The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-01-31

ship. She did not lose ner DalanCe III
her great good fortune. She had the
culture and breeding of q gentle woman,
her children were educated by their in-
tercourse with her from day to day, and
when they all went abroad for some
years of travel, she directed the tour
and Ebenezer declared with good nature
that "Jane was a crackin' smart woman
he had no sort of show side of her, he'd
allow"
'Holly Cottage"
RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
A Well Known st. Louis Official
Hears From Man He Saw Killed
Twenty Years Ago.
From tbs st. Louis Globe.Democrat.
| Just twenty years ago to-day the
Thirtv-seventh Virginia Regiment, un'
der Col. Bob. Claiborne, now Prosecu'
ting Attorney of the st. Louis Court oil
Criminal Correction, sailed forth
from Moorhead, Va, to meet that holy
terror of all Confedrates, the celebrated
"Stoneman Brigade" Gen. Stoneman
was on his famous raid, the object OF
which was to assail Lees army in the
rear, while the Army OF the Potomac
attached him in front. He had already
met and whipped half-a-dozen bands of
| rebels, and Col. Claiborne's regiment
was the most formidable antagonist he
had yet encountered. The engagement
was not an important one. and Purvis'
"Record of the Rebellion" is the only
history of the war which mentions it.
But it was remarkable for the daring
bravery of two men, who proved them
selves the only true soldiers ont of q
| whole company. In the early part ofthe
day Col. Claiborne's regiment was, with
the exception of one company, bearing
| the whole brunt of Stoneman's terrific
onslaughts. ty three O'clock in the at
| ternoon the fine body of men which
that morning formed the Thirtv-seventh
regiment had been reduced to nero
handful. They had been decimated
again and again. One more attack and
not soul would have been left. With
the best of their men either killed or
wounded, and the balance ready to sue.
cumb with fatigue and wounds, there
seemed no possibility of escape for any
one. But suddenly the missing COM
| pany appeared on the field, and though,
| even with the re-enforcements, the
|
| up from the wearied aud bleeding SUR
| vivors. There was only one chance for
| them, and their commander was quick
| to see it. In flash he had leaped from
| his horse, and, calling on the new ar
rivals, he shouted:
every man dismount and follow
mew
But at that moment the blue coats of
StOneman's brigade appeared over the
| crest of the hill in front. and the cheers
of the Union soldiers were ringing in
the ears of the confederates. In vain
did their colonel try to rally them and
urge them on. The solid line of steel
in front was too appalling, and almost to
man they broke and fled. A second
later and Col. Claiborne found himself
deserted by all his men but one. That
man was a rough backwoodsman from
North Carolina, whom he had, but q
short time before, taken from the ranks
and promoted to captaincy for brave
and daring conduct on the battlefield.
close beside his commanding officer he
shouted: "I'll stay by you, Colonel, if
| lose every drop ofblood in my body."s
The words were hardly out of his mouth
before he fell full length on the ground
with rifle ball through his chest.
The next moment Col. Claiborne was
surrounded by the boys in blue and cap
tured. He asterward reported to the
Confederate Government the death of
Capt. Roberts, and from that day until
yesterday, exactly twenty years, he has
heard nothing of the man who aided
him in his CHI rye on Stoneman's brigade.
Yesterday morning Col. Claiborne.
while looking over his letters, came to
one with the postmark s'Raleigh. N. c."
addressed in lead pencil to Maj. G.. K,
aiborne, St. Louis. On opening it the
first thing he saw was the name Capt. T.
B. Roberts. Jumping. to his feet he ex-
claimed to bystander: my God, I
this man shot and killed with my own
eyes at the battle of Morehead, Dec. 81,
1868, and here is his writing to me-"
The letter, however, explained how
Capt. Roberts escaped, and as all the
| circumstances are SO remarkable, it is
| produced here verbatim:
Raleigh, N. c., Dec. 56.-Maj. Clai-
borne: | have been trying to find out
your address ever since the war; have
| asked hundreds of people about it. and
have only just succeeded. l believe l
| would rather see you than any other
man on God Almighty's earth. Do you
remember when you rode up to me at
the battle of Orange Courthouse? was
only tarheel soldier before that. but
when you done what you did 1 would
have died ior you. Then do you re.
member the fight at Morehead, when
you and I started alone to charge
Stoneman's brigade? tell you that fell
whole Yankee army for us fellows to
took1o R,t fhot L. oorp ~
mine. VANITY the the meanest, most
co wardly-of-you ever saw? /
tell you they were the worst God Al
mighty ever had hand in making. No
decent man would have run off and left
you in the lurch the way they did. If
they felt like me they would have died,
every d-n mothers son of them, first.
You thought / was dead, didn't you?
Well, am the healthiest dead man in
North Carolina. l got an ugly wound in
scrimmage at Morehead, and never did
know now it all turned out, but long af.
ter you had all gone came to and found
boss there and managed to get on to
him and ride until found some friends
who took care of me and brought me out
0. K.
Now, Major, want you to write me a
long letter, and tell me all about your
Sell anu WIldG you are QOlng. our
true friend, CAPT. I. y. ROBERTS,
Overseer at State Prison. Raleigh, N. C.
Capt. Roberts speaks of Col. Claiborne
as Major, because he first knew him be-
fore he was made a Colonel. The lat
ter said to Globe Democrat reporter
yesterday that he should spend most of
his time to-day writing to his old COM
rade.
Negro Philosophy.
During the civil war, though hundreds
of colored men at the North and in the
South joined the Federal Army and did