The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14
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iny life. First in SO Ny father and
were ut Castlcnans Ferry unload.
in:, boat load OF lumber. TWO mon
came riding up the river side and
told us that the ibolltionisis and ne.
Sroes were killing mon women and
children as they came, and that scared
inc nearly 10 death, I5told nay father
20 let's hurry and get the lumber Oh
aud go home. We hadn'; gone very
far before the other men overlook
us on horseback, saying. "liavc yon
Heard the news? Tho Abolitionis,s and
,cgt"es havc broken out and are KIM
Ing men. women and children as they
70 We didn't get nny more news
iii VIC reached Front loyal. and there
VIZ heard Tint they had captured John
brown AMI portion rr his followers.
IN e. tho first timc went on
ticket during the civil War. under
l.ieutenant Grayson. they put me On
picket ina swamp below culpepcr
Courthouse. My orders were TO shoot
the first man that came 10 my post.
l,ut instead Of doing that the noise
from the little varmin,s was like
ubout twenty-five cavalrymen coming,
Rnl that wnH tho second timc I was
scare. So ] LETT and snenkcd back
10 the reserve Then heard lie re-
tcrvc says, Get M. boys. we'vc got
10 rolicvc Billie Prca now" So 4
{
they camo halted ihcn They gave
tic cuunicrsiEn, and was relieved
and went bnck 10 the reserve. H#
Tho nest move was on a march Ia
Elk Run Church. Then we went III
Gulpcpcr TO take tho train for Elk
Kun ~
When We wen, 10 rat on tho train
Lucas loci Decker ana myself con-
clii'lcd 10 como home TO spend The
l:astcr, This Was In g.,
The first Time tho Ynnk~cn Came Into
Page County.
II When We got To l.uray We were told
That Or Miller and Joe Wheat had gone
over on tho Mnssanutton Mountain 10
soc If Tho Yankccs werc coming and
hadn't got back. So We came on home
hut when Joel Decker got to the White
House tho Yankees were there and
CAPTURED HIM. / was SO anxious to BIO
q soldier that substituted for Reuben
LNieshlre for ono year and nine months
after the war. iill .''i' =
On Easter Joel Decker ana mysclf
we're GOING out 70 see our best rirla
1his was ~ Tommy HigEs's. in Leaks
Vic when stepred on the pike AT
Hamburg. three Yankees cailo gallon.
Ing toward inc and captured mo. /
Started 70 run, but they. soon overlook
Inc. They asked nc what ran for r
tod them that. thought IL WAS Jor
cans Cavalry coming. and thcy some
times run ovcr boys, They said they
were not Jordan's Cacalry, but vera
: ,, Mllhs. ana mat J could 20 with them.
ihen they wanted to know who was
hnH whether [ belonged 10 tho rehe,
hrinN' told them no: that i was ro
ING out 10 sec my cousin, Joel Decker
VINO had heard had just come hon,s
ron, ne army Then they said, you
IN sec MIN. Tor we captured him
last night and sent him across tho bilI
ms inorning slgnifying thu Massn.
( luton mountain. They took me ON
10 headquarters. which were nj tbe
" me liousc- Then they asked me
I,a.E Questions. and told them al,
I'M ! nave said above They asked me
< u belonged 10 the rebel army and
ioid them no. At that time Mrs' psit,o
Brubakcr came through Tho room
ihcH asked her II she knew mo ana
hhc sald SHE did Then thcyIiasked bnI
wheliler she knew If had been in liz
h h,i1iE or not She said yes that i
Az, osh hnns'l,nied Tor her cousin, Reuben
H. ite ss"ile' ana went in his place.
fhird Srnre. -
nnt denied it. and told them mar
omcN wanted me to 70, bur / refused
ms was after Airs. Brubakcr had loft
IN, Inc room. q denied in her presence
hcS said they would send me over 10
. - N ''Toh, tncil ncauquarf crs. as
cousin 'c ny
wore a brand new rebel suit. and
10y asked nc where II got It, tOld
thcm that my sister had made I, nnd
fnNc 1t TO me. as many boy; had suits
of that kind. II
IL was vcrS- rainy time. and ,hcv
told the picket 10 go back 10 Ills com
Pany; nat they would attend 10 mo
now. Ono OF them turned around IN
ms chair and dozcd OFF TO sleep rho
Other one lay down on the floor and
wcr; to sleep. Then got IN and
waikcd out TO the pump and got me- n
sleeping. walked out 10 the gate AT
the road. stood there n little while.
and still they didn't wake IN. walked
up Tho riverside TO the old toll house
where my uncle and aunt lived and
where Joel Decker made his home.
When opened tho door the Yankees
were thick as llcas In there. My amt
fsya: Laws help my soul. Bill, when
did YOU get back" My answer was.
- hadn't gone amy place yet" and
came out the pike toward my home.
When ! got on top OF tho White
House hill wouldn't have had any
trouble TO pass the pickcts had tho
me They halted me and asked me
where 7 was going. ! told them I was
going home.
II lived ut that tine an lilo Reuben
RuffEcr place. on tho river. now owned
by y. S. Iliic. They told mo To come
on UP to the post. They asked mo
whore 7 had been! I told them that
had been to headquarters down at the
river. and that the colonel had told me
10 go homo. Then they called for u
PASS from the colbncl. told them no.
THEN thoyssaid that they bad orders to
let no one pass out Or in without q
pass from Headquarters, 'rhon they
said that they would send n man hack
With me 10 headquarters. VIC didn't
80 very far before tho captain called
,is back and told me Ia go home and
stay close around there with that rebel
suit on.
When T reached The mill road nj tho
Itopfof tho White House hill, IL you
never saw boy run you lust ought
TO havo been there to SEQ mo run.