The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03
LOUISVILLEINTHEWAR
MARCUS ToNEY. in Louisville Pos.

Ny fr1Apd, l. r. Daroauk. sent me
i eoDy 81 your evea6ng edthon OF Oe-
srticas Ia tbe nasssils Banner on the
Rsttls Of PerTyvsiis. ~ the close OF
.se.n = Is ~eunA.A eesvs,ssceA
they wars sent - prison
1nsss vs.s snsy I've 20 rsxss,1 NJ
Morrltt q Pitcher and other Nashvills
ci6l1Ano had refugeed to Louisville ano
4ook M their abode NJ the National
Hseol. corner Fourth and Main Our
vtiIs. that hts son. ~ b. Pitcher. vas
sssiSssiy wounded and would certain.
~ de n b. went 70 prison. IL 5.
Pilehsr hAA . goo6 friend In Louis
vttlA Who st0od close TO General SsSe
BaylA who was then commanding tne
Deoarfmanf Il Kentucky. with head
quarters 10 LOuisvilie.
Tbis frien1 vas Jshn b Smith. Anc
the parels va1 Forwarded to a. n
the honss G1olanei c. FL Rochester. near
Danvslie. KY. II permitfed al 70 pro-
ceeA TO Lssssvilie without guard z.
AAeut Yalhruary !. 1854. re started
TO Louisviile via Lexington. at which
point we wished to spend few day%
One night. soon after OR arrival. We
were visiting some relatives Of Cap
tain Pilcher. and In the parlor we saw
a Eenerai in UnffeA states uniform.
ana % ~ Rere IN the gray. the women
(who were Union). did not Introduce
US Howevse, he learned who we were
ana cant q order for us to report to
hia heaAQu artcrs. and asked In very
xru3 manner. by what authority We
were free In Lexington ! replied. by
autkortty tT General Boyle He re-
plSsd. "This IS not General Boy1es ter
ritery. nm commanding this dis
srieA asa nry name II General J. G. A.
Gilmore Report here Mt p. N and
Won wsll 70 to l1ouisrflle under guard. :
we wired ,IGr. Pitcher 20 meet us At
the depot, sss NE were en- route under
ne srids,e IT Fraakf0rf had been
bvsned and we had to transfer by fer
RI and were quite late ssaehing Louis
lar. Ff,eAer net ~ IT the depot and
ssse 0snsrsa Boyle VS. II home .asn
sa3d he coulA mot release "a. and We
apsnt the ni;Iht ia . very filthy prison.
then 1t the corner OF Broadway and
Tenth Gfress1 opposite where the
Ieoisville aHA Nashville terminal 10
new IecAted- Sext morning Ar. PHI
cher aad John b Smith came with a
carriage and said they had parole
from General Boyie 90 the National Ho-
rel We wer.s IN Louisville six weeks
waiting for ftag CT trace - san from
O30 k0Snt COL 91oTt ~ oASkxo1Be ~ SSsy
Point. Va After the hrst week at
the AoteL General Bcyls extended our
parole to visit church on Sunday, 50
on Sunday we were out from a. d.
20 10 p 81 we would go to hear Dr..
Crafk one Su nday and the next DR..
Iorrimer. the great Baptist preacher.
At : p. n we would go to yespers-
The women az Louisville were very
kind 10 IA ard during the week we
ha6 many visit erh ! recall MISS Nina
saith. Mss rA1ny Jack Miss Kate
Ouarrier. Mrs II y. Mask One day
MIS- Fanny lack eent rs . bottle Of
wine with this teaAf:
..Remembe.. mat In syery drop Of
wine that - csntaineA In this bottle
ultimate sucesse At TIE eouthern Con-
when ne left IeusssiEe. April Is.
1861. en- the sSteamer General Lyle.
many OF the women and etfizeus came
With rs to ehe tevee and babe US good
By. General bgsle gave US letter
10 General Burr siJes ~. Cincinnati.
ana asked him to extend the courtesy
Of allowfne NJ to proceed TO Fortress
Monroe without . guard The gem
eral said Il was ar SnaHu1l request
ard contrary 70 War Department Or
<ierx He couid ,sot gran IL. but Put
10 In charge Of a lieutenant OF his
stan. Who shQyesi US many courtesies
And seemed to re Kret our leaving him
~ vs bsde him good-by and stepped
On tie fsox cptru. y heat. crowded with
prisonerA many Of whom had the
smallpox. nSvsv shaai forget the
Kidd aateafSsn Il lie Geee people Of
and myself we're the
- c.ees3.rs<eS who received .
courtesy Of this
InenytIIe Ortcb ef~M