Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-03
GEN. LEES PRISONER IN iso''
Given a. Pass Trough the Lines i''
Defending Woman.

Given n Pass Trough the Lines i'i
Defending Woman
A dispatch from Salem, Mass, 10 the
Boston Globe says: Moses sWeetSei'
well-known Businessman, who was cap
tured by General Fitzhugh Lee IN VIZ
ginia I'm 1853, observed his 18TH brthuay
,rbursdav. He enjoys excellent health
and &c as straight as an arrow. In form
and feature he greatly resembles the la'e
James G. Blaine, ana was an ln'iii"''
friend Of the Maine statesman
During the clyli war Mr. sweetser was
a trader or Union purveyor at faiflaX
Courthouse. A-ter me cII'h war nc 90
tled I'm ParkersDurg, w. Va, where ne
resided UP 10 a recent PERIOD. ne NV
80 n uortion of the time in New YORK
and Elizabeth city, n DE- pu' says iil9
bo,oa is as much in this city as anywhere
else. s
o,ging TO a chivalrous deed he was
sbovyn special kindness when captured by
General Fltzhugh Lee. Inc facts III Inc
case are replete with interest
During The civil war there lived at FAR
fsv Courthouse Va, a refined ana euu'
Gated young woman, MISS Antohl@ D.
nd She was intensely devoted 10 the
cause of the Confederacy, and II Is salu
that lust previous TO the hrst Ddtue y,
Ruu Run she was employed by 1ehera'
p y. stuart TO secure information aS
- the position and movements OF seVe-
raj Union brigades. .,.,,
+, March. 1868, she was arrested with
her father and others by Union troops OH
suspicion Of having gwen the lnIoIma-
tton which led to Mosbys successful at
tacl, ON Fairfax At the time or her ar
rest the weather was very lnclemehI anu
| the roads deep with mud. ProVost-Mal
shall Conner, however, decldeo thaI tho
| prisoners should walk to the ola Caplloi
| prison in Washington, distance u Ia
| teen miles. r,otr
| GOV courthouse, and had wagon ana
! several horses. He suggested that the
| nrieoners should ride in the wagon.
rrbis proposition was rejected by the
| ,,.1,-os+ marshal, who declared in VSor-
| ous language that the prisoners shouio
walk. r,sooors
| 81 ,,.I,ov,, some were sick, could not vain
| tbat distance in the mud; that IL "oulo
~ inbuman for them 10 do so. lie furthei
eaid that as the provost-marshai Jul 10
J dicfion extended only one mile thaI tieS
| could walk that distance az -.
Veoe no civil or military law TO coihpe
.bem TO walk any further he would tah'
me responsibility and carry them
| Washington. , ot,or sevara
The, IMPRISONMENT and sent TO Rlch
mOnd. at.,,a narrated
odvance of the Confederate lorce
c,ueed the Union forces to IAN PACK 70
U,ord washington, and FAIRFAX Couit :
'o,,se was evacuated by them. Ihis lei
the Unionists, who were there uI mp,
tected and all except Mr.. Sweetser hasu
II, departed one morning. he cnos
70 he somewhat deliberate IN MS hove
,oonts and he let the afternoon come De
fore he left. "a. cool, =,
rrben he loaded up his goods TOOK III
vie and son and started down the turn
IL toward Alexandria. They stoppe
mai nigbt at Annandale with lars
number of traders and a squad OF Onlo
soldiers. c..,o,al Eit1
The following morning General rit "
bngb lee entered the town with Low
mn and captured the entire party,
me prisoners were ordered IN me =
,,,arcb Ia Richmond. Mr. Sweetser wa
very lame, and his wife waltsu sp.'
General Lee TO allow her husDahu
Rae The request was grantee.
Tba procession had not gone far "hel
| General Lee came up and pace M
sweetser alight and so about ms D"s'
ness. r,a,orsi .s