The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-03
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me to give it to th. prettiest Union eirI I
met. g."
THE PRErTfEsT "REPEL GIRL"
did not extend my hand for the
proherec fruit, but said, "Thank YOU.
General, l have nothing TO dc With the
union girls" !" and seeing he still held
the pear to me, and disliking to seem
TO hesitate on his account, for appreci.
ated his politeness, added, "if you will
say the prettiest rebel I will do it,"
.",Ah, we'll !" he answered. "Then you
will eat it,"
mo, sir" emphatically. "Had you
said the greatest rebel, would"
IA littlo too strong," said Gen. Vodges.
Give it to the prettiest rebel girl you
meet"
So carried tho pear to Raleigh and
my little cousin ate It.
From Suffolk across the Blackwater
River to Murphy's Station, from that
place to Weldon, North Carolina, thence
to Raleigh, where tarried for more than
week with my goodly cousin. At all
OF these points ] was either met BY &C.
quaintances and placed in charge of
some kindly new friend so that felt my
lines had fallen in pleasant places.
From Raleigh my destination was
Petersburg, Virginia, 10 spend week
before l made Richmond my home pro
ten'.,. i'll accordance with letter from my
cousin, an officer in the Confederate
service, whose family were refugeeing
near the city of Richmond, and upon
whose influence relied to get situation
n the treasury. Leaving Raleigh for
Greensboro had the kind care of a
wounded Confederate Captain, who at
tended to my bag and baggage, and while
in conversation with hiin awaiting the
train for Danville gentleman, haven't
forgotten his name, Joined in. He was
the freight. master, pretty good position
he allowed; for instance, he said !:
Sometimes We have a heavy freight of
flour, government property. We delay
it, let it get good sprinkle of rain and
report it damaged, condemned of course,
and'we buy it cheap as dirt-noL hurt,
oh, no ! There's where we make spec,
don't you see7
"Yes sir, see, and don't wonder
why the Confederacy is still struggling.
think the contest uneven. While some
men give their all and down II. Norfolk
and Portsmouth we have men, who, too
feeble to fight, are aiding their cause
even in the midst Of the enemy and re.
fuse the idea of money making in these
times that try mems souls yet here, in
the very heart of the Confederacy, those
who should uphold are pulling down
the fabric wi he greed of gain, and
Confederates /. wing. call what you
did cheating the Government"
Mr.. Shylock was silenced. On the
Danyille bound train he offered me
position as teacher and gave his address.
l did not accept.
At Burkesville Jun ction, parted with
my attentive friend, the Captain, who
placed NE under the care Of Gen. Henry
A. Wise, who was also en- route to Peters
burg. l passed week in Petersburg,
lulled to sleep at night by the picket
firing, aud then went to Richmond. My
application was filed for position in the
treasury and the next vacancy promised.
LAST DAYS OF THE coNFEDERAcY.
Ispent three happy, quiet months with
dear relatives, and still the gods were
kind. I enjoyed many comforts and
luxuries during the last days of the
Confederacy, albeit I had been patriotic
enough to make The best Of potato snd
parched meal coffee, sometimes with
sorghum, without frown, enjoyed rice,
fried and boiled and boiled and fried,
tried my housewifely skill in making
| sorghum pies-a truly warborn pie.
And, oh, when the freshet in the James
came wasn't it fun3 Our refugee home
was at the Richmond Navy Yard, oppo.
site Rockets. We walked to church via
Mayo's bridge, to hear the gifted DR.. j.
T.. Edwards, at Broad street, and on re-.
turning home found our cottage an
island, entirely surrounded by water. To
be taken from the railroad embankment
in boat, and landed la Venice, at the
porch steps didn't say it was glori.
ous7 and didn't the housewifely cousin
with her many discomforts occasioned by
said freshet, threaten TO annihilate me
How the water would lash the cottage
floor Didn't We enjoy the next day in q
boat, going all over the garden fences,
aud down by tue real river, whilo hae
of truce boat came by from Varina, laden
with our exchanged soldiers. Fan and
waved o welcome, aud Willie pulled
hard at his oars to keep out of the cur.
rent.
And 80 laughed misfortune in the
face, and tiripg of waiting for the treasu.
~ appointment / advertised as teacher
and secured quiet, pleasant home with
a widow lady in Powhatan County, Vir-
ginia, in March, 1865. I found Mrs. w.
to be very pleasant lady and I shared
the room with her and her children, as it
seemed more protection than apart.
had hardly become accustomed to my
| new position, however, when straggling,
ragged, war worn veterans stopped to be
fed or passed on to cross AppomattOx
River en- route to Amelia Courthouse,
and the booming of the distant guns
caused us to hide, to bundle and make
| preparations to meet the enemy, daily
and nightly expected. Those reverbera
tions were the dying throes of the South.
ern Confederacy. Then came the lull
the still of death. For six weeks we
were as completely lost to the outer world
as Crusoe on his island. A kind Of
trance possessed us. We knew not if the
other part'of the world had been swal.
lowed up and we only left to tell what
had been.
The dawn soon camo. The world had
logged along without us. We were all
paroled prisoners. I am yet. Lincoln
was killed. Poor man | always fell:
sorry for him and his poor "Carlotta."
| Then the iron horse from Richmond
snorted from station to station, and ]
bade my kind friend good.b bye, fol
"some one" came for me. He too was q
paroled prisoner, volunteering when 1e
years old, in 1861, following Chambliss
Jeb. Staurt and Wade Hampton through
it all. ! won't leave you to guess it, but
on the Richmond bound train the hand
that had been pledged to him for three
years was promised when Septembe,
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