Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-06
A TIGHT SQUEEZE.
An Ex-Rebers Adventure Within
the Union Lines.


idan and the Rappahannock, on his old
grounds. This was about December l.
On the 18Th of the month received
or,.rs 20 or,ss ,bo river ,c,e,r,t. his
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camp anu P'eA up All poSS'''e '''''' 'ii'
ton
1t was understood that he was send.
ing troops off West, and was particu-
l,rlv cbarged In discover if there WAS
nny foundation in the report.
left the rehoI cavalry outnost st ten
o'clock ona ni,yht bo;rr on foot and
,oor;,o hrTa rri,orr, tbrorch,r,
I'll .. ..,,,, -, - -,
Intle was apo"' h,''e vi ntutt'.
SrIunu oe,weeh ouiPoS''' anu "nth
nao c'eP' uo"h 'he h'sh"a! almost 10
1ile ,n'on ,'oe''cs tooN " .ile 'ie'u,
anu an" "aI'hou en-, hh'" e'els i"u vi
'le county, anu passing 'he >iue'Ve
WIS nl''.tr VI no lIoupi,' ,,r
l. Wns wnsn ! Leacntu 'Ie , itS' me
w.. now n,;dni,,ht ana ,,.;n,er bad cot
in Tbora vas No snn,, bn, tho Wind
was cold and ,ba ,rnm,d tro,on Il sn
bonnonsd thatI str,,oi, a nor, ~ Eroncb,s
cnrns Knnuin,, ,hot an wos an;rn
into winter ,u,rIors and LnoyirT thaf
a strong picket was out, the sentinels
III I ,nco,od t,y, onJ ha,t, ,ro,a ,n,,e,ad
mn orainst tho cold and ,h;ntirr more
~ lon,,;rcr ,yor,, ,han -. Innl,;,,, tar
snias WT;Ie 7 was wa;,in., fnr E,nce
,n str1t in Tho 1000 na,,,a -tnoothnr and
s,ond ,aIt ina and tbi. mi,, mo- ,ha sbn,.
7 rart"d ii, ~, t,nr,, ,r,,r 49,, nnlS ,rronnd
| L,r, 90 a I;,tla ,r a., ,;,,L, and o,,oraI
the gap without being seen. In ten
/ minutes more l was among the tents and
shantics.
| | must find place to pass the night.
1t was too cold to 90 prowlng round,
sayfog nothing Of the danger to be in
CURED. | walked up one street and
down another, looking for place to
stow myself away; and bye and bye |
saw soldier come ont of tent and 90
of. lrcasuncd that he was on guard, and
had come tn his tent on an errand, and
was probably right.
II was half-tent. half-shanty. with q
fireplace in it. crcpt in at the door
and fouuu fire going ana three men
asleep under the blankets. There was
a heap of wood al hand, and the best |
| could do was to stir up the fire and
| hover over it. didn't mean to fall
asleep; that is. was bound and deter
mined % keep awake, but | had no
sooner got fairly warmed through than
went of to the land o. Nod. and the
next thing knew it was daylight.
None o the chaps under the blankets
were awake. and | slipped out without
disturbing 'em Everything would have
been all right 'cept for man in tent
across the street He had come out
after wood, and was standing there as |
the same company. and as all the men
in each company knew each other, it
was only natural that |. perfect
stranger, should attract his attention.
Further. it was jiSt Us natural that he
should suspect me of being thief. He
was n sOur-faced, beetle e-browrd chap,
and the mint | looked into his eyes |
knew we would have row.
"Ah!l caught YOU he growled as l
faced him.
AT WHAT" | coolly asked.
"Stealing of course
"IOu are wrong. 1 went in there to
git warm"
''WhO be you?'
George smith"
What regiment?'
Sixth Maine"
l was answering at random. knew
that the Sixth Maine was in the fight at
RappahannOCk Station about month
before, because had talked with some
prisoners.
Where's your regiment?' he asked
That s what I'm looking for. v ! re-
piled. Il was took by the rebels fifteen
days ago, and have just escaped an
come in.
answered him so promptly, and told
such straight story, that he coulc
have no suspicious and ! might have
got away but tor an accident, lie hat
brought out his coilce-pot. and in NOV
ing away l fell over it. he was aching