The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-02-20

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ghat will come of YOU" So
one of their wagons of the
ing troop which was then
he ordered it to halt, and
dfather,' an elderly gentle
n out from the house with
lat he stood in, and a few
e could gather up in the mo .
imbed up over the back wheel
the Wagon, and grandfather
e John Lanneau waved good
we saw them disappearing
surel street going east.
lid NOT hear from grandfather
ng while, and he had to en-
my hardships, as we did also
re calne together again.
Captain Lanneau was after
Prof. John F. Lanneau of
orest 6ollege. He was a grad
the @tadel, in Charleston, and
e a sbldier as ever drew a
e the cavalry was passing our
t fun gallop. one of the sol.
I'd 6e leather strap to his
breE He tried to regain
twine bis sword, and fishing it
failin8 in this he gave it up,
on. The foot of some horae
It, anX threw it outside the
march md as soon as the cav
3sed ran out and picked up
teer, Id found it to be full
5ses e did not get the ben.
his III as it was destroyed
hit ilf burning of our home.
ote fa my Mothers Recol-
Of "a War (page 81: Our
had 4 <eantime left the city,
that esistance against such
IS use SIS. Never shall / for
az "a look of the cavalry
rode Rst my door on Laurel
,ea3 inter. Quite a number
o s3 Goodbye, and God help
the NE of our little band dis
d, fsfor the first time my
(. fa7 md realized that we
n "a tected community of
and dren in the hands of q
IS f6[ q was a moment to try
Is u most courageous but
t nI - made Of the emer-
-
I'VE - had the question
ie: our ladies suffer any
ie5 30 hands of the United
sol< "A can answer this
til true incident: That
alb tp. m. we hadsa United
sold stationed at the front
q u to our home. There
by back door a drunken
nv other was in, the bed.
Els tar Of the house. He
81 ounced into the pres
{ Isl lin the privacy OF
m. 81 cornse, demanded
VIII lie wanted. He Seplied
dsx here he pleased, and do
ieasS and wasE otherwise in
city beldtged to them
aaap who at once
bayonet, and
in reat excitement thai
ded IS nothing more wa.
Of the incident.
next morning on visiting the
ourlhone, we found no trace
hing xcept the melted glass
ckerx among the ashes where
ng ron had stood. We saw
rred ier1ains of a man and q
g near each other at the place
he back bteps went down from
"a. We had neglected to un.
nr pei dog the afternoon be.
d he had burned to death. The
was 30 drunk that he must
down the back steps
en- he struck the ground went
}, and in his drunken stupor
ned t4 g crisp when the home
This 5is only one of the many
of that awful night.
ems but as yesterday, but it
81 years ago that the follow
dent happened in my life and
Impressed itself on my men,
he night Of February II, 1865,
dren had been put to bed as
nd Were soon asleep, but by
ok mother awakened us and
'ed as II it were morning. We
the front piazza of our house
el street, next to Sumter, and
eat fires, houses burning all
US. Tying a towel around the
If our Brown aprons" mother
this belt knives, spoons, hair
towels, and then tied by
to the same belt coffee pots,
| pans and such articles that
Iall and light, and these with
stood in was all we saved.
to leave our home some time
the night for the middle of
ct just in front of the large
n the corner of Sumter and
where we spent sthe night.
we're dropping all over us, and
to be fremIentlv snr;nLl;no