The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-10

CHu>y yI"dula IIuc, oOo Vi US SuTTcn
dcring with the general, was carried
to Camp Chase and confined there four
weeks.
On the way from Camp Chase to
Camp Douglass, on the 18th Of August,
1868, | escaped from. the cars and
walked from there to Boone County,
Kentucky. passed through Ken
lucky and reached lower East Tcnncs
see, where several detached guerilla
bands were holding Ovcrton and Jack
son Counties. IL was considered in.-
possible to cross the mountains and
reach He Confederate lines ut Da. on,
Ga. | remained with the irregular
soldiers until the Sth Of December,
when General Morgan and Captain
Hines arrived, these having escaped
from the Ohio pcnitcntiary. They
remained there day and night and in
thattimc We gathered together .? men,
about half of them Morgan $ men. W
crossed the Cumberland range =.
mountains in Two days and nights aud
reached the Tennessee river twenty
five miles below Kingston at point
midway between two ferries, situated
five miles apart, both heavily guarded
by federal troops. 1t was at the foot
OF an island (thc river being high) was
nearly mile wide. For ten miles be-
fore reaching the river we impressed
every man VIC saw and also took all
the tools VIC found at the houses. AS
soon as We reached the river We began
to construct RATS. l was on the first
raft which left the shore and after
floating down for half milc, we
reached the Southern bank Of the
river: Other RATS followed and we
soon Lad 20 men across the river.
Then those remaining Oh the North
side of the river tried to force the
horses to swim across, only four Of
which came across, one Of them mine
General Morgans horse was brought
over by the side Of Il raft. Just as we
reached the bank We were fired on
from the point Of the island and both
sides Of the river. The general S
horse was powerful stallion, present
cd to him by j. b. Mcmillan, brother
OF the present governor of Tennessee,
and though he had been in the cold
water for an hour, we saddlcd him at
once, and five Of us mounted and
twenty dismountcd, VIC took to the
woods. After getting under cover We
separated from the dismounted men
and made all haste to get away from
river, but without knowing it We had
crossed into horseshoe bend and af
ter travelling some distance through
the woods VIC came to the river again.
Our little squad was composed Of
General Morgan, Captain Hines,
man named Brady from Clarksvillc,
Tenn, and mountainccr who had
Joined us over in Overton County.
After leaving the river the second
timc VIC travelled through the woods
for al hour and again came to the
river. We now turned our backs on
the river and after going half mile
we came to road with cabin in
sight about hundred yards to our
lett. General Morgan told Captain
Hines to ride up to the house and
make some inquiries as to how to get
away from the river. 1t had been
raining all day and was then raining
very hard. Before Captain Hines
reached the house we heard cavalry
coming from the other direction aud
concealed ourselves behind some
young pines growing by tho roadside.
We werc hardly concealed before
troop of cavalry came dashing by.
They overlook and captured Captain
Hines. At first they did not recognize
him as rebel soldier aud lie carried
them half mile down the road, telling
them We had gone in that direction.
That gave us time to get up to the
top OF a steep hill heavily timhcrcd
aud III a short time the troop came
back, dashing around the foot Of the
ridge where We we're concealed. Night
was closing in and we remained there
until twas perfectly dark. We then
came down into the road and the gon-
cral suggested that as the fedcrals had
just passed over that road it was pos
sible it might be left upguardcd. The
general and myself each had pistol.
The two men with us had no arms at
all. l took the lead, the general next
to me and the other two men behind.
We travelled continuously along for
nearly mile when two pickets that