The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-14

In the campaign to relieve Vicksburg.
The Confederatcs were forced to re-
treat to jackson, Miss. His battery
was then ordered to Mobile to take
part in the defense of that city, and
from Mobile to Chickamauga and
then back to Mobile. Parts of the
battery were sen to Forts Morgan,
Fort Gaines and Fort Powell, Lieut..
Moses having command Of the latter
place at the time that Farragutt ran
past the forts and captured the city.
Lieut.. Moses anu his command evac-
uated the fort and escaped by SWIM
ming to the mainland. He was wound
cd at Fort Blakely on April Sth and
taken to a Mobile hospital. At this
same place a brother was killed and
another brother was wounded.
1t was on his first visit to Mobile
that the romance commenced which
eliminated in the marriage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Moses. Mr.. Moses and his broth
er, Andrew j. Moses, were invited to
dinner at the house Of Mr.. Jack
Levy. who, a resident of New Or
leans. had %refugeed in Mobile during
war. While the two brothers were at
the house Misses Rosalie and Adele
Levy peeped through the blinds at
them and in girlish fun decided on
which of the brothers each of them
would marry. They little knew how
successfully they were planning, but
cupid took a hand in the affairs Of the
young folks and a few months later,
when the young lieutenant was
wounded and taken to the Mobile hos
pital, his prospective father-in-law
came to see him to take him to his
home. in order that he might re-
ceive better treatment. This the
young officer refused to do save on one
condition, that Miss Rosalie Levy be-
come his wife, a condition which was
heard and granted by the person
most interested. Miss Adele Levy
also afterward became the wife Of Mr..
A: ]. Moses. On the next day, April
9th, Lieut.. Moses was moved to Mr..
Levy's home and married to Miss
Levy. His happiness was shortlived,
however, for on the same day hat he
was married word came to the BRIDE
groom to fee for the Yankees were
coming and IL he remained he would
be captured. This forced him to leave
only a few short hours after hi, a
rage. and, Lee having surrendered
at Appomattox on the same day, a fact
which Lieut.. Moses did not know at
the time. he made his way back to
his old home in South Carolina. the
trip being made by stage coach.
1t was three months later before
Mr.. Moses again saw his bride when.
the var having ended, he again turn
ed his face eastward, taking the stage.
and claimed his bride from her faith
er's home at New Orleans. He brought
his young wife to Sumter. where they
remained for several months. but
there was nothing here that Mr.. Moses
could do to support his wife. SO he
left for Louisiana, where at La Fayette
on the Bayou Teche. he and his bride
settled down in their little board
cabin and spent the next eighteen
years. Here seven children were born
to them and Mr.. Moses made sufl-
cient money on his sugar zane planta-
ton to move back TO Sumter, where
he entered the lumber and later
the cotton oil mill business which he
made what property he now "a Mr..
Moses Is now engaged In farming and
other industries.
Thursday night Mr.. and Mrs. Per-
ry Moses. Jr., entertained the sons
md daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Moses. ST., at their home on Wash
ington street. the occasion being q
very pleasant one for all. Friday Mr..
and Mrs. Moses were kept busy re-
ceiving the congratulations of their
descendants. their relatives and
friends. Many beautiful and hand
some presents were received and
lovely flowers were showered upon
the bride and groom, who in many
ways attested their qualification and
pleasure, and whose fifty years Of
married life were in no way discern
able. but seemed to have set lightly
upon their shoulders and left little
trace in passing.
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