Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1883-05-26


Il never will forgive the Confederate
government said Colonel Wartick. when
asked TO relate q war "reminiscences. Il
started out with a ripe determination of
joirg everything in ny po~e- = The caase,
bu: met who had more authority than |
had pulled against ne, and CONSEQUENTLY
stepped aside. They even wen: so far a. TO
court martial ne. Now If there ! anything
IN military lite that takes $ mans appetite
it IS 10 DE- eourt-martlaled. II is pretty bad
q civil lie 70 be tried cetore a justice OF
the peace. but that ism, anything to com
| pare with a&oa>1nardal, and especially
~hen he knows full wei tina, he has done
boihIng 10 merit such handling"
Why were you CONTAMINATED. Colonel
| asked one 0. the company.
For the simple discharge Of MY duty
Just about the tine il btaooved the Contei.
| sracy TO make every edge cut shat could,
[ vas sent into q community 10 press guns,
aid 10 draft and arm every available man.
| Veil. ] wen, to .vorh aud discharged the
! duty in accordance with ny construction Of
he order. At one pace W. seized a large
number Of double barrel shot guns. In
examining them re found that many were
damaged 50 greatly ffha, only one barrel
could be used | told my r.en not 10 throw
them aside, but to Keep them, ard they
would come IN handy. IN this community
there were & srea, many saw mills aad
family ieuis aud consequently there were
| a great many one legged men one day !
| issued an order that all the one legged men
70 De found within a ra las If twenty five
miles shouId ce brought into camp The
order was strictly obeyed, anu within two
weeks We had seventy FIVE cr!ppies -Fo III
Ing them in a line one day, | ordered the
! disabled shot guns 10 be brought out. When
i teo up a 1un whose right barrel was
useless ! would give i TO a man who had
lost The use Of his RI. ht leg, aud so on until
the sevenfy-hye men were armed. The
was strictly appropriate for we hed no
o her ue Ior the crippled guns and the
NoAAHt 1EltTiti5 Lii ~ OllS > W tbr
crippled men. | took great pride in this
cripplv1 company. | wanted il to make a
name: ! wanted each man 10 Tee: proud OF
himself Ihey ele.te1 as captain a tall
fellow who had lost lis left leg while raftiDg
logs We presented him. attended by
disabled ceremony. with a broken sword
al, double barrel pistol, web one hammer
1t would have ticheled you 10 death to have
seen them on dress parade and their que
time wonid nave made Napoleon puil oa
his hat and grin. Well. prety soon, | had
occasion TO use them. The enemy ca1ne
upon me UNEXPECTEDLY Y. ard in the hurry
incident upon eiich occasioas. ! placed the
o. legged company IL tie wafmest par; 81
Il. field. The ba'tie lasted several hours
I and was a draw fight. Ny one legged
fcompang suffered greatly. Fhe captain
peg was shattered By q ball, and during the
fight he sent an otderiy INTO the woods &c
make him another lex. OJher members ct
the company were similarly served, ard
slr, the am2urt pi spiinttrs on the battle
ground was SIMPLY astonishing. The enem,
had fired low, and three out Of six wooder
legs We're disabled Before complete repairs
could De made, IN general came along, and
not being able to understand why so much
kindling WOOD SHOULD be scattered over i;
battle field, asked the reason. And
explained, exp citing him to compliment
me on my ingenuity, out :he u,eppreciatlvt
fellow had me court-nartiaied. ! left the
service, and during the remaining time o
the war, | aided the cause by capturing
mules from the Union men and burning
cotton that might have fallen in possession
Of thee ntmy.-Arkansaw Traveller.