The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-05-12

and those&wo Were f,,ll and i
was in one Of them. So we al
had to get out and the rest of the
train was full; but we mounted
the top and covered it and
thought It never would start off
So We lsy down with our heads
to the center Of the car and went
to sleep When we wakened nm
at daylight, It was pouring down
rain, and all were wet, with p
cool east wind blowing. Before
we reached Greensboro there
two men standing upon the train
with their backs to the engine
and it ran into a covered bridge
the bridge striking them on The
back OF the head, Knocking them
down and killing one dead and
no hope for the other to live
The one that was killed lived at
High Point, Is miles this,side of
Greensboro. When wesreached
Greensboro there was a COMPANY
OF soldiers waiting for the train
to come to High Point. They pot
on and would not let any one else
get on. But a few of us prison
ers, who did not care for nothing
got on anyhow, for we did not
intend to be outdone, and when
we reached High Point they cot
OF and we went in and we got us
a seat and came on to Salisbury
that Eight about IL o'clock and
lay under the car shed until
MHaRg then we had to walk
q train at6 doaffHe, we could get on
The Yankees had cut G9hisrlotte.
and when we reached Charlotte
that night we were hungry, for
we had not eaten anything since
we left Richmond, for we could
not buy anything to eat. N.Y.
self and two more went into
town to see if we could find any
thing to eat. It was late, but
we saw a man coming out of a
door and we asked him about
something to eat. He carried us
off about 2 blocks, and went into
a house where he had some kim
folks, and they made us welcome
and fixed us some supper, for we
were hungry and our eyes de-
voured more than we did, for our
stomachs had contracted and it
did not take much to fill them up.
We thanked them kindly and
went back to the depot and lay
down on the platform until morn
ing. 1t was 10 o'clock that morn
ing before we could leave for
Chester. There was a pile OF
Government corn lying there
about as large as the depot
and the street around the
depot was covered with corn,
and wagons were running over
it mashing it into the mud, and
two cars loaded with Georgia
syrup had been wrecked and the
syrup was running and spreading
over the street with the mud anC
corn. We started for Chester,
but were hindered on the way,
for we met some of the western
army going to North Carolina
to get with Johnson's command.
We reached Chester just after
sun set. jim Rabb from Fair.
field county and myself had beer
together all the time. We haG
to walk home. We started up in
town and there were so many
stirring about we got separated
and dark came on and l never
saw him any more, but / go
with a man from Laurens county
We walked eight miles that nigh
| and stopped. The next mornins
we started for Worthy's ferr!
and met Gen. Cheatham's arm!
going to North Carolina and w,
had to show our furloughs O
else we would have been force,
to go back and we met soldier
and wagon trains until w
reached the river. / picked III
a large, fine ear of corn and h
and l ate it raw. Just before w
got to the river he stopped t
talk with some men and / Wake,
on. The fiat at the ferry wa
pulled over by q rope and it wa
starting over as I walked up ant
u stepped in and came over an