The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-02

Granville. Alabama. had come with a
permit from President Davis, counter
aligned by General Lee. TO pass the lines
Miss Abbv was "A Christian zealot, and
her mission was she told me. though II
was not mentioned In the permit. 10 IN
duce Christians in the North 20 JOIN
with her in prayers for peace.
The young officer at once alsps'cnsh
a messenger, whS soon returned with
permission from a superior ofncer 10
PASS the lady, and ip the meantime oc-
Cured a little talk, part of which l can
never forget. The lieutenant hrst
words when the messenger had gone
were: We'll. we. are on the road 20
Richmond again" yes" was the re-
Div. but you'll never get there. Yes
we will" he said. after a while ana
if you swap generals wen Do thefe
In three weeks"
Then we had. out of the lieutenant
canteen, q drink, which j was free 10
con fees as better than anything 70 De
found in the Confederacy. The lady
was passed thourgh the lines, and as we
were about 20 part the lieutenant pro-
posed another drink. with TINS TOAST :
Here's may the best man win Wlth
all my heart 90 was the reply, ana we
both drank hearty" The writer IL not
in the habit of jumping at the chance
for a drink with the aiarcvity ne fears ne
must have shown there on the Rapidan,
but il, in the Providence or COO ne
shall be permitted next year during the
reunion at Gettysburg 20 meet again
the chivalrous young foeman OF that
day, he hopes 10 greet him someho"
thus: well, resuming the talk We
broke of fifty years ago down IN VIZ
ginia, you were right after all me
big man did prove to be the pest man.
You finally got 70 Richmond, out we
got 20 Washington. and II you were not
you ought to haYs BEEN d,c with US IN 'n the
National Cemetery at Arlington, me-
mortal to the Confederate soldiers:
crowning monument to the peace tnat
has come TO US.
Whether that gallant young irish
American is still living and these lines
are 10 catch his eye and cause him TO
seek me out at Gettysburg next July,
or whether his bones have long since
rnouldered into the damp soil OF the
Wilderness. where he and battieo
against each other few days aiter our
friendly talk, only He who numoe
every sparrow az il falls can tell, but IL
may be Stranger things than this nave
happened Indeed, if that young EEL
low had told the writer that the time
was coming when he was 10 be as 10y di
to and serve the government OF tne
United States as faithfully as ne was
then serving the Confederacy, the dash
set down at once as ut subject TOT
lunatic asylum.
Our encampment extended say fifteen
miles up and down the Rapidan, ana
still greater distance back TOWARD
Richmond. The country was r1ch ana
populous. All over it were old -fash-
ioned Virginia homes. Many OF these.
nesting in stately groves. well back
from the roads. contained spacious par
lors The bright-eyed. soft-voiced girls.
who abounded in that region, ana
whose brothers were in the army. were
always at home to the soldiers. Iney
were now reinforced by others. who
came as visitors. No one apprehended
any immediate danger from the army
across the river. They were waiting
we knew for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
enough, in the opinion OF their gem
erals, 10 crush. us at once Wneh the
springtime suns should have dried up
the roads to Richmond. In the mean
time, behind our picket-lines, we were
drilling, riding horseback with the
girls. who were all acconpl ished horse-
women, and dancing in their pariors py
the music of our bands But Tor All
this we were not unmindful OF tne III
ture which awaited U.S. To Illustrate
what was in the minds of all, dance
was merrily going on one night near
Montfelice the old house or Madison,
then in our lines That grim ola war
rior. Jubal Early was sitting by my OLD
friend. Mrs. Pairo, who afterward tolo
me of the conversation Madam,
said the general, If you have any mes
sage TO send to the next world. just give
il TO one of those young men who are
now whirling around before you, ana
the chances are that in few weeks ne
will be able to deliver it.
There We're other visitors to our
camp that winter besides the young
inin IN
ties. Death, the Reaper. had paused
for a time in his work, but he was whet-
ting his scythe, and it was time Tor
the harvest of souls Ministers-Pros-
estant and Catholic-came in numbers
TO Join in the widespread religious re-
vival that was going on among ofrcers
and men. The prayerful spirit OF Lee
and Jackson was pervading their foi-
lowers. Company, reglrnental ana
brigade prayer-meetings were oelng
held Our chaplains were daily ana
nightly filing their improvised puipits.
and men like the eloquent Eplscopai
divine. DR.. Minnigerode, of Richmond,
we're coming TO their help. Soldiers,
who on their knees had consecrsted
themselves to God and their country,
felt as they rose and buckled on their
belts for the duties that were. oetore
them that they were completely ready
to meet the great army that was being
of our spiritual visitors was the good
Bishop Johns. By his hands the holy
rite of confirmation was conferred upon
large classes, in one of which, IN the
presence of General Lee. was the writer
OF these "Reminiscences CromweHs
army prayed and fought for liberty
We were praying and fighting for the
very principles that had come down to
US from the great English Revolution,
the principles that had been en-
balmed by our fathers in the Constitu-
ton of 1850, that had guaranteed to each
state Of the Union the right of self
government. Among our soldiers there
was all the fervor. but none OF the ascot
icisrn of the Puritan Ifthere ever was a
community without single faddist in
il that was devoted to the simple life
and high ideals, IL was Lees army in
1851 and the entire citizenry min
CLING with II. for there was not among
all those civilians. so far a. Is known to
the writer at this day, single one VINO
was not willing to make sacrifices TO
maintain the old government of Wash
fngton and jefferson and Madison.
whose spirits all felt were lowering over
them.
IL rations were scant 10 was our duty
not to murmur. Twas the best our
-.,.,, ..o.ur+r.- could do =" Officers es-