The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-10-11
4 nououET AND A NOTE.


the population to very considerable
extent. As rode out of town, a little
girl about ten years old ran up to my
sorse and gave me bouquet, concealed
in which was note without signature,
but advising me of federal force sta.
toned at WrightsVille, some twenty
miles ahead of me. 1 moved through
York without hating aud camped
beyond it.
1.-THE next day marched to Wrights.
VILE. on the Susquehanna river, aud
found the Federal force located in the
exact position described in the anony
NOUS note. The information contained
in the note enabled me to turn the flank
of the position and to dislodge the force
that WAS there (which think was com.
posed of one hundred day men without
any battle. In retreating across the bridge
over the Susquehanna, between the towns
Of Wrightsville and Columbia, the Fed
eral troops fired the bridge. l stayed to
e3tipguish the flames, but was unable TO
do so, aud the burning bridge fired the
town. formed my command around
the burning district, with each flank rest.
ing upon the waters edge of the Susque-
hanna river, and began systematic fight
with the flames, in order to save the
town. We did save it, and the next
morning, after fighting the flames late at
night, when I was in the act of beginning
nv retrograde movement, inasmuch as |
failed to save the bridge and cross the
river, 1 was waited on by committee
from the town authorities of Wrights:
vile, extending me the formal thanks of
those people for having saved the town,
and also an invitation to complimentary
lunch given by the lady whose house
would have been the next to take fire
pnt for the prevention of those Confeder-
ate soldiers.
II hays thus given all the facts con.
rected ..th m5 movementin that part OF
Pennsylvania, in order to show how
absurd i, the statement that had to be
hired or persuaded from destroying pri
vate property. Inot only followed my
oVn inclination in abstaining from any
destruction and in absolutely saving
from fire kindled by Federal forces pri-
vate property, but [ acted in accordance
with the stringent orders of General Lee.
CONFEDERATE MONEY IN PENNsYL
vANIA.
"Of course | do not mean to say or
Ultimate that we hesitsted to take food or
horses or whatever supplies were needed
70 sustain the army, but outside OF this
there was no destruction even OF fences,
aud the track of General Lees army,
w.th the exception of the battlefield at
Gettysburg, could not be traced by any
evidence Of the march of hostile armies. !"
"What would the people say when you
tonk horses, etc?"
"There were many incidents most
amusing in character. Most of the
innabitants of that beautiful valley of
Pennsylvania were Dutch or people of
German descent, with immense barns
and small houses. When it was neces'
sary to impress or take horses, of course
they protested most roundly, saying in
their broken English that we did not
own the horses and had not paid for
them; to which my reply was that | was
ready to pay.
"lNhqn they demanded the pay 1
offered Confederate money, which was
the only currency I had. Of course this
they rejected with great indignation, and
demanded good money. To this Ireplied
that I could not furnish that, but I
would give them au order on Mr.. Lin
coin for the money, and did. in several
cases. give an order on the President of
thu United States to pay for so many
horses at so much per head. I dou't
suppose my drafts were honored, but l
have never heard of their being pro.
tested, nor have they been returned to
me- Such incidents we're common on
the road.