The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-05

~ hlther ana
- thither,-Fisher's Hill
-- and the Potomac being
the two extremes Of oscillation. We
struck the enemy near Newtown. and
cushing i~mpetuously upon them, soon
succeeded in precipitating them for
ward in headlong confusion. / have
never witnessed a more perfect STAN
pede. Heller SHELTER they fled, aban-
dOning every species Of property, upon
7he general principle of the French,
after Waterloo, of "Sauve qui peut,''-
which. freely translated, means "D-l
take the hindmost!' We pursued them
through Winchester, Ito the great Joy
and relief of the CitlZens) and some
S miles neutrality-suspicious. III the
dav about 80 miles, (and an oppreS-
Sivelv hot day it waS), and marching
6 miles of that in Division line OF
battle. over hills and down declivities,
over fences and through fields. The
line of the enemy's flight for Is miles
was strewed with abundant arms n
garments, burning wagons and dis
ahled CaiSsOnS. The pursuit was con-
tinued into the night, and the specta-
Gle was move and striking when some
burning, ordnance wagon would sud
denly explode and the thousands of
cartridges which it contained would
fly fixing and popping in every di-
r|ection. like a bunch Of crackers set
on fire by boys at Christmas, and fill
ing the air with jets of light like those
that attend the train of a Congress
rocket.
4 heavy rain hat night and a
most thorough drenching somewhat
cooled the ardor which had charac-
teriZed our pursuit.
July 25.-Our Cavalry continued
upon the heels of the running foe.
in the afternoon, the Nor Easter
which had been prevailing, having
subsidized we moved onward and
camped for the night at Bunker Hill.
Took tea with the Misses Burnett, to
whose partially, hospitality and un-
varying kindness, during many sub
seQuent visits, l must here record my
grateful acknowledgements. The Yam
KEGS, greatly elated by their late tenn
poraTy success over RamSeur, were
represented by the Citizens as cor
rcspondingly depressed and crest
fallen by their yesterdays discomfi-
furc. They declare hat these misera.
he. ragged rebels fight like fiends.
hat expression, ragged rebels,
reminds me of an incident of our pas
sage thrO' one of the little towns OF
Virginia, where Il armies had never
been before While passing through
the streets, an old lady with remarka-
bly, mild and benevolent visage, came
49, ~ 'bSHI - 49, 1Ae-
ment was depicted on her venerable
face at the view Of SO many men, and
guns, and horses. Then, as she grad
uaIly drank in the full spectacle, her
feelings Of sympathy dubbed up and
ran over at her eyes and she eXclaim-
SlaSm, poor, dear, dirty reDeIs!" And
then a series Of audible sobs, The
whole thin was very funny, but not
the dlTtleSt rebel" there had the
heart TO laugh at the old lady's ex-
hl6lton Of unsophisticated feeling.
july 26--Moved at an early hour
LOT Martinsburg, and. the enemy evac-
uattng at our ~appoarch. We passed
through it and encamped a couple OF
miles beyond M~artinsburg is a hand
some town, on the & Ohio r. r.
the eneny's principal base Of sup
pIeS during their operations in the
Ealley-of more thai questionable
oeed, of unQ~uestionable ~disloyalty,
though there are some good and r
people there,-especially among the
la45es' who are never governed by the
colo, sordid and calculating sugges-
IONS or policy, as men are.
july p & 2S-Engaged in tearing
up and otherwise destroying the rail
Soad track On the latter day, the
3North Carolina soldiers in the Army
voted for Governor.
july 2s--Advanced this day to the
Iotofnac, II miles distant. opposite
NIIliamsport, Md, and went into
imp on the Virginia side. Numbers,
mo"eVer, crossed the river and visited
sno town to renew the acquaintance
"hlch they had formed the last year.
~'uiy 3o.-Backt to the old camp near
54"~Iuhsburg. General Early's object
80 MS movement Of yesterday, proba-
o1y oelng simply to confuse the enemy
- q MS yaal 6ociD-1 49, " boon
them like poor joe in Bleak louise,
moving on"
"uiy 31.-August 4, 2 and 3.-Quiet
~ amp, enjoying the grateful and
~5uSuai repose, and occasionally
,",.S IN to cultivate the good people
OF Martinsburg.
: 4.-Moved forward again to-
' the Potomac and camped at