The Oakes times., 1912-06-06

half of his army under Longstreet in
front of Pope, and throw the other
half, under Jackson, by a circuitous
march to a point twenty-one miles ex-
actly between him and Washington.
In pursuance of his plan and to IA
cllitate its execution, a day or two be-
fore Jackson started Lee determined
to throw his cavalry, under Stuart,
twelve miles in Pope's rear, at Cat
let's Station, point on the railroad
connecting Pope with his capital.
At that place were encamped the
reserve, baggage and ammunition
trains of Pope's army There, too,
were his personal effects. Stuart cap
tured a number of officers and men,
large sum Of money in safe in one
of the tents and dispatches and other
papers, but the rain fell in such tor
rents and the night was so dark that
it was not possible for Stuart to dam.
age the railroad to any extent or to
burn the railroad bridges or the acres
of camp wagons that were there.
My command was in advance on
L
ing with the lieutenant commanding
the platoon which formed the advance
guard, when / suddenly saw. between
the flashes of lightning, a man run
across the road.
Under the influence of the spur my
horse in single bound reached the
man, and under the influence of a pis.
fN1 hn1 f0 SC, hn fO1 hot
he was servant of General Pope who
was there with his headquarters tents,
which, he said, were pitched in
clump of pines close by.
I made him get up in front of one of
the troopers and guide a squadron,
which I detached from the leading
regiment, to the tents in the pines.
On reaching the spot I quickly sur.
rounded the federal headquarters, and,
seeing a light in one of the tents, I dis.
mounted and with one of my men en-.
tered it.
1t was vacant, but filled with large
number Of papers, showing where
some one had been recently writing.
There were also two glasses Of toddy
on the table.
A few days thereafter captured
squadron of the Federal dragons, un.
der Major Thomas Hite of the regu-
lar army, whom had formerly known
when a cadet at West Point.
The major said that he and Lewis
Marshall, the latter being an aide de
camp of Pope and a nephew of Gener-
al Lee, were in one of the tents that
night and that he had been working
all day over his quartermaster papers,
and in view of the fact, as well as
the tempestuous character of the
night, he proposed to Marshall that
they should take drink.
"The whisky was brought out" con-
tinued the major, ''sugar was put In
glasses with the proper amount of wa
Ter, to which liberal allowance of
whisky was added. was just pour
ing. the toddy from one glass to the
other, thinking how soon the situation
would be improved by swallowing it,
when I heard the noise of horses
hoofs, and the report of one or two
pistol shots. quickly put the glasses
down, saying, I believe that is some
of that D. Confederate cavalry"
At this point of the narrative the
major paused, and after looking
around, added, Gentlemen, If you be-
lieve me-. do not know whether I
drank than tQddy or not. The 'Rebs'
were on us so quick that Marshall and
lifted the side Of the tent and rolled
down into friendly ravine, and re-
mained there shivering in the drench-
ing rain until they rode or"
It only remains to say that Hite
and Marshall did not drink the tod.
dies they mixed, but that they rapidly
disappeared down the throats Of the
two wet Confederates who found them.