The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-21
CHARLIE
A TRUE STORY OF THE WAR.
The Gallant Young Soldier of Cobb s
Legion-How .He" Fought Like
Tiger - How She Wept
Like Woman, Etc,

"Wen, I'll tell you romantic fact
which verifies the old saying that truth
is stranger than felton," remarked a
late private of Hampton's Cavalry to a
HERALD reporter yesterday morning as
they gllded along over the Belt Line
railway. ut is "Reminiscences of the
late unpleasantneSs 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
Carollnas, devastating their resources,
and by methods unauthorized by usages
or civilized warfare, attempting to
break the spirit of these proud old COM
monwealths. At this juncture, Hamp-
ton and Butler, two of Cardinals most
chlValrous sons, were sent from Vir-
gina to oppose the conquering
general whose army was sweeping
over the Palmetto State like bosom
ofdestruction. Two brigades of dashing
cavalrymen followed the chivalrous
Hampton from Virginia to Columbus;
one OF whose regiments, the famous old
CoDb Legion OF Georgia, received on the
eve or Its departure from Virginia the
addition of one to its gallant
number in the person of IL
handsome young recruit known
throughout the command as Charlie
-: Modest as lady, yet bold as the
bodest of his batte-scarred companions,
handsome little Charlie endured the ia.
tigues, participated in the engagements,
suffered the privatons of the Carolina
campaign with herOism equal to that
of veteran.
In company with boon companion, he
participated in tina gallant charge upon
hllpatrick's camp, releasing his inn
prisoned comrades and carrying off a
large number of the enemy, the bat
Ties at Cheraw, AvensborO and Benton
vile, and in turn on picket vigil kept
while his companions slept Soon after
Bentonville came Charles last picket
duty as a Confederate cavalrvman.
The detail for the night was composed
Of prominent official of Dallas
county, Charlie and companion
with others. The enemy attacked
the picket and soon Charlie
was seen weeping over the manly figure
OF his companion who had yielded his
lie Il sacrifice for his country. Only ga
stray picket had been shot" and next
morning all was quiet. One more du-
ty and Charities soldier life ended. As
Il guard she escorted squad of Federal
prisoners to Raleigh and there for the
first time were her companions made
aware of the fact that the gallant,
handsome Charlie was a woman and the
wife of their dead picket companion.
Her discharge of course followed 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 gal
liant caValryman. Her praises are I'M
sung by poet and her name unknown to
The historian, and while her name and
identity are unknown to her former
companions, we trust that she has again
linked her destiny with some gallant
Knight of the Gray, and around her
knee have gathered bright-eyed girls
and boys who will one day make her
name illustrious."