Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-27

cured horses, money and clothing, and protected the helpless people in the lower end of the valley.
 tsMy command continued to grow, and I became @ major, then 6 heutenant-colonel, and then @ colonel. As went up Chap | man came right behind me, and I can now say no officer ever had better, braver or more faithful lieutenant than he have had in all five commissions from the gov ernment."
 Colonelfn
 'Six times, and I carry a Yankee bullet in my thigh now"
 "Were you ever capturedi'
 ''No, but had two or three mighty narrow escapes. In December, '64, after some hard fighting with Illinois troops, in which we were scattered, I, with Tommy Love, one of my best men, stopped that night at NIT. Lakes, near Rector's Cross Roads Our horses were hitched outside the yard, and squad of Yankees in pass ing saw them. They surrounded the house and one of them shot at me through the window. The ball struck me in the side and passed around to my backbone knew I was hard hit, but before the Yankees came in my coat was under the bed. I had put my hand on the bloody wound and smeared it over my mouth, giving me the appearance of an internal hemorrhage. The Yankees did not know | me, and every member of the household said the same thing. Then a negro was brought in, and he said he didn't know me. They thought was one of Mosby's men, but they were unable to prove it. I looked like I was done for, and after talk ing my clothing and my boots they left knew as soon as they went into my pock- cts they'd find who was and would come back for me. So I got the family to put me in an OK cart, cover me with fodder, | and that negro drove me away. Soon af- | ter I was gone the Yankees came galloping back. They had found whose clothing they had, and they wanted me- ButI was safe up in the mountains"
 The colonel hesitated a second and then with peculiar smile remarked: "And do you know that negro ran away the very next dayi"
 "Where did you surrender, ColonelF' ! ''At Lynchburg. And I think I was | about the last man to give in. I do know, however, was the only Confederate off cer who was outlswed by the United States | government"
 "How was thatf'
 "When Lee surrendered I was in the | lower end of the valley with about four | hundred men. General Hancock was at Winchester with forty thousand. He de- manded my surrender. and I declined to comply, asking for ten days truce, be- cause I wanted to know what General | Johnston was going to do. Hancock tele- | graphed Secretary Stanton the situation, saying that he would, under afiag of truce, have & conference with me. Stanton thought Hancock intended to come in per son, and telegraphed the general not to do 90, as I would likely be guilty of some act of treachery. Later sent Colonel Chap man with a flag of truce to meet Hancock s | man, who was General Chapman of New | York An armistice of five days was | agreed upon, but when it was out he had heard nothing from Johnston. Then Han | cock made another demand, and said if l didn't surrender he'd march his army up l the valley and devastate it. I couldn't surrender .honorably, because I didn't | I disbanded my army and started for the James river. Before getting there l learned Johnson had surrendered and | went to my fathers home near Lynchburg. General Gregg was in charge, and through | friends l began negotiating for my sur render. General Gregg telegraphed to | Washington, and was told to receive me
 and give me my parole. This was brought
 to me, and on the day agreed upon 1 wen;
 into Lynchburg in a buggy and went tc
 my brothers law office. For safety car
 ried my pistols with me and laid them
 down on the table in the office. I then
 sent word to General Gregg that I was in
 town and ready to surrender
 'In the meantime" the colonel contin-
 ued, after a pause, General Gregg has
 been instructed by Stanton to arrest me
 and send me on. Gregg was al. honorable
 man. He knew that had come in on his
 statement that I would be paroled, and he
 sent a man to me telling me of his subse-
 quent orders. The man said something
 about arresting me, and I picked up my
 pistols. saying:
 T came here to be paroled and not ar
 rested, and I'll kill the man who tries tc | take me-
 "The man left with a peculiar smile,
 and got out of Lynchburg. Gregg did
 not molest me then, but twenty-four hours
 later sent squad to arrest me. They
 went to my fathers house, but, of course
 I wasn't there"
 "How was it donef'
 General Gregg got an order from Gen
 eral Grant to parole me. Then l went 1T
 and gave up."