Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-31
ors OF Colonel Marshall's regiment OF
1861 give itT-Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Stirring Aaven,rre.

AaNe NohieueFate states was Capt. Wal.
Ter Drew, who was more or less prom
inent In military affairs In Virginia
from the beginning to the end OF the
struggle.
One experience that happened to me
not long before the battle Of Bull
Run said Capt. Drew the other day.
has lodgment in my cranial apart
ment that is certain to last with me
as long as l last myself. one thing
that was considered necessary TO get
In the military division 10 which | was
assigned was supply Of brass but
tons, and | was detailed to make a
journey TO Baltimore and secure a
quantity of them. | also had soma
matters to attend 10 In this city. and
SO Washington became my first objec-
tive point
Il had with me passes and credan7
tials from Gen Gustavus A. Smith and
Col. Luther Stuart, and, with a whole
lot OF Virginia State money In my
pockets, and accompanied by the late
Billy Bailey and Bob Morgan, both
Washington men. started on what we
all felt TO be rather risky expedition.
We were going to Leonardtown, Md, u
favorite crossing place for 'Confeds'
In those days, and from there get 10
Washington by the easiest practicable
route
My first mIshap was at a little
place known as Jacksons Creek. ON
the Virginia side, where little North
Carolina captain In command OF
company on guard there arrested me
on the charge of robhing Il jewelry
store in Richmond. Va. | couldn't
explain things 10 his satisfaction.
though l showed my passes, and was
marched back and carried before
Gen. Lee. He understood the situa.
tion and ! was released, while the
'Tarheer soldier, though he was prals.
ed for his zeal, was admonIshed for
his lack of Judgment III not percelvlng
from my credentials and explanations
that I was II loyal Confederate soldier
bound on a somewhat important mis-
sion.
I'm the meantime Bailey and Nor
gan had taken a steamer on the poto-
mae and got away My time came
when, with a number of others,
boarded tub and started for Leon
ardtown. There was Massachusetts
captain in command Of the tug, and he
began a search Of the passengers sus-
pecting disloyalSts might be ON board
by some means | escaped being search
ed. How that happened | could never
satisfactorily explain to myself, but Su
it was, and | landed with my Virginia
State cash. passes and credentials and
| got to Washington. Very few OF the
| people who knew me were aware OF
the fact that | had gone South, and
| | wandered about in an apparently I'm
| concerned manner. one Of my first
! str0lls was in the ncighhorhood of tho
old Capitol prison. | glanced nj one
of the upper windows, and who should
| ste there but the men who were To
| have been my fellow travellers Bailey
| and Morgan. | made no sign Of rec
ogniton that could be detected, but |
could not help grinning. and they smll-
ed back.
ut got out, however. that | was here
on a mission from the South and an
old friend OF my father and myself,
the late William Il. Howard. one Of
Washingtons most estimable citizens,
gave me Il warning that agents of the
War Department were after me.
''The authorities were after one
Drew, however, and my father was ar
rested. lie was taken TO Col. Bakers
office and put through n sort of third
degree process,
In the meantime some of my friends
arranged with Jim pumphrcy who
kept livery stable on { street, I'm the
rear OF the National Hotel. TO furnish
carriage, and hastcncd to the depot
and boarded train for Baltimore.
There ! met a man named Riley, who
was going South. had secured my
brass buttons, and Riley and myself
started with them for Leonardtown,
where we purchased Il sloop for So
and hired n man to take us across the
Potomac. We started out IN terrific
gale. It wasn't long before one Of those
vlgilant gunboatS that were constantly
patroIing the Potomac caught sight Of
us. though we carried no light, and
the night was as dark as n pocket.
The gunhoat opened fire, and kept up
long time but we were not hit
thought the old sloop would 60 to the
bottom at any minute, but lnck was
with us. and We landed on the Nir-
ginia side and left the boat 10 herself
we got into the interior without de
lay. Washington Post
Two Lieutenant IiiIIs.