The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-07
W eastward to .AppomattoX
Continued from psse

e-3cy met an equally pa,.el.c death. Gen
e-al A P Hill. the a.l;c.s commander OF
tie Third Corps. had but returned to the
F4-ersburg lines from al ut.expired leave
with kinsmen in Chesterfield County. 10
i-sin that that par Of tie weakened de-
f=cse position occupied Dy his troops
southwest of the CIT had crull.bIed. In
IT, early dawn he ,-de, OFT from. Lees
-adquaners al Edge HI, the Turnbun
hlrle to see what may De done to cor
re- the mischance Ore ina.- be forgiven
IT, fleeing thought that nth the rews he
ha9 learned he is riding deliberately 10
rs DEATH for he had remarked on the
s>eats of Richmond Only recently that if
IT, cause for which he fought vas lost
La Itself would hold TO attraction for him
I'D Tow in the confusion Of Ills torn lines
H. found himself among TIE enemy with
Sergeant Tucker at his side They came
S -tdenly upon two Union soldiers in a
wooded area Couid Hill have saved him
ST One wonders AGAIN. Twice before
j his brilliant caree. Hill rad saved the
az COR Lee-at Cedar Mountain and at
desperate moment Bur todaE i vas TO
end differently. As the accounts go stand
j., firm and determined ) had been his
icdict on other tight occasions when
dagger pressed closely. he made Of HIM
g.: III excellent target t8r the lIflegnan
p.o ,eVeled his gun and fred. There he
la while death closed II.
The pathetic sequel follows Two hours
larer When his adjutaEt. Colonel Palmer.
tce3sss the news to HIS young wife
non, he finds singing a. her work in
t,l.- kitchen of the Vena5Ie House Just
within the lines on the outskirts Of Peters
t.-g
Retreat Begins
That night the retreat oaeins-the at
tempt Of Lee to get his deccuated army
Oh CT the 81 miles OF trenches that ex-
ted from the Chickahorlny northeast of
Richmond to Hatcher's Run. five miles
southwest of Petersburg Such a thnly
.anred line it was. with an average of
less han LOGO men for each mile of de-
Ease while the besieging eGerny manned
p IL positions with more than twice the
Lumber.
On the first day our We Kill stop for
wat is perhaps the last pleasant hour
f1> Lee in the trek that vas 20 end at
e5po,nattoX. twenty-five miles vest of
Petersburg near Winterpock. village on
TIE River Road. on which Lee and his
Faft were travelling westward there
I. ed one Judge Cox oHrpr Of the lovely
C.ogar Hill Plantation
Visit to Clover Plantation
Learning of the near presence OF Lee.
t,= Judge sent family servant 10 the
General and his staff inviting them to
ecoept his hospitality for refreshnlent and
6naar. Turning through the woodland. this
ttTie band came upon the charming house
Sad gardens. for Judge Cox was a man
Of considerable substance being owner of
tla coal mines at Winterpock which were
tt1en supplying fuel for the operation of
Gle Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond
Though the home was already filled
with refugees from Richmond and Peters
4 .re. among them the wife of General
Ely MahoneI all else was forgotten as
Ifle household busted itself 20 give ex-
c Isile attention to the Comfort of its dis
<1gushed military guests While await
t.s the meal. the kindly Judge prepared
ED passed around frosty glasses of mint
i-ep. which we're gratefully received by
ICES staff. Lee himself scarcely tol.ched
IS lips to the potion. saying TO pretty