Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-20

one pound of poor beef with ribs in
it, and no salt. This we broiled in
some Goals and ate it. 1t was not fit
to eat, but a starving man can relish
anything.
On the morning of the II, we were
| put on freight car and sent back
to Farmville about thirty miles.
In going over there, I saw SOL
die eating dry piece of corn bread
and it looked so good to me that when
/ reached Farmville I went to Yam
kee sergeant and asked him to give
me something to eat, that 1 was about
to perish. He asked me to go to his
quarters with him and he would give
me something to eat. He had his hav-
ersack full of soda crackers, one
peck. He told me to take them all.
said eff you will only give me one
will be thankful" He said, "Take
them all, will get more" / said if
l had anything he wanted, he could
have it, and he replied that he wanted
nothing. I took out ten dollar Con-
federate bill, all I had, and asked if
he would have it. He thanked me,
and took the ten dollar bill.
Then I went to Warren and told
him had something to eat. We stew
ed all the crackers, and ate them,
having plenty of room for them, as
we had been going nine days without
any rations, only bite now and
then.
That evening, April IL, we were
paroled and drew some rations and
started for home on foot.
The army had been paroled and
gone on ahead of US, begging their
food, and the country was eaten out.
AS we travelled we would beg for
something to eat at all good looking
farm houses. Some places the people
would divide with US, and we were
twenty-three days footing it home.
AS my brother, Marion had been
at home several days before got
there, not being captured with Lees
army, although he belonged to the
same company, the report had reach
ed home that 1 was killed when was
captured. The home folks did not
know any better until I was seen at
the yard gate. You can imagine how
we all rejoiced to meet again with
the home folks, Father, Mother,
brothers and sisters. >r~l-a~
There were four of us boys in the
service, Marion, four years, Frank
three years, Caleb, two years and l
was there two years. One brother,
Henry, was too young to gb to war.
We four brothers were with the
command in all of its conflicts of bat
tie and hardships, and neither one OF
the four brothers was hurt or wound
ed in battle. Frank was a prisoner
while and was prisoner.
NV older brother, Caleb asked me
some years after the war of / ever
thought how lucky we were not to
get killed or hurt. / told him while
we were exposed to all the dangers of
war, we had a praying mother at
home pleading to our good Lord to
spare us all to come home to her
again. Her prayers were answered, SO
Praise the Lord!
Forty-fve years after the Yanks
took Warren's horse and mine at APP
pomattox, the United States govern
ment paid us S135 apiece for our
horses
I am near 76 years old, the only
one of my brothers and sisters left.
The day is near at hand when should
be called to cross over the river to
meet Father, Mother, brothers and
sisters. When that call is made, may
1 leave all mankind in peace, trusting
to meet them and my God and Sa-
viour on the other shore.
W. T.. WALTON.
Johnston, S. C.