Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-08-28

shoulder, another had a hat made Of a
piece of blanket, and they nearly all
looked ike statiOn-hOrse tramps. Some
were armed with rifles and some with
shOt-guns. The road was muddy. our
march was by no means pleasant. Ny
friend, the Sergeant, seeing that it was
hard for me to keep up, said: Come here,
you little Yank, jump up behind here
which did, aud rode with him until we
reached GOrdOnsville. On the way, I
remember, he volunteered the informa-
ton that he had captured the horse we
rode while on q raid IN Pennsylvania.
At GOrdOnsViile we took the cars for
Richmond, arriving there late in the
afternoon of the 18th. The streets were
full of people, and as we passed along,
We were greeted by innumerable cues
tons and remarks, such as; How are You,
blue bellies2' why didn't yOu'un bring
your guns with you" oh look at the
little Yanki Wonder if he's a drummer2
! He's too small to be a soldier FWhar
/ you 'uns FROM? ANY more where yon
'Uns come from?' etc. After passing
through the streets about a mile, we
were halted in front Of 8 large three
/ story brick building, on the northwest
corner Of which hung small wooden
! sign, inscribed Libby & Son. On enter
/ ing the prison we were formally intro
Il
/ keeper. He asked Us If we had any
valuables. I produced 1928 in green
| backs which 1 had In my bootleg, and
| told him 1 made it selling papers, and
was going to send it to my mother in
/ Vermont, as she had to depend for sup
| port on what my four brothers and my
self sent home to her. My lips quivered
little when told him this. He patted
me Onthe back, and said: My boy, when
I m ont of hnv.e into fhn
and get this PACKAGE He then took my
passes and pinned them around the
money and gave me back the $12 in con-
tedeTate money which the Lieutenant
had given me for
CAPT. REMINGToN's WHISKY"
'He was not such bad sort Of man,
was he?"
mo, indeed. We were placed in
room on the second floor, directly over
the room used by the guards, its window
| being the fourth from the corner. The
room was a very large one, about 100 feet
! long and 30 feet wide, supported by large
wooden beams running through the CEN
| tire. He found in the room two sailors
who were captured on the coast. One
| of them was particularly interested IN
me when he heard that / came from
| Vermont, and commenced asking me
about my family. found to my Joy that
! I6 WAS HUH my AdElF5 gOWltg DuLLAA4EGSlls
! We called him Sailor Ben He came
| from a wealthy family, and like most of
/ the Green Mountain boys went out at
/ the first tap of the drum. We became
! bunk-mates; and, not having any blanket,
/ I shared with him my saddle blanket
and papers. While the $12 lasted we
feasted on sweet potato pies, for which
/ I paid 50 each. After we had been there
a few days, we commenced playing such
] ~,
mons say thumbs up We also bought
! a pack of cards, for which we paid So.
Sentinels passed up and down around
US, and every hour passed the word from
post to post, something like this: Post
! No. 4, 10 o'clock and alPs well, and so on.
Sometimes at night, before taps sounded,
we would sing such songs as Home,
Sweet Home John Brown and the Star
Spangled Banner;' and the guard would
salute us with Shut up there, you ~
Yankees and give US the Bonnie Blue
Flag My Maryland and Dixie Time
hung very heavily on our hands until
the 8th Of December, when we heard a
rumOr
THAT WE WERE TO BE PARoLED.
We were so much excited over the
prospect that we could hardly sleep that
night. There were about 400 of us then,
our numbers having been several times
increased, On the morning of the 18th,
/ Sunday, we were told that after rOll-call,
as fast as our names were called, we were
i to 90 down stairs and fall in in front of
the prison. When my name was called
I was down stairs in about three jumps,
throwing my blanket on a spike as did
all the others. 1 found my friend, Mai.
Turner, in the Office, and, sure enough,
he returned all my money, passes, etc.
That night I sailed for Annapolis, reach
ing it the second day, after experiencing
very heavy weather in Chesapeake bay.
At Annapolis, we were ordered into
camp, where I got my discharge and
took the first train for Washington. I
went to the war department, had my
passes renewed, and started next day by
boat down the Potomac, taking 500 New
York HeraLds and stopping at Aqua
Creek. I soon learned that the Iron
Brigade was at Belle Plain and fastened
to join it,
"'Where have you been, leaving us
without papers so long?' asked the Cen
eral.
"9We1I, General, L have been to Rich
lmond, where our brigade has been try
ing to 90 for some time
Didn't the boys tell you not 70 60
back through the lines-that MOsby was
picking up everybody he could get hold
OFF
"'WeI, General, the boys had to have
papers, I said; and got an order for g
horse, and delivered papers until the bat
tie Of Gettysburg, which viii tell you
about some other time"
An Heroic Act.
Albany Times.