The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22
Jokes Of the war Period.

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reojmont in one of the fights - the be-
,;Uninu ~ The war an officer came 10 him
IN graaf excitement and said Colonel
tho .ronv AFRO in ofr r.ar." sand the
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~. won,f about face and rLon We NH he
/ in their rear"
lie was q sturdy old frhter and made
~ rood a defense Of the valley as was
po.sihle under the circumstances. He
yya- very deGcicpr IN GOOD cavalry. I'm
h,len Mcneil e,Farrcll Gilmore
Wbite NIoshv and otbpr bodies NJ mar,
r;san rangers had The material in tba;r
co,n nab : frsi class cavalry
command !, thev had heen consolidated
ia ono hricsae with an efficient rnmmap-
Nov Which win Winkhams Brirade
al Rassar's would have given him AN
~Bi,ieut bodv Of cavalry. But the indie
nendeut commands, under leaders who
had been accustomed to range at will,
were rather insubordinste when together
and were Of very little service.
Mosbv had more brains than any of
them and managed to carry on a self
sustaining warfare and did not cost the
Confederate Government one dollar for
s@upplles during the entire war. He
turned in an immense amount Of proner-
~ in the wsv.a horses, mules. wagons
and arms. etc.. to his government and
his men we're alUavs vel mounted, we'll
fed and well armed One night was
going from Luray Ia Newmarket with
a dispatch from General Torbert to Cen
eral Sheridan and met in Newmarket
Gap a solitary hOrseman, who did not
draw quite IS quick Is | did and so |
took him iato camp with me. He proved
10 be one Of Mosby's men. who had been
away on a leave for a month. He had
been to Baltimore during his trip. lie
told ne that he carried with him over
y. 900 in Creenbacks, when was his
share o. the money captured from some
"a cur ray masters by Nosby. He had
worn our uniform and went free on lie
passes taken from some OF u men who
had been captured on their way to the
North 90 Through.
often met solitary bor,emen while
ri6i,- ,l.ng throfn6 rho wnaIs an3
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! used to be friendly with al. Iwss
watcntuI. Of course. and ALWAYS had .
Dcrgineer hid in i,v sleeve IN case OF
! sudden attack. bur q n.e3et pi-toi filed
with GOOD annie hr-ndr. wa. the hest
yeagoo 10 use In dealing yitb strangers.
and that and : plus 81 first class tobacco
vas nv s,1rest naseport
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c,cb containing a, a-so-.mept If notes
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was among a lot of m~illionares.