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

but had been ovcrtakon BY TIE YAM
KEGS at Shi~ point
The killing - Walton occurred near
the hack 81 Colonel Daxlss @eld The
ladies' directed me 80 that ! could
find my wa through the woods. A.
soon As the Yankees qu.t coming to
the house I rod. hack to the Eiace
where my comrade lay lie had yarn
Cd over. placing his hands under Ms
head, and lis soal had fled 80 The one
Who created him. Gladly woald /
have remained 0lth him could I have
done anything for him. Turning away
with my heart BURSTING With grief |
started hack - the three patriotic
women / had left 10 share the4r hos
pitality for the night Farther down
the read / reached General R.ard's
headquarters. lie asked. Are xou
the wounded soldier n was With the
man killed in the woods yesterday 1'
| said: Yes. and | want aperS from
YOU 50 that | MAY pass your men with
out their troubling me. %. ! VIII
parole you. and you can 20 where YOU
please. he said. Too bad that Your
comrade would not surrender. Both
could now e home. as the ~ar =
! over"
General Lee had surrendered tho
9Th Of April, and Johnston and Shcr-
man were now negotiating terrss -
surrender. OF ourse we had never
hedru one WORD oil lNlS.
Al The Home of Friends.
Going back fifteen miles 20 Hau
River. il was late in the evening when
| cached the ferry and crossed over.
\ short distance on / came to the
town of Haywood, situated in the
forks OF Deep and Haw Rivers. |
was repeatedly refused shelter. the
people saying that the Yankees had
left them nothing TO eat. Riding on,
- 3SGen,, 20 yal I - no -
story white house. Standing on the
ground by the side of the door was a
man in blue uniform, with a gun on
his shoulder. This caused me 10 hest
tate; but my case was urgent. so /
said To a woman who was standing by
the man in blue. can a
Confederate soldier stop here for the
night" Yes. indeed: il makes US SO
happy 10 care for a Confederate SOL
der, especially when he is wounded"
she said with great fervor. She offer
ed to help me dismount, and the Yam
kee, showing his courtesy. came at
once, and they both assisted me TO
alight. The young lady Miss Anna
BryanO took me by one arm and the
Yankee by the other and led me into
the parlor.
After partaking Of a refreshing sup
per, and being shown all the atter-
ton and sympathy possible. they gave
INV NV tti' - Ioptat1 III ~, -
After reakfas | told the captain /
must go on farther, but hey would
not consent that ] should so endanger
my life. My own father and mother
could not have bestowed greater kind
ness and care than did the entire
family While | was there. Three pleas
ant weeks passed in the hospitable
home of Captain Bryant. The vision
of the ~lifeleSs form of my comrade,
without wen a soldiers burial. was
ever before my eyes. I determined
while not we'll but greatly improved.
to visit the place where ] had left him.
| went to the gloomy grove and found
a heavy mound of dirt piled over him
While this was cold. rugged and
cherries, it gave my heart great re-
lief to know that it was not worse.
), Learning that Colonel Davis home
|, was only a half mile away, / went
4 there at once. Both Colonel Davis and
.. his wife were splendid types OF North
!, Carolina patriotism and chivalry. The
, Colonel had gotten home from tn.
army nine days after Lees surrender
! His wife told him at once of the Con
= federate soldier who lay at the bacl
: of. their farm unburied. A brigade
!. generals headquarters were in theil
= yard, and Colonel Davis immediatel,
: procured a permit from him to bur,
= my comrade, which had been done a
best he could under the circum
= stances; but in time, he said, he woult
procure lumber for a casket and plac'
, the remains in his family buryinl
=. ground. This promise from the nobl'
man lifted the sorrow TO some exten
from my heart. That his promise va
- carried out. the walton family lean
: ed by correspondence with Colone
Davis.
Back Home.
| now began to make arrangement
- for my journey home to Mississippi
Knowing that the railroads had beel
all torn up through the Southern
States sufficiently TO obstruct traffic.
decided TO rid my horse. At Wash
ington, Ga. my horse gave out. and
IS walked about one hundred miles I
h Montgomery, Ala From there ! Sc
II cured transportation through Federa
D. authority TO my home. o.. with VIVA
lie eagerness ] pressed forward On tn
|: 18th of July az mldnigh / hailed a
d the gate. NJ father was sitting o
- the front porch and asked. Who