The Brookhaven leader., 1885-01-08

| HOIuc. All OF u SuOuen IelL tuaL
ALL WAS NOT RIGHT.
/ at once changed the course 1 wa:
pursuing and turned away from the
river and rode towards the hills ON
my left, until / came to the road
that leads from Vicksburg to Rocky
Springs by way of this Terry. / ex-
a,nined the road closely and found
that it was filled with infantry
tracks. but all going in the direction
of Vicksburg. | crossed the road
and then turned toward the river,
leaving it below me. When / came
to the river l turned down it and
struck the road again, just on the
banks Of it. / drew my pistol and
let it hang in my hand on the full
cock, as | had Il strange feeling that
all was not right. / came to & sharp
berd In the river which had cavcd
about half the road Off There was
thick patch of cane on The right,
and l was about to pass this a pick
ct rose up under the bank in a few
feet of me, and with his musket lev
elled and cooked said, "Ialt, you
rebel son--" | cut the sentence
short with bullet, and he fell back
wards. AT the flash of my pistol
over a hundred shots whizzed all
around me, and my horse wheeled
rapidly around. | felt as if my
whole body was on fire. Two men
rushed at my horse and
GRABBED THE BRIDDLE.
but l sent a bullet into each, and
fired once into the body of men that
were closing around me. My horse
darted forward like a flash and
thundercd up the. road like light
ming. He turned to the right, where
| last entered the road, and dashed
on for several hundred yards, when
suddenly he fel. with heavy crash
and rolled over on NE and lay per-
fectly still, aud with only a slight
shudder he was dead, and |
IMPRISONED UNDER HIM.
| reloaded my pistol and lay for a
few moments before making any
effort to tree myself. A dark Grim :
son pool was forming under me and
l could feel that | was bleeding con
siderably. | strained every nerve
TO free myself but the task was too
great. My whole right side was
useless, and l could with great effort,
just move my right arm. The blood
al last soflened the earth under my
horse and by gently moving my
body backwards and forwards, /
loosened the pressure, and at last
about eleven o'clock at night, !
drew my leg from under the horse
and was free. | could see where
seven bullets had passed through
my horse, and twenty-seyen had
struck my clothing above the belt.
The three last shots l had fired had
been through the torn brim of my
hat, bali having cut across my fore
head at the hat band and dropped
the brim below my line of vision. |
had only received four flesh wounds
above the belt and one in the calf of
the leg, but my flesh was bruised
and abraded in many places by the
grazing of the bullets, and the little
finger Of my left hand was badly
mutilated. One ball came out of a
wound in my breast with the cloth
ing. Nv sword scabbard was cut
halt in two and both crutches SHOT
away, and the sword hook and che
left boot heel was cut clean away
and ball had ploughed a deep
cash in the front OF my sword belt,
and
MY HEAD ACHED FEARFULLY
from the many conclusions and jars
it had received in the melee. / was
surprised that the enemy did not
follow me, but | suppose that they
thought from the rate of speed with
which my horse bounded out of
sight, that he and were both un-
hurt, as had fired three shots after
receiving all of theirs. But what
ever was the cause, | was thankful.
l rose slowly after getting out from
under the horse; l cut a forked
stick and used it as q crutcb, and
got to the river bank, gathered some
dry sticks and made large bundle
of them, and took the bride reins
and tied them together and laid my
saddle bags on them, and putting
my wounded arm over this i'm
povished raft swan and steered it
to the opposite shore. There | cut
me another pole to use as crutch,
and sat down and tore mp one of my
shirts and bound up my wounds the
best way | could, and taking my
saddle bags on my shoulders sc,
off in the direction of jackson. My
steps were very slow, and any mo-
tion was painful. and at about Z
o'clock a. M, saw large house ON
a hill to the south and west of me.
l was in an open field, and it was
cut up with deep gullies, but finding
a foot path / took it, and was led up
in the rear of the house and hid
myself near the back of the meat
house, and soon little negro came
out, and just as she was in a few feet
of me, raised up and asked if there
were
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