The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-02-21
THE ADVENTURES OF
A CONFEDERATE SCOUT
BY Judge E. c. MOncure. of Caroline.

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We then proceeded through the
country until We struck the road
leading from Golansville TO Ruther
Glenn. near Flags old store. l
was then riding in the rear OF the
others. when | saw ahead of me Il
cOmmOtion and several blue coats
mixed up with our men. Mr.. Liver
man trying TO wrest gun from
one of the ue coats; it was an in
fantry picket of four men, two of
the other men had their guns lev
eled on Liyerman, the fourth man
Ashby had already dsarmed
leveled my double-barrel shot
gun. loaded with eighteen buckshot,
and ordered them TO throw down
their arms. which order they in
stantly Cbeyed. but by that time
Liverman had kicked his man in
the face and taken his musket leav-
ing his face very bloody We
searched these four men and got
S35 dollars from them. We took
their guns and proceeded in south
erly direction and crossed a small
branch. in which as an arsenal we
deposited four first-class muskets.
We then proceeded 10 cross the old
Telegraph road. aiming 10 do
so about mile above Carmel
Church. but when We reached this
road, the sun being about half
hour or so high. we observed a bril-
gade or more Of the enemy. who
seemed 20 have stopped upon the
march 10 rest q while They were
lying in groups of two or three in
every direction on each side of the
road Here We halted for a mo-
ment's consultation, and we decided
to make rush as rapidly as
possible. avoiding the sleeping en-
envy in his repOse, and cross over
as We felt sure that there were no
enemy in the pines far from the
road. We started. in front. and
in looking back to see if the others
were coming, / saw one of the en-
envy standing up at little ditch
washing his face then heard the
cry. Rebels" and looking 10 my
right and rear. being by that time
across the road. | saw the men ris-
ing from their bivouac and Instant
ly heard a few muskets fire. To
use cavalry expression, We were
then feeding our horses on spur
Soup" and like Mazeppa. though
not tied TO our steeds. left dogs
and wolves behind The enemies
balls whized through the pines over
our heads. but We were soon out OF
sight and for once safe. | was we'll
acquainted with the country from
that point TO the North Anna
road: body Of woods for some
three miles lay between, with only
one or two farm houses OF very
poor people therein We took an
old unused road through these
woods and reached a point not
great distance from the Jericho
Fork in the North Anna road.
Here in a small clearing was the
residence of Mrs. r. X. Evans. Sun
was over an hour high when we
met this lady driving a COW ana
pulling down a pair of draw bars TO
turn the COW out into the
woods. She seemed very much eX-
cited and out of her wits. We tried
to get some information from her
as to the enemy. If she knew where
they we're. or any thing about them.
She was very incoherent in her re-
plies. but continued pointing 10
towards her house.
We then moved around a little
curve in the road in sight Of her
house. some two hundred yards dis
tant, and beheld a regiment of cav
airy at rest, horses saddled and
men standing to horse. Here we
were cut off again, so turning TO
the right through the woods we
had proceeded but one or two hun
dred yards when we heard a whistle
and hating saw a Confederate Of
ficer in captains uniform, who ran
to us from thicket and begged us
for Heavens sake take him out of
that place. He told us that he was
Capt. Norwood, of Gen. A. p. Hill
staff; that last night (Monday) at
ter dark he was with some others
in a fight near Jericho Mill. in
Hanover, taken prisoner ana
brought to the south side of North
Anna river, and that they had halt
ed Just about sunrise on the ROAD
where there were some wagons on
the north side and seeing an oppor-
tunity he had crawled under one
of the wagons, stepped into the
pines and ran to a place of conceal
ment. there TO wait until night 70
try to make his escape. and hear
Ing our horses he had looked out
of his hiding and saw that we were
Confederate scouts and came 10 us
for rescue. He told me that he was
the son OF the Rev. MIR. Norwood
an Episcopal minister then living IL
Richmond. Mr.. Loving took Capt
Norwood up behind him and We
then proceeded towards Cedar FORK
in Caroline. three miles from Hew-
let's. Thinking that the enemy
might have pickets at Cedar FORE
We continued and learned from a
Mr.. Luck living nearby that the
enemy had a picket there the night
before but they had gone down the
road. Git is only a mile from this
point to the forks of the road lead
ing TO Buffers mill and Hewletts)
we went down this road a few hun
dred yards and saw the pickets al
the fork. We then turned and
struck the North Anna. short
distance above Buffers mill. anC
cautiously approaching found no en-
envy there, but one span of the
bridge had been torn up by our sol
diers the night before, There were
good many refugees from Caroline