The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-23
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II saw a regiment OF Sheridan b
cavalry halted once by am old Virgin
ian. who had no arms IN his hands,
and who didn't speak q word said
Juuius A. Cosby the gian, sergeant
of the Second District police force.
I'll was during the retreat from Pc
tersburp, i1 April. 1860, the day Doe.
fore General Toe surrendered ] had
been stationed here Co., q military tel
,gTaph IcrIor, but just before
Richmond was evacuated ! was or
dcred to kodaddc and Join the army
Of was supposed go be q ogo to
Gen. Lees headquarters ON the re-
treat. but ] considered myself nigh
~ lucky % get any place where /
could keep whole skin aud ont O.
Ioacn OF Sheridan cavalry. that did
not give MS any peace for am hour ar
% time. It seems to me was ceuer
ally with the wagon train and There
tre trouble was the hottest, ior De-
blue coats would dash iu, destroy o.
roIuon OF our wagons and then
would have io p.t out to- escape Tire
rrc our cavalry and infantry Won
POUR into tncm.
eve wero getting pretty we'll uu
tfe country. mareuira ana fighting
an the way vh.n one day s.ou.
noon was going D., alone through 90
piece OF woodland and came on a
beautiful spring just at the cdr.
the field. mad not o. uuur.ln, 3.
eat. except com. sometimes parca-
na and sometimes ras, Jon 4uou
four days, SO / '3lioved he path on,
INTO the open. thinking 30 would cad
10 a house. l wasn't mistaken
when got o. tae edge of the woods
I saw comfortablelooking farm
house not far OIL. ] went UP 10 the
front gate and into ,be yard There
was an old gentleman on the porch
hut before / could speak his wife
ran out crying the Yankees were com
ing
told them / wasn't O Yankee, bu.
4 Confederate soldier, without a meal
tor -four days and wanted something
TO eat / was az once invited in, bu;
before nao q chance TO SIT down
Hardly, the Old mGu came in oil the
porch, cxclaimiug the Yankees wcr,
coming up TO the hou e.. saw
through the front door what look.I
ike q regiment OF Yankees coming
along the road and nap the viud.u-
carriage road to tie house.
lyon are my son. sa.d the OH
man; and / caught ON I'm minute
/ wasn't anything more tuan a boy
SO / thought ] could wcrl armett'u-
of baby racket / ran out and bid
under the woodpiio my tel -.aph .-
stIument which / carried siung oyyr
my shoulder, and then came back
ana sat down near tue old man o. the
front porch. The old man started TO
Iivo me SOME directions about low
was TO conduct myself, when he saw
the 20 diors tearing down the
fence along The road and
turning their horses into the
wheat field The wheat was
eight or ten inches high, and, OF
course seyera hundred horses win ,
good appettes would ruin the whole
patch in a mighty little while.
MY God. cant stand that" the
cid fellow said and he jumped mp and I
started down the steps. lie trotted /
down to the gate and climbed up and :
sat ON top OF one of the posts. He q
didn't speak a word. but be did SOME,
hing worth more to him than all the q
speeches ever made. He didn't have -
anything to shoot with. but he had 4
else. that beat cannon
n. hollow. | didn't know then what @
no did, but I know now that be made /
he distress signal of Master Mason. i
You could have knocked me down 1
With a feather when saw those men h
,egin climbing into their saddles and Il
Jaw them ride out into the road and a
TX up the old mans fence. "
Then several officers came gallop- Il
ng up the drive and stopped at the :
,ate. The old man clambered down u
rom his perch on the post. and there 4
vas a most fraternal hand shake all j
round. Il