The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-02

THOMAS Ca6eys the ConfeueKate vi
dier who writes these letters was nv
out Of the war. He. volupteered In .
Montgomery Company and served
throughout the war. The letters were
written. from the front to members OF,
his family in Alabama.
Two Of the ofncers of his company
are yet well known citfzens OF Mont
geometry today. Col w. B. Jones and
Lieutenant Wade McBr.de. both Of
whom served with the ard Alabama,
. regiment which made splendid rec
IN THE HOSPITAL WITH
A BAD WOUND.
XVIII.
Sra Ala Hospital, June 6. 1858.
W,liis leaves for home today. / ex-
psctsd TO 20 with him but the. doc
tor decided I was unable to travel.
The bone Of my leg Is fractured and
the pieceg working out has trritated
the wound to such an extent that !
have suffered horribly the past few
days. As they would not let me go
now I don't intend to bother them any
further. win try to get Mr.. Watts
I to get me q furlough and II ne fails
don't expect TO come home at all.
Why don't you write? have heard
nothing from you since was wound
% Your brother.
Biily win ten you the nevs--my
sonditton. etc.
Cafletts Station. Va. Oct. II. 1864
Dear Mary:
Your letter announcing the death OF
Hooper was received about ten days
ago and would have been answered
before now but for the fact the army
has been on the move ever since. On
the night OF the eth instant the army
broke UP camp on the Rapidan and
moved ifteen miles in the direction OF
the Blue Ridge. The next morning We
forded the Rapidan at Burnett's Ford.
i've miles northwest Of Orange. c. H..
and all hands then became convinced
that General Lee intended making one
Of his mastery flank movements.
We crossed Robertson's River by
fording early the morning of the 18th
instant and Hazel River late the same
afternoon without meeting with oppo-
stfion or even seeing q Yankee. Our
march met with no interruption until
the evening of the 18th. when we
reached Warrenton Springs on the up,
per Rappahanock; the Yankees were
discovered drawn up in line of battle
on the opposite side. The division Of
Rcdes being In the advance he formed
his men as quickly as possible and
double quicked them down to the Ford,
ana In the face OF 9 very heavy fire the
boys crossed over and in less time
than It will take for me to record the
event the enemy were leaving with
strait coat tails for Centreville We
captured In this affair about 500 prfs-
oners while our own loss was insignifi-
cant.
Night coming on Immediately after
the passage Of the river we went into
camp, and the next morning resumed
our march for the far famed plains of
Manassas. but. before reaching that
point we again found the army OF
Meade drawn up In line Of battle ut
Bristow's Station ION the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad, and after an ac-
ton OF four hours the Yankees again
sioped and are now without a doubt
safe behid the Notifications of wash
tngton In this affair we took some
1900 prisoners and killed and wound-
ed large number Our own loss will
not fall far short OF one thousand men.
I know OF none Of your acauaintauoes
who are injured. We are now tearing
up the railroad from Manassas to CUT
pepper. G H., and, thus far have de-
efroyed twenty-seven miles of the
track and burned the bridges. sur-
pose we will finish our contract to-
morrow or the day after.
AS General Lee has engineered the
Yanks again out Of Virginia I suppose
We will enjoy a season of quiet I had
a letter from William q few days ago
In which he spoke Of making applica-
zion for furIough In few days. I
hope he got It. and is now safe at