The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-11

ended, turned 1aceS east again. hlehon
join command miles below Cheraw Before the next day
the whole army beyond Broad river
After crossing Hoods army bore to the eft while
kept straight ahead with the idea Of falling in Sherman
There danger Of capture his unsuspectng
Ebummers his anks front With his everready
scouting parties and cke Sherman always had his TO the
ground in 'front.' cared nothing for his fank his
as no possible enemy could approach him there Gen Cheatham
had cautioned fight shy of his cavalry and this caution a
of necessity risk chances with the Federal SOL
dery
For want space will pass most Of the everyday event.
the minor escapades our occasional brushes with the enemy
many rout lives and the abuse and OF the
women confne myself Of the most important
happenings Often we nearly frozen to DEATH travelling by
dav in denchng ran hiding by night in hickes, with
clothes wet sk and with Of starting fire. When
farther along nearing the armies in greater dan
ger Of being by Gen. Wheeers Confederate cavalry than
from the forces The former could not be burdened with
prisoners, had way of explaining condition. It
took suspect than to listen to the unraveng of
doubtful story Neither could take prisoners When the
fortunes of threw them what would We do with
loose dog Footsteps catch off guard
then troas? So reduced itself to the old
siton mentioned Gen. Harde at the outset, killarney
kech Billy hang Billy ketch Harvey hang After nearly fifty
years peace would wrong harrow the sensitive feelings
Of this generation details of episodes which they could not
comprehend they understand the bitterness existing be-
tween the opposing armies and especially the bitterness Of the
army of South which fighting the losing finish OF
quarrel of century, standing The perpetrators OF deeds done
then that appauded the te would be execa
coooded butchers and uneonscionabe
derer my giving Details those with
minds lovers of the sensational draw their
lamentations for such conclusions them best The pure
mind refined will pass with thanks for the OMISSION
We logged along foot rambling gait having left our
horses behind reasons; the first that the bridges
and burned swept and the second
that we could not get anything feed them the country Of
desolation through which passed.
We kept the straight road striking the wake of the enemy be-
yond Winnsboro keeping until the Catawba
e ferry The enemy had crossed and boat OF
whatever description destroyed washed for
miles above and below We must the stream and there
was only for take We gathered bottom
poes left that had been burned ahed them togeh
and pe' and secured them with twisted muscadne
vnes which very preentabe raft The river still
very high presenting wide muddy Of swiftly flowing
water We heaved the raft having fashioned out rough
paddles prepared embark 1t looked little hazardous,
concluded would out miles below PROVIDED
as Dixon suggesed 1.-THE little adys prayer held good We
tied our guns sung around neck and pushed
off.
was splendid swimmer but Dixon still insisted that he couG
swim in but direction and that straight to the bottom
He instructed whatever happened to hang tor his lie
raft and he would land somewhere short OF the Atlantic
ocean The raft waists when first but when
the began going round and round like SPIN
ming Jenny got her rghed at last while Dixon brought up
the Joke about little lady prayer saying that he had
crown to have faith it. In fact began to be superstous
about it myself about three miles below the starting
point and clambed out wet but with everything safe In
inc up the regain the road had left an
DID, dardaed artillery horse and of the most innocent and
uneanlv looking mules that in ShermanS army
For flat piece Of bottom land one vast
wilderness of miredup caons,
sanled carriages and buggthe whole resembling over
land armada grief We assoed the old horse the mule
following shadow and made hars out Of straps
and saddles blankets and rode The fun we had tor
dav or two that old horse and its shadow worth
cvcle calling myself Don Quxote,
while Dixon on the styled himself your esquire Sancho
Panza' must looked exactly like the pictures seen
in nv bovood worthless made famous by the genius
of the immortal Cervantes.
Our pace was slow and torurou and blankets below