Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-29


| with the cHpes of our over coats 20 keel
/ out the night air. soon after J A. NJ ]
/ Was aroused uy the sound OF q column
/ Of infantry .Ich,ns along me Toa1 a,
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"The race IS not 10 them that's got
The longest legs &c run
NCr the bate. 10 that peopell
That shoots the biggest gum
Soon after they passed we were all astir
! and our b.vouac was at an cyd We made
our sirprle toilet consisting mainly Of
rrfffng ON our caps and saddling our
horses. somebody had a little cornmoal.
and somebody else had q tin can. such
ee is usad m hold water for shaving. A
fire ,,as kinGlad and each man I'm his
t,rn according 10 rank ana seniority.
mad. % cam of oatmeal crl and was
su.tc.5 g., to., tho can rn,l .be orueI
i...p.a ,oof enough IN drinl, General
Ice VINO r.-o-al as we had done. NOT
Tar e,c,,, ,,. df9 NOT &C ,.,,,o,,,to- bo,.a
even such refreshments as have de-
scribed.
LAST MEAL IN CONFEDERATE
STATES.
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-. ',i 90 VIZ an i'1- OUT .uln az me
1iia' .ll7 "a" we Ioue toward AppomattoN
, ou- nous "nen INC SOUND or suns an
0'' 'ial NoI'oH ido aiIeaoy begun
'N, ".''"Il 70 open lh' way.
ile IoIc'u ms way through the cavalry
~. '-o enemy Only 10 encounter FORCE
~ Ii'is'i''lt lar superior 10 ms own
'0N "l." s,"l Wig command. lie M
l''I'I Ice I'- J.. was lniposal-
lui lNeI' ana IL became
',.','l ,'-' 'ic EN-" was az mama
'l I-,g i."u "iIl'eH 1itHt stauIs
.i''' IC " u'IN nee nm az ID CLOCK on
'" i'.ii'."s u ipIu gun on tne Ola
'',,' 5 ~ ,.l'oi.o' A'.ehueo ny
ca" ',-.i ~ - Ior'1o9u
No"" ''ii9 '""u ~ met He"eIa Grant
DEADLY PENSION-MAKERS
AS we advanced through tba raor oi,e-d
corrosed Of the rorpnarte ~ T .o,,l'et~re+.e
Corrs the mon cboarod tbeir cbieftoi,
as bo rossod Tboir cor65ence and snttil-
siasm were not enc vbit abaf,1 bv de-
feat. hunger. and danger. Ii was lucky
for the Secretary of the Treasury tbat
this rear guard was not permitted 10 tr,
us hand al increasing the pension-roh
with which he is now struggling. Those
men made no fraudulent pensioners. When
they were done with man, he or his
representatives, had an indisputable claim
10 pension under any kind of a pension
law.
General Lee with on orderly in front
bearing a flag Of truce. had proceeded
but "a short distance after passing
through our rear guard when he came
upon the advancing enemy. ! rode for
ward to meet a Federal officer. who urn-
ed out 70 be Lieuteuant-Colonel Whittier.
Of General Humphreys staff and who
delivered TO me General Grants reply to
General Lees letter declining 10 discuss
terms Of a general pacifcadon. L took
this letter o. General Lee. who an once
dictated 10 me a letter IN Grant aclrfn0