The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14
RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE SIXTIES

When | struck the woojs went "a
rom Lucas. my fellow soldier. AMI
told him t!iat we'd have to &c, away
rom mere As the Yankees were here
We" , sec no Easter and tbni they had
aireaidy captured Joel Decker We
took shelter under the cliffs opposit.
"herc Lester Runner now livca we
! stayed there TIL . o'clock next morn
ing When our IN rthers met MS next
morning and pilotcd us TO Ice J.ucas's
hn"Yc Honey Fun. next To the RIDGE
ron there we Joined our command at
Eik ltuh Church in Rockingham com.
| ~.
Then VIC came in CONTACT WIN our
army line and were captured w. our
!!.LNHf', 'r' taken 10 our hentirt,artors.
he oificer asked us if we had n pass
Ewing permission 10 leave Tho army
ana told him. Yes Then no said
Let Sc Your pass told him ira,
nah cnhnscL my pants ana ief, nv
r. naes ~ nome IN my other pants pocket.
~, .urhea 70 his desk and wrote 3, Few
INES ana handed 1t TO tho picket to
eiYc 10 the captain of our company. We
shme On back to the cap,ains ,ent
nut INC ca plain was out Of hl. ,ant
."e waited while for him Ia co,nc
nn'k' The ho*s Wouldn't teli wnere
! n . was. told the picket 10 give mo
nne paper and I'd hand IL to tho cap
q
and gavo IL 10 me. II said "Ir tbcss
men left without permission punish
them severely" These were ,he ,y,,,.Is
OF inc note And that was the las, or
| il Mcdowell.
! our ncNt move was 10 atcpowelI and
mere We had battle. IT was at this
"a that colonel Gibbons was killed
hon we moved through Page county
down below ChnrIcstown At uarner,s
Jerry the Fedcrais got rcinforcements
General Jackson fell ba elk w tho Shen
andoah valley with Banks after Mn,
up The Page Valley and Shields M III,
| Shenandoah. Banks's intention was Ia
cut Jackson OFF at New Market crossing
ht the White House bridge. I was M,
on picket N Valley Vicw Strings 10
watch the Yankees coming from Page.
Three chvalrynen (rebs) came ana sa Id
i the bridge was burned and tho lrcdcr:ily
! couldn't ross Then we had orders
| TO march M the Shenandoah Valley
| towards Port <Itepiiblic. Shields was
| hghting our rear all the while. we
marched on TO Fort Republic. but II
seems that Shields stopped; then our
army stopped. and Went into camp.
| we were liking for Inspection of arms.
AT this point il seems that orr picket3
i were capturcn and Banks was moving
! 10 Fort Republic bridge 10 cut Jack
i son off.
| ranks ard load by detail. jackson
threw his army across the river, burned
| The bridge and whipped Banks. Then
threw his army back Into the noun
| tain. Here Banks and Shields both
lost him Jackson moved 10 Gordons-
Vile and took the train Tor Richmond.
landing at Richmond with his army
ne moved down near the seven Pines.
Here the first Federal soldier we saw
stated that thair officers had read ict-
| tcrs 80 them that morning stating tina [
Jackson would not DO there. for Banks
and Shields were giving him the devil
| in the other valley. After severe
battle at Richmond The Fcderals fell
| back on James River.
| ChnnceliOrsrIilc.
My next engagement was at Cham
cellorsville. VIC started from Skinkors
Neck. our win,e: quarters. One OF tho
arandcst flank movements ever made
| by Jackson was made hare, May /.
| 1868. He got clear around the Fed :
eral army. When the signal gun was
hreh 'vc were right on their reserve
line. captain y. c. t;rayson has been
writing about the ChanceilorSvilic bat
tic and others. and reckon It was too
much for him TO say for old Company
H. that at one shot when the signal
I was fred Tho Federal troops ran and
left all their arms stocked In tho woods
where orr compan: passed through.
1!y Brother Killed.
| Thai WAS q merry time for us. Now
on the Sd WAS sad time with me.
This WAS Sunday. May 3. Here my
brOtherJ. Thomas i'rlce. was mortnlly
wounded al 10 o'clock and died al 10
the following night nj The Old Wilder
ness Tavern AT Chnncclorsvillc. Here
| l and another soldier buried him Then
wrote home for my father 10 como
after him. Father and Tommy iIiggs
came after him with n team. asked
/, for a f,irloush 10 come home and sec
him buried, bun they refused. as they
were cSpecting q battle al any time.
So told Captain Grayson that | was
going to come any way. lie said. billy,
| try IL IL YOU WILL but the conscript Of
! 'iccrs vii give YOU trouble" have Of
] ten heard people say how they would
| do in time Of war, but they have only
got TO do as the government says In
f; every little town conscript ctiiccrs were
| placed to catch soldiers. When pass :
| Ing through these towns I would lie
! on lop of the ease IN the wagon and
cover up with n blanket all except my
f! feet. The conscript officers would halt
lis In every town and inquire what VIC
were hauling, and they told him u
corpse, and they'd sny "a corpsc?" and
they'd say pnss on. SO that's tho way
| got homo 10 sec my brother buried
Now, in conclusion. I would say that J
thanl; tho Lori for sparing my life
| for o3.7o5 days. and wonder how many
men in the country Know how many
| days they have boon on Garth Good
| lur's TO all aud especially my old COM
| radcs in-arms.
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