Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-05-03
ONE OF THDM HAD To Drr
Terrible Ordeal OF Yankee and a c,,.,
crate Soldier Brought Face % g..

during the war, which is very ns,.y.-.
"Yes, killed one Yankee 10 ms ..-.,.
knowledge" said the veteran. 10 arss,
a question propounded TO h.m, AL!
led, as It is, with about the eighties. BIZ,
l was ever in. don't think VIII h..lt
forget It during my natural lifetime.
at happened just before The ta...
Malvern Hill. Lee had Mcclellan r
mighty close place and il was Big oi..
his side that he would demolsa ,le u,
| Yankee army before II could cross Lt
tomac. And he would have done BE-.
If 1t hadn't been for those blasted 80
boats on the river.
| II was detailed with a parry ~ eg-
others TO go on a scouting expedition q,
| find out the exact position Of MrCeAriI
army, and how fast they Were r.-r.
We left camp about daybreak one m,r i
and struck out afoot through ,le aai|
and across the fields Ablu. ror i
| reached the tail end of McC.e,ans ami
| without any trouble at all. We hil
passed through a skirt of woods aCi
| in the act of ascending steep hIii b. ?.
| der 10 make our ObserVa lions. Rh.1
whole company of Yankee cavalry a..
out of the woods on our righ, AMI nl
| straight at us. In second We bal
tered like a covey of par;ridgos Jag
| into a little ravine at the foo, ~ the
| IL .s.. l.
and by lodging through the uuier. 1
| and running as swiftly as ! could.
aged to elude my pursuers. After t0i 1
ing the ravine for about "a mile all {
satisfied that / was rot pursued l s'om
| and listened. Everything was as SD. O.
graveyard. | whistled, Bob White
imitation OF a partridge, which was
! signal we had agreed upon II We Ae
separated Not a single sound OF reff
| / hear. Again and again | signaIel-
was silence. At length. concluding
my comrades had either been killed or 4
tured, l thought the best thing | coui
was to get back 20 our army as qu.ck.g
possible.
with this determination In view
keeping my eye constantly on the g
guide me. l started on my return Jour
In a short time / had passed thro.e'
woods and emerged into an open h..
about half a mile In width. Here ] s'.,
for a few minutes to ascertain u the
was clear. Seeing no sign Of human
ing, l determined to risk II. AMI s'af
.. a., 1fHt'F
managed TO get about half way across
was in the act Of leapIng over deep
which lay in my path when ! saw d
dozen horsemen come out OF in.
directly in front of me. Quick as o. 81
leaped into the gully, but / Wa
the horsemen had seen me, and 50 b
they came numbering up. Scarei
out of my wits. / ran down To-
piece and concealed myself benin
pine bush. which had grown from 'h'
tom Of the gully, and whor
emerged above the ground overh
/ waited breathlessly. my hear
against my ribs Ike sledge-nAmh"
heard the Yankees riding back ahI
above me, but none seemed io i"a'
exact spot where | was cOncc1''i
81 suppose I had been in h.'ire
fifteen minutes when the sound ~
ing spurs and the rafting Of ID
the gully caught my ear. In h.-
pine needles gently aside, ! peor"l 0'.
discerned a bury Yankee rtt4
slowly descending the gully an
me by my foot prints, which "''.
revealed in the sofr~Azad. lr
my mind was made up. r's...''
this Yankee and. If possible. '-
| horse. Crouching as far back Do
| ows OF the pine brush as ]
sheathed my long bowie KNEE
always carried with me on "o
as this, and awaited the apr'
enemy. He came on slowly
hand. his eyes CHANGING rea
| II expecting me al any mo"'N
and confront him from the s"ii
| Of the gully. When he re1
| bush he stopped and his eil
penetrate through the thick H i
| IN into my eyes. Ny hear
| TO beat, so fearful was ] NJ
length. seemingly satisfied .' i
was clear. he passed around |
| came within arms le.E.h '' II
crouched. Quicker than ] can
| arm shot out and ! had 0.m
| was a man of powerful pHi Il
| in those days, and this aims.
mere toy in my hands.
80 sudden was my onsa'-
before Ilcould think. "as
bowie again and again ih .- ~
he hung a lifeless mass '
arms. Casting his body on '
hastily retraced my s'ei
| determined TO make my
as possible. From his foo.
where he had desceri0l
Here I scrambled up ii a
my head reached leye. "i"
OF the ground ! cauuous'' y
AS / had surmlsed th" u
horse was only few yards a'
nibbling the young tufts o., 7
around. About two hun''-' t.r p
me at. the lower end Of the .- 81
other horseman patiently
70 RIM ont ike a rabbit fr7r {!
Now was nv chance. n .h-
an eve sprang to the Size o' Do. Fl
vaulted in the saddle and $50. .,
A, wind before my enemies c''
situation and recover from .. n
mem; They fired a r." s- -...- \
gave chase. but their bullets q
had too much Of a star f'r .s.y p
take me. I reached our .-' ~, r4- l
fore shutdown. and was 'N7 r..
Of the twelve that oscar ''' .-,, 20
we're captured. and it was e,i
h.,ore we could get them ~ ''
| Aluminium Is being used q
bodies Of cabs.