Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-02-16
The Wise
Judge
A Story of How President
Lincoln Rectified an
Injustice.
By JOHN JOYCE.
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

In 1863 l was with the cavalry in
the Army of the Potomac. confess l
never made a good soldier. was too
fond of an irregular life. l could never
be disciplined. When the command
was asleep would be off on some ad-
vent lre. There was a southern girl
south of us, her home being most Of
the time within the southern lines,
who captivated my youthful fancy, and
/ was constantly absent without leave
visiting her.
On one occasion | would surely have
been captured by some ConfederateS
who called at the house had she not
put me upstairs in one of the bedrooms.
There / found some citizens clothing
and, putting it on, went down and
mingled with the soldiers.
l gained some very important infor-
nation from them about the enemy's
a redhot Confederate. They belonged
to Jubal Early's command and told ne
that they were the advance Of his
force, intending to sweep around in
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