The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

left to be defended by a veal u.s.: Were
line OF dIsmounCed cavalry, Aftonrnsh
ing the Appomattox and marcI IE:Croa.
yond Ettrlcks, the order was lung be,
manded as the right was hro0ootunter.
That afternoon Lanes Brigade aaVened.
dered to form line of battle or tbmasO o..
of the road leading to the JONI" I Right
The enemy was forcing the ouOuse.
skirmishers back so rapidly tho MTeaEg
en- was compelled to depl0v nv WHoOt
shooters at a double Quick noSSnatp
hurriedly forward. He did II CO pasa
ly, so dexteroualy and with the csqS Iek'
OF so many prisoners, it elicita5S' UtFe
outspoken admir- alton Of a gronn we
general officers who witneSSsoJJu Of
movement and brilliant dash tae
the group remarked to Gen. Tanoo4TS0
it was the handsomest THING ~ 'aat
kind he had e during the War We
Next day, the LIST of October D..
der's Artillery enfiladed the wor Ian,
the Pegram house, with a demoraFGSs;ja at
and destructive fire, and as the anoau.ug
sought shelter in a depression ty
watchful Wooten rushed ova1 we
works with his brave sbarn ebooue
and captured twice as many nriS"nesIts
as he had men. Brander's ArfinLaa~S
seeing dimly through the smoke ~
many prisoners going to the raon
thought the enemy were adyanc;n"aI'
and turning their guns on them tb56n,
fired several times before thew disno!!
cred their mistake. Some of the nri,
oners wounded, and a few w Rr,,
killed, but, strange to say, all Of t5o
sharp-shoOters escaped. General VII
COX, who was near, also mad a now
row escape.
After Gordon's attack on Fort Ctnl
man, the enemy swept the whole Con
federate picket line from Hatche's Rim
to Lieutenant Run and got possession
of a hill from which they could fire nto
the winter quarters of Lanes Brigade
General Wilcox was sick at the timeand
Lane was in command of the division
Early next day General Lee sent for
General Lane to inquire whether bo
had re established his part OF the line
When told that he had, except the hin
the old Confederate asked if he could
take that. Yes, sir 1 will take it 10.
night, if you say So" was the reply
General Lee then ordered him to recon.
hotter the line and determine where
and how to make the attack. AS Gen.
Lane and WOoten inspected the line
that beautiful Sunday morning and
were pointing and discussing how bet
to accomplish the word before them
some of the more Observant men were
heard to remark: "Look yOnder. fel.
lows, at the general and the major.
That means something. It looks like
somebody will get hurt SOON" Lane
had determined to take the hill that
night with the sharp shooters from the
entire division with Wooten in com.
mand, to be supported by Lanes brig
ade If necessary. WoOten carried the
hill a little after dawn with ut losing
a man. Later in the day a squad Of
Yankees were seen pulling something
through the bushes, and when one Of
the men yelled to them to know what
they were doing, he received the ready
answer: Your Major Wooten is 50
fond of running up these hollows and
breaking our line we r putting a gun
here to give him a warmer welcome the
next time he comes" The major had
used that ravine or hollow in making
his attack. This brave officer was gen.
orally known on the enemy's skirmish
line as Major Hooten." On two or
mere occasions when there was a real
flag of truce between the contending
armies, some of the Federal officers
asked for "Major Hooten" and re,
quested to be introduced to him.
During that winter, Gen. Lane re,
ceived a note from Gen. Wilcox asking
if he could ''catch a Yankee" that
night for Gen. Lee, as some of the
enemy we're in motion, and Gen. Lee
had not been able to get the desiredin in.
formation through his scouts. Wooten
was sent for at once and WilcoX's note
was placed in his hands After sitting
in silence for some time, with his eyes
upon the tent floor and his head be.
tween his hands, he looked up with a
bright face and said: 81 can get him"
The whole corps wanted to go seine,
hauling" that night, but it was thought
best to take only a part of the com
mand. 1t was a moonlight night, the
woods proved to be further from the
enemy's line than was expected, and
the men had to crawl some distance
through the grass and weeds. When
Wooten, at the head of his small crawl
ing column, sprang to his feet, he eX-
citedly uttered a questionable ~ejacula-
tion-a most unusual thing for him
The men laughed and said: Listen
at III MAORI" and away they all
rushed for that promised Yankee;
Early next morning Wooten, followed
by a crowd of laughing, ragged rebels,
marched seven prisoners to the brigade
headquarters, and with a merry good
morning he reported: II couldn't get
that promised Yankee for Gen. Lane,
but l caught seven Dutchmen." Not
one of the seven could speak a wordot
English. They were at once sent to
division headquarters with a note from
the brigadier giving the credit Of the
capture to Wooten and his men, ana
stating that if Gen. Lee could make
anything out Of their ':fOreign gt66er-
it was more than he could.
After the line had been broken by
Grant in the spring of 1865, and tne
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