The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-01-19

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rebel was a success. just as the
main column moved out they met
Col. b. +. Kelley with his regi-
ment marching up from Fetter-
man three miles below where they
had debarked, on their way from
Wheeling. Before reaching Grafton
/ had been promoted and assigned
to the command Of company
of Germans who had joined us from
Preston county, when the column
pulled out for Morgantown. My
company went with them and l
concluded to enter the ranks again,
so joined little company from about
Masontown of which George w. Gil
more was captain. The company
consisted of some twelve or fifteen
men Of whom l can now only recall
Barney Williams, Christ Rhodes, 10
Wright and VIM. Bradley. After
hasty consultation we concluded to
remain for a while at least and were
enjoying a good dinner at the Graf
ton house when Col. Kelley's CON-
mand marched in. After dinner we
inspected the troops and pronounced
them fine body of men. The regi
ment was 1000 strong and the first
regularly enlisted troops We had
seen. They were dressed in the new
regulation uniforms, with bright but
tons, and to most of us who had
never seen anything of the kind made
quite an impression, and had we been
requested to estimate their number
I have no doubt we should have put
them at anywhere from ten to forI
thousand--quite enough in ourjud
ment to wipe out the rebelion-~Z
had an interview with Col. Kelley
and he requested that we do some
scouting out in the direction Of
Pruntytown. This we did in fine
style, but finding no foeman worthy
of our steel--exccpt a red headed
shoemaker whom we captured and
let go again-we kept on to Fair
mont, arriving there about dark and
without further incident The citi-
zens Of Fairmont greeted us as con-
quering heroes just in from many A.
hard fought field. Many believed
we had-if not entirely suppressed
the rebellion-at least hit 1t n stag
gering blow from which it would not
soon recover. Here we found plenty
of warm hearted, generous friends
who cared for us through the night
Fairmont although largely Uniop9
had some who had east their III
with the Confederacy. Among the
latter, now recall the Hon. Tlos.
Raymond, an old ex-mcmheiS Of
Congress, and his son Aft, at that
time prominent lawyer and since
the war judge of the Supreme Co~rt,s-
Jonathan Raymond, a prominent
merchant and business man Of the
place, and who at the collapse OF the
Confederacy was one of its financial
agents; and Jimmy Nelson, one Of
the most brilliant lawyers Of tho
State-if am not mistaken he serv-
ed as attorney general Under Jeffer-
son Davis. Among those prominent
on the side Of the Union were +. II.
Pierpeint, afterwards governor OF the
State; Ephraim Hall afterwards
Judge; Jacob Bceson, formerly Of
this county and during the war 4
member Of the first Legislature of
West Virginia, and DIR. James Brown .
field, who afterwards entered one N
the West Virginih regiments as-sur-
geon. ! met him several times dur
ing the war and always found him
the same pleasant, genial and whole
souled gentleman, as he was when VIC
were boys together. He was son
of Hon. John Brownfeld, Of Smith
field, and still resides in Fairmont,
enjoying large practice in his pro-
fession and the best wishes of friends
innumerable.
T. A. Maulsey, late of Oliphant,
and sill later OF Uniontown, recruit
ed a company of Fairmont boys and
organized them into the first West
Virginia battery of light artillery Of
which he became captain and did
valiant service through the war.
Maulsbv was severely wounded in
one of the battles in the Shenandoah
valley. He now resides in Fairmont
and A. A. G. of the department Of
West Virginia, Grand Army Of the
Republic. Besides those mentioned
there were many who did good SER
vice in both field and forum-the
Selbies, Grahams, LArns, Watsons,
Flemings, Jacobs and Showaftc711
and many more whom / cannot now
recall were true to the Union.
Leaving Fairmont next morning
we, at the request Of some OF the cit
liens, secuted Indian creek and
from there to Laurel Point, whefe
our good old friend BILLY" Fear
supplied the wants of man and beast
with good dinner and plenty Of !.
forage. Fear lived in a rebel neigh
borhood but had erected nice pole
from the top of which doated the
stars and stripes which he was pro-
tecting both day and night with
double barrelled shot gun. From
here we went to Col. 10. Snyder's,
near the Greene county line, and
from there to our several homes
reporting in good shape and without
the loss Of man, after four full days /.
service. The main column of our
force which left Grafton arrived in
Morgantown the evening of the same
day, having as they conceived cap
tured a rebel flag on the way, but
which ON investigation proved to be
a dilapidated skirt of the balmoral
pattern which a frugal house wife
had fastened to bean pole and
planted near the nest of setting
turkey as protection against "var-
mints."
There were many incidents in con
nection with this raid that / md G
give were it not for the fear Of offe1{
ing the dignity of history. Iphas,
however, always been an unsettled
question whether the rebels left
Grafton because they heard VIC were
coming, or whether we went because
we know they had gone. / believe
both propositions to be true The
men on this raid were no better nor
worse than those who afterwards
went regularly into the service.
Many of them did so and proved
themselves as good as the best. I
can recall quite number who pour z