The morning times., 1897-01-31
AN ENEMY OF YANKEES
A Southern Woman Who Com
planned to Grant.
She Liked the COnestoga Horses
Campaign in Pennsylvania.

Gen. Horace Porter gives many amusing
pictures or army life in his series of papers
on Campaigning with Grant, no wrunning
In the Century He tells the following
story of the campaign on the North Anna in
the February Cen5ury. When Irecrossed the
river and returned to headquarters in the
evening found Gen Grant sitting in front
OF his tent, smoking cigar and anxious TO
hear the report as TO the extent OF the
damage TO the railroad. About the time +
finished relating to him what mad been ac-
complished, an old woman who occupied a
small house nearby stroIIed over to head
quarters, apparently bent spon having a
friendly chat with the commander OF the
Yankee armies The number of questions
she asked showed thas she was not lacking
or curiosity which is supposed to be COM
mon Co her sex. She wore an oId-fashioned
calico dress about six inches too short, with
theSieeVes rolled up to the elbows Shehad
nose so sharp thai 1t looked as il it mad
been caught The crack oc a door, and small
gray eyes that twinkled and suapDed as
she spoke
She began by nodding familiar How
do You do?'' TO the general. and savingina
voice which Snueaked like the hi gh notes of
an flat ciariOnet with soft reed. Il be-
lieve you command all these h'yah Yam
KEGS that are comm down yah and ca
yortin' round over this whole section OF
country" The general bowed an assent,
aud she continued: I'm powerful glad
Gen. Lee has been Iickin' you ali from the
RapIdan cfah down h'yah, and that now
he's got You Jes' wh'ah he wants you
Then she drew up j camP-chair along
side the general, seated herself on it, and
finding that her remarks seemed TO be re-
ceived good naturedly, grew still more
familiar, and went on to say. yes, and
aio' long Lee1l be a-chasin' you-aH up
through Pennsylvany ag'in. Was YOU I'D
than in Pennsylvany when he got aftdh
yoE-an last sumner The. general had
great difficulty IL keeping his face straight
as he replied. Well, Eo- wasn't there
myself. had sOTue business in another di-
rcct-oi." He did not explain TO Eer that
FickSbUrg was at that time commanding
something of his attention. Said She.
Il EOtice cur boys got away with lots Of
EN- ConestOga horses up than, and they
brought lots Of 'em back with EN- We've
sot a pretty good show OF 'em rounc this
Secto on Of country, and they're Ics the lest
draft horses you ever seen. Hope the
LOys'n get up thah ag'in soon, and bring
back some more of EN-"
The general kept or smoking his cigar,
and was greatly amused by the oonversa-
ton After a little while the woman
went hack 70 her house, but returned later,
and said. See h'yah, I'm all alone in my
house, and | am kinder Skeered. / expect
them Yankee soldiers OF yournu steal
everything l have and murder me aIO'
morning. if you don't give me some protec-
ton" oh" replied the general, wen
sec that YOU are Eot hurt and turning to
Lieut.. Dunn OF the staff, he said Dunn,
you had better go and stay in the old
lady's house tonight You can probably
make oursch DiOre comfortable there than
in camp, anyhow; and don't want her to
be frightened
Dunn followed the Old woman rather re-
lGctautly o her house, and played guardian
angel 10 her TIL the next morning