The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-20

JOHNSTON.
heavy upon coat. cap, haversack, and
f~napsack. upon the muskets and
upon the colours. dropping in the
heat. dropping at the idea OF turn
ing back upon Patterson and going
off, Heaven and Oid Joe knew where
Tramp. tramp over the hot pike, sal
lenly southwark, hot without and hot
withini The knapSsck was heavy. |
the haVersack was heavy. the mus
ket Was heavy. Sweat ran down
from under cap or felt hat, and made
grimy trenches Town cheek and
chin. The men had too thick un-
derwear. They carried overcoat and
blapket-~lt was hot, hot and every
pound like ten To keep-to throw
away" 70 keep-to throw away?i
The beat Of feet kept time to that
pressing question. and to just march
Ing to be neutrality-suspicious. old
Joe thinks it's fun, and TO where in
he'll are We going, ANYWAY?
The mounted officers were not foot
weary, but they also had heat. thirst
and hunger. and, in addition, respon-
slDility, in experience. and the glance
Of their bfiEadief. The ten minutes
@ere soon over. Fan in-fall in, men!
The short rest made the going worse.
the soldiers rose Sc etiff and sore.
Thus she describes tho march from
Winchester.
Even more vivid is the account of
the Bath ant Itonney trip in the dead
Of winter, Of which Miss Johnston
writes in part:
In the afternoon Loring, riding AZ
the head of his brisades. sent a staT
officer forward with representations.
INla l44fHvv# Et44tYTIf k45 ft4 f.V4 V1 t.tf
travelling &aq Impossible upon that
iee-sheathed road. 1t WAS long be-
| fore he overlook the rear OF the
StonewalI Brigade. Bulteted b. the
sind, h grey uniforms pale under
a glaze OF sleet. the red of the colours
the only CLEAN Of cheer, the line
crawled aver a long hill. 10y. UNI
wooded, swept by the shrioSing wind.
stafford IN passing exchanged greet
ings with several OF the mounted ofi-
Gers. These were in as bad case
as their men, nigh frozen themselves,
distressed for the horses beneath
them, and for the staggering ranks,
striving for anger with the nan
~stragGlers ana finding only compunc-
tiOt, In blank ignorance as to where
they were going and for what. know
ing only that whereas they had made
seventeen miles the day before, they
were not likely to make seven to-day.
He. passed the infantry and came
iup with the artillery. The steep
road was ice, the horses were smooth
shod. The poor brutes slipped and
fell. cutting themselves cruelty. The
men were down in the road, lifting
the horses, dragging with them at
gun and caissou. The crest of the
Hill reached. the carriages must be
held back. Kept from sliding side
~ ~ in. the desoent Going down
was worse than coming up. The
horses slipped and fell. the weight
of gun and caisson came upon them,
together they rolled TO the foot,
where the must be helped up and
urged To the next ascent. 0aths
went here and there upon the wind,
hurt whinnies, words OF encourage
ment. cracking OF whips. straining
and grooming of gun carriages.
Some of the most interesting pas
sages of the book deal with much
discussed questions OF the var Sc
cession is defined by Warwick Cary,
! of Greenwood, as follows. THAT word
means that Virginia leaves OF her free
win a Union that she entered of a
free will. The terms of that Union
have been broken. She cannot, with
in II, preserve her integrity, her dig
nifty and her liberty. Therefore she
uses the right which she reserved
the right Of self-preservation. I'm
terrified, she entered the Union; un-
/ terrified. She leaves it,
IN answer TO the oft~asked ques-
ton, Why did not the Confederate
forces pursue from Manassas, where
they were victorious, Miss Johnston
replies:
The tongue of the case answers
thus: We were a victorious army,
hut We had fought long and hard.
We had not many fresh troops. Even
those which were not engaged had
been marching and COMMUNICATING.
The enemy had many more than we
heavy reserves TO whom panic
might or might not have been com
i munlcated. These were between us
and Ccntrevific. and tho night had
fallen. our cavalry was the best
in the land. but cruelty small in force,
ana very weary BY hat midnight.
We We're scant Of provisions. scan,
Of transportation. soant Of ammuni-
ton. What II tho Federal RESERVES
had not stood, but had fed with he
rest, and we had IN some fashion
FHtfffereG' tftt FsuturnaG*~ There were
strong works at arlington n Aiex-'
aas1YsriN Tired N%ff41 %TtotYrs, tfld" fn"e3sy
distance were Patterson and his I'M
unused men. There was q river a
mile wide. pa oiled by gunboats,
and beyond Il a city with how nan
/ troops we knew not, certainly with
strong earthworks and mounted guns.
Being only men and not ~clairvoyants
we did not know that the city was
so crazed with fear that perhaps.
after all, rad we ever gotten there