The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-10
THEY SHAKE HANDS
THE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF
TWO SOLDIERS IN THE WAR
Captain Christian and Captain Esauch
Meet For the First Time Since
They Trsed TO kill Each Other.

StaoHnG in the lobby OF hotcI
dur!nc the late visit 10 Richmond
Va. Of The Pennsylranians who az,
tended the unvcilinE OF monument.
Cold Earbo1. several days ago. was
Captain Z. D. Christian. wei! known
ve,.ran 0: the For,y.frst Virginia
regiment. who vas entertaining a
nucbe. OF IN. visiting Fedora! vet
eraas with An accoun; o: due! he
had IN 1862 with a Penasy!vacian
near what is known as The Cow
peas" aow the Mechanicsvill- Pike.
In some way" said Captain
Christian. we were coming through
, field cut apart by long line Of
rail- fenc. AS We approached the
fence we saw coming toward US a
line OF olue-cca;ed soldiers. Be
for. ! knew II was face 70 face with
YANKEE who was sending balls at
NE. bw luckily aiming wrong.
loaded my musket time and again
and we bad il there face 70 face
Presently tae Yankee mounted the
fence TO set q better whack al me
sor vas as bad s shot as he in
the excitement Of that duel. Well.
senxieueo, down came the rail fence
and down came the Yankee. sprawl
Ias Oh tho ground he managed to
se: up as my old nusket banged
away. but the ball never touched
him
Wait moment" interrupted one
OF the visitors. and I'll tell you the
rest Of the story" All eyes turned
toward the military form OF Captain
". II. Rarch. Philadelnh:an. who
was the centre OF tAe iis,eGccs 10
Captain Christians story.
"well.". continued Captain Rauch.
the Yankee Just TOOK TO bis heels
at that and you after him. You
fred as long as be was in sight
and 80 ran as long as his legs would
bold him up. The only reason be
did no: ay vas because be was man
and not bird"
That's about right" said the Con-
fede,are and then the two men faced
each othe. with eyes glued on the
faces that had seen the changes OF
nearly halt century-
Hell. man" Captain Rauch cried.
finally breaking the intense Stiffness
"a.e you the joauny Sc5 tina: hat
that duel with me aud came near
making me prisoner or putting nit
gu. for sood?''
III you are the mar who jumped
on .ha, fence aud fell. and then go;
I'D and ran while Confederate sol
de: sent bullets a!te! you 20 he..
move. guess We have met before
IL any other man had been IT
nv palce and had not put Up a good
run" replied Captain Rauch. II
would have beea 4 fool. Why 'ha
old thing you were handling looked
as big as cannon and sounded !;h'
two O., three Of them.
Following this the veterans +h>"N
hands and Captain Eauch took Cap
tain Christian in tow 20 !nir"duc>
him 20 bis wife Then Captain anu
Mrs. Rauch had to get into Captain
Christians automobile and ,',c End
was that Mrs Christian got a tS:<-
phone call 10 have dinner r"a'.v 20;
two extras. The party sP-Et ,a'
evening in the handsome ho."" o.
CAPTAIN Christian. who had 10 .'.o:.i-
;se risi; 10 the Rauch home IT
Philadelphia.
Before leaving Richmond Captain
Eauch declared that ne would 10
hsv. missed meeting Captain Chris
t!an for al bis worldly Isoss.S>io"s
II have p:v.r forgotten tha, relc'.
said be. and / $50 him pow ~ ~
minds Owes With his big old-unlt
nuSke- plugging away at ne AZ
though were Of 30 more s""d iH
the world than o ordinary animal