The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-07-13
Written for the Spirit
A NARRATIVE OF THE HISTORY
OF THE-
I I q t h o. ". T.,
Personal Adventures of CT. L.Eberle,
OF Co. G. During the War of the
Rebellion, as Cleaned from His
Personal Memoirs.

t;fications t; 2d, s,il at work on same
Sd, our company moved camp to guard
the outside brcsstworks 4th, on guard.
9th, paymaster called and left US some
money. 9Th, lying idle. 7th, on guard.
l6 b, our wagon train was fred upon by
he enemy. l7lh, went out on scout.
20h, Captain arrived to-day. alter hav
ing been on forloush. 2lst, picket
firing. 9th, our company building o
dancing floor. 30.h, visited by my
brother from New York
June 8 3-Expec,ipg an attack from en-
epy 4th, On guard. 18th, the enemy
moved in our direction to-day, aud at
tackled us 14th. some severe fighting
to-day. The enemy charged or us three
lines deep and We we're forced to tall
hack to he main foriifca,ions. Several
of The boys in our company we're cap
tnred, and two men killed. and two were
wounded This is kno an ns The battle
OF Winchester end was fought under
Gen. Milroy. On The 18th we evacuated
Winchester, at about 2 o'clock in the
morning. We we're forced to leave our
artillery and wagon IRAN behind, and Of.
er marching four miles we met The ene-
ny on the Mar,iushurg pike, and some
severe fighting took place After fight.
rg time our forces became some what
dsncrolized, and thinking we could ef.
,ect On escape number Of US started in
.;he direction OF Hsrper's Ferry We
travelled % rni'es toward The ferry, and
were somewhat dismsYed a, meeting the
anemy at Hal Tusn Resistance was
useless and We qae'lv surrendered and
we're taken back 10 Winchester as pri'o-
ners of var 17lb, we are being closely
guarded to-day aud having had but little
20 cal are almost fsmished 18Th. abort
1000 prisoners-myself among the mum.
her-were marched out under guard of
the 54:h North Carolina Volunteers, and
started for Richmond, The capital o. the
Coniederscy. We were marched 1SI
miles snd then hsl!ed and csmped. %
he next day we marched Is miles AID
again csmped. We epassed through S:ra,.
bourg on that march. 20lh, arched 10
miles snd camped We passed through
Woodstock, Eiehburg aud Mount Jack
son. 2lst. marched II miles and camp.
ed, after passing through New Market
22d, msrched Is miles and c,mped after
passing through Harrisburg and Mount
Crawford. 23i, marched Is miles, pass.
ed through Mount Sidney and canped.
Oath, marched one mile AMI arrived Al
Stauntop. We suffered greatly on this
march, as our provisions we're short
We left Staunton on the train and rode
lao miles when we arrived at Richmond.
25tb, We uera to day lodged in Libby
Prison, after being searched aud having
everything taken from US. 26th, we
marched II miles to-day, and camped on
Belle Island and were paroled. 9Th,
2Stb, 29th and 30 b, hpn,ing lice and ex.
periencing what il is to be half-stsrved
and nothing 10 satisfy our hunger
July Making srrangemeuts!,o leave,
as we will soon be transferred. 221, We
took the cars and after riding Is miles,
arrived at Petersburg. We left Peters,
burg the same day and arrived st City
Point We were highly elated when We
beheid the glorious Stars and Stripes
floating In the breeze, from the truce
boat, City Of New York, snd We induig-
ed in hearty cheering as greeting TO the
dear old flag.
In hopes of finding something TO eat,
we went on board the boat, Our hopes
we're realSed and we once more ate q
"fquare" meal. We were on board all
day. and that night we arrived al For,r, 81
Monroe. We soon left the Fort and went
to Annapolis We were here regularly
paroled, and received o supply of new
clothing. We spent the Alb in firing sa
luies and taking in the town. Oh, nus
tered for pay. 10Th, went to the lhealer.
A number of Us took French leave on /
the 18th and left for our distant home
Our plan OF escape was to get on board
q steamer that would soon leave With pa
rolled prlsoners Tor Camp Chase, Oi 10,
and By mingling with them escape de'ec.
tion Our plan succeeded admirably
and we travelled 40 miles in this way,
and then arrived at Baltimore We lef,
the steamer here, and taking the cars
rode 80 miles and came 10 Philadelphia
On the 10Th we travelled 300 miles and
found ourselves al Letrobe Station, near
Pittsburgh. We we're here mel by the
rumor that our whei eabouis we're kno wn
and that We would be apprebenied at
Pittsburgh and returned to Camp Annsp
oils. In order to avoid the unpleasant.
ness Of oil this, We left The train and
commenced the overland march from
there to our homes in Ohio. On the l6 b |
we marched 8 miles and camped. Tne
l7lh brought US 80 miles nearer home
On the 18th We marched % miles and
camped. 10th, marched 10 miles aud
camped. Goth, marched % miles and
crossed the Ohio River at Pike Run, be.
low Moundsville. On this march Ne