The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-25

out of window and called out:
Men, save yourselves! The Yankees
are coming"
1t did not take but a minute to
empty that room and !, to have myself
the second time that night, ran as they
charged me on their horses, through
the village of Baldwin, firing their car
bines and calling on us to surrender
The saw palmetto being-quite tall,
threw myself down into a. clump and
they rode on over me. 1t was now
day and this raid being over, the
troopers soon began raiding the houses
hunting whiskey and eatables.
BY 10 a, m. all was quiet again in
the village, but laid in the palmetto,
within twenty Yards of the railroa 1
and still laid till late In the evening
In the meantime the Yankee troopers
had found a pen of cattle in the woods
which they turned loose. driving them
on their horses and shooting them
down for sport. They and the cattle
at times came terribly close to me and
would have ridden over me but that
the palmetto was q pretty tall clump.
Thinking by dark l could still get
away by walking the railroad to San
derson, remained. At dark ] heard
bugles sounding and very soon
found myself surrounded by cavalary.
plainly heard orders to stretch their
picket rope and hitch their horses in
a square from tree to tree, surround
ing me about amidships. They soon
had their fires lit and their cooking
going on. I could hear plainly:
Be careful, men. with your fires
Driven Out BY Fire.
Anyway, the fire got out and came
my way in a hurry, dry grass and
palmetto burning rapidly, and 1 soon
found had to vacate
/ had proceeded but a few steps to
get away from the fire when I was
grabbed by two troopers. who put their
hands on my collar. Captured as I
was, | thought they might kill me as
a spy and I asked them to carry me
to their captain, which they did Here
was Intercepted and then taken to
General Seymour, who had his head
quarters at the Askam house. where
had previously run away from thu
morning
When the captain took me to Cen
eral Seymour he said:
General, my men caught this rebel
sergeant. They let the fire get out
and he was hid away in the grass"
The general said:
geant?'
And 7 told him I got away from
the raid the night before.
lie asked where I was from and |
told MIN Apalachicola, and he then
asked II / knew a man named Tcnea
at cambridge, Ga. l told him 1 did !;
that he ran a cotton mill there.
Now" he said, Sergeant. Won an.
pear to be an intelligent man. SIM
pose you take the oath. and 1 will turn
you loose in our lines, as we are going
on to Tallahassee in a few days and
we can give you work.
l said
General. I have taken an oath to
better or for worse
Sent North TO Prison,
ell. then" he said, L shall send
you north as prisoner. Orderly. take
this fncorrigible rebel and put him
with the other prisoners"
said: General, I am very hungry
nor having anything to eat for twenty
four hours"
He said: I'VE will attend IN tbatx,
80 was put with about sixty others
ana at midnight they brought MS in
some boiled rice cooked without q
pafticle or salt, to eat with our hands
eaeh man taking up a handful
by morning We were got o1lt and
Inaoe TO get into empty army wagons
etuIhlIg 10 Jacksonville in charge of
oetdchment of the 10Th Naxu VorI-
who divided their ratfons with ne o.
the Trip down. Arriving at Ia cxSon-
VlIIe, past the provost guard of necra
troops, we We're drawn up in line On
Bay street and turned over to +be
nIty fourth Massachusetts negro rAoi
ment, who had been at Ratter1, We
ner We were put into +vo-stc-,,
brick building on Bay street ana ~
could see from the windows oIr a.
tured guns, forge and caisson ~,
the morning Of February goth. 1864 al
Ocean Pond, Is miles from Lake CIitz1
Gen. FInigan had camped here r-ait.
ing 10 be reinforced, with only aho,I,
z,00O men. who had been for severe
days throwing up breastworks e1nsct-
ing the advance of Gen. Sayrnonr
There were with Gen. Finirao ~,
18th, 2Srd, 27th and 2sth Georria in
fantry. also the 9Th Florida hsttaIic,
ana Chatham artillery, the 32nd Csaor.
gla volunteers. the 1st Georgja Tee,,.
lars, the 64th Georgia, list FTorida. snf
Boand's battallions. 32nd Georgia 80
Guerard'S battery, A and 3 FIorids 81
tIllery, End Florida cavalry. abo1If 4 ens
| infantry. 500 cavalary and about +.
guns. Lieut.. Grant, from the an.
g1neer's Office. writes: 4sOn the 1eft
l commenced work upon the entrencb.
ments with detail of soldiers too few
and inadequate, owing to the want o.
tools, having only about one dozer
| axes and two dozen spades. Maio,
Remand had previous thrown I'D twc