South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-18
Remney, Hampshire County, West Va, April Is, 1854

use vi u toO anu came out well sup
piled, Lut the infantry got nothing
but what we could cat and we GOT
/ plenty of that, as soon rs we would
go into camp in the evening some of
the soldiers would strike out in the
country before they had time to put
out guard, and would come back
loaded with grub.
As we would march thro' the towns
the ladies would mostly be at the up-
stairs windows waving the Union
flags at us and we would laugh at
them, but never disturb them. 1.-THE
ladies OF the South had done rs l saw
them do iii Pennsylvania, the federals
would have shot at them. Some of
! them would look very sour at us.
when we would ask them for their
names as we wanted TO write them
on piece of paper aud put the paper
IN barrel of water, and we knew it
would turn to vinegar. One day
there was a very headed one at
window and she was very insulting
when the boys got to making sport OF
her, calling her brick top and such
names that she got so mad, that che
fairly frothed at the month and threat
ened to fire into the ranks, we then
tried 10 persuade ner to assume male
attire and join the army, aud she
could get satisfaction, fighting us.
They would make sport Of our dress,
when an Irishman in our troops re,
piled 'bejasus we always put on our
dirty clothes when We go to kill hogs
Cherries were ripe while we were in
Pa, ard there were great many
trees along the road aud they were
stripped both OF cherries and limbs,
nothing lett but the trunks, except
such things az this we were kept close
IN ranks and not allowed to plumber.
Gen. Lee was more strict on US than
in Virginia. One day there was an
old farmer standing by his gate talk.
ing 10 the boys, saying he was cop
perhead and q rebel sympathzer, and
had quite crowd around him, he had
a line farm and fine house, and was
we'll fixed, but when any of them al
tempt ed to 60 in the gate, he would
say they had nothing to eat, rs the
soldiers ahead of Us had eat him out.
[ listened to him q while, but soon
'tumbled to the racket and saw he
, vas giving Us that kind OF tafy to
keep us out Of tie house. SO | told
my chum to come on. AM we would
soon see what was in the house.
When we went to go in the gate the
Old man 50 q there was nothing. in
there to eat. told him that was too
thin, that we would 90 in and sec that
If be was s1ch good rebel he could
sacrifice little for us, that he might
never have another opportunity of
feeding the rebels, and that he ought
to embrace this chance, as this was
cur first trip TO Pa, and in all pro-
liability would be the last. We went
on to the house and found plenty of
grub by simply asking the ladies for
1t and went back to the road and told
the other boys that the old woman
said to come on and get what they
wanted to eat, and you bet they went,
the old man saw his game was up,
but expect he raised u racket with
the old woman.
We lay in camp near Carlisle one
day, and when l saw we were not 90
lug To- march that day. | told Chas.
Cross messmate OF mine that we
would 90 out to some farm house and
get good dinner and some cherries,
we went about one mile and came TO
a large farm house, and found pick
ct post there and they would not let
Is go any farther, we then went in
the house and found thai the family
were dutch, an old man his wife and
daughter, we asked them if we could
have some cherries, he said we could
have all we wanted, except from two
trees that stood near the house, and
he wanted them for their OWE use,
when VIC examined the other trees.
we found there were very few on
them az the soldiers had stripped
them, we then got up in the trees the
Old man had reserved, and ate what
we wanted and broke oil several
limbs, and went to the house and sat
down on the porch where the old
folks were, aud asked them If they
would not have some cherries, but
they declined eating any, we then
asked them If we could get dinner,
they said mo the soldier had eat all
they had
While setting there conversing with
the old people, we heard the awfullest
racket around in the back yard, and
did not know what TO make of IL, but
the old woman jumped ~ aud ran
around the house, and soon came
back with her hands up, aud by the
expression of her countenancc we
knew something terrible had happen
ed, and she talking dutch all the time.
So we all ran around to see what was
the cause. and found that one Of the
horses had fallen into the cis.ern and
there lay doubled up all in mass at
the bottom.