The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-04-21

Blue Ridge" Then he would
rear back and crow like a rooster
The Col. could not helm h,,t
smile, and said, Eyes, any of NV
men would follow me anyWhere =
Now the Col. did not have him
arrested, but had the men that
brought the whiskey in there
arrested.
ihere came up thunder cloud
Wnlle we were on top of the
mountain and there was a heavy
ram down at the base, but only
a light mist where we were. and
late that evening we had to
cross the river and it was muddy
and swollen from the rain. And
company H had four pugilists in
It put of the light weight. viz:
John Smith, John Mott Mcbonds
and myself. We had orders to
keep our ammunition dry. we
pulled on our cartridge boxes.
placed them on our bayonets and
ne nelo them up out of the water.
Ihe water was swift and we had
10 go IN groups to get over safe
ly. When we four pupijists
struck that water it struck us I'M
under our arms, but we were al
righl, SO we kept our heads oIt
OF the water. When we got over
we stopped in piece Of woods
not far from fence and we had
orders not to burn any rails. hit {
Lieut. jonathan Bailey being also
1uil on the booze, piled 10 e8 bic
pile and set them on ffrcssaY,ds
told all Of the boys to come i'm
and warm and dry their clothes
leaseu:- -.r,i1esS La luas mt ,,,,Sa..ssl
the river at the same place and
went to the left on top of a high
open hill and stayed there that
night with wet clothes on;
thought I would freeze. When
the sun rose next morning it felt
good. We lay about until late
that afternoon and had to recross
the river again; three days in
succession we crossed at the
same place. / do not remember
the rest of our wanderings. But
we crossed the Potomac river at
Williamsport, about nine or ten
miles from the Pennsylvania
line. We went a short distance
and stopped in a small body of
woods and drew some rations,
and | rambled around for a mile
or more, came up to a house and
the owner had just plowed UP
his garden and there were some
forty or fifty bushels of Irish
potatoes lying in a pile, wanted
to buy some, but he said, no, he
would give me all l wanted, so I
filled my haversack and went
back and the company had drawn
some fresh beef. l had to wait
late that night before l could get
anything to cook in. l had a
fine mess of beef and potatoes,
and after we had eaten and laid
down to sleep some, the bugle
sounded for revellee, that hurt
our feelings, but we were not
the ones that grumbled. We got
up and were ready to start with
the balance of the brigade. We
went on then to Chambersburg
and tore up the railroad track
for several miles, and that is a
hard job when you have nothing
to work with, piled the crossties,
put the irons on top and set them
ION fire. The irons would get hot
and you could double them to-
gether. While there | went off
to house, the inhabitants had
. vacated it, and there was plenty
, of the black heart cherries there,
and up tree / went and helped
myself. In going away I looked
, over into the garden and saw
some green rows which | thought
: were shellotts. I got as many
{ as | could well carry, went to the
: company and told the boys that
/, we would have a good mess, anC
3 Richard Worthy said, 'Bill, that
r is garlic" and sure enough 4
/ was, and none of us eat any. but
\ ! kept the smell on my clothe,
n for some time.