The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-24

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camp with d sad heart 10 tell Us OF the
lI,pfruitful termination of our raid and
that we would return TO Virginia or the
morrow That evening, Bruno Bowie and
were dspa tched to -"Young's Store for
Richard Belt, WHO desired to enlist in our
command This increased our party to ten
AT the head of the little band, Lieutenant
Bowie took up the line of march for V!r-
ginia. going around Washington. d. c..
via Sandy Spring, Montgomery county.
: Md, quite little hamlet of about fifty
Inhabitants. One store, owned by Mr..
Alban Gilpin. supplied the good people OF
that vicinity with the necessities OF life.
Mr. Gilpin, from long experience IN Iner-
camille life, had become skilled in decora-
! tive art, as was shown by his tastefully-
| arrarged windows furbeiows, flouncss
| and fine clothes were artistically displayed
in them. The picture was more than cha
eye of Mosby's men co'tld withstand I'm
| invited. we entered the store and opened
negotiations with Me Gilpin for "a few OF
! his wares. He could not well refuse such
| a hungry-looking set, on the other hand,
| he instructed his courteous clerk, Mr.. Al g
| ban CT. Thomas, to let US have such ar
ticles as we needed. Here an episode
| took place between MIR. Thomas and my
self that doubtless Inconvenience the
| former no little at the time, but since such
| pleasant interchange OF courteses has
been established between US that 1 trust
all memories of the rude acts OF war have
| been oblterated: My boots were run down
at the heels. making it very painful 10
! me TO walk Thinking surely footwear
was carried in stock, 1 requested Mr..
Thomas to show me pair of No. boots.
TOOK THE BOOTS
| He replied, Mine is the only pair of boots
| in the store. and they are No Ii2.'
| was in dilemma. The military ueces-
| s;ty still confronted us l insisted upon
| making the exchange. The clerk. true
| TO his training in the Quaker School, looked
] VIII have to let you have them l lost
! no time in adapting my No feet TO his
No. IA boots That it was . close fit
/ goes without saying, and SO long as I
! wore them, I was forcibty reminded OF
| my Sandy Spring raid Mr. Thomas has
/ since told me that the boots | left him
have served him many a good turn Thank
! ing Mr.. Giipn for his many kiudnesses.
| we mounted our horses and took up L
T, forced march for the Potomac; but alas,
] the night was too far spent" for us 10
| make the haven of rest and safety. Near
! Rockville, day broke upon US competing
! US to go to the woods for the day Hav
ing p:cketed our horses and breakfaster!.
| we were sitting around the camp, dis
| cussing the events of the past night, and
the prospects of our being in old Virginia
tomorrow, when our attention was called
! to the tramp Of approaching tlorsemen and
! a voice saying They have gone in here
We at first thought that the Federal cav
| airy were on our trail, but subsequent
| events proved that young Thomas had
gotten the citizens OF Sandy Spring to-
| gether and had come after his SCOTS. Hts
force was ample. about forty. and well
armed with shot-guns, to give us a great
| deal of anxiety. lieutenant Bowie said:
! Boys, we will charge them on foot
Forming single line, we charged with
a yell down to the road. 4 hot tight en-
sued Why there were no casualties here
| has always been 4 source OF Wonderment
10 me Several OF tire citizens, one OF
which was Mr.. Thomas. had tiEsmouuted TO
| fight as infantry, while the rest kept to
their horses as g reserve force On max
ing the road, the Lieutenant mounted the
first citizens horse he came 10 and order
ed Vest and myself TO mount ourselves
and follow him. This we did with dis
patch. the rest of the men holding the
ground we had gained The horse I fell
heir to proved TO be TfICEnas- He WAS
as swift as the wind and nimble as cat.
Hence he was not long forging his way
by the side OF Vest, who had gotten q
start OF me, both gaining considerably on
our leader. who had just turned q bend
in the road. when two shots were fired,
striking the Lieutenant in the face and
| head with buckshot and knocking him
! from his horse, mortality wounded Henry
Ent, blacksmith IN Sandy Spring. armed
with double hIrrei gun, had concealed
himself behind a cedar tree. close to the
road, and the Lieutenant passed, ha
fired the fatal shots. and then fed through
the thick underbush and dense forest
Vest and 1 retraced OUT way 10 the rest
OF the men with the sad news OF our great
loss. The command now devolved upon
Randolph, who. in his usual cool way.
said: Mount your horses. boys. and fol-
low me- As though by funeral dirse.
we marched slowly to the spot where tia
Lieutenant lay wounded What sad
scene. Although we were IN danger ot
t~beng attacked by the combined forces OF
the soldiers and citizens, we secured from
q farmer nearby a wagon and conveyed
our wounded commander TO the kind mans
house, where all was done by his brother,
who remained with him. and the ladies OF
the house, to make his last moments COM
Portable until death closed the scene.
Bruno now retired TO his horse and en-
deavored 10 overtake us. but was inter
cepted by body Of Federal cavalry. and
taken 70 the "old Capitol. at Washing
ton, Q prisoner. where ne remained until
the close of the war.
The rest CT QUIZ party, now reduced Ia
eight, our original number. made our way
to Virginia. taking the peak of the sugar
J Loaf Mountain as our guide and fnsptre-
/ ton, for this overlooked our place Of
Safety-VrSlrEa. pns GSedfJ dlso ztoheiy
ride was made IN silence and without in
4 cdent, reaching the mountain about noon,
where we rested until dar,.. when q lady
who had two sons In Whites Battalion, In
vited us to supper. and informed us that
the p.ckets on the river had been ordered
to Virginia on a raid. This seemed pro-
verbal After partakins OF the hosp. rai-
1 ity OF our benefactress. we crossed the
.Ruotcon1' In satety-ule end OF q most
eTentful raid.
John Randolph made report 70 Colonel
Mosby O, our sad casualty. who was much
distressed at the loss of such a promising
young officer
i Jas. q. WILTSHIRE