The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-29
OUR O. r v WOMEN IN 5EHE WAR.
BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE WAR.
"a oHnD,s REMINIsCENCEsO OF SCENES
S IN RICHMOND. yF;:l,;t,
!, Mss, lie Hunt, of Lynebburg, Ka.. IN Char
5. J lesko7i Weekl9, Ne11s.

wonder If the grown folk or children
will care to hear child's impression OF
athe war;" for I am going to commence
when I was wee BARN, just going QUITO
school and learning to read With avery
childish lisp. We lived in Richmond,
Yirginia, afternafassthaTcapit ofsthe
stSo1thern CogfedsraeY, ,s.s aud l would
frequently sheaf The older members OF
the family, seated around the table, ex,,
claim, aBy all means let US fight under
tha, Union, Flag; South Carolina may
secedt, PHt i is clearly poor policy. 1
aasinssireadT in peter Farley Child.s
,{HissorsD, about the war, between the In
: diana and, our first settlers, and my hair
finT3y fafinT3y hsfoad on end" when T thought Of
ahe Iankeesotyipg the fchildrenGup in
bags and knocking their brains out
against q tree. So fully was ] persuaded
that we would be thus treated, that in
the midst of the most earnest discussions
going on in the ,parlor, or DINING. room,
among politicians, l would cry out, Cut
the treeth downl cut the treeth down
ali over Richmond Just across the
street from us was the beautiful home OF
i the Van Lews-u unionists to the last
and though they felt differently from us
on the slavery question, and the elders OF
our . house argued hotly with them, yet
often has my childish heart been relieved
of its torture by stealing over into the
lovely moon. lit garden, and having IN iss
Bett,n who after the war was appointed
postmistress of Richmond, to'allay my
fears with her kind portraiture of the
g:Yankee,o hearts Hefe, at least, was q
!. haven for, us should that dread day arrive
when our beloved city would fall into
s the hands of the enemy.
But one spring day in April, 1861, all
Richmond was astir: Schools were brok'
en- up, and knots of excited men gather.
ed at every street corner. Sumpter had
been pab9as1Bo6y apd Lincoln had order
ed the men OF Virginia to rush upon
--ti1efrtrethren of the South and~put the
rebellion down. Now "the die was cast, /"
our lot was with sfEeifs, aid come veal
or woe, wa would fight for independenee:
How merrily tie sun: beams danced that
day! how proud we children were OF the
great preparation for the illumination
that nightl-how few rocked of the great
auHdeithrob OF misery, grief and want
Every patriotic citizen had his house
ablaze with thousand lights, and the
dark ones were marked. remember
distinctly my father taking US to seq the
Exchange Hotel and Ballard House with
the glass balcony, stretching over the
street and connecting the two houses, all
glitteriag rejecting the crystal lights.
70 usiE Ma > grand spectacle and our
hearts swelled with, pride to think we
! could say to our tyrants: "Thus far
shalt thou come, and no further
The excitement permeated the schools,
and those of our number who lived in
the dark houses, or the non-illuminators,
were dubbed. Yankees, . "Abolitionists''
aud aBfack Republicans and virtually
ostraehed. Saturdays We would spend in
the lecture;rooms of the different church.
es we attended, where our mothers and
growRup ceisterss weEe busy plying the
needH, and entsihg! !sout clothes for the
soldier boys said aulging in such talk
about the vile usurpers as would fire our
young hearts with indignation. Snatches
fof song improvised for the emergency
.sMaryland, my Maryland" "JOhn
Browns Body, p '"There's life in the Old
LaRdYaY &c, grew as tamiliafE as! q
want to Be an Angel" In fact, We had
parody which ran thus:
Iwant to be soldier,
And with the soldiers stand,
A knapsack on my shoulder,
A musket in my hand;
And there beside JEFF Davis,
So glorious and 80 brave,
= q plls whip the eussed Yankee s5 ~
(. T. VIA And drive him to his grave. =