicl
@a~ supposed 10 be logs. (but which were
rally dead men,, and was trying to get
HI -h- coat. As the stifiened arm,
levrnted this. lie was Jerking and tug.
M. thereby making the peculiar mo-
lna>. HAIcA III tie misty murk Of the
u-at had appeared so much like til,
tus.I- wings of Old Diabolus himself
Almost n~yoluntarily RI" seized Iii
mg>art and Scramblmg out from undo
l= ce.iar-bush. shouted-"Hi! there
~Aatn hi you doing! Surrender
#UTlrudcr - The last words wer
a-- uttered; for with an veil OF fright
t--- Vet rings in the ears. the fellow
dropped the corpse. and Garted into tn
tl-caet. and was lost To sight ere .,R.
could pull trigger. though the runne
could bee heard Tor so: e distance stuml
In, ami crashing over the dry b;iar>
a. il pUCsued by a thousand devils
We have always forgiven him our INC
H-entary fright OH reflection that h
probably lost a years growth himse
- reason vi the sudden resurrection {
one OF lbs int. ded victims. Ate
wards II WAS gratifying to n
member that the vile scamp RI
towards the Yankee lines therefor
hl3st have been r Yankee though III
happily the Southern army was not lac
NJ OF tie shameless battlefield ghoul,
l'T rarely, on tic morning after Il bait
we're the dead Confederate as well
"naeel hot found stripped of all out
clothing and frequently even of the
Undertaking. Much of this was blar
es upon the negro camp-toliowers b
le generality Of negroes are too 5
l'F-utlou~ for such providing.
EMIT SLEEP.
~ may be supposed. it was a dis
Sfeea-le sensation to find that N h
been sleeping so near to a umpe
GAd-tly dead; for however cIrciess m;
may b. in the broad glare of Day, the
are few who do not feel somethiI
Ulcanny"about the presence OF a loI
~ corpse in the stiffness of the Nigl
1t any rate. RI soon found I'll
Death hath murdered his elder-Brot
er, Sleep!"-and in a few minutes
collected his traps, and linped acre
The field in the direction of his commar
Dawn found him near the brow of I