The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

cilery. One of the horses va tonL
alonl the lad was a splendid cavalry
ani,hal; SO we conceived the idea Of
eAaanslns our three jaded horses for
: SOU cavalry mount, and we could
.ilen return TO our regiment. We had
gotten three or four hundred yards
o0Wn the road, leading our horses
Wnen we discovered two YanLees
Standing in the crossroads and an old
G,tlzen standing by pointing toward
raielen. Behind them were several
VIZ negroes mounted on splendid
i Mu = loaded with jugs filled with
u from the distillery we were
huntlng. Marching rightup. we
Dade them good morning when in
speaking distance; then, pushing our
horses up, we presented our guns in
'neir races and demanded their sur
render.
Exciting Encounter.
instead of su%rrendering they both
grapbed the guns which lay across
.ntir iaps, n OF course there vas
hOtnlng else to do but to fire. To
my d1smay, my u snapped. Walton
Hreo, and his man, leaning forward.
passed IN etwee US; he continued to
shoot him until he fell to the ground.
Before 1 could draw my pistol nv
man fired his gun, the ball striking my
pistol and glancing off the
dIOuIlu MY NIP lOlnC,
makin a severe flesh wound. MY man
cropped his gun to the ground, threw
nlmselI on the opposite side Of his
morse, and went off down the road at
rull speed. Walton fired at him and
SAID: Lets catch him" But when
| TOLD him | was wounded it startled
him until he was assured that it was
not serious.
In a very short while we heard the
sound of horses feet coming up the
road from the direction of the dis
tllery. Darling into the woods, we
were soon out Of sight; and when at a
safe distance from the road we ex-
amined my gun and found it un-
loaded. lad failed to load it where
we stopped for breakfast.
Feeling confident that Sherman
would follow Johnston north, we set
out in a westerly direction from Raj
eigh through the country. Several
times l thought / would fall from my
horse from the loss of blood; but be-
ing encouraged by my comrade. I
continued to go ON.
:. Lodge at Holly Springs.
We travelled ahead slowly until we
l reached q little country village (Holly
: Springs, I belive) bout shutdown and
procured lodging with a doctor. The
next morning we hitched one Of ou1
I horses to a buggy the doctor let us
! have, and, leading one, we moved out
, for the ferry. On reaching the river
: the ferryboat was gone, and we de-
bated whether to go up or dow the
! river. Had we one down, a few miles
+ would have carried US out Of their line
: of march; but fate was against us
and we urned up the river to a ferr!
five miles distant. When within {
:. mile Of it we halted and Walton sad
. died his horse and rode in front
r Within a short distance we met {
Yankee and q big slick negro carrying
a big fat ham on his shoulder. The
Yankee halted us some distance ava.
and demanded to know our command
q Walton told him the 9th Ohio in
q fantry. He came walking up to Wal
= tons side with his gun or his should
and began to say something. Walton
4 shot him in the breast before he coul'
finish his sentence.
II Walton then made the negro lift tn
buggy around in the road and W
started for the ferry we had jlst left
We soon met one OF JohnSton'S scout
coming under whip who said that tn
Yankees were already at the ferry.
n said, "Davie, leave me; you can max
your escape; but he said. No, nc
\ while breath is in my body" Turnin
i into the woods, we picked u wa
- through with the buggy for some dis
~ lance from the road; then my hors
was taken from h buggy and sac
h died, and Dave Walton and the negr
helped me to mount
~ Two Men Ride Up.
le The negro was a faithful servar
le and knew every foot Of h mario
woods we were hemmed in; SO we keI
him as a pilot, until we am TO
large farm owned by the negroes MAJ
70 ter. Across the field We could see
"A column Of troops moving toward TT
- ferry we had attempted to reach. /
n getting our bearings for a place {
~ safety we discovered two men rldlr
m the fence toward us, n the1
was nothing to do but to meet Their
70 We met at a log lying directly aero
W our path; a glance was our signal, AT
ny we began firing. Both men fell to tt
ground; but the firing 1rlghteneo II
horse and he jumped the log and IA
a In trying to guide him by a tree n
Of saddle turned, dropping me to II
q ground. I scrambled to my feet; wa
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