The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25
DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA SUNDAY AUGUST Is 1907

this part or tho country, He was very |
tau, straight. Last, aud nuscuIar, withI
81 ciennrsfaycn face, nearly as dark Us /
an Indian. His invariahle salutation to |
an acquaintance on the street was q |
wave or the hand nhd tho Words,
Sir, Sour most" meaning "sir, your
most obedient aervant't4but the cap |
tain neyer wasted words Whom Mninrl
D'Lngnol reached him ~ tho progress
Of his review, he asked. Captain
Bulla. how many armed men are IND
Sn,ir co,iimhnd?" "One thousand jrl
line, and two thotsnnd In the woods.''I
replied Bulla witN5a yosce like a fog-l
horn. All this red tape consumed
time The weather was warm and the
men became impatient
Didn't COME To Die.
AZ Captain Bulla stallsed down the
front of the line. splitting tobacco
sword .clanlsing against his spurs, one
Of his men said: "Capn. how long ISL
this thing going to last2 I'm hungry
and thirsty" "Sir," replied tho Erizzled
warrior---and his voice seemed to come
from the soles OF his boots-"you
didn't come here to eat, and you didn't
come here to drink; you camo here to-
die" "The I'LL I did" exclaimed the
nilitiaman, that's Just what didn't
come here to do;"Sand. shoulderlng his
musket, he strobe out of ranks and
trudged across Clarendon Bridge to.
his home-on tho cast side of Cape Fear
River.
For the conclusion OF these lmpos
ing ceremonies was reserved n scene
linimitably comic and farclcial The
| garrison was to march out with all the
| honors OF war, with safe conduct to
| Washington city. AS; tie United States
| flag wns lowered and the state flag
| was about to be runAup In It's place,
| Lieutenant Walsh, having charge of
| tho old iron six-pounder discovered
| that his piece wouldn't Ego off," Shouts
| Of laughter arose from both besiegers
land besieged as one OF tho garrison
/ kindly ran out with a partfire, and
discharged the gun, which Numbered
/ and reverberated IN salvo to the
| victors and q ltnelly to the vanquished.
| A sergeant in the garrison. John
| Whitmorc, cluded the sentinels the
might before the surrender and dis
/ appeared. Search was made for him,
/ but he lay hidden in cabin at the
/ head of Minis Pond. in the southern
l outskirts, until the departure of the
4 command, when he enlisted In the La
I Tayettc Light Infantry, which after
i wards was Company T in the famous
4 First North Carolina (BethcD Regl-
4 ment on Yorktown Peninsula, under
i General John B.. Magruder. He was a
4 machine soldier, knowing only disci-
4 pine and obedience, and was a splen-
4 did drill master, proving of great SER
4 vice to the regiment. Whitmore after
4 wards became lieutenant in STAIRS
Light Artillery, and was captured dur
ling a fight at Gum swamp, in the
Eastern part Of North Carolina. He
was never paroled or exchanged, hav-
ing gone back to the enemy. But this
second desertion was palliated by his
d comrades under the conviction that the
man was in a very close place. He
7 had been taken in arms by the United
Z States government, to which he hat
Esworn allegiance. and his life wa!
the forfeit.
i Some years after the Civil War
Tread an account of a fight out Yves
between a cavalry company and ,
! band Of Indians, in which 'Sergean
? John Whttmore was wounded'-prob
r. ably the same man.
tx sherman Got 1t MT Last.
E In the spring of 1865 the arsena
I, on Haylnount was again taken, hu
Z then 1t was the Confederate arsenal
, and the victors were tho forces O
s Sherman. 1 was with the division o
: General Hoke at the time, but hear
: the story when returned to my i'm
j. poverished home.
S That day was pandemonium. Explo
8 sions in blowing up the arsenal build
d ing. fires destroying beautiful near
e by homes The rear-guard OF Johnsto
and the van of sherman fighting D
: the streets Of the distracted city
n crowds of disabled men. helpless wo
: imeni and affrighted children fleein
e over all the highways leading to til
n country; the earnings and the for
4 tunes of toilsome years devoured i
S flame and smoke; robbery. outrag,
: carnage everywhere. Sherman SAID
o War Is HE'LL VINO more than he, c
y all the generals of modern times. mad
= it so? j. II. NJ
: Fayetteville, y. G., August, 1907.
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