The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-03

| ran 10 MS assistance anu wanted 20 help him.
lie said he was III great pain and he thought a
little whiSlcy would relieve him. The antidote
| for pain prescribed by him was forthcoming
aud the doctor went on his way, rejoicing that
his trick hal succeeded so we'll
One more aud VIC will resume our march to-
| wards the r>in.: Of the sun. Near our camr
AT Jackson was the residence of Judge Shockcy.
The Judge was an elderly gentleman, large.
prim, di%nited cg"tistIcal aud little touch ell
with pomposiiy. lie reported 10 Capt. Jcter
one day that he hal missed shirt from his
clothes line, and he believed one of the men
had it. W. ID. liumphrcs, orderly sergeant Of
the company, was told TO search the baggage
Of every man in the company and to carry
Judge Shockey along to identify his shirt
lIumphrics said, "wcll, Captain. give me YOUR
keys and will begin with you. The news
soon ran through camp that Judge Schockcy
was on the war path hunting for lost shirt.
The men wanted no better signal than TINT
for spontaneous outburst OF f,ln. One of
them, holding up u red nrnnel shirt that was
80 thick and heavy that it almost made YOU
pcrSphc TO look ut it in the sha lc aid. Judge
Is tins your shirt? Then two Of them, put
ting little Irish boy, who joined the company
after We went west on their shoulders marched
up to the Judge AMI said Judge, this fellow
has your shirt on. lie was seer when he took
it from your clothes line. When the Judge
who was large, digniiici man, and the very
prince of nratncss, looked up aud saw the little
dirty Irish lad sitting on the shoulders of the
msn, wearing homcSpnn shirt, looking
neither the cleaner or better from long service
and marked with stripes a. bruad rs the one
that dcsignatcs the characteristic penitcntiary
costume, the idea Of tha; being his shirt and
the thought that he was, IT his own expense,
making fun for the amusement of the soldiers.
was, to him. 50 suprcmely ridiculous that lie
turned abruptly away, saying, sergeant, you
need not look any further, would rather lose
my shirt W. heard l,o more of Judge
Shockcy till reconstruction times when, be-
licvc, he was provisio oncl Governor Of the State
Of Mississippi.
Gen. Rains. the inventor Of sub terra shells
and torpcdocs, was sent TO Jackson with the
hope CT making his new weapon Of warfare
very destructive to the enemy. ] heard him
imagining one day the terrible fate that await
ed the Fcdcrals, when they passed over these
explosives. When we crossed The Pearl River
OH our retreat, guards were stat onel at differ
cat places where hc had buried ypmc OF these
f"+puna, ~ ,uru chr troops oft oi the road so
rs u prevent the lcStl uctipn of u:lr OWE men.
If they ever harmed any one Of the enemy |
never heard Of il. Dynamite might. in this
way. he male very destructive to an invading
army. We hivouaccd the night after the army
left Jackson near Brandon. The next day the
army moved few miles cast of BRANDON The
FcdcralS pursued us TO Brandon. an then
abandonin" the hope cf over,ahing johnson.
returned 10 Jackson, AMI aflc; committing
may ac,S pf vandalism, Wclt back 10 Nicks-
buI@. The TWO hostile armies were now
marching in opposite directions, Grant going
westward and johnson eastward. They might
have met somewhere in China had they kept on
We continued our march along the line of rail
road To Forest Station. Scarcity of water
E.alc it necessary Tor the army TO go into camp
at Roberts Mills, some five miles south Of the
station Like the "r" shopper and army worm
:hat axe fire, ucnt changes in locations on.
vest n food became scarce, - we had to mako
frequent changes on account "i the paucity Of
water. Very Su'ldcny Johnsons Mississippi
army disappeared, how or when. we hardly
knew. Sudrny hrousht together from diff
fcrcnt comraulS. it a. quickly returned The
Macbeth was left in camp at Enhc'ts Nils
w'lhou. ordcr, AMI rations the Only remain
M vcSi%c 1T .J"hnsons NIS~iS>ippj army.
There are rircumSianc under which fGraginr
on an individual account might hc nkrl at.
one of those cNruSahlc emergencies was now
on us. The men were todd - supply present
ncccSsitic.. on the promise ot the Contcdcracy
- feed IA" 'r",!'S I:crc n, lin Tie olu ada.e
give men au inch and they viii take an eli,
was verified. It required great deal more to
aprca>c The appciit"S of orr men. when they,
and not the government were til, Judges Of
their capacity. ON this OCCASION it took 4
sheep I" each mess, and hog or Two sprinklcl
"n to season il. The farmer ~ whose ST, elk
the men hal rH'lcl, called 1T hc:vlqumicrs and
laid hi complaint. capt Jercr told him tc
identify the men, and they should pay over
anil above what was right for the government
| to pay. lie crr. saying he would he back the
next morning. That night we received orders
to report at Mobile for duty. aud left The next
morning. before the farmer came in with his
bill OF damages.
During our cncampmcnt at Robert. Mills Al
old couple man aud wife, VIII" hal immi:ratcL
! to that country year previous. hearing .hat We
were South Earulinlus. Ialc n visit rn the
camp AMI were seemingly as slal to soc us n,
! If "" hal hcca Of their o"n krh anl Kin.
remember how i'rling'y til" o'i lady srahc q
/ oar I'sri-hit'' AMI SPOKE worls of genuine sym
, lHthy. ih"y LEFT US with rrc,S inc inyitatiot