Evening star., 1933-01-29

70 Ne out all night BY Mosbys men because
was . Yankee. They would take my horse II
they were short Of horses.
"GE. FTTz JOHN PoRTER's command
was at Halls Hill, McDowell's at Miners
HIN. Henzelmann at Uptons Hill, all between
our place and Washington. I was at all their
headquarters. had passes from both armies
I finally got monthly pass from Gen. Anger
when he was provost marshal Of Washington to
pass me day or night 1t almost always
countersigned by his assistant, Capt. Slipper
I often came upon picketS that could not read
and had to read it to them so I read it to
mt the occasion Sometimes got three meals
IN one day and sometimes one in three days
We had several COWS, but our fences were
burned, and with no feed for them they would
ra1nble in the woods, and had to hunt them Or
go without milk One Sunday they wandered
about or miles, crossed the Little River
pike below Fairfax and went near Burke
Station. found them penned up and MIXED
I turned them loose and started home, out the
old Guinea road.
when near Gooden's old tavern I ran into
a fight. Mosby capturing wagon train
It was getting dark and they chased me mile
or more, shooting at me. but did not catch me-
Later he caught me at Frostville on the George
town pike, where mother had sent me to see if
I could get an old slave woman that had been
In our family for years When started home
I met MoSby, Lieut.. Smith, Bush and Sam Un-
derwood. They took my mount, 3-year-old
stallion, and left to walk barefooted or
10 miles. 1t had been raining hard and when
reached Difficult Run at Jackson's old mill I
could not get across. went back up the hill
about a quarter of mile and found an old
white horse grazing by the road with a cow
bell on. I stuffed the bell with grass so it
would not ring and confscated that pile of
bones. tied a graveline over his head and
rode into the muddy, rushing water among logs,
rails and brush. was almost washed down the
stream, the horse was weak. I turned him
loose and started in a heavy thunderstorm. 1t
was just at night. I soon found it as dark as
Erebus. Running between the flashes of light
ming IN the mud and kicking the stones with
my sore and bleeding feet I was not in a good
hurnor had lost my colt and probably said
things that would not sound good in Sunday
school class.
when reached home the moon was shin
ing. AS I went in the yard I heard hoofs gal
1oping down the pike and my colt came, bring
ing Government saddle. bride. halter, ban-
kets. canteen spurs, etc. I think the sight
OF him helped to heal my sore feet. With me
it was My kingdom for a horse"
TAILS CHURCH, which, like Alexandria,
was once part Of the District of Columbia
being at the extreme west corner Of the
original 10-nile squares like all outlying
parts of Washington in that it is fast grow
ing in residences and population, though re-
tanning to large extent It's historic buildings,
and because of this. to the antiquarian, it is
q great pleasure to drive through the town and
see the old Episcopal Church, of which Wash
ington was a vestryman, and which was erected
about the same time and from the same plans
aS WAS Christ Church Alexandria and POhick
Church. nearer to Mount Vernon
This was not the first church of this denom-
nation at Falls Church nor was the present