The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-08

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Rose. an old Union soldier. and ]. F
Triplett, Confederate veteran, VIII,
happened to have been in .Sose rela
tions in the campaign around Wash
ington. although they didn't know i
until they chanced to meet here near
ly fifty years after the war.
Mr. Rose has received the following
letter from his old-time enemy:
Oklahoma City, Aug. 20, 1909.
J. A. Rose, Chickasha, Oltla.-Deal
Sir and Friend: | owe you an apology
for not coming to see you after being
so kindly treated by you Don't know
that told you at the time of meet
ing you that l was suffering with
sick stomach, but | was, nevertheless;
and continued that way during my stay
in your city and was in bed most Of the
time.
/ felt as II I had a pound of lead
in my stomach but not the kind you
used when you captured our little field
piece, near Warrenton Junction.
find it very pleasant to talk about now
and amusing also, but not that way
at that time.
There We're many amusing things
at that time and frequently before and
after, especially when we could con
ceal our artillery from the Boys in
Blue and open upon them and their
wagon trains. The teamsters were
all confused and it was enough to con-
fuse them, too. Could see but very
few amusing things when 1t came our
time to retreat, especially when we
had to do it at the rate of so or 100
miles per hour. and that would fire.
quently occur. You remember we made
our headquarters in Fanquire, London
and Clarke counties, principally in Fan
quire and London, and we would go to
Harper's Ferry, Charleston. Martins
burg or over on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad to replenish our our pocket
books, which we did sometimes by
throwing the train off of the track and
capturing paymasters for Phil Sheri.
dams army. then we had to ride day
and night until we crossed the She.
nandoah river. then we felt considera-
bly, easier, as we knew every hog path
in those counties and could not be cut
off by the Federal troops from Win.
chester.
When we would raid around Warren.
ton. Fairfax Court House and Alexan.
dria, our home towns, we would not
have to go SO far from our base OF
supplies and headquarters and the
pines were so thick that by leaving
the road few feet when we would be
hard pressed by you boys, we would
not be noticed If we kept quiet and
we were quiet and the one order was
really not necessary, as we were too
glad OF the opportunity to do SO.
l don't suppose you are aware that
John s. Mosby's men put their time in
from "a to '65 without any compensa-
ton from the Confederate government
or President Davis and his cabinet, but
it is fact, just the same.
I never drew a ration Of any kind,
not even a hard tack clothing. boots
Or shoes no horse feed, but the Con
federacy did furnish US with plenty Of
ammunition to kill Federal soldiers
with.
They went on the principle that a
soldier without ammunition was no
good, but l must say they were very
liberal in furnishing the material used
in Colt'ss ssixshooters. Remington's and
many others too numerous to mention
Whilst they were liberal in furnish
ing us in ammunition. they never once
gave me a dollar to fill my canteen
with old apple jack, but frequently
filled 1t. just how. have forgotten
now.
That was about the cheapest article
that we had In the Confederacy that
remember OF. Common rock salt was
worth SO cents per pound. But we did
not have much occasion to use salt. OF
| any quantity OF It, because we had bul
| little of anything to salt and not much
Of anything to buy it with except Con
federate money and not much to buy
even had we had plenty Of gold Of
silver.
When General Lee evacuated Rich
mcnd, Va. Colonel J. S. Mosby had
three companies In the northern necl
Of Virginia between Rappahannocl
river and the Potomac on Chesapeake
bay in Westmoreland and Lancaster
counties. and few days after tbs
evacuation of Richmond. we were on
dared to F'anQuife county, disbanded
for a few days and when we met again
my old captain, Walter S. Franklin, oi
Com many r. was In command and ad.