Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-10-18

from the prison. He was pursued by
hounds and finally treed. He refused
to surrender, and wns shot to death by
the posse in pursuit. This was the
story as told by the rebel Lieutenant
Brady,
About the middle OF March, as COM
rade Sam Wood and myself had be-
come fast friends, we concluded to ask
a favor of Officer Brady. The boys
who had escaped by going through the
vault were in very embarrassing con-
dition with regard to our clothes. 1t
really seemed that the longer we wore
them the worse they became, and we
never had an opportunity to wash
them. Comrades gave us MS wide n
berth MS possible, and we really began
to feel snubbcd. One morning after
Brady had been in and counted us,
Wood and myself asked the privilege
OF going to the place where number
of our boys were detailed to do the
cooking. These boys were on n parole
of honor, under oath not to leave.
Officer Brady granted us the favor we
asked, as he undoubtedly saw we were
sadly in need of little laundry work.
We got some water from the canal, and
comrade Didway, Co. A, of my regi-
ment, the 2lst o. V. l., who was one of
the cooks provided us with the ncces-
sary utensils to do our washing. We
put in the time to good advantage and
made quite an improvement in our
wearing apparel, and when we had
finished put our clothes on wet, and
laid ourselves under large wood pile
to dry.
We were hoping that when Brady
came back, he would have forgotten
about letting us out to wash clothing.
We had by this time become quite well
acquainted with Brady, and knew that
he had n great many things to look
after; and besides he was inclined to
be forgetful, and the chances were in
our favor, on account of his defective
memory, if we only kept out of his
sight. However we were somewhat
disappointed, for when he come back,
about 3 p. m, one Of the first questions
he asked of the cooks was whether we
had been put back in the prison. The
answer he received was not very re-
liable they of course knew that we
had not httt did ,nt tn t,11 L.;
so they simply said they supposed we
had been returned. Fortunately,
Brady seemed to be of the opinion that
the sergeant, who often assisted him in
his work, had put us back, as he so ex-
pressed himself.
We lay hidden under that wood pile
until about an hour after dark. Then
we came out, and by n previous ar
rangement made with comrade Didway,
went to the cook shanty, and each of us
was given pail containing cornbread
and fat pork, and then proceeding to
the canal where the cooks were in the
habit OF going with pals for water,
they were all the disguise we needed
to pass the rebel guard lines. The
new cooks were not molested: not even
halted. After reaching the canal, the
next question was to get to the opposite
shore, as neither of us knew where to
find lock, or whether there was one
within reasonable distance. AS |
was somewhat ofan eXpertat swimming,
/ ventured in, and TO my surprise found,
that / could wade all the way across.
1t did not take long before l was fol-
lowed by Wood and the pals. Finding
n sluice-way from the canal to the Dan
River, which we followed until we
came to the river, and for the purpose
of evading the blood hounds, continued
to wade the river nearly all night.
While there was no ice on the water,
rs on the occasion of my former escape,
the water was just ms cold, and before
we left our bath that night, our feet
and lower limbs were as numb as
though there was no life in them. The
suffering we endured was the pain in
the thighs and hips. II it had not been
for The excitement we were laboring
under, we should certainly have frozen.
The efforts in keeping our equilibrium,
or in getting up after falling, seemed
to be sufficient to keep up n circulation
of the blood, and there was not much
chance for freezing. Thus plunging
along through the water, some times
deep, sometimes shallow, until we had
gone distance OF about ten miles, as
we supposed; at least we did not leave
the river until two or three o'clock in
the morning. After leaving the river
we hurried along as fast as we possibly
could. Comrade Wood was an except
ionally good walker, and MS he had had
some outside work to do for the rebels,
he had more strength than ! had, and
no man was more determined than he.
About half past five that morning
we concluded to hunt place where we
could secrate ourselves and sleep dur
ing the day. We were quite successful
in finding comparatively comfortable
place in dense thicket of brush,
where there was hardly possible
chance of our being observed, as in all
probability no one had travcrsed 1t for
years, as there was an area of one or
two acres that was almost impossible.
After comrade Wood had gathered
together many leaves, and covered us,
or rather me, he crawled in, and after
shivering for some time, we began to
get warm. About 9 n. IN. Wood got
up, but believe / kept covered up all
day. He said that While he was up
he noticed the leaves in which we were
imbedded were covered with frost, and
n vapor could be seen rising from them,
as from the nostrils OF a horse ON u
cold day.
no BE CONTINUED.
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by local apDllcation. az they cannot reacl,