The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-19


The blood gushing from my wound. ia
those few moments IL seemed TO me thas
lived my whole hfe again my mnad
Travelled away from the scenes or dcatn
and carnage I'm which for four years
bad been an actor TO the pcacetui nome
and the wife and children ! had ictt
hchnd. ! know from my own experience
that Byrons description OF the dying
gladiator, has as much OF tiuth as OF
/ poetry Ia IL.
Tile rocked not OF the life he lost, nor
But where his rude hut by the Danube
lay"
/ overheard them ask Mrs. skinner who
| 1 WaS-i was well acquainted with her,
f her brother being IN my command, and
/ listened With fear and trembling Tor
! her auSWct AShe declared that ! was
/ stranger that she had never seen me
before that was not one OF Mostly
men ana she did not know my name
What heart is so cold as not TO shed a
tear over That pathetic s,.rnc In Tristan
+ Sh0ndy wnel Corporal Ium reports 10
/ my uncle Toby the condition Of The sick
soldier. lie viii die, said Corporal
/ Trim. Tie Will not die saint my uncle
Toby. !But lac Will die, said Corporal
I Trim. 'iy God, hc snail not die, SAID
nay uncle Toby. "The accusing spirit"
says Stern. that flew 40 heavens cham
Gerry with the oath, blushed as he gave
II in. and the recording angel as he
wrote II down. dropped Il tear ana blot
/ ted IL out forever.
/ am equally sure that in the eternal
AtiRlNN iltIt ~ UbLllIE ltrlSAtlfl
against that good woman VINO denied my
maine TO save my life. At last after
I Cuuule mac been lighted, nay enemies
came INTO the room where | was lying
and the FIRST thing they asked was my
name. l. gave fictitious One. They
wanted TO know TO what command 1
belonged / dld not tell them the right
one. Ny reason for doing 50 was mat
1 wanted TO conceal my personal identity
| knowing the feeling al the North at
that tune against ne, and the anxiety
either 10 Kill or capture mt. / was sure
/ Wouiu De dragged away as trophy
1 u they knew VINO was their prisoner.
l had on d flannel shirt which was soak
elk with my blood. Inc soldiers opened
my pants pulled up my shirt and look
cd at my wounds while | apparently
Sdsped Tor breath. a doctOr IOoKed at
my wound and said ii was mortal-that
/ was SnOt through tie heart he To-
Gated my heart rather low down and
even ia mat supreme moment 4 1clt
/ tempted TO laugh at his Ignorance OF
human anatomy | only gasped few
words and affected 10 be dying. They
ltft the room hurIie0ly AFTER stripping
me OF my boots and pants, evidently
surprising thdt dead man would have
no use Tor them. The only sensible man
/ among them was an freshman, who
said as he took a last look at me. "He
Do worth several dead men. yet
There WAS "a good deal OF whisky in
| lhrm. but they had sense enough to take
! away au of my clothes.
Z listened t0 hear them getting away
, they passed out and left NY lat friend
. | ana lls daughter under the impression
! that 1 was ready for the grave. 1 lay
| perfectly sun FOR some five or ten min
l | utes-it seemed % me that many hours.
/ Al last when feeling assured that the
- a. envy was gone. / rose from the pool
= | OF blood in which / was lying ana walked
| into the room where Mr.. Lake ana his
| daughter were sitting by the ire, they
T. | Were as mucn dstOmshcl 10 see me as
= ! n l had risen from the tOmb-they had
thought l Was dead and were now sure
, | the general resurrection had come. There
+ was a big log fire blazing and the room
was warm. We examined the room but
could not tell whether the bullet had
| passed straight into my body, or after
! PENETRATING mad passed ar0tn d IT. Very
, | soon became sick and falnting My
| own belief was that the wound was NOR
tai-the bullet Was i'm me and l thought
, the intestnes had been cut. Mrs. Skin
ner gave me some coffee, but 1 was too
sick % drink II.
My fear was that had some documents
IN my pockets that would disclose my
IDENTITY, Although PROVIDENCE had mot
protected me from the bullet, it had saved
me from setlllik caueh NY vic Wa 3.
Cdthollc and When / went to the wars
she had hung around my neck an Agnus
Del 10 save me Ia danger She always
thought 1t was the Aeuus Del that did IT.
That day l had been az Glen Welby the
home Of the Carriers. and for some undc-
cOuntable reason just as ! was leaving
to 80 10 the wedding, / TOOK from my
pocket several official documents ana gave
them 10 one of the young ladies' 20 Keep
for me. II ] had not done TINS, 1 WOulu
never have lived To write an account OF
This adventure, for if l had been. taken
OF that night 1 could not have surNNeu
IL. -
The force Of cavalry that l had seen
go into camp at RectOrtOwn were the
Z Thirteenth and Sixteenth New Ork, I'M
der command of Major trdzar Ihey
had only built fires TO warm themselves ',
and after staying there Il snort TIME theS
started on to MiddiebIrg 10 Join COlonrl
| Glendenin with the Eighth Illinois Cayal-
~, from whom hey had separated "
| falV hours before. They cdnlpcA th"
night near Middleburg. Several OF my
| men, including Love. We're pIl50n ., D
! They were shown my nat ONvIDo"s ',n
| and asked il they knew the person ""o
! ,Nnr. Them All denied any kho"lt"S' ="
him. The next day the Federals returned
TO camp little dreaming VINO IL va
| that had been In their hands "a prisoner
| Nv ou-u hpltef is that / am more IN
1.ft,1 TO Whiskey, than Ie charm
, | wore for my escape. since Iheh n" o
always thought there was d So Mn
! OF good ia Whiskey As soon az ~
! T-qlf. recovered from his shock az SeeHis
s me alive. he Went out ana soI d - nl
of negro boys to make up d pan vi
~ 20, ,ia., If safety, for We feared inc
entm, would find ont VINO N"9 e. 500.
furn Alter while the OK cart ~ Nc
- announced to be ready ana WIS ~ ~
W., mite and blankets and put lllll
+, if' n vas an awful night-a ho"hil5
storm of snow, rain ana sleet. w. h
! ing on my back III IIic al I'LL
= ~" GA two miles to the house oil heISH-
| Gor over n frozen road; when we IS"0 ,it.t
th.re | was almost perIecly sun -
| ,nit and my hair was a clollcu NO
| ~ 49,. The family had not gone 10 o0'',
. | m Of NV men, George slater NdS az
| D bous. courier was sent ~ "a.
| ,r.llinn marty to carry the news 10 10y
! t.tInr and my other men VINO tie
i 49,, The news spread IaPuS, an"
| snra ia vhreak a great many OF thelI Siiui
50 - s1,raeons were with me. SldteI i'"
/ 80, r,rseent a few months beIoIe "hS1i
St,,nrt VAS shot. After | had been Nii
[ az, the lire | called him 10 me anu %
~ rim. George examine my "Ou .t p,
| tttni am shot Just like Genera 9'uni
vras" He pulled up my Shh' a.
| Wi'linfr nrofusely. lie tOld me ne
| o.l,',ihf the bullet had yum arounu ny
| - II turned out 10 be uuc' ~ 4F|
p1s1 in my left side. larry III ~
io"'S,oing chloroform was adIhilll9'eie'
, "a the hall extracted. .
any ctbsr Of the good effects OF the VIE
~, an Major FraZars party was lh3i'
ny. yrent OF leaving my horse slahH-
tlcS ne front gate, with my plstois III
lts aao d If had had them with me
t NV .I, house 1 am very confident l couI5
baVa cleared the way 10 tne pach w. a.
IaA e"ored i'm the dark. Neither Love
| n~r / had chance TO IRE sno' anu
- ie mo- truth in the report thdt any
tLots we're fired from the mouse. hdu
SiD9ht,f" 10 shoot with. AS ! nave beloIe
oid Northern officer was standing
Salu' tAlbinr TO me when was Shot.
| ll'fti prisoner AT the Time.