The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-20

orderly ON horseback aud tho old nnd Young
men IN the wagons. we travelled four or five
miles, meanwhile keeping up the r,lse Of be-
ing so glad to br caught Three of ,,s made
nn our minds however, that VIZ wouldn't
ailow them to carry eleven Yankee officers
back to Jail. On one prctrxt We got tho
young man to fall bnrk from he team: on
another, the orderly To go to tho post uttirr,
which he spoke Of ar lning near. We three
hen sprang from tho team and ran four our
lives into IL wood lot nc,,r tho r,,,,l II growtl,
nf srIrbl,y Onks. When stopped running
! couldn't stc or hear either Of my connpan-
IONS"
did you find Them"
81 never saw them ,,gnin, but in 1866, while
ut AIexan'iria, ! got II letter from
one of them saying they were both re-
captured TINT same day, and alone Of the
eleven escaped"
How did you procstl?"
- was alone that day and night; n col !
rain was falling; at night ii la,inrd harder,
nnl lay curlsl up in the woods. had u
raw sweet potato in my Iorkrt. which ate
for hrc;,kf;lst. AS the day u,,rncl lmg,,n to
crawl around To find 81 plantation aud during
tl"t''ir-n"on reached one. .cIcrh uptntl, f.nro
i,nd attracted the attention Of an old cul,,i,al
man who was working with several others in
I, i"lti. His iI;,ic was July. and he proves,
{, very warm friend. told Him was u ian-
XIX: lie showed mo where to hide aud at
noon brought me u hountco,,s dinner of bui.
cd I'ork, sweet potators and corn bread. l
never si.al forget il: il was The first square
meal had catcn for five months. At dusk
nc eamc nsa'n, bringing supplies not only
from his own plantation. hut cont ributcti ly
Other friendly nrgncs-,hckcn, milk AM,
otlirrt rtl,in;ss-asump tuuus meal. July showed
me :, plncr To sleep, in ~ haymuw. hut l had
hardly got there Gro he called mo down to
1n'st several other Union men who had rs.
capped from Camp Sorghum. November 3. 1t
WAS Il happy m,ring.nml wraftrrwnrls tr;lv-
'l'Hl together to the Union lines. These mon
wrs: lirnry T. Kendall of Itrniing. .,liu
t;,nt of the Fiftir,h Pennsylvania regiment; ;
Maj. tharlrsG Davis of thu First Mass,cllu.
sriis cavalry, who is now clerk in tllr office of
S":lr;srant -at Arms Adam. ut the tatr-hu,ls,
aaW. tllas. :. k"mlnll uf the First Mass;,-
Lieut. Kendall nf Station 3. Boston: i'ap,. "
e. Hart, from kcoknk. To-. nf tn" Nineteenth
r.g'ltnrs. now dead: Lieut.. William Nelson of
il" thirteenth Ia'gulnrs. now living in Ar.
KANSAS; Lieut.. Thomas Is Ih.w.s's Of Penn.
sNlvania of Second I'nii"d States r;,ylry,
now dead We got to tho railroad. followed
| il 100 miles To the end. ainl then walked $50
miles 4" Knoxville. Trun.
II WAS a hazardous, rxriiing tramp all the
way. W" were ;,i,l"l 10y ilrwrucs Oir dark
f"ggy night VIZ fur,lal II cold, deep stream,
and were almost exhausted when !, good
slnrk"y lsl us to an old deserted cabin sun.
rr'l us with lire and f,nl. applcs and leaf
t"l'hru. That was II jolly feast aud camp.
fire We held in that log cabin. Nuvcmlmr I'll
1861.
"Whilr in the Western part nt North caro-.
ma W. tried to follow tl" road along the
l.ittl" Tennessee river. hut got on the track
and several days made M ln,lwny
Arriving at a house, | volunteered to
max" inquiries. although my comrades tried
| n ttI l,,r,
where 3, man was ;'hurking rnril, aud as I
entered llr started out at the other end !
followed, s,p"k" To him anl,nl'lhn my story
lie said, ! never hav" shot at IL Yankee aud
J never will. liz had lmr,, twice cuusrri,,"l
mt" "" rcl"l army. hut run away. and
Thought at first was n rnnsrrip,ing officer
FROM fear of whirh h" had NJ, slept in ,l.r
h",ls" for thirteen months. | hailed my r,ln.
nninils: We were royalty entertained hy til"
loyal f;,mily of Henry H. Grant. and liz crinl
liz" II baby when wrr;liiir away. Mai Davis,
who kept IL diary Of tllr who'd" trip speaks in
il of This stop at Grants ms follows j think
il is tl" mppirst day We ever ryImrirnrl
That night n mrnlmr nf the rebel guard on
the outpost near cam" tn Grants house,
where his mother WAS stopping. Facing the
risk, We told him our urpns" aud thu next
day II" rnninrt"l us through III" line. Imin,-
Ing ont m very sentry IN guard. liz risk.al
his life in $" ,uing. There wcrr n,nny loyal
"ol," in North Carnliua W" arrived NJ
Knoxville DarInimr :, after !, months thrill.
ing adventures. ] obtained n lr;,v" of all.
srn'. went home, returned aud rr,l,;,i,l in
srrvir unit the war GUIDED. Since then have
lived both lt the North aud South aud final.
ly established myS,fin this vicinity"