The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-04
DR.. ECGLESTON'S ADDRESS.
u CiY:s Soms Of his Experiences Is a
Confederate kftlleryman.
FEDERAL GENERALS Maroon ESCAPE.
lie Entered the Copftderm'e Lin,s In Citi-
sOus Cloth~. and Passed Through
Undiscovered.

very interesting address. giving expe-
ricnces in the artillery service. Or. Eg-
gleston was n sergeant in Lampkin's NOR
tar battery, which gained considerable
reputation during its service around Pc
fersburg. Among the most striking fea-
tureA parrated by the speaker were the
following:
And now / Will relate an incident
which is so unusual that fear that some
OF you will call 1t romance oil inc
Munchauscn order. can only hope that
those who know me viii not think go
II not from confidence In my veracity, al
least because they will be sure ! coulu
not invent the story, from lack OF aDiHN'
As an evidence 10 you that could nave
no motive In inventing IL, even If capable
bear in mind that the heroes we're theh'
as now. entire strangers TO me.
An INCIDENT AT iORT LAMrKIN.
zone light at Fort Lampkin. about halt
past eleven. while we were firing slow
ly, trying TO attract the attention OF the
eneiny-and occasionally doing it-as our
orders required two gentlemen In whi'e
duck suits of Jackets and pans stei pea
Ut TO us from the little rayine lin our Inn
mediate rear Gust back Of the Blandford
grounds) which WAS then filled with
bushes and small trees. one Of them
spoke to my brother, aud stated that
they were cavalry officers. ard. not nav
ing seen any mortar practice since thcy
left West Point. were interested III our
work, and had come out from their camp
10 look on. Nv brother gave them iis
name. but neither Of the strangers gave
his one of them spoke Of the other as
the Colonel, q member OF my StaH' 80
we took this officer for general 10
show his appreciation of The compliment
paid our arm of the service by warming
the activity of the engagement. my pioth"
er said to me: Joe. try the railroad IRON
4. battery a very unwelcome order Ioi
this battery was veritable horhe.s
nest, which had our range to T with
it's mortars, and. In addition. always
opened on us with a six-gun rifle battery
alongside. We called the Federal battery
the railroad iron battery because seen
with a glass. IL appeared TO have a pro-
lection of railroad iron over It's guns
] was talking to the Colonel when TINS
order was given me. aud turned only one
mortar on the battery mentioned. ana
as soon as that began 10 draw qnletly
changed to another point. as | had not
been ordered TO stir up the hornets all
night. The strangers exposed themselves
with the utmost apparent unconcerh
which i noticed all the more because 1t
necessitated my doing more of that same
thing than / would otherwise have con-
N>s,dered at all necessary. ] used judgment
in directing the gun. and after while
got things more comfortable The Cen
eral.' as we supposed the officer oil SUI
perior rank 80 be- expressed great sa1s-
faction with our work and after while
asked who was on the front on the IN
fantry line. We told him that Ransome
.ieI hot art nf he
He then asked II 1t would be possible TO
go TO the skirmish line and have a look
around We told him there wopid Dc 40
difficulty whatever, and directed MN now
10 find the path through '"e WORKS poth
officers then thanked as for our hinohess
and for the beautiful pyrotechmc dlspia!
we had given them, and walked IN the
direction of the infantry WORKS anu VIC
saw them no more.
my brother had been cavaifyhiah 'he
frs, summer of the war, and curious, as
both of us were. to find out VINO our Wis
ifors were. made every inquiry ne couiu
among officers and men of TINS Drahch
of the service, as opportunity ohereu 10
trace them but the war closed without
orr getting a clue to their identity. Ia
1871 | met my brother for the first time
since we parted in 1866. He asked me IL
7 remembered the incident | have mar
rated, and told me he had the sequel
THE SEQUEL LEARNED.
.Ue men informed me that eCrre time
about 1850 or 1867 he bearded steamer at
cairo Illinois. one night, On his way 10
M,mnhis After a few words with the
clerk not feeling sleepy, he took up a
newspaper and sat down TO read, When
a gentleman stepped UP and pohteiy apol-
ogiz6g for the intrusion, asked II MS
AEffine was not Eggleston. IT rs, SAID my
brother Did you not command s'ilah
fort near the cemetery at Petersours'
containing two mortais! INQUIRED ,nu
stranser Il did, replied my brother. Inc
gentleman then asked my brother II ne
remembered the incident of two cavalry
officers. dressed In white duck, WISHING
his fort one night during the siege OIL
Petersburg, and was informed that the
incident was well remembered. i am one
OF those two officers said the stranger
Well said my brother, who are you
I have always wanted to know.
.'The gentleman gave his name-which
7 regret that have forgotten-and stated
that he was a brigader-Seneral Of caVal-
nv from Maine. He then explained that
he and his companion were neither spies
nor scouts, and but for their not being
dressed In uniform would have snrren-
dered TO us. OF course, dressed as they
were, In citizens dress. they would have
been promptly nuilS a. spies il' lui 'H''
explained that they had gone from their
camp TO their own works for the very
purpose stated To us-to witness the NOR
tar firing-and from there had gone out
10 their skirmish line. some half q mile
south Of our position, and were walking
along from pit to pit talking TO the
men. and at last. TO their surprise, found
from the accent of the men near them
that they were within our lines. DiscoV-
eripg this. and casting about as 10 how
they could escape. they concluded mat
they would be less likely TO be question
ed by men busy at the front. than those
wnom they might encounter not so en-
gagged: so. after making circuit 10 the
roar they came up 10 our little fort
because they saw we were engaged. ana
succeeding IN their plan. made their way
10 our ekirmish line, and thence across
10 their own finding 1t easy in the dark
ness TO slip over 10 their own mea.
ruE GAP THROUGH WHICH TINY NTfRfD.
.eThe gap in our works through which
they wandered TO our side Of the lines,
1 suppose. Was the one that existed for
a while between Wises and ElIiouts
brigades near the position of the David
son battery, on the Baxter Round, and
they probably lest their bearings from
watching the fuses OF the mortar shells
crossing the sky. The General said he
recognized my brothers voice when he
was talking with the clerk. as everything
connected with that night was burned
into his memory.
The address was heard with the