The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

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| Capt Duffy had given him two bottles of
whisky for his assistance in handling the
| liquors, aud he proceeded at once to help him.
| self to the contents of one. After taking sew
cral drinks he concluded to hide the other,
afraid the mischevous boys who slept in the
room with him might make away with It, The
| snow had fallen about four inches deep, but had
banked up against fences which had an eastern
| or northeastern exposure TO nearly two feet
An idea struck George. He went out in the
| garden, and reaching through tho fence stuck
| the bottle down in the snow on tho cast side
and came away The boys had been watching
! him, and soon had his bottle. Next morning
he had picked out permanent place of deposit
for it, and went TO get it. II had showed some
during the night, and he could not tell whero
hc had placed it. He grabbed around in the
snow along the fence for an hour, and whom he
saw anyone coming would stop. The beys got
after him, and ho said that he had been Tipping
up quarter and that it went over tho fence
and into the snow, but he had found IL, so they
needn't look FOR it.. Then, when he got n
chance, he searched again. In the meantime
his whisky gave out, and he was determined to
have the other bottle lie got n shovel and
commenced throwing the snow. crowd of
soldiers passing gathered and asked him what
he had lost. The boys told them that he had
lost quarter and was going TO shovel all the
snow of the place but what he'd find it. Then
THE SOLDIERS ALL GAGGED HIM
and laughed at him until he quit. Finally the
boys agreed to make compromise with him.
They told him they'd get his bottle Of whisky
| for him for 30 cents allowing him quarter for
| the work he had done. He agreed, gave them
% cents and they returned him his bottle,
which he proceeded ut once to dispose of.
At Carrco's Mill lived Riley and family, with
Carrico's folks Henry Carrico had gone in the
! Confederate army and became such dirty sol
dier that his comrades said it would take a barrel
ofsOap TO get the mango Off and il would size tho
river for miles when they washed him. The
old broad ford is the same as ever: the Carrico
house on the rise; the rocky south shore aud
everything as il was then but the mill has
been burned and the dam washed away. Tho
| old place looks as cosy after coming through
the dreary Mount Dumping woods ns IL did
when the troopers watered their horses in tho
stream, or charged up the steep west road with
the rivulet and gully on the right. This road,
passing on and crossing the Stevensburg and
kellys Ford road, comes into the main
Stevensburg and fredericksburg road at
Robertss place. At this crossroads arc some
fine large trees on the left, and one day in the
Summer of 1861 / was walking down by them
with George Tannehill He had told me when
he reached my house from Stevensburg that
some soldiers had stolen the eggs from under
an old turkey hen of Richards, aud also stolen
the honey from the boe-gums which were not
in here. A large detachment of troops had
passed by that morning going 10 join Grant,
and when we came 60 the large trees just men
toned, there. lying on his side was o man in
Federal uniform. Not knowing but that no
was dead We went over TO him. aud there on
the ground beside him was a turkey egg which
had rolled out Of his baversack. ! took the
egg aud broke it, as IL looked very old to me.
aud 10 aud behold thero was little turkey in
it, George said, XIII the --- scoundrel.
Hes the fellow that stole the eggs from under
Richards turkey; but / said. Come ON,
George, and let him alone wouldn't trouble
him for the world" and so We went on about
our business.
At these crossroads also I saw Gen. Wads.
worth for the first and last time. TO know him.
j had gone down, accompanied by my safe.
guard, to look at some grass i had growing,
when the General came along and had quite y
conversation with mo. lie had been Military
Governor of Washington, aud was aitorward
killed at tho Wilderness Pat McCrAeken,
now wholesale liquor dealer of fredericksburg,
hearing that his body was in the Confederate
lines went out from that town with collin.
obtained the body from tho Coufedcrates aud
buried it. He knew WadswOrth in Washing.
ton, aud received favor from him Then,
when Gen. Graut moved forward aud the Con-
federatcs evacuated fredericksburg. McCraclien
went on Co New York and informed Mrs Wads-
him, and they had the body taken up aud re-
moved North. Mrs. WadsWorth presented Mr..
McCracken with a ine gold watch for his
kindness.
And now will go home and tell you about
one of my exc on iedcrate ncighbors: f. X Gov.
ington. Of Co. +. 9th Va. Cav. (Confcderatel,
Is living in the Ashby House, near Stevens.
burg,
WHERE FITZPATRICK HAD HIS HEADQUARTERS.
fbf.E Ec1 I,s. 81, 4,
was occupied by Alfred Ashby aud his wife,
aud Miss Molie Ashby, who delighted TO play
the Bonny Blue Flag" and other Southern
airs, for the deectation or annoyance of ollcera.
aud men, and is now the amiablo wifo Of Mr.
Coviugton. The boys Of the family were abb
sent-Dr J. Wash. Ashby being Surgeon aud
Thomas Ashby being Lieutenant n the Con-
fcderate army both now living in Florida.
Dir. Coyington says that his regiment was
organized and commanded by w. H. f. Lee,
son of Robert i. Lee, aud at present Congress-
man from this Eighth Virginia District
When w. ii. j. Lee, who had been Lieutenant
In the u. s. Army before the war was made
Confederate Brigadier General, lac was assigned
to brigade composed Of the 9th and 18th Va.
Cav. and 2d n. &. Cav. Lees, Wickham's and
J0ness Brigades of cavalry formed Ftzhugh
Lees Division. When Lees army went 10
Pennsylvania, in 1863 Fitz Lees Division
crossed tho Potomac aud went near Washing
ton ana 10 Rockville, Md. From this point
Stuart had a dispatch sent down by the teIe.
graph operator 10 Washington, calling for sup
plies Immediately, aud signing somo Federal
Generals name 10 the dispatch. The supplies
were sent aud duly taken possession Of by
Stuart. Covngton's horse being sick, he got
! into one OF tho captured wagons aud hitched his
| horse behind it. When they reached Pennsyl-
| vania he concluded TO get out aud ride and capt
| nre q horse, which he soon succeeded in doing
| obtaining good mount. When near Hanover
| Pa, he met another Confederate cavalryman
and they logged on together until they came 10
| where an Old farmer was standing in front Of
| his house, Oh the road. The other man stopped
| 10 talk with him, but COyingtOn, being desirous
Of joining his command, trOttGd on. Near Unno-
| Yer he saw column approaching and thought
1t llrst IL was Col. Beall with the 9th Va Cav On
| getting nearer TO them lie saw they were Fed
| erals and turning Immediately, gailoped back
| on the road. On approaching tho place whoro
| he had left tho Confederate soldier he saw his
| horse tied 10 the fence aud he had hold of
| the old man, beating him with his sabcr The
| Federais were within about 200 yards and
! COvington shouted 10 him but dashed on past
| and the Federals captured him, aud Coving
/ ton never saw him aiterward, so he supposes tho
federas handled him roughly for his Treatment
| OF the old man. They were gaining on him. and
| lie turned up lane, aud soon "a party were
| close on him, one fellow cutting at him with a
| saber, which he managed To dodge This went
on for about 30 yards, when, as they turned a
| bend IN the lane, they came upon a BODY Of
| Hamptohs cavalry guarding prisoners and the