Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-08

wagon all az this time. Colonel
spangler of the 23rd Regiment,
Charlie Arnold OF the 9TH Regiment
Dr. Fields III our old brigade, Cap
tain Wade. Pendleton. and myself
were VI tho old mess that was In the
Valley Of virginia. our tean,stsf
and ] had made an agreement that
when II caine tn "A show down. hc
vas 10 take two mules and me two
mules, and 40 home, was Detailed
for picket duty and IN passed tho
wagon he naid u was Show down,
and for M ,o take our mules and pull
out. | told him ] couldn't ior | had
TO 10 on picket II looked strange
to me thai they put me ON picket In
front of the way We were going.
They put me In an old fleld and kept
me there Until after sun up the mex,
morning. Very warm,
sunday. April 9--Aioved us cas-, 10
n piece Of artillery. A sergeant WINS
placed south Of the artillery about
fifty yards. and I was placed about
fifty yards north. The rargeants
gun refused 10 fire. and he WAS down
picking powder into the tube of his
gun when the artillery fired and the
shell burst when IL left the gun ana
blew OF two fingers on his left hand
He was the last man wounded aud
that was the last piece of artillery
fired. We then moved east about
quarter Of "A mile. formed line of bat.
ilo and General Custar rode M In
front of us with !. white cloth In his
hand. and asked where General Long.
street was. We told him ~ wasn't
our day Ia keep him. lie straight
en.d In his stirrups. and said Boys.
the war IN over. and I'm an glad mn
you are" Some hollered back aud
said they were not glad. and cried
like children. We were then ordered
back 10 the woods and sent for Cen.
eral Gordon 10 know what TO do. We
told him that We would have 70 know
BY four o'clock whether We would
60 Ia prison on 10 home. llstold IN
o; wait patiently that he would let
us know BY four o'clock ie came
later and said that We would get 70
60 home but "a h. quiet. 40 an soon
NJ We got back TO the woods. we
started Getting ready 10 bake same
bread. I had not had anythina ~ 1t
since "Wednesday night We had
some flour yet that the tcainStyr
had kept for the mesa. ~ We lay
around all day. Clear and warm
Monday. April i0-Stili In camp
waiting for home morals. Clear.
Tuesday. April il--Sull In camp.
Late IN the evening. the officers got
their parole and were told to copy
the same for the men with pen and
ink SIN warm.
Wednesday. Aprii 1--WE baked
the last ~ our flour this morning.
each one getting piece 81 bread ~
large AZ your fore.finger. AZ ten
o'clock we were ordered 10 W. In
front spf the line of Blues 10 stack
our guns. I started for home then.
To give II IN II WAS given tn me at
the time. that when We left Peters
burs and Richmond. we had thirty.
thousand men and at the surrender.
we had only eight thousand, II was
twenty.four miles to Lynchburg. but
I knew II ] could find two Of my old
neighbours there. that ] could yet
something Ia eat. When ] arrived
there ! was going down the main
sticet when ! met one % them. and ]
toid him that was hungry. lie
told me where he lived. and TINT hls
wife was there. and that hs would
be- back soon. When got 10 his
house. his wife asked mo In and told
nv. that supper would noon he ready.
I ate IA hearty supper. nm II was the
first meal had Ind IN sometime.
and when I left. my friends viii
asked mo to come back fw break
fast. Hot.
Thursday. April IA went back
to breakfast the uext n,rning. ana
my friend gave me enough food to
last me for two days !, was twenty.
seven miles To Liberty. and by sun
down We had put In ons mile past
that place making II twenty eight
miles, We spent the night vt Lib
erty. and early In the morning we
resumed our journey home. II was
n distance II forty.eight miles 10 Zig
Springs. and by shutdown I had pass.
ei there. hut ! was entirely given
out. when met my uncle who too&
ms home with him Tor the night I
started TOT my home In the morning
which was seven miles away. and on
the way stopped TO zee s~vsrsl 81
my ncighbors ~ tell them VI the sur.
render. When I reached home ]
found my vii. and baby ana my
mother and grandfather M we'll as
all ot the negro servants waiting for
me. II happened that tina, evening
that one of the negro servants WAS 10
be married. When the preacher ar.
rived he was No tipy that non. could
understand "a word he said ~ I had
To ~ down aud tie the knot for
them. After NtinG my supper I
spent the rest u the evening In pcacs