The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-01

| took charge OF tho horses and went on through
to spattanburs. At Pacolet Depot we me. som,
young lady friends from areenviiie ana Spar
! hamburg, going on visit to some friends north
| Or Paoolet river, in Union county. The hour
spent with then, at Pasolet Depot Is pleasing
| ncsdent caiied up from the buried past o.
twenty-five years ago. We rested at Spartan.
| burg near'y week, waiting for Capt. Jeter and
Lieut.. Munro and the Chester and Laurens bows,
/ Those few days spent in spsrtanburg Will eve,
remain IN our memory among the pleasant rec.
elections Of thepast. Anutnber ofimpromptu
parties were gotten up by the young ladies, and
| they now move before the inagination vreatbed
smiles, full Of Ii, and with aif the loyeliness
ana attraction Of young wenisnfood that char
sctetised thsm twenty-two years ago.a '"'i'--
Our guns were taken out Of the depot at srar-
anburs and remounted. The battery was
something new in spartanburg, being the frat
one, fully equipped for the war, that had ever
been there. 1t gave US some notoriety. Our
Timber and caissou chests were loaded with
ammunition, making it impracticable to drill
with horses, but we tried to compensate those
who visited our camp by going through with
the details of loading and firing; thus giving
Them some idea Of how the guns were managed
IN an actual engagement. The good ladies Of
Spartanburg brought rations, already cooked.
TO the camp the evening before the company
LEFT, and after the men had been drawn up in
Hue the young ladies went up and down It. fill.
ing the dirty haversacks with provisions that
were far better than camp fare. The thought
that this cruel war was tearing us away from
the noble ladies Of Union aud Spartanburg, like
the bitterness that linger in The throat after
some pleasant drink, was the bitterness left IN
the breast by the word farewell. We marched
out OF spartanburg, along the Howard Gap road i,
towards Asheville with our thoughts all that
day running Southwark. Most of us were
young men and were leaving our sweetheart,
behind Some twelve miles north Of Spartan
burg, just beyond lnmau and near Mount Cal
vary church, In the bend Of the road stands n
little log cabin. It was occupied, TWENTY-FIVE
years ago, as we passed by on our way to Ashe-
vile, by some women. They evidently did NOT
understand the meaning of troops going to-
wards the mountains. Perhaps they had the
mountains associated with the hiding place OF
you have been whipped in Charleston, and are
now running to the mountains {, hide;' or per.
haps she was in sympathy with the Union and
uttered those words out OF joy over what she
conceived our humiliation. Or, taking n,o,s
liberal view Of 1t, Shs may have been a staun,h
rebel, and her words were those of contem pt for
what she imagined was nm act of cowardice.
We bivouaeed that night on the creek at the
foot OF Windmill Hill, northwarl The next
day We crossed racolet river at DIR. Columbus
Mills place, now Maccaboy's,s and camped at
the base of Tryon Mountain. The following
morning we passed by Bracl Landlords place.
high up on the side Of the mountain. Old
Brack, as he was called, did not know letter
Of the alphabet; but his eccentricities had
given him character at home and abroad. For
9 man Of his letters he could 90 to Charleston
or Raleigh and put on as much style and dignity
g most men. AS an illustration Of bis oddities.
he asked DR.. Mills TO write out a descrip p tion
Of his land, for an advertisement The Doctor
finished it and began to read that the land was ly-
ing and situatedin Polk County, North Caro- lima,
aud on the head waters Of the Pacole. river,
the old man said, Stop, stop, Doctor that is
no description Of my land. want you 10 put IL
as II is--hanging and swinging in Polk county.
His land ran up to the top Of Tryon and is in
the Thermal belt, that has in the last decade
attracted the attention Of fruit growers, from
Maine to Florida. Brack Landlords peach
orchard has not missed bearing fruit in sixty
years. l remember eating some excellent
peaches from this orchard one year ago this
month Old Brack had several sons In the
army who were true as steel to the cause Of
the Confsderacy, up to the sure ader. of our
| armies, aud the old man lent a helpin hand in
taking up and returning desertcrs to our
armies, as long as the war lasted. lie has long
since passed away. We camped that night on
top Of. Blue Ridge, just north Of Green River.
The next morning we passed through Hender.
| SON, beautiful mountain town situated in the
midst Of o beautiful country long since noted
| for health and as o summer retreat for the
people further South. We bivouaced that night
some ten miles from Asheville and near St.
Johns Church, in the wilderness-a beautiful
Episcopal oiuroh built years previous by some
rich men from the coast of South Carolin
That country was and Is filed up with the resi-
dspces Of men from the Palmetto State. Tie
following day we reached our destination and
| reported to Col. J. B. Palmer, then commanding
that fort. He was Northern man, but had
espoussd the cause Of the confederacy,. and We
had no truer man in our armies. At Shilo, b,
commanded o regiment in the Confederate arm,
and his brother one in the Federal army. In
that bloody engagement he was severely
| wounded. We were ordered to go into camE
two miles northeast Of Asheville, near q it'll,
Methodist church, on Beaver Dam Creek. II
lwss lovely camp, In apbeautiful grove on ths
| side Of chill. In front Of the camp, nerth ward
mSuntsin peaks bathed their frowniug forehead.
3in the waves Of the blue ethereal ocean that
Il IAoaiad ahoxa ns uonder IL tha poapnhara q,