The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-22

n OF mountain mahnJVu, ~ w. -,
eve ike an eagle pee.lhs oue l lio''ii
"a ,s,r.r His bushy GROWS, sloou
Y Thomas W Wheat, tnS MAJ ,i.H -
t-T,d the first cartridge litu ~
FORT sumter. lie Is IN ms NH lie
rear. Lut does not looA ~ fsrro On the
I,d iust come ia from ms A ,,.,,n Tome.
- - .''~srla river. nine miles % "a, - ia
where lac has lived slhtc ,'-,israte cray,
,,-f.re an old OVerccal OF = O'iA--~itg badly
,Eich v.as getting TO pe piI.ls me
Mii-t "Truf tne hem, and Sho"tu 49,
l,t-..ts of hard usage. Ho wore IL, 't.+ar
49,. H. Vas NOT able 90 hhotu " .,,,,.
Tor he is "a farmer ~ very 80 Confed-
stances. but because ne - S9''
eIa, o vas " s"T tTenty-cne years Of age r on
ne We NJ is,J. and Ike a 49,
many other country prea So ne went
I'D TO see q little OF the W. VIZ me I'M mid
drysn 10 Augusta, from ms Io, rolidav
q, WI 80. ~ -. .rd Started out for nolluas
froifc. III proved 20 pc inc -''o
bic outing o. ms 81, lii he. "got after me to
49,. .,.ft "a crowd oil them down 10 Cn% 49, IT,,
ION and nght the Yankees. l 49, 10 in for
ANYTHING that promised '''''0
and agreed 20 go win ,.,ii,,e.ter and the
raoruifiue officer took my n"ih0 c,,tI
readily and 1 was attacngu VI on Sill
Carolina battery ana stalloll~" - daal
H~sr,e Island. / had heard hooU 80
NV ', IN, ahrut the war, but bon. loo.ht ~
on 1alN ,--4 Greeeaters had taught US 10
I''iiove that the war would not pc n,0iiG
man "a breakfast spell, ana luaV w n fel-
whip the Yankees 81 eaaiy .i, front he
low did not keep right az ,n 49, In the
would not get cnahce 10 -i
III found out better later on. Ai,er tb Snf
Star of the West aItaH we foo. and
tI-re was scme movement on -. I'll
80 f,of surprised when the ioHs -"
sornded inst AFTER midnight on the Illy.{i,..-
iug of April Is. 1851. ana we ..,M1- ,i
ed 10 take our places az inc 5-i'9 ,,a first
.ir ,gss rav business 10 lOdd lnS Hi9t
carfridee lor the tcn-lnch MOI ''li 49, 80
while our COMMANDER 'apt".H ,-,
oui-f. took hls STATEN near VIC 49,. -
,-,..affrcl Out the powder, lDautl vac 80,
.,r Ind cut the fuse. 1t was J"2s
erc,sire lIeht and the fog hung neg -, wa
fno water between our postum 49, ,. ii,-,s
sumter We could see ~" '-''' T., '-.l,oard
of ta,. old fort. and back "a t5e .,.', ,i o.
~ fne mist Trimmed. we cOuld sec l-c ie
l.,.. r.oyInr 10 and fro alOnS the Datl..5
in Charleston II was tie crowd sal"-
erire To- witness the attack on we lot It,.
.-ual.uIv the signal was gwen just "'
.r. AZ lifted and revealed the Duiiiht7
of tho fort. and. sprinsin6 Da'NNa ~
/ l,arfnfn IallouQuist pulled lA1 lal' "i"
H,Umi the shot rams our +ilu .' ~
and ra-ctn0ad from shore To Hhoie' it
..-.. ifr. . cf.p OF thunder from n clear
,l,. frf in moment the wild cheering
| of tro crowd along the battery was boIHe
across the water. .t-,.,,...
",Iv blood was un. and in twlnkllng
,,,.ror cnnreo was rammed down the
| bfs.L Throat q The old mortar. ana was
permitted 90 fire the second slot. fiau i
known AID that il meant then miant npt
have been SO eager for tAe honor n.5
,,ns v0uur. and my blood was hot, ana L
was ready for ans tAln-. --....,t
| ..frr. fIiru. Of course. became fcnefai,
ana che guns from old sumter answer .i
orr challenge and The deep 1tyina OF the
"a
/ was aauf so busy working the guns thAl
rnII nftla heed O. what was going OH
until the order came TO cease .ilil-.
! Then 2 saw The officers Do the BOAT beln5
| rawld across 90 the fort 20 complete the
| articles OF surrender.
! "A detachment. including myself, was
sent over 10 Tho fort, and we witnessed
! tle entire proceedings. OF course inat i'
| a. part OF history, but 1 witnessed one
| fr.-lly connected win tnc SURRENDER
| that d have never seen mcntioneu in any
! 81 the accounts. When Anderson got
/ ready t0 leave be fred salute of thir-
| teen guns. as you know. lie had plant
/ cl "a number OF hand eronaucs along the
! rampalts. and tho grass catching ire
| caused one OF them 10 explode, killing
| .Iie Was buried near the walls Of the
/ fort. and his grave was marked $50 that
/ tho body could le removed altcrNard, /
suppose. Well. J witnessed the burial,
and, ln 1872 when the fodcrals bomDardcd
the fort iu their turn, / witnessed his rc7-
direction boz Ga most uNeAI crfcu manner.
The spot where Doe was buried was cX-
posed tO tle Federal nro. and suddenly
/ "a al-p0lnd Parrot shell went screaming
through the alr. and fell plump ou tho
soldiers grave ANA exploded. II tore "a
/ hole iu tIe soft earth as big as small
house, smashing the Collin into O. tAou-
-and fragments. and Scattering tnC rec
mains OF The poor fellow TO the four winds
of heaven.
"l remained On tine service during the