The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-09-27
WAR STORIES.
Tthe Experience Of j. G. Stribling, G. s. A.
lnSsearching for his Brother, who Died in
~ o2'th Carolina After the Surrender
Charleston Sunday News.

OF the Z charleston News and Courier
iu re,aUog the story Of the p-oscrip-
fioa by lot aud subsequent official
Murdee Gf Ssmes KILLER, Confederate
soldier sea tEen prisoner of Sherman &
army--Gde appalling experience Of
Iesk Skibling, who went to the war
iu cow geRy Z. ef Hrrs Rifles, from
old ESiaeeEs County, and who was Af-
ferwsr6s transferred to Blacks ca
ualrg. It was during his service in
Gt1is caealry that Jack Stribling was
esptured Gy Sherman's army in a
bnttle aeec Fayetteville, North Caro-
iiua. witch occurred after Gen. Lee
had Surrendered, 10 1865. Mr.. Ford
tue wrissc cf che article mentioned,
aud wtG uas one Of the unfortunate
soldiers vta were captured during
this Laaale, tellS feelingly Of his re-
niuissssnses Ct the experience of Jack
StrtbEng.
Thia goung cavalsymau was one
amaug cwenty Of the prisoners who
weea coazpeRed TO draw lots against
death, GO safety the morbid VEN
geaucG oe sr implacable foe, but
escsued dsswiog the fatal !ot-which
fell CT eoar James Miller-only to
meet death few days later in still
EHare e:cuel and Uuwarrantable man
zee WhNe I'D and delirious from
rlaT f.GIcnes aud hardships Of the
s>w"i aaeech, he one night staggered
,.ssx the dead line Of one Of
: .4rsaan's Bull Pens," and was shot
.ssrn 6g a Federal guard, who did
sh- rNee& 'as remorselessly as he might
E1He eslied an animal with cudgel.
l&ud she last that his comrades Of the
aaaueh yer knew Of him was that he
kad resolved mortal wound aud
hsd 6h.sR loft to the care OF strangers.
ThiG kaewleage reaching the fam
Eg at home, and they in. terrible
duubs as 80 whether Jack were dead
az still lingering there in the woods,
aud pseasps without attention, nerv-
ed his. yoanger brother--wko had
lust reaahed home froa the battle
GsEda Of Virginia, the only survivor
OF sdcr brothers Of the family, and Of
>sfK1eea other boys frpm four families
ae ths aeighborhood set out, fec
Iag aH tae kardships and dangers in
si2eat 6o che closing Of long and
hard.fdaght war, and while yet unre.
aaHeEatsa from the depressing effects
af hard eerviee, 20, ascertain the fate
of shs Eeet brother, or to give him tie
necessary care aud attention if found
Yse alfEe.
&c gsss ia tho latter psrs Of April,
NG5. ehst Ireaohod home q ragged
saLafss bay, half dead from hunger,
fatigue aud melancholy over defeat
ard fose. How vividly the scens and
Gle sensations OF the home coming
Eafarn so me now es write this,
swelling zay breast with an emotion
Ike vkioh there is nothing that
:cumes 60 the heart Of man in times
df nerae and plenty1 Itrudged along
dau0 tfne road leading to the old home
eEEtR.- uhenee I, with three elder
GratGsea. had gone forth three to four
Nsars before, and in the fullness and
yTgaras yospg manhood to answer the
rssauadiag call Of the Southland:
: 80 asmsl' 1t was al Ye.y familiar
eannas Il was al very dear to me, and
Ea azas far this that I clinched at my
bisart when the rush Of feelings
sEsgAsa eyer mo as I neared the old
da0Ek.aaz, 1Ihe elBloo1g contest was at
an lsesrdr ant devastation aud desola-
kSna avsrhnpg our once beautiful and
Nsissss6ua Southland like the pail Of
q. anEgstv gloom. And, as I then
uiIsgaa 1t, all-all aeemed lost for the
nsgs Ri,e svspe tsaas ,gvey, save their
kaarssr. What IS carnival Of blood
BaE tneamin progress for four long
: Fsazn- ssud as looked upon the
nsasm. which was at that midnight
Eaur azza1siug slowly toward the west
euu horizon, it seemed TO be going
dasnu in sea of blood. But back
eage in the fowery valleys and upon
.Ee 5ssuslfra hills Of Virginia, where
SEE.s ;staiase of wr hsd howied and
apasasl FOR four heil.rifs pears, and
D dine daaxy ravens had oroaked over
carnage. se1gned ,onss more the white
y taazs Of geade. IS. ~ {: n ,5?s5$
q - steat ,pap upon the door OF the
DIN kasas ;aHoke from their, fsfnl
) sssazasrs father; mother, young
I sHrnefsns and sisters, who came troop.
4 TIiag ssissTssrd 70 sbehoid, returned go
!; chem. ,ffastead of Tho \ strong son and
4 EnYSt who had once rompad over