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

Gen Iorgan's I1scapo From the Ohio
Penitentiary.



| very difficult for us to keep together
After travelling this way for about an
hour the general stopped and said We
might be going wrong, and il SO, bet
ter not be going at all. We had been
without anything to eat for two days
and nights and the general was suffer
ing from acute rheumatism contracted
in the Ohio pcnitcntiary, and was al
most exhausted. We had three
blankets in the crowd. | laid one on
the ground and the general laid down
on it and | put the other two over him.
In few minutes he was sound asleep,
the other two men went to sleep and |
watched. Ii seemed very secluded
place Git was so dark when we stoppad)
but in about an hour the rain stopped
and the stars shonc out and found
we had stopped in the forks of pub
lie or wagon road and about a $50
yards from IS was Church. woke
up the general, but it was some time
before could arouse him, he was SO
dead asleep. When he got up We
went TO and around the Church, but
saw no signs Of life at all, The roads
that forked wrrc going South, SO we
mounted and took the right haud
road, following it about a mile and
half, when We again same back to the
river. We could see lights for long
way and found that the river there
was straight and we were out of the
bend. We once more turned our
backs on the river and started across
some Old fields washed into deep gull
lies. 1t now began to rain heavily
and VIC would sometimes get into the
gulllcs where they were so deep that
we would have to follow them to the
ends TO get out Of them. About half
mile from the river we went into
dense woods and after travelling about
mile in them we came to field with
barn just inside the fence. The
general told me to go into the barn and
soc If could find anything to feed our
horses. | went in and found pile of
corn and We fed our horses bountiful-
~. When the horses began eating
the corn Il dog started to bark about a
hundred yards off. Leaving the other
two men with the horses tho gcueral
and myself went to where the dog
barkcd and found the house. After
repeated knscking woman asked us
who VIC were. The general told her
VIC were soldiers. She asked what
kind Of soldiers. The general told
her union soldiers, Of course. a man
then came to tho door inviting US in.
We found he had been refugccing in
Kentucky to avoid the Confederate
conscript and had just got back home.
The general told him We belonged to
Colonel Hurts kentucky regiment
that had been ordered down to take
the place Of the troops guarding the
ferries, that he was quartcrmas,er Of
the regiment and We were making
night march to get down to Athens to
stop train of wagons going South to
get sugar and coffee to distribute
among the loyal citizens. The wo-
man spoke up then and said if VIC
were that kind Of men we must have
something to cat. Tho general told
her VIC were little hungry as we had
not had anything to eat since morning.
She roasted a spare rib, fried some
sausage, cooked us some cornbrcad
and set out pitcher Of but,crmilk.
We then and there ate the best tasting
meal Of our lives. What We left car
ried to the other men. The general
told the man it was imperative that we
go on that night or We might miss
stopping that train. lie to!d Us we
had better be careful in going out tho
Ashcns road, us it was guarded by in
experienced militia and they might
fire on US without halting US. The
general told him he would hate to be
killed by our own men and asked him
IT there was not some way to get on
that road beyond these guards. He
said there was away, but VIC could not
find it in the dark. TIE general told
him If he would pilot us around those
guards and put us on the road beyond
them sha. he would give him So so in
gold, and when We were distributing
that sugar and coffee he would give
him enough to last him II months.
AS soon as his wife heard that she
got his evcrcoat and fixed him up to
60. Hc carried US about four or fivc
miles through byways and put us on
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