The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26

south 10 " INC hester IA the June OF
~ was 10 he youthful mind moving
picture OF glory. Every tram TOOK them
90 Harper FERRY Young girls ana
mature women alike bore flowers 20 the
depof or handed them 70 the soldiers
a- they passed Poor. foolish women.
poor. ignorant boys. treacing az we All
or q volcano. needless OF the fierce hres
beneath that were soon % belch forth
rbeir lava food Of blood and destruc-
our fret vivid memory Of the war
Vas the throwing Of flowers. the Eiit
tering uniforms and tbf music "a
memory Is that we We're living in the
midst OF tented city. Johnsi on =
army was campen around Us the main
part Of them MOI p or town. near "hftt
No then lived The romance OF war
was AL around rs That month The
fun moon was surely brighter than u
has ever been since. We can see rs
radiance vet a. D. fell upon the white
city that had sprung up all around ",
glorious reRimenfsi bands flooding The
air with he music Of the inocking bro
Halle 20 Suwanee River" Old
Kentucky Home. Juanita. and many
sweet song OF the oiden time The
mournfui cadence Of one ot thcir FAVOR
res fingers vet We give The hrst verse
~ the song that IL SIN a favori-e.
Tt matters little now. Lorena.
The past ia now the eternal past.
our heads Will soon lie low. LOrena.
Life 8 tide IA ebbing out 40 fast
1917 mere = a sALlIfs or mann N-NC
OF life this il 20 small a part
his duet 20 cust beneath ne sod.
But there. up there. It's heart 20
This pathetic ballad may not appeal
To- This era % ragtimc and coon songs.
bui coming from the hearts 81 tnose
deadly danger. y thrilled The youthful
imagination Then would c9nle the
,-crsio5 ~ the Red White and Blue
90 which we remember out one vs.se
on the banks OF nc potomac tnere
an army 90 grand.
Whose object 10 70 So oiugate " Dixie's'
They say = we have -plli this great nation
And altered ie ed the colors Of Red. White
and Blue
-iiurrah. Murray were nation that
And Vii an die defending our Red.
White and Blue
some OF the best war songs had not
yet been revoked they cp1ii oniy De
born from the womb OF battle
But the moonlight fades ard the
music - DINNER ah si. 1uv,i.i, ~.
camps and hardly a house near tht II
that mar nof taken IN SICK - care Ior-
and Patterson las at Martin DYis'
,hreafening 20 advance upon WIN
chester and hundreds OF men az ~
work on Fort Couyer lno~ the o ,,.ll.'s
home. and when the heavy guns N'Ie
r,'a~eS there We thought that u was a
r. re1nable a. Gibraltar tfSH kr.rh
-. al were in those DAYS. ana now niue
- Les or the conditions Of actual
warfare BY all military etnlc- 70 was
inter- folly II any force at-eiil p tiIs -
hoiI Winchester against an aifac ali.
force mat was s-rons enough - -. n
our fanking regiment ; 20 ~ 80 AZ
jackson was the only ne o. ~ - 49, i-y
On either side who understood the lss
- ne land around winchester, ailo y -
brave and wise enough 70 ei',.-. *.
70 " -. 5sra..e- h,,- in spite OF the pieadinEs
81 IL men and the prayers dno ear %
- .~ornen. ne never waited 10 De a.
foushr the battle % the lstn % SCI
iem5er - as t Ear.y s old 20 hold
boid3ng ard that he vas preparing %
,eavr ~ any rate oit tneis %. Hso-
nerer yie!ds1 20 feminine lnsfuenoS4 o1
- arm, was sacrihced 1ust as re
TIsSt Brtzade- was a. Bsiaklava ny an
order wronsly s;y,sn BY end an 5i !. Is known
now that ne os'; ne PPeasr aff seneral
gsinfnz p9ssess.oa Of Lees orucf- 20
= II 5lI outlining tne campaign anc
he disposition OF the Soiile. 49,. -.
forces. The staT officer who pore me
der Rad stopped in FREDERICK ieI
ee,T drinks. and Iost The order II was
,i~ksd M by a citizen o. the l0HN,
Who immediately foT~aIo 80 - = = - =
federal general. and 80 ne won lhe fes.l-e
81 battle BY having fuil NnJx ,ei. =.
Of his opponent rnovss. On, M 49,
~ - ne pity 81 Al. that brave men
~ - -. - cf.rr sarrffced vainly
through the criminal isdu setlce Ut
stfmuVsn-s OF those who are II au'h'i
Fort Collver's defenses were no
needed though Patterson advance ~
within few miles OF y aoo-JI a., .as
middle of July At that time 81 vas va.
LID dismav along the Marrin-pu5g
Road where IL was supposed o %, t .
would take place. ~ 81 - -, ,,-,,ss-ea
10 leave their homes. \ few nic -
mainly some old and sick persons. oI ,
IN each OF the homes some OF ne &c TO-
stayed 10 protect them Ss IONS a. >. ~ -.
sibie In our own home ine m no ~, - 81
.he family. with q fwc-caS -olN 49,
ss1ersi ~ me vcuncer children taken
20 a place some miles distant LD
father OF the family was SCI IN s. -. =
sippisnsl. who were quite iI wiz
Ses.ies ire elder daughter of the
family and yeanser brother -o $500 go -
I'D not bother about Contag.nn ~
-fcse davz. sld danger do not friSnfcn
- e,d 90. not much thought or.
III !. Tas q .iG1rs OF danger sno e lsi go -.
II .-ss aiso a time that iostered t ne
r e.s-sd y5ang school elri- Into serious
~oSccftnc women. who tore apsrt tncir
Iirra uncereiccves 20 err.De int' ~" 7.
arc. without ary tTGlnlng. Iearh"o ~
hsthe ard b4ndags wounds
at that July scare gsssea sway.
Patterson fs1 beck ano socnston 81
en- turncd their fRcre foNaFo
| r.-,aesaa on fhs isth. ana OH nc p"rls
love what haprenef or ne Isl OF
49, 81. TSs tented cit.ee disepPcaTc9
. n o. magic. and never sssln 90 ln'
.oiasrtaI Bands icii W = TIE Nor
inc Ptrd ard "lcscba. - tnoy 90
in that tine ~ 5'"e'i'' o." ID"
IF Ts ~ nesi sesas that T. the snost, viyse
g. ~. rnsnl1rY is he niGht 81 thc
IN a. NarcA. fEss 4 city % torts bad
ben nsaf us that winter assir. hia
a.. III flsg h4d disappeared enc again
| = Ere1t.s afssy We rear "a jar <sor
vi IN ws looked u2on 81 = Mose-
vino vac diyinaly appointed - lcun "
| 80 81 fhe ~flaofHass hsd iefi 10 - Our
fac. ard 0ur hearts were ho@.y VII
drea6, Msry ~ the ciiisere u hn.L
re Tfty and county hlC left, ie-fins
iiasrisdnHsrt, and ne.f ~ 49,
| is1rr~r and young children sfe here
| ,l.feusel-s f~hisYerina WIN ~rlic
i.ys the ice. .hey o9nls' fnpy cons
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