Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-07-28

demand and said II / cid not surrender
he would march his army up the valley
and devastate it. could not surrender
honorably because did not know what
johnson was going to do ] disbanded
my army, and started for the James
'er. Before getting there ] heard
johnson had surrendered. and ] went TO
my fathers house near Lynchburg. Gen.
Gregg was in charge there and through
friends he began negotiating for my
surrender. Gen. Gregg telegraphed to
Washington. and was told 10 receive
me and give me my parole. This was
brought to me, and on the day agreed
upon / went to Lynehburg in buggy,
and went TO my brothers law office. For
safety carried my pistols with me, and
laid 'hem down on the table in the Of
flee / then sent word to Gen. Gregg
that was in town and ready TO sur
render. In the meantime Gen. Gregg
had been instructed by Secretary STAN
ton to arrest me. and send me on. Gregg
was an honorable man. He knew that
| had come in on his statement that
would be paroled, and he sent a man TO
me telling me of his subsequent orders.
The man said something about arrest
ing me, and picked up my pistols, say
ing: i came here to be paroled and not
arrested, and I'll kill the man who tries
to arrest me- The man left with a
peculiar smile, and | got out of Lynch
burg Gregg did not modest then, but
twenty-four hours later sent III squad to
arrest me. They went 10 my fathers
house, but of course / was not there.
Gen. Gregg finally got an order from
Gen. Grant to parole me. Then ] went
in and gave myself up. became an
admirer of Grant, and ought to have
been. have been censured for II, but
not by those who know the story.
with my parole went to Warren
ton. Va, and sat down TO law. Every
time | would leave the county some
petty provost marshal would arrest me-
1t was a ceaseless annoyance, besides
being a constant source of anxiety TO
my wife and children. My wife left
home for Baltimore, and in passing
through Washington, without my
knowledge, decided 10 call on Pres :
dent johnson. Her father and Johnson
had been bosom friends before the war
and had been in the same congress. She
made herself known TO johnson, and he
not only refused herrequest, but treated
her very rudely.
"As She was leaving the White house,
my son, Beverly, seven years old said;
Go and see Gen. Grant Mrs. Mosby
did 90 and see Gen Grant He received
her kindly and treated her with the
greatest courtesy When he had heard
her through he wrote me a passport
which was ever after a protection, and
have that letter now in Gen. Grants
/ own handwriting in my trunk in san
| Francisco.
''Then in ~ when Grant and Greedy
were before the people, Grant was ter
rible abused and took the stump for
him to refute the abuse. and these were
the only political speeches ever made.
| never accepted anything from urant'
because promised the people in my
speeches that never would.
"How many times were you wounded, =
the colonel was asked.
'Six times, and | carry a Yankee
bullet in my thigh now"
Were you ever captured2"
"No, but had two or three mighty
narrow escapes. In December, 1864,
after some hard fighting with Illinois
troops. in which we were scattered. l.,
with Tommy Love, one of my best men,
stopped one night at Mr.. Lakes, near
Rector's Cross Roads. Our horses were
hitched outside the yard, and squad of
Yankees in passing 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. l knew ] was
hit hard, but before the Yankees came
in my coat was under the bed. had
put my hand on the bloody wound and
smeared it over my mouth. giving the
appearance of an internal hemorrhage.
The Yankees did not know me. They
thought was one of Mosby's men, but
they were unable to prove it. looked
as if were done for, and after taking
my clothing and boots they left
knew that as soon as they went into my
pockets they would find out who was
and come back for me, SO got the fam
ily to put me in an ox-cart, cover me
with fodder, and Negro drove me
away. Soon after | was gone the
Yankees came galloping back. They
had found whose clothing they had and
they wanted me. But was safe in the
mountains The colonel hesitated q
second, and then with a peculiar smile
remarked: And do YOU know that
Negro ran away the very next day. =
Chicago Journal
Veteran and boy.