Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-01
Incidents Of a LlltIs-KnOwm Phase
Of Mar Tines.
llarsading Rufians Summary Shot By
Their Former cemrsdss---A Last
Look at General lse---UPsst
at Bad Crossing.



al the men we're going to dssolatsd homes
Aud ret they hAd great deal to be proud
oE--'they had fought the good Fight, they
had kept the fAlih," and it might have
uroUsrly been said Of them. well done,
rood and faithful servants
When il became patent 70 tie Confedsr'
etss that the cause had collapsed, with the
rrand majority Of the Coniederases the
question va, "Hou shall We get homer
1 mean the infantry officers and soldiers
Gensral Grant with that hoersity that
chnrscserized al his actions in this trying
eOoSh. had made arrangements for trans
portation By rail Of sill the captured men
who lived in the Southern States, and even
In MARYLAND, bat the hines OF trsRsports-
tiou did NOT touch those who lived IN what
might be called the 'tide-Eater section OF
ViSgiuiA- / an glad that il didn't for l
had an experience that the richest man
Kvipg mighI be wiling to pay for.
RecnuIng to the pairing CT ofhcers and
usu. when me srms were stacked and the
eolors piled Tor the Lass time on The bleak
hinsida' scarcely kaoS hos to ETi;e tenn
psrakelV. Il was 6reary psriiDg-so
5rearv that a man who has not had =
hlankse partner amidst difficulties and dan
gers for wears, aud Who has not come to
fook mon him as his second self could
not uossibly realize. There have been
men Who have attempted TO dsscTibe this
seens both pic;oriAly and editOsiaily' but
raEY FALL FAR sHoET OF TaE REALITY,
and he truth Of the matter is | don't BE-
6ess that any Of them were there 81 the
time.
Nov. after Ee had 6Ied up tie mater Of
uaroIes. etc, I looked aboug me for an ami
malto carry me some 800 miles away. by
sood luck found gray aorse IN Eaoanks
Sattery Of artillery Zone OF the few batteries
remainiog in the army that had not the
,overumsnt mark on him, end therefore l
Sad a shoE of color for claiming him as
r,iyats property uEder the terms OF The
snr,Auder. About y O'Clock on The
-,o,nin~ of the l2;h CT April when We had
h;S5sD zach other fszeEell, / mounted my
bor<e who By the way, WAS almost
s,srvsd 70 death. sad struck Cut By map
AID eompass Ter ny home st Fairfax
Co.. House l can hardly recall my
f.a6,os AZ that time VAS cLly twenty
ore wears old, bat 10 four years had
connssssd the experience Ct On ordinary
life time. When golcs cut Of the cor
doE of MILITARY tast surrounded US 3
fsllou NAMED CAr4cos, WHO lived Fear
Manassas IVES fought, rode up beside me
And torms1 GA acquaintance, sCd We
agrsed 10 keep IN e1Dpauy until We got
home You see bis home Sss not more
thau tEsnty niles icom ny Own. "aen
Va were 6rst tslsing Sita each ohet We
had approached tbs lutsn'y p,cSsts o. the
soeny and tne7 a. once halIed. koT,
r.-raeoe belonged 10 z caardon'R ost'sl-
hon Of calvary Lees hsadqlsrter oa''At-
konl AID /, as On infantry man
HAD 80 EAHrHLV RiGHr 10 A HORSE,
hut told toe captain q TIE picSes that l
was hiek. that nv horse bAi no government
r.a,k "a him. and that lived ii u seetiou
ofcouutrY no. easily rssched By railroad
Enes That Ysnses ohctr Sss 8 geIt!s-
nan every inch OF him, tor be 10; only
Dern;rtsd me TO 90 on, but be pressed q
sI0 va niece in nv hard IS ! pssssd By
8 ,,nsf tha, this may meet his eSe Ia token
that / have 10. forgotten his kindness and
msgnaninity. 90, ,
las. bafors nv comrads snd myself had
nasssd the outer line OF pieSet' We tro;ted
by = elosed ambulance followed oy pia-
toon of cavalry, and in tbs ambulance We
nav General Lee, by whom Wa seated
Charlss Marshall. his aid de-esWP, and on
ne opoosits seat Walter II, Taylor, his Ad-
Satant General. Although nv battalion
(,hs Irish ba,salion) was closely connected
S.ith HEADQUARTERS, this wss the hrst time
had ssen General Lee Iiaee the surrender.
AL remember nov, his face looked 5rsEn
md hazard. and there vas q strained eI-
Drassiou about the eyes that was very PalE-
FOL to witness By those who hsd seen him
a his best days, when he Wss the haod-
Homest man and the best horsemsn In the
sntire srmv. ] tried to stop the a1oul'
ancs TO shake hands with the fallen chief,
h1s Colonel Taylor waived me Of
When Carracoe aud myself got
hovo,d the Yankee hue and
.t,ock cut for the nearest cross
Inc ~ the James river, we found mob OF
nm alopv the road Esy Who were evidently
srror 10 the psop's Of tie farms ada
1T recollset that thiz section OF Viz
Sad never been visited 6y toe sctusl
of war;, terrifying the people and
az them Of horses, cattle and every
form of farm produce, and, worse
they were insulting the women Ii
actually
PGSDENUNIUN LET LOOSE.
4 don't mean 10 say tia. the generality
sthe paroled soldiers Of the army Of
rthern Virginia INDUCED in such prac-
%. They we're too brave set OF men
.Scy such thipg as that. Bat there are
Iack sheep in every flock, a. / had
ecasioU % know in this relation. Be
o-a INV cs1rade and myself got TO
a. lanes river We met = little
ne0ro bow on q mule WITH Q bag Of corn ne
was earring 20 the mill-a short distance
awav--and several North Csro6nisns Tho
Sad been unable, or perhaps disinehned, to
southEard on the trains provided for
!, nv General Grant, had seized this
by tae legs and were beating him out
,eer dsSiltry. His screams we're wat
-tej nv eomrsde and myself, and We
rvard =. . gsllOp. We were both
ned ana when We took 10 the
there was . short Scufhe. and
two less sxconfsdefstss % an
call in case OF q possible ex-
Sc men we're amply bandits,
OF the same arg Who had
"a earlier 10 the day ss
ladies snd robbed farm
- As TAP % / an con-
1.-THE slightest com
two or three OF
Z the world
spoken
Who
n.