Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02

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shermans march to tic The tieYs s i
resas, a. which he was nleirlber.s wa :FI g,
he's von rear guard at tBransnv'ile,
81 OK and at Raleigh, ending Its career
tl,sFf Known Y Irn l n, g
4 Station sFs - i - -
i Thas fast slot. descrfbed by Mr.
sadferE wa s fred IN Mort Carolina. near
/ Durham afterat1ie sreltnliaa ies for tn
| surrender Of General Jegeph "a. u ot1nston
+ to General Will fam y. s'h crman had 'besl,
I ARA nEed The FL ererrt y Taxa snsHas
part Of Esnera Harrtsors1 .Brisaue ana
| had d windied shDtn a full regiment doWE
/ to16onIy ms Describing his experiences
/! at Durham Dir. Sa1fer 5saysaSf 551sE
! I'VE had been On rear guard Ton tnres
or four Ida Us and nigh 81 and on tthG
| morning of April &c. 1867. Just atadaWn
pfrlsv al sseesst came into ca1nI !: lalev
hae found a barrel " fie!l contained son1t.
gallons Of apple da.s:h and adj put some
in 9 wa eri bucEe. and tho ba lance ains q
wasa.Ysub. - saFF rs Esfs ~
..:stS$e sdacagped aleng q. hedge row.
into which we had eraWleaz to sleep Nc
were sol. III. when the st;eu t Game; II
aud sca4lsd ont APPLE. JacEt! but We We're
yssy sees, out aptis;peloEe shsf CUPS tnSo
gene around t!aa.t outeEs tickets dred; o.
course. we could, not pour Sthe jack out I
I It was too, rich for Ya1ll.s: So we drank
I it. Ia a hurry, and mounted our horses
The enemy was on US, and the scrap! be.
/ gan, We divided our command into Two
squad r0i2s-a bout City men each. Iha
4 squad!on next to the enemy. Would stal
i Each mar. would empty one siL-slloot e,
I fhen fsil back behind tbs. other squadron
/ and take a position. We We're more or,
| less exhitarated -probably .n1ore. than less
! TIC enemy came up VIGOROUSLY swift
: and strong, in charge after, cl1arse-fo 10 :
/ we did not. have 10 wait long for them.
! Business was good. ss's
/! iiin : the. &enul eff an heur there tdaesz
veIopad a third squadron which . WAS
/ more than estaila-ated,y fairly fabricated
( for when q, squadron would fire, whiel,
would always check the enemy, the lnhi,l-
! GATED 7rsquadrons would counter-chargen.
| md sometimes. in close six shooter rse.
% be looking for business, and we. die
I rot have to. Wait long a. any time until
! 10 Or Il o'clock, 49,. :
"Nty. squadron took position behind
| the road-tila field vas, say $50 or 200
+ yards wide. We we're on a hillside. six
miles from Chapel Hi: We had waited
longer than usual, when a Yank hol-@
/ loo6s5 on the ether side OF the .fie a
I 'f.tHello, johnny; DON'T shoot! We want
/ to make peace with YOU. We hallooed
| back: All right. Then he RODE out in the
+
Johnny. what command is that
/ 1.-THE Eleventh Texas.
He hallooed back: What is the ma +
ter with you boys this morning.
ga We are drunk and reckless, and #
you want to fight come overt
FEELING GOOD.
=" I thought there was something the
matter for we never saw you boys 50;
#live1y before: go into camp. the war is
over for to-day.
{ He turned and went away.
IN afew nt minutes 5a we, turnsd out % %
. General Wheeler and other officers and
Htnt into camp on "a hillside, among
small trees. Towards night word came
hat General Johnston had surrendered
ma that in the morning we would have
70 stack arms. Our camp was turned
intos5a camp of mourning: men and OFT
Gers mingled their tears together. Old,
weather beate and battie7sScarFed sol
diers who hac prided@ themselves on their
Six-shooters, horS'ss. and vaior. as sol7
diers. threw their belts aside as some
ped children. go
. THE colonel came out and made a
speech. Among otl;r things he said;
had been under fire 4 hundred times,
but he could boast of this regiment as
having been under ire; III battles and
slirmishrs more than three hundred
times, j
terestins "Reminiscences than this, and one
that have never seen in ny5fh1sto',y--,sI
nothing less than a proposal@bF General
Joe Wheeler to recapture Prsside,;t JET
, ferson Davis, rush him rapidly through
Texas and place him on Mexican soil,
whSre he would BE safe fr rem 1 harm i, ! e
,yohnston's surrender the news sgrend
through the camp at Durham that Gene |
raj Wheeler wanted Voi!mteers 70 essort
these oil veterans. he could have secured
all Of them if necessary BUT be chose
only Isl, most of them from the Eleventh,
Texas. The speech Of General Wheeler
10 this little band Of followers Mr.. Sadler
quotes as follows
The Confederate Government fol-, the
present IS pqwere5s TO act hut Its, It's nsna
President Davis across the, Mississippi
rivera ana carry on guerrilla warfare
make raids. back across the river, in the
s stsS oWa af on the u gravst or fali5n
comrades. and gather supplies for "a; q
winter campaign and slIirmisl1 on tie
il we'haveH to- will, cross the Rio Grande
ntolNexico. for the. enemy shall never
have the 14sad Of tir h. C ,9 4s
Catawba river: at Beattyss Ferry, but
in thetrfs hey took thesroad to BeaIty,s
IA gay To oIutme
S. G. When they mounted their horses
to go. he was standing in the door Of Z
broad eraillsry.. and said, MAY, God
speed and bless you on your erranh, and
my prayers are that you may be sue |
cessful in your uncfer takhlg. s
Ave swen; on towards Washington
said Mr.: Sadser land on the mornlnsz 81
May ID, about 10 O'clock we're within /
three miles of. the place. Men We're going
in every direction: some oaroleu, some |
were NOT, but. acf one was making for |
home. Everybody inquired OF overy- !
body fDr: news, @ahdswe We're fairly We'll |
posted as to movements. etc., and from
them we learned that President Davis !
had left Washington nearly two days
before and gone III a southerly direction
and that the enemy came the previous
day. about 3 T. N. We turned into a /
woods; along q fence. into what seemed
a swamp in Wet weather. We fed our
horses and ate something ourselves. We |
had gotten some paroles from the |
soldiers Writing ma teriaI was gotten |
out. and several men went to writing or
copying :psro' es! Each man got one Gen
avail Wheeler took parole as Lieutenant |
Sharp of COMPANY c. Eleventh Georgia. |
re Vas moTnted on g spotted stud that
was captured from General Kifpa trick
near EaVettavi1ie. on the Cape Fear river,
North Carolina. ~ saa
? .:1,taeug General Wheeler. gave us a few
parting words. in which he sad that |
We, no longer owed. allegiance 10 the Con-
federacE that we were free to go and
shift for ourselves; chat our cause for
the present was lost. Look for the worst.
but hope for the hest