The National tribune., 1890-01-16

Bill Ross, Jack Stone, Jack Harris and Bluke
Hansborough, would meet the daughters OF
poor white men.
Mary Daggett lived at home with her daugh-
ter Belle, and had three sons in the Confederate
aTmy-Basil, Catlett and James The latter
married Salome Shepherd, and lives near Pony
Mountain. Basil died in the lunatio asylum
after the war, having gone on to Washington
with his gun to obtain the Presidency, and Cat.
was killed by lightning.
Charles Daggett had five daughters, with his
wife and boy, John, Mt home. PAMELA, Lucy,
Fanny and Melvina are alive and married, and
Kate married Northern soldier named III. X.
Lucas who belonged to tho heavy artillery.
She is now dead. When the North Carolina
brigade camped opposite Chas. Daggetts house
they commenced foraging on him, and he COM
planned of it. The commanding officer issued
orders, which were read on parade, that no fer
aging would bo allowed; but they kept at it,
and the commanding officer ordered Charles to
shootany man who interfered with his property.
One night some soldiers were i'm the house talk
ing TO him aud the girls when he heard a noise
outside, as he thought. He went into the other
room, took gun, went out and fired in the di
rection of two stacks Of rye, which the soldiers
had been disturbing. He then heard n cry, and
the soldiers ran out of the house to find one of
their companions, who was stealing the rye for
bedding, badly wounded.
At Shepherds Grove, which was the post
Office for the surrounding country, Travis
Shepherd lived, with his sons, Dick and Bill,
John being in the Confederate army. His
daughters, Sarah, Saome aud Hester have all
married and gone OFF, old Travis being dead.
The Lambkins lived on the Smith place, on
the Fields Ford road, which turns Off at Shep-
herds Grove and passes by Mrs Sallie Coles.
Shepherds and Miss Fields. Another road
turned of further back toward Daggetts and
went past the Forest Chapel and over toward
Brimmers and into a road that ran from Kelly
vile to Richardvillo.
SOLDIER NAMED MEEsIcK,
ofone ofthe cavalry regiments, was paying atten-
ton TO Miss Jennie Cole and was visiting her
at Mrs. S. Coles mile Off the main road, one
evening. He heard noises outside the house,
and believing them TO be made by Confederate
scouts, drew his revolver and told them to come
in aud take him. A Frenchman, recruit who
was with him, was much frightened. Fearing
that the house would be fired into and the Fed
erals killed, rs they were in the light while
those outside were in darkness, Miss Jennie
Cole blew out the lights. The Confedcrates,
led by Coot Allen and Jack Harris, detailed rs
scouts from their knowledge Of the country.
then rushed in and took them prisoners; but
being unable 10 get them out south, took them
out by way of Fields Ford TO Morrsvile, in
Fanquier County, where they turned them
over 10 a Confederate detachment
The Rogerses lived over near Fields Ford, aud
it was a picket-station fer a time. On one
occasion a party Of Confederates dashed in on
the pieket-post aud killed one man. Either
Intentionally or in the melee, the body was
knocked into n fire they had burning and was
disfgured almost beyond recognition.
Under the old pines stand, where have seen
the trim cavalryman sitting his horse with
carbine advanced, watching the roads, while
his companions, couple OF rods away, dis
mounted, chatted andsmoked near their horses.
whose bridlereius were cast over old pieces Of
horseshoe driven in the trees, and the past
seems TO me more like a dream than a reality.
From Stones house at the forks we will now
start forward. three miles TO Germania Ford and
% miles 60 Fredericksburg This was the route
taken by the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps en-
route to Charlottesville, aud had been travelled
over by Stoneman's cavalry few days pro-
yiously, who partly destroyed the bridge over
the Rapidan. About $50 Confederate pioneers
were repairing the structure when the Fed
eral advance came upon and captured them.