The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
THE . REAL SOLDIER
AS OLD VET SAW Him.
"reminiscences of Soldier Life in
the Confederate Army
War Jingle.
War Jingle.

81 Believing 1t to be the duty of every
old Confederate soldier to put on re-
cord as much as possible what he 4
Knows about the war, + now f,iln1 my
promise to give my recollections for
tile benefit Of the present generation.
shall take as types men that came un-
der my own observation. OF the mag
nlncent bravery OF these men, I need
not touch on as history has done that,
but their life in camp, anecdotes about
them, and their personality will, Il
think. give n very good idea Of them
as know them In winter quarters, a
big snow was a godsend to them, for
some of the grandest "snowballs' the
world has ever seen occurred during
the war. Brigadcs, and even divisions,
would contest with each other, and
their shlf-appointed officers would
show plainly by their strategy that
they had not fought under "Alarsc
Robcrt' in vain. The Southern news
papers gave very graphic accounts OF
these SNOWFALL battles at the time, but
of the other game which was otter
| played I never have known men toned
| / refer to the game OF prisoners base.
| / believe the schoolboys of the pres
| cnt day stlll play It, and 1t is not nee
| essary for mo to describe It's details,
| hut imagine several hundred Inenplny--
| ing 1 at one time, some idea may be
| formed Of the spirit and vim shown
] by those boys. ! say boys advisedly.
| for at least 30 per cent. OF tho Army
| or Northern Virginia were between tho
| ages or sixteen and twenty-five Years..
l will give frat the description or
the Mark Taplcy of our regiment as
he was rather unique, Ills name waS
/ g. w. VANDERBILT, bat always called
| "gcope' (nnarly every man In MS COM
! pany had n nickname), On long
/ marches, in the morning, the men were
1 fun OF fun--aughlng. singing. jollying
! All citizens they passed on the road
| but Scope" would trudgc along. look
/ ing az GUM us if lie had lost tho last
friend he had in the world. Never a
/ word on giniic from hin. but about
A an hour before time to go into "biy-
4 nitac% scope would begin singing
"&ohoGy knows Whit trouble ] see
ana FroII! then until ranks were broker
fot, camp, lie Yas tho lite or he rGgl'
mont rlig became 10 we'll known bs
lane nIan that nH ron az "scoref opened
there Wns Il Bltout from the Htnole line
! ANA tho men aGcmed to forget tia
! ,nev were dus4y, footsore. tired ar
Y hungry. At fite battle Of William%
= lurE "scopn" WINS struck w ban nnA
, tie fieari. and ittrNtne out the othe
, atdn III his body, bGln~ anG 10 To
: rsgI,E OF his riGht shoulderbiadc W
{ cotnrades wondered wiy II did not M
MIN Instantly but ho wna left Their
/, 10 as, aud rei1 into tic hands OF W
/ YanheGs. BEtil refusing - do, the
4 saBt Inn 70 toepital IN WaFhingtoi
i ana II wit8 found that the liail had 80
around tllb bod9, under the skin, an
!, catn6 Dur WiiEfa above Hthted I'll
!. stirgron cu. tie akin Olen over Il,
= guinai pblnnn aid fGrapei the lead o
/. ~ ii, aua IN mot gel ~ once. 10 WI;
/, I5stt in DID cn9itol Prison. and Wis
Il sgarm pgsatl.ef 8etNlu ile broke oi
b 4 @sii lest't nnd tia Eurgaan sent ~
Il 50 tiie MdaiIpos hospital. whore
% lemain@a fpf mouth before ne 100