Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-11

the overseer, was called and we want n the
far side of the plantation. where we took refupe
under q straw stack.
AT O'Clock that morning, Mrs Buford Miss
Wiley George. Miss Garfield and Miss Harris
rode out over the plantation on borsebact
finally coming to the strawstack, and prodncinp
from their long riding skirts the best breaktast
ever ate. They had not been gone half AN
hour when the section was literally swarming
with Yankee soldiers looking for us VIC ho5
been traced to Versailles. where all cline had
been lost. That night it rained very hard. and
under cover of darkness we left for Frankfort
Where Shivers left me, and have never seen
him since. Iheard that he was killed by Jack
Goodwin's bushwhackers.
went to Madison, Carlinsville, Springfield
Aurora, Cincinnati, Columbus and Washing
ton. returning with copies of the communica-
tions that the Yankees had captured. 1 re-
turned to Wallis, opposite Madison, and when
going across the river, two soldiers followed
me on the ferry, which succeeded in capsiz-
ing, throwing the soldiers into the river. 1
reached Walrs, where was given the best
horse that ever rode. and seeing that was
pursued, went to the top of hill, where l
had a sharp fight with the Yankees, who
chased me to Christianburg. where they got
new horses; there to Harrodsburg, where 1
was far enough ahead to get lunch at DR..
Kings. At corner grocery got half pint
OF whisky, which gave to the horse and an
other half-pint. which 1 used myself.
A RACE FOR LIFE.
The Yankees were again In sight, and tired
as my horse was again distanced them, cut
the telegraph wires and went on the dead run
for Danvllle, thence to Lebanon. Six miles
from Lebanon turned off the pike and rode
up Poke's creek in three feet of water. put
up at the house of old man Prewitt, having run
my horse lC4 miles. six of which were in the
creek.
The next morning my horse was dead, the
noblest animal l ever saw. was taken sick in
hie dtx-hi1 flo in, had I
When l became a prisoner the excitement
seemed to cure me, and on the train while
being taken to Cairo, jumped off while the
hy was IN and hid oS in moi t S
night. when I stole horse from man named
Greer, who, by the way, have met since aud
offered pay for the horse, which he declined.
The next morning l was in Glasgow, where
received mail and left, crossing the Cumber-
land river near Sparta, thence to Tullahoma,
thence to Knoxville, where l gave my stolen
for Richmond. After making my reports de-
clined to return to the North, and again
assumed command of my regiment OF sharp
shooters in General Claiborne's brigade, joining
them at Lenoirs station.
AGAIN A PRISONER.
In October 1853 was taken prisoner, and
confined first on Johnson's Island and then at
Camp Morton until the close Of thewar. l was
three times offered my parole, Governor Orth,
OF Indiana, coming specially to see me at one
time, but refused to take the iron-clad oath.
After the war was over went North and Set
tied in Detroit, where was elected as a men,
Der of the Michigan Legislature, being defeated
as candidate for reelection in 1885, l then
came to Birmingham, where I have resided
ever since.
Major German is q well-known citizen
and man of unquestionable veracity. II
was by accident that your correspondent
learned of his remarkable history, and with
difficulty that the Major could be INDUCED
to talk about it. The narrative, told in as
few words as possible. brings out some abso-
lutely new points in the history of the Civil
War, which are not only of thrilling inter-
est, but of great value as we'll, throwing
light upon the secret movements of the Con-
federate organizations in the North, a SUBJ
ject heretofore involved in secrecy.
w l.. HAwIEy