The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-30

gray morse, traveller, IN front OF our
line of wounded and to me he said:
You ought to be home with your
mother, SON.
Perhaps l REPLIED, perhaps l will
be soon, general, as she is in heaven
81 could not help the feeling of in
tense admiration for General Lee. His
expression of sympathy and kind,
fatherly face won me despite my pain
and loyalty to our cause"
Thus August DIPPED describes his
meeting the great Confederate leader.
Dippel now a well-knOwn Portland G.
A. r. veteran, was at that time boy
of but fifteen and was under capture,
suffering from severe wounds. The
meeting occurred in the rear of the
action at Petersburg, June II, 1864.
The day preceding DIPPED was hit by
the fragment of a shell and captured.
Describing his experiences after the
meeting with Lee and while he was
a prisoner, Mr.. DIPPED said.
Well Treated in South.
'I was taken to Richmond next day
in a plantation cart with three others,
lightly wedged together and in affew
days went on to Andersonville, Ca,
where l enjoyed CD the hospitality of
General Writ for six months, when
they began to move prisoners to Sauls-
berry, N. c.
81 was in the first 900 to go, and
at Charleston, S. c., we were placed on
Citadel or Calhoun Square. Some of us
were nearly dead. was about done
for The officer of the Confederate in
charge of us there was Col. Alfred
Rhett, who proved to be the saviour of
my life, as he ordered us very sick
ones detained and sent us to a hos
pital on Mount Pleasant Charleston
Harbor.
Colonel Rhett paid us several visits
to see that his orders for our care
were respected. He was a noble-heart.
ed soldier, who could not hit a man
who was down. He came just as his
command was evacuating the place to
tell the five of us who survived. At
daylight following we came to our
own, as the white flag on Fort Monroe
brought acknowledgements Fox
of the fleet, to shore. He took us to
Morris Island and frora there on the
steamer Baltic to Governors Island
/ New York, and from there to camp
Parole, Maryland, where on June 30
/ 1865, was discharged, cured of my
wound and scurvy.
st was enlisted as a drummer boy
in Company F. One Hundred and Fifty
fifth Regiment, New York Volunteers
to serve three years or during the war
said Mr.. DIPPED, in telling of his frs
war service. was mustered into serv
ice September %, 1862, at Newpor
News, Va, and was sent to Suffolk
where our commander reported fol
duty to General Halleck.
Our first taste of actual war was
at the Nausemond River, with Genera
Longstreet. BrigadierG General Corco
ran commanded the brigade and in
spired us with confidence by his cool
ness and courage under fire as we al
felt very panicky at our first taste .
the horrors of battle.
Clashes With Moseby.
I'VE left Suffock to join the defense
of Wash 'ngton in the Spring of 1868
and were sent to Centerville, Va. w,
had many brushes with Confederates
especially troublesome were Moseby'
cavalry, which kept us in hot water
as we were guarding the railroa
bridges from Alexandria to Bull Run
We built Winter quarters that Fall y
63 at the Acquia Creek bridge, whert
the poor house of Fairfax County was
/ was promoted to high private tina
Winter of "a by general orders fror
General Grant who wanted every en-
listed man and boy able to carry
musket to fill the ranks.
"My first night as picket was full q
terrors for me. Every tree and STUN
took the form of an enemy, and on m
second watch, I challenged and fire
my first shot, which proved to be tn
brigade of General Thomas L. Rosse
on a raid in rear of our lines. We ha
a hot engagement with those nigh
riders for over an hour in the darl
est night but they finally got past US
burnt up our snug tents or stockade
and all our belongings. I noted tina
not an ambulance passed us, all wen
back to Fredericksburg loaded, and W
found one Captain and eleven private
for us to bury in the morning. Our br
gade was saved We had seven me
wounded: none killed.
Speaking of drummer boys, ofte
mere children playing at the grin
game of war, Mr.. DIPPED proceeded: