Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-04-28


COLLEGE BOYS.
Judge John n. Lyle, or Waco Texas,
has written a book, "Stonewall Jackson
and the College Boys" "a tale of the
great war of the abolitionl5ts' rebellion
against the constitution of 1850, which
will soon be published. He Was q lieu
tenant in the company that went out
in 1861, from Washington College (noW
Washington and Lee University, and
served through the war in the Stone
wall brigade, and for time acted as
guard to General Jackson's headquart-
ers. The thread of bis story is the ex-
ploits of that company, upon which ne
has strung anecdotes, conversation, his
'oric narratives, Sc. that make up q book
of four to five bundled pages OF mater
L erestiDg not only to Confederate SOL
diers but TO the general reader as well.
A son of Clarke county who has seen
the typewrirten copy OF the work sends
the following extract which will interest
our reader:
"Oa tne IS b OF July, 1861, General
Jo0nson's army, a. , O'Clock il the hf-
,sruoon, W. marcnlng east ward on the
ru4l ON Winchester 20 Nil weed. The
coil,Se boys Looked ccesJtaAen, Us il
,oey were dcirg something they were
asmed #. Ina brigade bad passed.
iorouga ue ci.y 90 reach this road,
aod cAe ooys had to encounter Jhe
gaze Of Jhose pretty gjrls, whom they
we5e cm,ngly abandoning 20 the ten
q mercles oi Patterson's srmy.
Where are you going?" the g,ris
nsd asked from the sidewalks.
DON'T know. Good bye," the boys
would answer, as well as the Jumps 10
their throats would permit.
"Are you running of to leave Us in
the power of the old yankees?".
Ask General Johnson; we're going
somewhere by his order, and he hasn't
shown the politeness to tell u.s."
Don't you bother about the yankees
getting to Winchester. Uncle joe is
going to flank Patterson and wipe his
army of the face Of the earth"
There was much conjecturing and
guessing a7 to the object of the move
rs the regiment swung along the big
road.
at looks like retreat, from the di'
rection we are going"
"It's DO retreat, Jackson's brigade is
in 'front.'"
Patterson must have slipped in be-
hind US then"
81 give it up, ask me something
easy"
Ia the midst of these speculaiions, a
cheer as if from huudred tnroats was
heard in front. Theu, another, aud
another.
whats that mesn?' said one
Rabbits" answered comrade.
Pipes and cakes" suggested an
other.
"White handkerchiefs, il female
hands," responded fourth.
The matter was soon explained,
when the head of the company came TO
the adjutant of the regiment, James NJ
Wade, sitting on his horse by the road
side, end holding paper in his hand
FROM this he read, as the boys moved
oy. an order or rather an address
from General Johnson, of the following
import: c.,
''Our gallant army under General
Rsaureeard is now attacked by over
whelming numbers. The command.
ing general hopes that his troops Will
step out like men, and make 1ofceu
march to save the country" :,
You ought to have heard the yell
those college boys gave in response tu
this appeal. They not only made the
welkinring, but tried to split it. :,
And as TO stepping cut like men,
they hit the road at pace, wnlcn II /,
had been kept up would have landed
them at Manassas that night.
At Millwood, ten miles out from WIN
chester, we halted for au hours rest
News of our coming must have pre-
ceded us, as the ladies Of the surround
inc country met us there with carriages
and wagons loaded with bresd, ham
cakes and "pies and things" which
thew served to the soldiers with theii
own fair hands.
Don't mention your grand danes o.
rhe old regime the same day with those
If Clarke county, Virginia. In grace
and elegance the latter were never e1-
ceIIed And their lovely daughters
chose touch added sweetness to the
nound-cake, were the fairest the sur
sbone on. To describe them is beyono
the powers of my tongue; it lies dowr
At the mere thought of the undertaking
Their lovlinees has been an INSPIRATION
70 me for nearly half century, ano
made the memory of Millwood an OASIS
10 the desert of life. on
Near by Wildwood is the "FaiTia1
Onarrer !" afterwards called Greenway
S:onrf the home of Lord Thomas Fair
faT @ in colonial times The old lord sci
no pace for the fashion of the nelgnooT.
hood, although ne ordered fashionable
snits from London every year. he wal
q bachelor, disappointed in love ore So
sd as backwoodsman OF his day, aDc
lived 10 log cabin in the yard: he Il
re@embered r,voe nj as the friend and patrol
Of l9'l3 George Washington, the sixteen-yesT
old surveyor he employed to survey hi
lands living west of the mountains.
Four miles from Millwood we "aue' :"
the Shenandoah river-"Daugnler o. o.
the-stars" is what the name mesDs II
,ha I,d,an tongue. 1t hugs the pase 0