The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-06-27

looked up wishfully and said, jeff.
don't let him hurt me-" With this
jeff bounded on to Brown saving:
Turn him loose at once or I'll cut
your throat from car to car"
Next morning the Captain sent
Jek word to 90 to his quarters But
jeff told the messenger he didn't
expect to do it, be was going to STAY
there five days with Jim Askew, for
he had come on purpose. SO the
matter went on that day and still
jeff refused to leave the guard house.
The next day it was the same thing
and the Colonel sent Jeff word to 90
to his command and JEFF sent him
the same word he did to the CAPTAIN
the day before. At last the Colonel
sent for him to report to him al once.
jeff went up and met the Colonel
who gave him good naturcd lecture
and told him the army regulations
forbid any such conduct and he lated
very much to send him to the guard
house, but he did it for tho welfare
of the army as we'll as himself He
had no idea of inflicting corporal
punishment CT disgrace on him but
merely to keep down any trouble
that might arise from his state of in
toxication. Jeff told him that he
had gone to Richmond and get hold
of some liquor and before ne knew
it he was little foxy and couldn't
help it, but was sorry for it all the
same. The Colonel invited him into
his tent and they took drink and
that was the last of it.
On another occasion jeff and Bill
Sanders were on picket with some Of
Major Robinson's men, famiiarly
known as plugs" They were
rough set. Some Of them were for
merry members Of Wheat's Battalion
of the Louisiana Tigers, and after
that command was cut to pieces it
was disbanded and many of them
were mounted forming the 9th Bat
talon of Virginia Cavalry and were
attached to Gary's brigade A. N. V,
They never questioned the owner
ship of any property they wanted
in fact they took anything and every
thing they could put their hands on
II there was any prospect of their
making use of it. One of them Jeff
thought had taken his horse fee
while they were on picket, and jeff
cooked his gun and presented ii at
this Plugs breast saying: Bill
Sanders if my gun goes off aud kills
this Plug it won't be my fault will
it?' Bill said ''no, of course it won't,
he ought not be before it, it'll be his
fault. All this time the fellow was
running around lodging behind trees
and men but JEFF followed him with
the muzzle Of his gun right at the
fellows breast with both barrels
cooked. They were never troubled
with the Plugs after that. Along
toward the last of the war good cav
airy horses were so scarce that it was
hard to keep sufficient number Of
men properly mounted to perform
the duties in that line of the service.
I The cavalry ranks were recruited by
letting each man have thirty day g
furlcugh who would bring in good
horse. One mau in the company
lost his horse and being a poor man
was unable to buy one. SO jeff
agreed If he would let him have a
furlough ne would 60 home and bring
u horse The deal was made and
off jeff put homeward The time 20
return came and JEFF, with some
others who had gone for the same
purpose, met ut Chester with their
hoYscs On their way TO the army.
Tbey got them Oh board in box
car and when the train came from
Columbia it was too heavily loaded
the conductor thought 10 take that
box-with hard begging they per-
suadcd him to pull them to Char
lotte, N. G. At Charlotte the trains