Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-02-13

quirles to a point beyond my knowl-
edge. He thought awhile. then asked
me to what corps | belonged. | knew
the names Of several of the generals In
the Union front and named one Of
them. Then my questioner asked me
to name my division and brigade COM
mander, and couldn't remember"
"You men are stragglers," he said In
reply, "and likely bent ON pillaging or
some other reprehensible conduct.
consider 1t my duty to send you back
to your command"
Our hearts sank within us. When
returned to the regiment to which we
claimed to belong we would be proved
impostors and our real identity would
come out The officer had but a doz-
en- men In his escort, but needed no
large force to send with US, for any
resistance would be mutiny, and mu-
tiny is punishable with death. He de-
tailed corporal and four men to see
that We returned to our command and
rode on.
Had we not been in the enemy's lines
with halter hanging over us the stu
','se.. 49, -" 80 'aus ""o'o WV
trnstnd With o,ord,na = - S..,n
man who would ro,har d,a hn hmi,ot
than n rope. said nothing to my men
nor they to me. We rode meekly be-
In Front ~ no and two hr,no,na nm Tho
roor put h, ,oo,, : a,rnaS u
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every way We turheu we ehcounte'eu
the enemy anu since we were now
outia"eu' we u"re not meet the"' we
ma IN thch "oou uurlns Tue hiter.
hooh' hoping 10 make our why 70 our
own lines uhuer cover u Tue n'snI
we hgnteu oiVou"c nIe unu ,uy
DOWN 80 long as we couiu pass 'or
Conrederates we were III no u"hser'
Dut our harro" escape from uetect'ou
had got on our nerves none Oh us
slept since we eApecteu W move NJ
dawn
ADOut mlunIKDI VIC DGuTU II IlONt~
ment In the underDrush' nhd snuuenIy
out or the darkness came hoDDihs no
had been taken to the provost mhrshni
and questioned TIL no was 30 wouha
up that no broke down ana confessed
himseit 10 DC YANKEE so'oier ne
was sent under guard hfter DARK 10
general headquarters ana on the way
broke from those In charge OF MN In
the darkness ne had gained the WOOD
we were In ana came upon uS ncc'-
dentaliy'
Ills coming Drought new dhhBer'
TOT no nau conresSeu nimselI u spy
anu "oulu ,ncrlnn'nate US. iioweseI,
as soon us II was ua"h we mounted
our HORSES ono OF tue men tahins noo,
pihs UP Den'nu MN. "hu sthr'e" "
ih"ke our Wuy ouch 10 our iiheS' W.
were NOT lnr from mem: put were
UDilseu " ~ Y.lS IoununuI wy
Du,ins Vu "u.en w suy 10
screu pouy o' Cohleuerats ehva.S
upou1 OUT wv" 'ue"s'" ''''"s u"
"hru uS'
hsuin JUG n"'ter eisu.eneu ""ou.
our neehs' Anu we p,epu'eu " nsn'
desperately ioT OUT uFeb. lHo cOin-