The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-08-07
A STORY OF THE WAR.
The Gallant Young Soldier of Cobb's
Legion---How He Fought Like
Tiger--How She Wept Like
Woman, Etc.

Legion---How He Fought Like a
Tiger--How She Wept Like
Woman, Etc.
''Well I'll tell you a romantic fact
which verifes the oldsaying that truth is
stranger than felton," remarked late
private of Hampton's cavalry to Dallas,
Texas. Herald reporter, as they glided
along over the Bedtime Railway. ct
is a "Reminiscences of the late unpleasant
ness in which there is a true heroine in
the flesh"
Gen. Sherman, having successfully
accomplished his march to the sea, was
preparing TO cooperate with Gen. Grant
in Virginia. by marching through the
Carolinas. devatring their resources, and
by methods unauthorized by usages of
civilized warfare attempting to break
the spirit OF those proud old common
weaIths. At this juncture Hampton and
Butler, two Of Cardinals most chivalrous
sons, were sent from Virginia to oppose
the conquering General whose army was
sweeping over the Palmetto State like
a Bosom Of destruction. Two brigades of
dashing cavalrymen followed the chival-
rous Hampton from Virginia to Colum
bia: one of whose regiments, the famous
old Cobb legion of Georgia. received on
the eve Of its departure from Virginia the
addition of one to its gallant number in
the person of a handsome young recruit
known throughout the command as Char
lie -. Modest as a younglady, yet
bold as the boldest of his battlescarried
companions, handsome little Charlie en-
dured the fatigues, participated in the
engagements, suffered the privations of
the Carolina campaign with a heroism
equal to that of a veteran.
In company with boon companion,
he participated in the gallant charge upon
Kilpatricl's camp releasing his impri-
sorod comrades and earring off a large
number of the enemy, the battles at Che
raw, Avensboro, and Bentonville, and in
turn on picket vigil kept while his com
panions slepC. Soon after Bentonville
came Charles last picket duty as a Con
federate cayalryman. The detail for the
night was composed of prominent Off
cial of Dallas county, Charlie and COM
panion with others. The enemy attack
ed the picket, and soon Charlie was seen
weeping over the manly figure of his com
panion, who had yielded his life a scrifce
for his country. Only a stray picket
had been shot, and next morning all
was quiet. One more duty and Charles
soldier life ended As a guard he escort
edasquad of Federal prisoners to Raleigh
and there for the first time were his COM
panions made aware of the fact that the
gallant, handsome Charlie was a woman,
and the wife of their dead picket COM
panion. Her discharge, of course, fol-
lowed, and never again did she answer
to The roll-call of the old Cobb legion.
Virginia, the mother of statesmen and
soldiers, has produced heroes of whom
she may well be proud, among whom
there is for virtue, patriotism, and hero
ism scarcely peer to Charlie, the gallant
cavalryman. Her praises are unsung by
poet, and her name unknown to the his
torian, and while her name and identity
are unknown to her former companions,
we trust chat she has again linked hen
destiny with some knight of the gray,
and around her knee have gathered bright
eyed girls and boys who will one day
make her name illustrious."