Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-01


of the horrors of tha, night proved
himself man aud aChrstia1 \, return to
him in his extremity all the kindness
he showed to us in ours. | am General,
yours faithfully,
A. TooMER PORTER.
con the second page of the letter, as
you will see here wrote as follows:
ITO any c. $. soldier into whose
hands this may fall from the Rev, A..
Toomcr Porter rector of the church OF
the Holy Communion, Columbia, So.
| Ca
"Then after folding the letter | wrote
upon the back of ii this superscription {;
To Lieut. Gen. Wade Hampton, c. ).
Army, or to any one into whose hands
1t. J. Mcqueen may fall
WOUNDED AND CAPTURED.
81 took this letter out to our friend
and said Now, Mcqueen, put this in
your breast.pocket, and il the emer'
gency arises, use it. am pretty well
known in the Southern army, and if
you should fall into the hands of our
troops, it may be of some service to you.
Well, Mcqueen left us, followed by "ur
blessings. II was about month be
we could get out of Col"' =. We had
received no word from an .. our friends,
and did not know where they were or
how they had Jared. Finally ! secured
a carriage and conveyed my family TO
| Newberry where we took the cars.
When got to Hodget depot met one
Of the Aikens, who told me that his
brother Hugh had been killed in a
skirmish ten days after the burning of
| Columcia, and that in the sameskirmi-h,
young man named Mcqueen had
been wounded, and that his life had
been spared by our troops when he was
| captured on account of the letter ! had
written, which he drew out of his pocket
and showed to them. went on to
Anderson with nv family, and the next
morning returned TO Newbcrry. From
| that place walked to Columbia. and
there got an old mule and wagon,
and with five other persons went to
I Camden. where had heard there were
a number of soldiers in the hospital. As
soon rs I reached Camden ! vent direct.
| ly 70 the hospital, and after going
through several wards, opened door
aud started into another apartment Of
the building. As opened the door, !
saw soldier clad in blue rise up from
his pallet in the corneroi the room, and
a, he rose threw up his hands and eX.
claimed Thank COX Home Spring.
ing over the beds Of several Of the
wounded Confederate soldiers / caught
the poor fellow in my arms, and with
our heads upon each others neckS.
from very excess of emotion we wcpt.
II was a curious spectacle for the men in
the hospital to see Confederate chap.
lain and a Yankee lieutenant in each
Others arms.
GOING iHRorCU THr tINE'.
Mcqueen gave me an account ofhis
movements since we had sad go5dby
in Columbia. While on Ascoutiug party,
and forty miles 10 the right Of Shrr
mans right wing, Mcqueen ant has
party had skirmjsh with some Of But.
ler's cavalry. In this skirmish, which
occurred in Darlington county, two
Confederate and two Federal soldiers
had been killed, aud two soldiers had
been wounded on each side. Mcqueen
had been wounded and brought to th"
/ hospital in Camden, and here found
him oyerjoyel at the good Providence
tha, had sent me to him. went up to
/ Bishop Davis's house and told the story
! OF McQuecn's services while in COlum
/ bia, and that he was now in the hospital
| in Camden. The good bishop was de.
/ lighted to hear this. He, too, had been
the object of the wounded soldicr's
I kindly care When the Yankee troops
.
passed through Camden, Mcqueen had
placed a guard around the bishops
house, and hchad not lost even somuch
as chicken. and the same kindness
had been extended to the Reynoldses
and the DeSaussures. The good bishop
gave Mcqueen his apostolic bcnediction
AS made ready to get him out Of hi-
| trouble / went to the quArtcrmasicr
who gave me- an old lame mule, Mrs.
DcSaussure lent me a buggy, and Mr.
W. G. Courtney gave mea suit of
citizens clothes for my charge, and Mrs.
DcSauuure made up a lot Of biscuits
and provisions to last us on our journey,
| for had determined TO take Mcqueen
to the front where might secure his
safe passage across the lines / put Nc.
Queen in the buggy, and walking along.
kside Of him, / carried him to Chester.