Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-23
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
CLOSE TO DEATH.
A "Reminiscences of the "Bunaloes" and
..GueriIIas" of the Civil War.

A "Reminiscences of the "BunaIoes'' and
.-GueriIIas' of the Civil War.
A southern correspondent sends a
story of wartime. In some parts Of the
south, and especially in North Carolina,
the horrors Of war were greatly aggra-
waited by the strife between irregular
organizations of union and confederate
sympathizers, known respectively as
'Buffaloes" and "Guerillas." Both or
CARNATIONS We're composed of lawless
men, and no ultimate good appears to
have been accomplished by them, either
for the north or for the south.
After Gen. Burnside's capture of Roa-
noke Island and Elizabeth City. things
began to grow very uncomfortable for
the buffaloes, who had made themselves
obnoxious TO their neighbors by many
deeds of mischief One of their ac-
knowledged leaders put his family into
buggy, and set out for Elizabeth City.
On the way he was met by band of
guerillas, who called upon him to sur
render.
He knew that he could hope for no
mercy if he gave himself up, and think
ing that they might not fire upon his
wife and children, he urged his horse
forward at the same time holding his
infant child in front of himself as a
shield. But the order to fire was given,
and he fell back dead, volley of bullets
having reached him through the body of
his child
The horrible deed reused intense in
dignation. of course, and vengeance was
threatened. Unhappilv suspicion fas-
tened upon the wrong man, and he was
marked for destruction. News reached
him upon his farm that the Buffaloes
Z were in pursuit of his head, and he ar
ranged with his wife a code of signals
for his protection.
Again and again, by day and by night,
his house was searched, but without
success. Many times he watched the
searching parties as they withdrew,
disappointed, from the premises. One
day he had peculiarly narrow escape
A band of armed men We're seen APP
preaching. Evidently they were after
him again He fastened from the house
into the field, thinking himself unseen;
but his pursuers had caught sight of
him, and at once started in pursuit
There was no time to reach the woods,
and in his extremity he crawled into a
log which lay near the entrance to the
field
Hardly was he inside when his enc
mics swarmed into the field. "Where
is hep" Where is hep" he heard one
and another ask eve saw him run
this way, and he hasn't had time to
cross the field. He is hiding here some
where, and we have him at last
Some kept watch, and the rest search
ed the field After a while all hands
came together about the log, and some
of them sat down upon it. One would
shoot him at sight: another wanted to
hang him to tree and riddle him with
bullets. No one suggested a trial, or
the possibility of his innocence.
The prisoner was almost afraid to
breathe. Another search was made, and
his agony of suspense continued. In
his distress he prayed earnestly for
protection. No one thought to look
into the log, and late in the afternoon
;, the sound of the bell notified him that
the coast was clear, and he might re-
/ turn to the house.
| Many years have passed. The man
istill lives, and still believes that there
was some connection between his pray
'er and his deliverance. Youths Com
panion.