The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-10
AROUND THE.
CAMPO S,8
FIRE @G-3&aa. @G-3a
SOUNDED END OF CIVIL WAR
Two Veterans, Living az MaryvIIIs,
Mo-, Blew shrlll Notes That Mark
ed Close OF Hostllltles.

marked the close OF the Civil war
one for the Union forces and the
other for the Confederates-live In
Maryville and for years have been
good friends. with many a lighting
them-over" chat.
The bugle that sounded that last
charge for the Union forces at Apo
mattox, hangs in the once OF NathG
MEL SlsBon, the man who sounded It to
signal that last charge that was Ia
be stopped suddenly by the appear
Ance Of the flag of truce was; q Soiled
towel atop a hickory pole.
The bugle that gave forth the notes
that marked the close OF hostilitiea
for the other side was cast aside by
II. P. Chlldress, the man who fOI
four years had blown II, and in q dor
en- bloody battles. through the retreat
from Gettysburg and on to Richmond.
Five Forks and AppomattoI, as being
q good riddance.
For when that last call was sound
ed Mr. Childress, who had shared with
his comrades for two years the be
lief that the next battle would be the
last, decided that his work was done
and "lit right out" for home, not even
waiting for his parole. Nor did he
stop until he got back to Lynchburg.
Strange to relate, Mr.. Childress'a
call was not sounded for nearly two
hours after the surrender OF Lee to
Grant, and in the meantime his com,
mand, Lomax's cavalry under the com
mand OF General Penn, had been skir~
mishing away with the federals out
several miles from Appomattox court
house. in blissful ignorance that the
war was over.
Their first intimation Of the surren-
der came when a Union oficer rode
out with white flag and advanced
to General Penn with the news. Mr..
Childress was standing near by and
heard the officer say: General Lee
has surrendered to General Grant and
you are ordered to hold your lines in
their present positions" Then Gen.
eral Penn ordered Bugler Childress to
ride along the skirmish lines with or
ders to the colonels to cease firing,
and, when he returned, he was ordered
to blow Assembly" which was the
call for the skirmishers to fall back
to their regiments. D
This done, Mr.. Childress wheeled
his horse and started back to find
the pike to Lynchburg. He had besn
a soldier for four long years and was
weary with war. He had sounded bu-
gle calls at Second Bull Run, Win
chester, Fort Royal, Clear Creek, Fish
er's Hill, Mount Jackson, Fort Re
public, Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg.
Brandy Station, Mine Run, Antietam.
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, VIII
derness, Spottsylvania Courthouse,
Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Richmond.
Five Forks and this last assembly at
Appomattox. And during all these
four years he never had fired q shot.
So young Childress went home, dis
regarding the terms of war and 9TH
er technicalities. On his solitary,
Journey he ran into General Rossers
command. Hasn't General Rosser.
surrendered" he inquired. He'll
MOI" was the answer, and doesn't In
tend to-
1t was several weeks after that MI
ChildreSs, now 4 civilian and busy
with civilian pursuits, heard that he
ought to go down to Fredericksburg
and get his parole. He went in com.
pany with a number OF neighbor boys
and procured the paper which he
guarded jealously for years and which
finally was blown away in a cyclone
that demoliAhed the Childress home,
near MaryviIIe, in 1888
1t was different with Mr.. Sisson, but
perhaps that Is natural, considering
who won. He stayed 1t out and
with Custer down Pennsyl-
vania avenue in Washington city in
the grand review.
Mr.. Sisson was the brigade bugler
IN Clusters division and gave the sig
nal for the charge the regimentaI
ouglers catching it up and passing It
On. Across the field charged the
Union cavalry, with General Custer
At the head. And while all this was
going on the flag of truce futtered
rom the Confederate lines
Aides spurred their horses forward
Ind overlook the fiery Custer to tell
him Of the truce. He ordered a halt
md proceeded to General Gordons
headquarters While he was there a
Confederate squad dashed out and
opened fire. The Union soldiers
hought that maybe Custer had been
lecoyed into the hands of the enemy
nd that the charge had been ordered
.s soon as he was safely trapped.
But General Gordon soon stopped the
ring, sending his orders by Union
nlcer after he had looked in vain for
ne of his own aides