The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-16

WV ANInAM llNi tiNf III as |"tH'ii
howilzers and four long FOUNDER brass
guns These were all used against the
Americans at Yorktown. bat were re-
taken az the surrender of that place.
Colonel Simcoe was regarded with
much less disfavor by the Americans
Than was Tarlctou. The latter was both
feared and hated by the people. and
was ia bad odOr with the officers. on
account of his supposed unwarianted
conduct on several occasions during
the war. After the surrender at York.
there was general interchansing OF
civilltios between the officers of both
armies and the several natiOnalities
represented IN thCm. From these
Tarle,On was sometimes excluded. and
was so often the subject OF insult that
he kept himself withdrawn from obser
walton as much as possible. On enc oc-
casion, being invited 10 dine out at
some distance from his camp. he
mounted his hose and was riding
through the streets Of the town on his
way TO the entertainment. when he
was accOsted by countryman. VINO
claimed ownership OF the horse. Or
ders had been given allowing the peO-
pie 20 recover all personal property in
the possession of the British that could be
identified Tarleton protested against
giving up the fine animal upon which
he was mounted. but TO no purpose.
The claimant proved that the horse hai
been taken from him, and the discom-
fitted Colonel had to dlsmOunt IN the
street amid the jeers of the by-sfanders
and take il afCot to the dinner. S,mcOe
was treated very differently. He was
especially the object of General Henry
Ice Is attention OF one occasion when
the latter had become prisoner of war.
SimcOe had visited him and had ok
tended such couftesies to him that the
former was glad To have the Opp0r-
tunity 90 return these civilities. He
seems 10 have been favOrite. also. even
with Baron Sicubon. who used his IN
tlucnco with General Washington 10
procure for him a speedy passage to
England. and the Duke de Lauzun put
French frigate al his service on his
return tOdrance. At the time Of the
surrender both he and TarletOn had be-
taken themselves TO the British sloOp Of
war "Bonettl,' then lying in York
river. doubtless with the view of es-
Gaping M her should the chance offer.
While in Virginia. after the surrender
az York. SmcOc expressed the opinion
that negroes should have been used rs
soldiers againgi the rebels. He
thought thew were brave. and if pro-
perly managed would have proved eff
cent auxiharies TO the British arms.
lie said they would have made excel
I.f I...l.
taughtth use of the swOrd. Being caIa-
bic Of great fatigue. especially IN hot
climate they would have been particu-
larry efficient i'm the South. Whether
the OPINIONS of the British officer could
have been verified an the time and un-
der the circumstance. by which he was
then enylrOIed. We cannot determine.
But it cannot be maiuiainej with truth
that the negro ever made good soldier
in ITS highest sense during the late
civil war in America. When fired by
the fumes ef whl-key ms courage
seemed equal 90 any emergency. bat rs
soon as the effect had passed Oft. and
be became exposed To The punishmet /
battle. his nerve gave way 10 the most
abandoned and reckless decentralization.
point Of the bavOnct. TO fan victim TO
The fire of the COnfederates, while his
white allies IN the rear hoped 90 profit
by his destruction. lie was parucu
LARRY appreciated by our friends the
enemy as proper guard over de-
fencelcss prisoners. I'm this capacity
Inns highest delight consisted IN wan
tOuly shooting down the lrcspassef
who might unwitlingly pass the limits
Of his allotted beat within the prison
bounds.
SlmcOes subsequent career was a
highly memorable one. lie served ln
Parliament. was Governor General of
Canada. and i'm 1904 was promoted TO
the rank of MaiOr-Gpneral. and sent 60
command the -. Domingo. lie was
anerwarl raised to the rank OF Lieu
tenant General, aud at ms death IN
1906. which occurred i'm his fiily-iiilh
year, was C0mmandeT-in-Chiei oil the
British forces in India.
10 is commonly believed that the uni
forms worn by the English troops
during tie war IN America were uni
versally red. This Is a mistake. In
some cases their resemblance TO the
Provincial uniforms caused awkward
and serious mistakes. Tarlet0n dra-
goons wore white coats trimmed with
blue. His marauders were frequently
described as red coats, but this
arose from the fact that he had in his
corps quite "A number OF mounted in
fantrg of the line. all of whom wore the
red coat. The tails of his horses were
always trimmed n square al the ends
to produce uniformity Of appearance
and 10 keep his animals neat. Simcoe S
/ Legion wore green coats. leather
+ breecnes. and high boots. and could best
/ be distinguished from other mounted
/ troops by their excessively high mill
tary hats. The blue uniform OF Lee 5
+ Legion was 50 much like the latter that
they could scarcely be distinguished
/ from those of the enemy. The Virginia
troops were sometimes clad IN white
+ linen duck canvas. or whatever else
/ they could get to hide their nakeduess
OF protect them from the weather.
+ Tho.e fabrics were imported from the
+ West Indies by the sells of the Nir-
gmia Navy in exchange for tobacco
and a few other articles of commerce.
Tobacco! Tobacco! IODaccoi
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