Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-09

come tlemOT or voice tlnere Was no oLr
awake but MYSELF. who comes there"
Sergeant A. replied: I'VE are all right,
Captain" He informed me that he and
his comrades were dividing their biscuits,
and / found him loaded down. ! think
i could guess how many he ate that
night between and o'clock.
ONLY CREASED THE BREAD.
Towards the close OF the war meat be-
came so scarce that it merely creased
the bread. The tin plates we scraped so
clean that they looked like they had been
washed. Coffee had at this time gone out
of memory, and the small and scanty
repast was eaten with satisfaction and
without a murmur 9s to the failure OF the
commissary to do better Heroes. these
poor fellows. They knew that all were
doing their best. and ther sacrlhceS
caused them 10 love the cause with death
less devotion. With eggs, milk, sugar.
and rice 1 had dessert two or three tilleS
a week-apple dumplings in summer anu
sorghum pies, though black az tar Wei
a delicacy. Sometimes l sent man ~, "
Charles City. his home. to see Ms W." vi
on the express condition that ne W.,
hiring me some fresh FISH. remeinDei ~
one occasion / invited General AleA a,5
to dine soon after the hsh oai"'' osfina,. 4.
feared he would XIII h'nlse and we
when finally the sugar gave our O." o. -
St5 no, bova ANYTHING but bidSh-'seu
nea~ NV dinner was made or 'heni WIN
= It,,1o eoIt norx for seasoning, anu one
~ - l.i,,,f of water afterwards.
r me "a. tbe water I would have been
Iii eoltod and would have kept LOT
,'ears az mummy But TO return
,Thess brave men counted not the cross
80, for the cause they loved so wen.
on natriotisml How brave ana beautiiui
- tbou' How unselfish, how patient,
49,, time 10 friends. and how fearless Of
eocei Love Of country IS next only TO
1--we Of God. / knew nothing OF 1t TIL l
ryent into the army. 1 thought it only
love Of neighbor and kinsfolk and the
old homestead. II is wide, deep strong,
uplifting the soul-yea, stronger than the
love of life itself. For this you would
give up wife and children, father and
mother, sister and brother, fame and for
tune.
My pantry held granite. china. a camp
chest, "A chicken-coop, a medicine-chest.
a stove. made of a camp-kettle. with the
top taken Off and the pipe put inside,
which on the march was hung TO the
pole of the caisson; also, a fiat-iron. one
guitar, two violins, and 81 campbell.
When at halt the rooster and five hens
were turned out to Craze, the former tied
securely by the hind leg, as Sam Jones
would say: the hens were loyal TO the
captive rooster and would not wander far
from the ambulance. Moral: Stick to your
sweethearts and husbands, girlsl
COW AS A PACK-HORSE.
General Lee allowed me fine. large
ambulance and pair of good horses all
the time, IN consideration OF my treating
my own sick men. One important men,
Der of my household not TO be forgotten,
was a docile cow, that served two pur-
poses-frst, to supply milk for the house
hold; second, for transportation. She
generally carried the kitchen furniture
on her back. She had heard the terrible
| shock of battle with calmness, and
/ did not tTemb'e at the rafting Of tin-cans,
/ coffee-pot, skillet, and canteens carried
on her back. When any OF the men were
/ sick they got milk, which, 10 a soldier
was nectar. When on the march
I would fiji my canteen early in the morn
ing with milk for the days ride. and
I by 10 o'clock I had butter and butter
milk. BY dipping the canteen into a
branch now and then the milk was KEEP,
cool. These canteens were all covered
with thick woollen cloth, and keeping II
wet, evaporation was very active. anC
resulted In cooling the contents. This Ia.
been the eastern plan many centuries fol
cooling their wines etc. ] don't think
In one year after the war began I saw
Confederate soldier who had not
Yankee canteen. our northern friends
supplied me with four splendid 3-inci
steel-rifed cannon, 100 canteens. 100 oil
cloths and 100 blankets. This was verl