The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-04-12
grew luxuriantly right up to the
hnildipp

grew luxuriantly right up to the
building.
So on the night in question, while
John Faucet was on guard at picket
headquarters drove Of these ''marsh
tickers' came galloping up through
the bushes. The sound of their feet
on the frozen ground as we'll as the
noise they made coming through the
palms induced John to think it was
asquadron of Federal cavalry making
a charge. But John was equal to
the emergency and he didn't intend
to be bluffed, but rather that the
bluffipg should 60 the other way.
So he fired off his gun at the caval.
cade aud shouted as loud as he could:
Fall in here Company A; fall in
Company B; Captain Bruce, throw
out your lihe Of skirmishers and open
fire; bring up two pieces of that ar
tiliery and get ready for cation" All
this demonstration on the part Of
John against the corps of "tickers"
struck terror to the sleeping occupants
Of the mill house. They were awak-
ened but could not understand the
situation. There was no time left
them to decide from points as to what
they must do. Immediate action
must be taken which resulted in a
kind Of do-as-you-please campaign.
As some of them rolled out of the
house IND met Johh in the yard they
found out the real situation and
Joined him in his line of defence.
But one fellow who had made his
exit by another door took to the
woods. leaving behind him horse, gun,
blanket and everything except what
he had on as wearing apparel. Reach
ing the woods he climbed tree and
there stayed till next day when he
found out the real cause Of the
trouble. He was mere youth--a
good fellow and we could sympathize
with him rather than censure him
for his action on that particular oc-
casion. He was court marshalled
and punished, however, for leaving
his post. He didn't belong to Nc
Kissick's company-This I want un-
derstood as we 90 along. fever he
fiickered after that l never knew it,
nor heard tell of it. He made q
good soldier in Virginia in places
where some of those who sat in judg-
ment and condemned him in the case
of the Legare mill, (Lagree) didn't
act as meritoriously as their ages and
official ranks should have prompted
them to have donc-we know what
we are talking about.
While we occupied Legares mill az
picket headquarters, one of Captain
Taylor's men by the name ofHarsey
killed an alligator one night with
fence rail. The alligator was one o.
the largest ever seen in orr So9tt
| Carolina waters. Itwas about 12 Of
Is feet in length. His horse came
across it in the path and took frigh
at it. 1t offered fight. Shooting
was not allowed and be had no othe
alternative but to 90 round it or US
q fence rail which he did effectively
| If the reader will allow persona
alluslon will state that while at thi
same place one day some of US con
cluded to ges some grass for ou
horses. There was plenty of it jus
across the river, and we took tur
about in going oyer in skiff an
cutting it. When the tide was y
the boat was run out into the gras
and by reaching over the sides {
the boat we could soon cut load {
, it. The boat we had would onl
carry one at q time--a very sma
affair it was. So one day while th
writer was taking his turn at gathe
, ing the grass and having his back
the friends on the other shore b
E heard one Of them call out: ''Loo
o out there" and turning suddenl
\ saw q large alligator just benin
i the boat coming at full speed towa'
4 me. I had only q moment In whit