Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-14
Soldiers Superstition,.
detroit Free Press.l

As 10 whether the Confederate soldier
WAS any more superstition, than the Fede-
raj neither admit nor deny, but I think
TIE same supersiitlonS in re- ard 10 ba'tle'
probably prevailed to an equal extent on
| both sides. We may laugh az them NOW.
but We once accepted aud pinned ON faith
10 lhom.
The first instance TO come under my oh-
scIvation was at Gqine>'~ Mil. | was then
irving With an Alabama regiment, aud on
The morning Of the dag on which We were
making our coffee Al the early cIml Ere ]
heard sort Of groan from 4 comrldc. and
rs turned 10 look at him ! noticed that he
was ,tarng into hi, cofe' pot with some
thing like terror, while bis face was delthly
Iaic.
"What is it," / asked.
81 Shall be Killed today H. srlaoet
out
fudge! We don't know that even Il
single mu,kct viii De- tired
~ dreamed last night" he Whispered.
'phat looked down upon a n I o. watt'
wl0,e surface was covered W.T. bdbble'.
and amidst them saw my own dead face.
| -hali be SHOT before night.
| IiGlcUltG tue idea and brOu"h. up
oilers TO assist NJ, but the only reply 10
I
he was q believer IN dreams. aal bee GER
lainly ieit that hi, last d1y bad come. In
place ot eaiiug h., breakfast he scrubbed
Oh letter 10 biz mother aud iniru,t Il II
~ 4 cumrade. I'm Ill., time We got the
order 10 march, and before noon my rc5i-
mcnt wa, thrown forward q uncover I
portion Of the Federal line. The first mis-
| ..lc sent al H. was solid SHOT rom field
piece, aud it struck the young soldier in
| no chest and cUt him ilirly in two, without
riuf.ng another man. Not another ~ IN
uas eyen wounded FOR the next ten minute.
The night before Burnside crossed Il
Fredericksburg a second lieutenant IN a
Virginia REGIMENT received with hundreds
! Of others. some mail from the rec ,ment +
! bag. cgrri"d.he pack OF twenty or thit Y
! letters over 10 the officers quarters ana
handed II 90 tvs lieutenant. 1hctP letter
was for hiu, AMI 0n enc end or the envelope
was a red Niin. 10 looked Ike blood, bat
vas probably nh. llc no sooner 'aw Il
than he became greatly ahcc'. !, and ali I:
81 shal, be The Lr,t officer ont % the
regiment Killed tomorrow
heard dozen officers l,dicnlln- him.
| lut he became silent and serious, and
! finally walked away ~ himself. We were
/ down on the ri-Ai. where the Gr,t cdarls
/ attack va made, our r,3imeIt was u.ng
1 long and deer land igrrow a, rlfle-pit,
and the advancing lac Of blue bad ld't
! come within range VIrn . bullet >irucA the
! lieutenant IN TIE head aai Killed hun 10
,tanilv. II came from tae front. AMI wa,
probably from ONE ,hafp-hoJter, hut D.
/ va, aftprVard. .'.rci ilI' lha officer who
was Killed w.. p.raap.. IN, least exposed
Of any.
There wa, q superstition Do Uy regiment
tilt ans ore rho "rtt into ta't'e with the
FOOT - r rabbit Ird around IiS neck W..
.afo. This va, 3.l Iis.t, 3uI rabbits feet
were a. high premium fOr tw0 or three
week. ny ur-lie Was thea py-h'd abe i
On o RECONNAISSANCE, bu-i.d mp ag1il-!
the NaIh-. and We not only got severely
trIa.h,d. lut $50 lo,i a good mluy men.
out Of tie .'ycuty men ia my company
presume Tat ,Aiug bad the u.l,m'a. II
~ happened ta.t The three Killed belonged
10 ,Li. "h!.,r" ~st. and next DIV rsbUIt-'
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