Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-30
Ehe Continuation Of Colonel ]. /.
ParinhOlt'S Narrative.
4 TRIAL AND 4 FAILURE.
Now RuSe Which
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Train--On TO Baltimore-Wnr Times
fn Richmond--Judge semmes's Re-
collections.

The following is a continuation OF Cole
mel b. L. Farlnholt's account, in the Con
federate Veteran. OF the battle Of Gettys
burg and Imprisonment at Johnsoni
Island, together with his remarkable ex
perience In getting out OF prison.
In concluding the foregoing chapter
Colonel Farinholt referred TO Captain
Cussons as the genial friend who. will
q fairly well-organized theatrical com
pany. composed Of his fellow-prisoners
arranged everything TO amuse. instruct,
and enliven his comrades through the
tedious hours. He gathered liberal con
tributions from audiences OF Confederates
and Federals for distribution to the sick
and wounded. When recalling these ear
nest and tender attentions we cannot pay
too high a tribute to such men as Colo
mel ORR w. s. Christian. Adjutant Fer
guson. DIR. Sessions. and others, who no.
bly, tried to fill the place Of mothers
or sisters care for the enfeebled soldiers.
Well do we recall the Glee Club, with
Colonel Ffte, of Tennessee and the popu-
lar and brilliant Colonel John II. Eel
iows--the late distinguished City Attor-
ney OF New York. then from Arkansas,
member OF General Bears staff when
captured-as standing upon the stoop OF
his prison building leading with stento-
tian voice or q chorus, sometimes impro-
sised for the locality and occasion, which
would be joined by a thousand or more,
and could be heard on q quiet afternoon
over the smooth surface OF the lake to
Eandusky City.
Quite character was General JEFF
Thompson. Of Missouri. so indefatigabls
and versatile In resources that he might
have been characterized as q good type
OF Yankee. but for his being so intensely
southern. And then came handsome
Major Jack Thompson. of Kentucky.
pleasing, and commanding a fund OF
humor and good nature, so necessary in
prison TO health and companionship
Also Major Mcknight so we'll known to
tho press OF New Orleans and 20 the
country at large as Asa Hartz," q bright,
genial soul; Ex-Governor Nichols, the idol
Of his State, true to his allegiance. and
now no less a patriot warmly devoted
20 his State. with every reverence for
the General Government, a man whom
louisiana may feel proud to honor: Colo
mel Lewis, the great Missouri preacher;
Generals Archer and Trimble. part Of the
noble contribution from Maryland. ana
brave snd enterprIsing Lieutenant Gro
gan, who escaped the very week OF our
arrival at the island by secreting himself
In some straw left In the bottom of a
barge which was being towed back to SAM
dusky after another load TO make beds
FOR the prisoners After reaching the
mainland. being fertile in resources, he
soon found his way back 10 his friends
In Baltimore.
There were with us. also Captain Jonas.
From New Orleans, a nephew of Paul Nor
phy and, like his noted uncle, distinguish
ed as chess~player afterward a men,
Der OF Congress from Louisiana; Captain
Youngblood. great humorist from Ala
bama: Colonel j. Lucius Davis, OF John
Brown raid notoriety: Colonel John
Critcher, afterward Circuit Judge and a
member of Congress from Virginia: the
handsome and courteous Colonel Henry
Darlington, OF the Eighteenth Virginia;
Captain j. +. Croker, of the Fourteenth
Virginia, now a distinguished lawyer OF
Portsmouth. Va He and Darlington were
the champion chess-players. There were
many others who, from their character
and bravery, subsequently, enrolled their
names high in the service OF a reunited
country. or distinguished themselves in
law. medicine, science, invention, or lite
xnry attainments. Many OF these have
long since gone TO their wel-deserved re-
gard In the spheres beyond the skies, and
hss Remnant left are fast following for the
grand reunion beyond the grave, where
our own immortal Ice and Jackson, the |
warrior-blshop. General Polk, and others |
like them. will welcome all good Con-
federates.
Captain Robinson, OF Westmoreland |
county, Va. with two other brave officers, /
succeeded in making his escape during |
= fearful gale q snow and Ice on pitt |
lsssly-dark night. and crossed the lake !
IAAI
on their hands and knees. Robinson /
enaliy reached Canada. whore he was |
feted and given aid. going from there TO |
Nashua, and by blockade TO the Confece- |
racy. where he resumed his command OF /
the Westmorsland Cavalry. as unassuming |
and superbly gallant after his wonderful |
and daring escape as before. His two |
companions were so frosted hands and |
feet, that they had 10 seek shelter and |
for awhile passed as two shipwrecxed |
sailors in farm-houses on the Michigan |
peninsula; but, being missed from the |
prison-rolls. they were closely followed, |
and the next day brought back to prison. |
Their frozen feet and hands caused them |
20 be much greater sufferers than before. |
Rigid punishment was melted out for /
such attempts by close confinement with |
ball and chain, with diet OF bread and |
water, or parole OF honor never 10 make
the attempt again
DETERMINED TO ESCAPE.
These failures. however. did not deter
me from prizins liberty so highly as 10
make tho attempt myself. was 10 have
been one OF the party OF three. with tho
quiet and intrepsd Richard Ferguson.
prominent minister now OF Virginia. and
Captain Mccullough, OF the Eighteenth
1<HeinAa, but, being click on the stormy
ieht which suited their purpose. Colonel
onp Undertake. OF the Fifty-Third Viz
'nla, was given my place. They man
AGED to eiude the vigilance OF the guards
just over their heads by lying down and
crawling ~ small ditch which reached
the stocksds. beneath one Of the many
iefss fersctine-lainps posted around with