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SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1899.
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
11
With Lee In Virginia.
A Story of the American Civil War*
By G. A. HENTY,
Author of “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” “In Freedom’s Cause,” “In the
Reign of Terror,” Etc.
Chapter VII.—McClellan's Advance
It was not until throe weeks after the
fight between the ironclads that the great
army under General McClellan arrived off
fortress Monroe, the greater portion of
the troops '■■oming down the Potomac in
steam transports. Vast quantities of
storrs had been accumulated in and
around the fortress. Guns of a size never
before used in war were lying on the
wharfs in readiness to he placed in bat
teries. while Hampton Roads was crowd
ed with transports and store vessels
watched over by the Monitor and other
war ships. McClellan's army was a large
one. but not so strong a force as he had
intended to have taken with him.
ami as soon as he arrived at
Fortress Monroe he learned that
he would not be able to expect much as
sistance from the fleet. The Merrimac
completely closed the James river; and
were the most powerful vessels of the
fl< et to move up the York river, she
would be able to sally out and destroy
the rest of the fleet and the transports.
As it was most important to clear the
peninsula between the two rivers 'before
Magruder should receive strong rein
forcements. a portion of the troops were
at once landed, and on the 4th of April,
5(3.000 men and 100 guns disembarked and
started on their march against Yorktown.
As soon as the news of the arrival of the
northern army at Fortress Monroe reach
ed Richmond fresh steps were taken for
the defense of the city. Magruder soon
found that it would be impossible with the
force at his command to hold the line
he had proposed, and a large body of ne
groes and troops were set to work to
throw up defenses between Yorktown and
a point on the Warwick river thirteen
and a half miles away.
Delay saved Richmond. Every day rein
forcements arrived, and by the time that
McClellan’s army, over 100.000 strong, had
erected their batteries and get their heavy
guns into position. Magruder had been
reinforced by some 10,000 men under Gen
eral Johnston, who now assumed the com
mand, while other divisions were hurry
ing up from northern and western Virgin
ia. Upon the very night before the bat
teries were ready to open, the Confeder
ates evacuated their positions and fell
back, carrying with them all their guns
and stores to the Chickahominy river,
which ran almost across the peninsula at
a distance, of six miles only from Rich
mond.
Defeated in several engagements, the
Federals retreated. All idea of a further
advance against Richmond was for the
present abandoned. President Lincoln had
always been opposed to the plan, and a
considerable portion of the army was
moved round to join the force under Gen
eral Pope, which was now to march upon
Richmond from the north.
From the commencement of the Federal
advance to the time when, beaten and
dispirited, they regained the James river,
Vincent Wingfield had seen little of his
family. The Federal lines had at one time ]
been within a mile of the Orangery. The
sla' a had roim-dnv- before been .«ll suit
into the inte rior, ant.. Mrs. AYingfield and
her daughters had moved to Richmond,
where they joined in the work, to which
the whole of the ladies of the town and
neighborhood devoted themsilves, of at
tending to the wounded, of whom, while
the fighting was going on. long trains ar
rived every day at the city.
"Please keep your eye on Dinah, moth
er,"’ said Vincent one day. "I distrust
that follow Jackson so thoroughly that I
believe him capable of having her carried
off and smuggled away somewhere down
south, and sold there if he saw a chance.
I wish, instead of sending her to the Or-
angrv, you would keep her as one of j our
servants here."
"1 will if you wish it, Vincent; but I
cannot believe for a moment that this
Jackson or any one else would venture
to meddle with any of my slaves.”
"Perhaps not, mother: but it is best to
be on the safe side. Anyhow, I shall be
glad to know that she is with you. Young
Jackson will bo away, for I know he is in
one of Stuart’s troops of horse, though
1 have never happened to run against him
since the war began.”
The tiring' had hardly ceased before
Harrison's Landing, when General Jack-
son, with a force of about 15,000 men, j
composed of his own division, now com- j
rr.anded by General Winder, General Ev- j
eil's division, and a portion of that of I
Genera! Hill, started for the Rapii.an to J
check General Pope. who. plundering and
wasting the country as he advanced, was
marching south, his object being to reach
Gordonsviile, where he would cut the line
of railway connecting Richmond with
western Virginia. Vincent was glad that
the regiment to which hr had been ap
pointed -would be under Jackson’s com
mand. and that he would be campaigning
again with his old division, which consist
ed largely of Virginia troops and con
tained so many of his old friends.
With Jackson, too, he was certain to be
engaged in stirring service, for that gen
eral ever kept his troops upon the march,
striking blows where least expected, and
traversing such an extent of country by
rapid marches that he and his division
seemed to the enemy to be almost ubiq
uitous.
It was but a few hours after he receiv
ed his appointment that Vincent took
train from Richmond to Gordonsviile. Dan
being in the horse-box with Wildfire in
the rear of the train. His regiment was
encampment a mile or two away, and he
at once rode on and reported himself to
Colonel Jones, who commanded it.
"1 am glad to have you with me. sir."
the colonel said. "I had the pleasure of
knowing your father, and am an old
friend of your mother's family. As you
were in Ashley's horse and have been
serving on Magruder’s staff, you are well
up in your duties, and it is a gomfort to
me that the vacancy' has been filled up by
one who knows his work instead of a raw
hand. We have had a brush or two al
ready with tht enemy; but at present
we are watching each other, waiting on
both sides till the generals have got their
infantry to the front in readiness for an
advance. Jacks on is waiting for Hill's di
vision to come up, and I believe Pope is
expecting great reinforcements from Mc-
Cl“llan.”
Five days later, on the 7th of August,
Jackson received certain intelligence that
a portion of McClellan’s force, had em
barked, and was on the way to join Pope.
He determined to strike a blow at once,
and marched with his entire force from
Gordonsviile for Barnett Ford on the
Rapidan.
At daybreak next morning the cavalry
crossed the river and attacked and rout
ed a body of Federal cavalry on the
road to Culpeper Courthouse. On the
following day Jackson came up with his
infantry to a point about eight miles from
Culpepper, where Pope’s army. 22.000
strong, were stationed upon the crest of a
hill. General Ewell’s division, which was
the oniv one then up, at once advanced,
and, after a severe artillery fight, gained
a point on a hill where his guns could
command the enemy’s position.
Jackson’s division now came up. and
as it was moving into position General
Winder was killed by a shell. For some
hours Jackson did not attempt to ad
vance. as Hill’s division had not come up.
Encouraged by this delay, the enemy at
5 o'clock in the afternoon took the offen
sive and advanced through some corn
fields lying between the two armies and
attacked Ewell's division on the Confe.d-
erate right; while shortly afterward they
fell with overwhelming strength on Jack
son’s left, and, attacking it in front,
flank and rear, drove it hack, and press
ed upon it with such force that the day
appeared lost.
At this moment Jackson himself rode
down among the confused and wavering
troops, and by his voice and example ral
lied them. At th' same moment the old
Stonewall Brigade came up at a run and
poured their fire into the advancing ene
my. Jackson led the troops he had ral
lied forward. The Stonewall Brigade fell
upon the enemy's flank and drove them
back with terrible slaughter. Other brig
ades came up, and there was a general
charge along the whole Confederate line,
and the Federals were driven back a
mile beyond the position they had occupied
at the commencement of the fight, to the
shelter of some thick woods. Four hun
dred prisoners- were taken and oyer 5,000
small arms.
The battle was known as Cedar Run.
and it completely checked Pope's advance
upon Richmond. The troops were too
much exhausted to follow up their vic
tory. but Jackson urged them to press
forward. Thty moved a mile and a half
in advance, and then found themselves
so strongly opposed that Jackson, be
lieving that the enemy must have receiv
ed reinforcements, halted his men. Colo
nel Jonfs was sent forward to reconnoi-
ter, and discovered that a large force had
joined the enemy.
Lee. instead of attacking McClellan on
his march across the peninsula, determin
ed to take his army north at once to join
Jackson and attack Pop, before he was
joined by McClellan’s army. But Pope, al
though already largely reinforced, retired
hastily and took up a new position so
strongly fortified that he could not be at
tacked. General Stuart had come up with
Lee, and was in command of all the cav
alry.
"We shall see some work now,” was the
remark round the fires of the Seventh
Virginia cavalry. Hitherto, although they
had been several times engaged with the
Federals. they had been forced to remain
for the most part inactive owing to the
vast superiority in force of the enemy's
cavalry; but now that Stuart had come
up they felt certain that, whatever the
disparity of numbers, there would soon
be some dashing work to be done.
Except when upon actual duty the strict
lines of military discipline were much re
laxed among the cavalry, the troopers
being almost all the sons of farmers and
planters and of equal social rank with
their officers, many of whom were their
personal friends or --arives. Some of
Vincent’s schoolfellows were in the ranks,
two or three of them were fellow officers,
and th-se often gathered together round
a camp fire and chatted over old school
days and mutual friends.
Many of these had already fallen, for
the Virginian regiments of Stonewall
Jackson's brigade had been terrible thin
ned; but the loss of so many friends and
the knowledge that their own turn might
ccme next did not suffice to lessen the
high spirits of the young fellows. The
hard work, the rough life, the exposure
and hardship, had braced and invigorated
them all, and they were attaining a far
more vigorous manhood than they would
ever have possessed had they grown up
in the somewhat sluggish and enervating
life led by young planters.
Many of these young men had, until
the campaign begun, never done half an
hour's hard work in their lives. They had
been waited upon by slaves, and their on
ly exertion had been riding. For months
now thrj- had almost lived in the saddle,
had slept in ;he open air, and had thought
themselves lucky if they could obtain a
sufficient meal of the roughest food to
satisfy their hunger once a day. In this
respect, however, the cavalry were better
off than their comrades of the infantry,
for scouting as thej' did in small parties
over a wide extent of country, they were
sure of a meal and a hearty welcome
whenever they could spare time to stop
for half an hour at the bouse of a farm
er.
“It’s a glorious life, uing-fielu. When we
chatted over the future at school we
never dreamed of such a life as this,
though some of us did talk of entering
the army, . ut even then an occasional
skirmish with Indians was the limit of
our ideas.”
"Yes, it is a glorious lifei” Vincent
agreed. "I cannot imagine anything more
exciting. Of course, there is the risk of
being snot, but somehow one never seems
to think of that. There is always some
thing to do and to think about, from the
time one starts on a scout at daybreak to
that when one lies down at night on 's
senses are on the stretch. Besides, we
are fighting in defense of our country and
not merely as a profession, though I don't
suppose, after all, tnat makes much dif-
ference when one is once in for it. as
far as I have read all soldiers enjoy cam
paigning, and it does not seem to make
any difference to them who are the foe or
what they are fighting about. But I should
like to feel a little more sure that we
shall win in the long run.”
There was a chorus of indignant pro
tests against there being any possible
doubts as to the issue.
"Why. we have thrdshed them every
time we have met them, Wingfield."
’ That is all very well,” Vincent said.
“Here in Virginia we have held our own,
and more than held it. We have beat back
Scott and McClellan, and now we have
thrashed Pope; and Stonewall Jackson
has won a dozen battles in western Vir
ginia. But you must remember that in
other parts they are gradually closing in;
all the ports not already takpn are closely
blockaded; they are pushing all along the
lines of the great rivers; and worst of all,
they can fill up their vacancies with Irish
men and Germans, and as fast as one
army disappears another takes its place.
I believe we. shall beat them again and
again, and shall prove, as we have proved j
before, that one southerner fighting for
home and liberty is more than a match
for two hired Germans or Irishmen, even
with a good large sprinkling of Yankees
aim ng them. But in thr long run I am not
sure that we shall win. for they can go on
putting big armies into the field, while
some day we must get used up.
“Of course, it is possible that we may
some day capture Washington, and that
the north may get weary of th° tremen
dous drain of money and men caused by
their attempt to conquer us. I hope it
may be so. for I should like to think that
we should win in the long run. I never
feel any doubt about our winning a battle
when we begin. My only fear is that we
may get used up before the north is
tired of it.”
“I did not expect to hear you talk so,
Wingfield, for you always seem to be in
capital spirits.”
“I did not expect to hear you talk so,
Wingfield, for jou always seem to be in
capital spirits.”
”1 am in capital spirits,” Vincent re
plied, “and ready to fight again and again,
and alwaj's confident we shall lick the
Yankees; the fact that I have a doubt
whether in the long run we shall outlast
them does not interfere in the slightest
degree with my comfort at present. I am
very sorry, though, that this fellow Pope
is carrying on the war so brutally instead
of in the manner in which General Mc
Clellan and the oth r commanders have
waged it. His proclamation that the army
must subsist upon the country it passes
through gives a direct invitation to the
soldiers to pillage, and his order that all
farmers who refuse to take the oath to
the Union are to be driven from their
homes and sent down south, means ruin
to al peaceful inhabitants, for there is
scarcely a man in this part of Virginia
who is not heartily with us.”
"I hear," one of Lhe other officers said,
“that a prisoner who was captured this
morning says that Pope already sees that
he has made a mistake, and that he yes-
terdaj' issued a fresh order saying that
the proclamation was not meant to au
thorize pillage. He finds that the inhab
itants who before, whatever their private-
sentiments were, maintained a sort of
neutrality, are now hostile, that tliej'
drove off their cattle into the woods, and
even set fire to their stacks, to prevent
anything from being carried off by the
Yanks; and his troops find the roads
broken up and bridges destroyed and all
sqrts of .difficulties thrown in their way.”
"Jl does not always pay—even in war—
to lie brutal. I am glad to see he has
.found out his mistake so soon." another
officer said. "McClellan waged war like
a gentleman: and if blackguards are to be
allowed to carry lire and sword through
the land thej' will soon find it is a game
that two can play at. and matters will
become horribly embittered."
"e\V shall never do that." Vincent said.
"Our generals are all gentlemen, and Lee
and Jackson and many others are true
Christians as well as true soldiers, and I
am sure they will never countenance that
cn our side whatever the northerners may
do. We are ready to fight the hordes of
Yankees and Germans and Irishmen as
often as they advance against us, but I
am sure that none of us would fire a
homestead or ill treat defenseless men
and women. It is a scandal that such
brutalities are committed bj' the ruffians
who call themselves southerners. The
guerrillas in Missouri and Tennessee are
equally bad. whether on our side or the
other, and if I were the president I would
send down a couple of regiments and hunt
down the fellows who bring dishonor on
our cause. If the south cannot free her
self without the aid of ruffians of this
kind she had better lay down her arms
at once!”
"Bravo. Wingfield! Spoken like a knight
of chivalry!” one of the others laughed.
"But many of these bands have done good
nevertheless. Thej' have kept the enemy
busj- there, anil occupied the attention of
a very large force who might otherwise
have been in the woods yoniler with Pone.
I agree with j-ou, it would be better if the
whole thing were fought out with large
armies, but there is a good deal to be said
“Tv- these hr. .as you are ■ < ~ •-p"-
Tiie j are cc-rposed of men vy.io have bee*,
made desperate by seeing their farms har
ried and their buildings burned by the
enemy. They have been denounced as
traitors by their neighbors on the other
side, and if they retaliate I don’t know
that th f y are to be altogether blamed. I
know that if my nlace at home were
burned down and my people insulted and
ill treated I should be inclined to set off
to avenge it."
“So would I,” Vincent agreed, “but it
should be upon those who did the wrong,
not upon innocent peolpe.”
"That is all very well, but if the other
side destroy your people’s farms, it is on
ly by showing them that two can play
at the game that you can make them ob
serve the laws of war. 1 grant it would
be very much better that no such thing
should take place; but if the northerners
begin this sort of work they may be sure
that there wall be retailiation. Anyhow, I
am glad that I am an officer in the Sev
enth Virginians and not a guerrilla leader
in Missouri. Well, all this talking is dry
work. Has no one got a full canteen?"
"I have,” Vincent said. "Dan managed
to buy a gallon of rum at a farmhouse
yesterday. I think the farmer was afraid
that the enemy might be paying him a
visit before many days, and thought it
best to get rid of his spirits. Anyhow, Dan
got the keg at ordinary city prices, as
well as that couple of fine turkeys he is
just bringing along for our supper. So
you had better each get your ration of
bread and fall to."
There was a cheer as Dan placed the
turkeys down in the center of the group,
and soon the whole party, using their
bread as plates, fell to upon them, and
afterward joined in many a merry song,
while Dan handed round a jug of spirits.
Chapter VIII.—A Prisoner.
The party round the lire were just about
to disperse when the captain of Vincent's
troop approached. He took the horn of
spirits and water that Vincent held up
to him and tossed it off.
"That is a stirrup cup. Wingfield."
"What! are we for duty, captain?” Vin
cent asked as he rose to his feet.
"Yes: our troop and Harper's are to
muster. Get the men together quietly. I
think it is a serious business: each of the
regiments furnish other troops, and I be
lieve Stuart himself takes the command.”
"That sounds like work, indeed," Vin
cent said. "I will get off as quietly as
possible.”
Most of the men were already fast
asleep, but as soon as they learned that
there was a prospect of active work all
were full of life and animation. The girths
of the saddles were tightened, swords
buckled on. and revolvers carefully' ex
amined before being placed in the hol
sters. Many of the men carried repeating
rifles, and the magazines were filled be
fore these were slung across the riders’
shoulders.
in a few minutes the three troops were
mounted and in readiness for a start, and i
almost directly afterward Colonel Jones
himself rode up and took the command. A
thrill of satisfaction ran through the men
as he did so. for it was certain that lie
would not himself be going in command
of the detachment unless the occasion
was an important one. For a few minutes
no move was made.
“I suppose the others are going to join
us here,” Vincent said to the officer next
him.
"I suppose so.” he replied. “We lie in
the middle of the cavalry brigade with
• two regiments each side of us. so it is
likely enough this is the gathering place.
Yes. I can hear the tramping of horses.”
“And I felt a spot of rain,” Vincent
said. “It has been lightning for some
time. I fear we are in for a wet ride.”
The contingent from the other regi
ments soon arrived, and just as the last
came up General Stuart himself appeared
and took his place at the head of the
party, now some 500 strong. Short as the
time had been since Vincent felt the first
P. tlie rain was now corning down in
i rents. One by one the bright flames of
mm lr<?S r ^ et * down, and the darkness be-
< me so intense that Vincent could scarce-
JJ see the officer on his right hand.
I lmpo the man who rode up with the
g teral, and is no doubt to be our guide.
Knows the country well. It is no joke flnd-
r ) s .° Ur wa >’ through a forest on such a
night ns this.”
I believe Stuart’s got eyes like a cat,”
tlie offli’or said. “'Sometimes on a dark
night ho has come galloping up to a post
where I was in command, when one could
scarcely see one’s hand before one. It
never seems to make any difference to
him, day or night, he rides about at a
gallop."
trusts his horse,” Vincent said.
That s the only way in the dark. They
can see a lot better than we can. and if
men would but let them go their own
way instead of trying to guide them they
would seldom run against anything. The
only thing is to lie well down on the
horse s neck, otherwise one might get
swept out of the sadle by a bough. It’s a
question of nerve. I think not many of us
would do as Stuart does, and trust him
self entirely to his horse's instinct.”
After half an hour's brisk riding all
knott- by the sharp sound of the beat of
the horses’ hoofs that they had left the
soft track through the forest and were
now upon a regular road.
"Thank goodness for that!” Vincent
said in a low tone to his next neighbor.
"J don't mind a brush with the enemy,
but I own I don't like the idea that at
any moment my brains may be knocked
our by the branch of a tree."
"I quite agree with you.” the other re
plied; “and 1 fanej - every man felt the
same.”
There was no doubt as to this. Hitherto
no sound had been heard save the jingling
of accoutrements and the dull heavy-
sound of the horse’ tread; but now there
could be heard mingled with these the
buzz of voices, and occasionally a low
laugh. They are so accustomed to wet
that the soaking scarce inconvenienced
them. They were out of the forest now.
and felt sure of their guide, and as to
the enemy, they only longed to discover
them.
For another hour the rapid advance
continued, and all felt sure that they
must now have penetrated through the
enemy's lines and he well in hts rear. At
last they heard a challenge of sentry.
Then Stuart’s voice shouted. “Charge!"
and at full gallop they rode into the vil
lage at Outlet's Station on the Orange and
Ale xandria railroad, where General Pope
had his headquarters. Another minute
and they were in the midst of the enemy's
camp, where the wildest confusion reign
ed. The Federal officers rushed for their
tents and made off in the darkness; but
the soldiers, who were lying on the line of
railroad, leaped to their fret and opened
a heavy fire upon their invisible foes.
Against this the cavalry, broken up in
the camp, with its tents, its animals, and
its piles of luggage, could do little, for
it was impossible to form them up in the
broken and unknown ground.
The Quarters, of Pope were soon discov
ered: he himself had escaped, leaving his
coa; and hat behind. Many of his officers
were captured, and in his quarters- were
found a box of official papers which were
invaluable, as among them were copies of
his letters asking for reinforcements, lists
giving the strength and position of his
troops, and other particulars of the great
est value to the Confederates. Xo time
was lost, as the firing would set the whole
Federal army on the alert, and they
might find their retreat cut off. There
fore placing their prisoners in the center,
and taking the box of papers with them,
the cavalry were called off from the
camp, and without delay started on their
return ride.
They did -not take the road by which
they had come, but made a long detour,
and ( ust as daylight was breaking re-en-
the < ..v,federal fires wlthorn, .av-
i'!"* iron. ' ed a foe ' Tom the time of
t:-,o.i- leaving Catlet's Station. Short as
their stay in the camp had been, few of
the men had re turned empty handed. The
northern army was supplied with an
abundance of excellent food of all de
scriptions. forming the strongest possible
contrast to the insufficient rations upon
which the Confederate troops existed, and
the troopers had helped themselves to
whatever thej- could laj- hands upon in
the darkness and confusion.
Some rode in with a ham slung on each
side of their saddle, others had secured
a bottle or two of wine or spirits. Some
had been fortunate enough to lay hands
on some tins of coffee or a canister of
tea. luxuries which for months had been
unknown to them save when thej' were
captured from the enemy! The only arti
cle captured of no possible utilitj' was
General Pope's coat, which was sent to
Richmond.where it was hung up for public
inspection; a wag sticking up a paper
beside it. “This is the coat in which Gen
eral Pope was going to ride in triumph
into Richmond. The coat is here, but the
general has not j-et arrived."
The Confederates had lost but two or
three men from the fire of the Federal
infantry, and they were in high spirits at
th° success of their raid. Xo sooner had
General Lee informed himself of the con
tents of the papers and the position of the
ent my's forces than he determined to
strike a heavj- blow at him: and General
Jackson, who had been sharply engaged
wffh the enemy near Warrenton, was or
dered to make a long detour, to cross the
Blue Ridge Mountains through Thorough
fare Gap. to fall upon Pope's rear and cut
his communications with Washington,
and if possible to destroy the vast depot
of stores collected at Manassas.
The cavalry, under Stuart, were to ac
company him. The march would be a tre
mendous one. the danger of thus ventur
ing into the heart of the enemy's country
immense, but the results of such an ex
pedition would, if successful, be great:
for Lee himself was to advance with his
army on Pope's flank, and there was
therefore a possibility of the utter defeat
of that general before he could he joined
bj- the army marching to reinforce him
from Fredericksburg.
It was on Monday, the 25th of August,
that Jackson started on his march, as
cending the banks of the Rappahannock,
and crossed the river at a ford, dragging
his artillery with difficulty up the narrow
and rocky road beyond. There was not a.
moment to be lost, for if the news reach
ed the enemy, the gorge known as Thor
oughfare Gap would be occupied, and the
whole object of the movement defeated.
Onward the force pushed, pressing on
through fields and lanes without a single
halt, until at night, hungry and weary,
but full of spirit, they marched into the
little town of S'alem, 20 miffs from their
starting place. They had neither wagons
nor provisions with them, and had noth
ing to eat but some ears of corn and
green apples plucked on the road.
Jackson had now the option of fall
ing back and allowing the enemy to pass,
or of withstanding the whole Ffderal j
army with his own little force until Lee
came up to the rescue. He chose the lat
ter course, and took up a strong position.
The sound of firing at Thoroughfare Gap
was audible, and he knew . that Long-
street's division of Lee's army was hotly
engaged with a force which, now that it
was too late, had been sent to hold the
gorge. It was nearly sunset before Pope
brought up hjs men to the attack. Jack-
son did not stand on the defensive, but
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and in the morning his forces were seen
approaching, the line they were taking
bringing them up at an angle to Jack
son’s position. Thus their formation as
they arrived was that of an open V, and
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it was through the angle of this V that
Pope had to force his waj\ Before Long-
street could arrive, however, the enemy
hurled themselves upon Jackson, and for
hours the Confederates held their own
against the vast Federal armj\ Long-
street's force being too far away to lend
them a hand. Ammunition failed, and the
soldiers fought with piles of stones, but
night fell without a.nj' impression being
made upon these veterans. General Lee
now came up with General Hood’s divis
ion. and hurled this against the Federals
and drove them back. In the evening
Longstreet’s force took up the position
General Lee had assigned to it, and in the
morning all the Confederate army had ar
rived, and the battle recommenced.
The struggle was long and terrible; but
b>- nightfall everj' attack had been re
pulsed, and the Confederates, advancing
on all sides, drove the northerners, a bro
ken and confused crowd, before them,
the darkness alone saving them from ut
ter destruction. Had there been but one
hour more of daj'light the defeat would
have been as complete as was that in the
battle of Bull Run. which had been fought
on precisely the same ground. However,
under cover of the darkness the Federals
retreated to Centreville, from whence
thej' were driven on the following day.
Jackson marched awaj' and laid siege to
Harper's Ferrj'. an important depot gar
risoned by 11.000 men. who were forced to
surrender just as McClellan with a fresh
army. 100,000 strong, which was pressing
forward to its succor, arrived within a
day's march. As soon as Jackson had
taken the place he hurried away with his
trbops to join Lee, who was facing the
enemj' at the Antietam river. Here upon
the following daj' another terrible battle
was fought; the Confederates, though but
39.000 strong, repulsing everj - attack of the
Federals, and driving them with terrible
slaughter back across the river.
Their own loss, however, had been very
heavj', and Lee, knowing that he could
expect no asistance, while the enemy were
constantly receiving reinforcements, wait
ed for a day to collect his wounded, bury
his dead, and send hts stores and artil-
lerj- to the rear, and th'n retired un-
nursued (cross the Rapps ha c- A: - rv )lr;
the hard-fought campaign came to an
end.
Vincent Wing-field was not with the
armj- that retired across the Rappahan
nock. A portion of the cavalry had fol
lowed the broken Federals to the very
edge of the stream, and just as they rein
ed in their horses a round shot from one
of the Federal batteries carried away his
cap, and he fell as if dead from his
horse. During the night some of the
northerners crossed the stream to collect
and bring back their own wounded who
had fallen near it. and coming across
Vincent and finding that he still breath
ed. and was apparently without a wound,
thej' carried him back with them across
the river as a prisoner.
Vincent had indeed escaped without a
wound, having been onlj' stunned bj- th-
passage of the shot that had carried away
his cap. and missed him but by a fraction
of an inch. He had begun to recover
consciousness just as his captors came
up. and the action of carrj'ing him com
pletely restored him. That he had fallen
into the hands of the northerners he was
well aware; but he was unable to imagine
how this had hapepnod. He remembered
that the Confederates had been, up to the
moment when he fell, completelj' success
ful, and he could only imagine that in a
subsequent attack the Federals had turn
ed the tables upon them.
How he himself had fallen, or what had
happened to him. he had no idea. Beyond
a strange feeling of numbness in the
head he was conscious of no injurj-, and
he could only imagine that his horse had
been shot under him. and that he must
have fallen upon his head. The thought
that his favorite horse was killed affect
ed him almost as much as his own cap
ture. As soon as his captors perceived
that their prisoner's consciousness had
returned thej' at once reported that an
officer of Stuart’s cavalrj- had been taken,
and at daybreak next morning General
McClellan on rising was acquainted with
the fact, and Vincent was conducted to
his tent.
"You are unwounded, sir?" the general
said in some surprise.
"I am. general," Vincent replied. "I do
not know how it happened, but I believe
my horse must have been shot under me.
and that I must have been thrown and
stunned: however. I remember nothing
from the moment when I heard the word
halt, just as we reached the side of the
stream, to that when I found myself be
ing carried here.”
“You belong to the cavalry?"
“Yes, sir."
“Was Lee’s force all engaged yester
day?”
"I do not know.” Vincent said. "I only
came up with Jackson’s division from
Harper’s Ferry the evening before."
"[ need not have questioned you," Mc
Clellan said. "1 know that Lee's whole
army, 100.000 strong, opposed me yester
day."
Vincent was silent. He was glad to see
that the Federal general, as usual, enor
mously overrated the strength of the
force opposed to him.
"I hear that the whole of the garrison
of Harper's Ferry were released on pa
role not to serve again durijtg the war.
If you are ready to give me your prom
ise, to the same effect I will allow you to
return to your friends; if not, you must
remain a prisoner until you are regularly -
exchanged.”
"I must do so, then, general,” Vincent
said quietly. "I could not return home and
remain inactive while every man in the
south ts fighting for the defense of his
country-, so I will take my chance of being
exchanged."
“I am sorroj" you choose that alterna
tive.’’ McClellan said. "I hate to see brave
men imprisoned if only for a day. and
braver men than those across yonder
stream are not to be found. My officers
and men are astonished. They 7 seem so
thin and worn as to be scarce able to lift
a musket, their clothes are fit only for a
scarecrow, they are indeed pitiful objects
to look at, but the way in which they
fight is wonderful. I could not have be
lieved had i not seen it. that men could
have charged as they did again and again
across ground swept by a tremendous ar
tillery and musketry fire, it was wonder
ful'. I can tell you, young sir. that even
though you beat us we are proud of you
as our country-men. and I believe that if
your General Jackson were to ride
through our camp he would be cheered
as lustily and heartily- by our men as he
is by his own."
Some 50 or f»0 other prisoners had been
takfn; they had been captured in the
hand-to-hand struggle that had taken
place on some parts of the field, having
got separated from their corps and mix
ed up with the enemy, and carried off the
field with them as thev retired. These for
the most part accepted the offered pa
role hut some 15, like Vincent, preferred
a northern prison to promising to ab
stain from fighting in defense of their
country, and in the middle of the day
they were pdaced together in a tent under
a guard at the rear of the camp.
(To Be Continued.)
A southern man who recently returned
home after a visit to Boston said to a
neighbor: "You know these here little
round, white beans?"
The other admitted that he did.
“We feed them to hosses down our
way."
“Yes?"
“Well, sir, up to Boston they take them
beans, boil ’em for three or four hours,
slap a little sowbelly an’ some molasses
and other truck in with ’em., and what do
you suppose they do with ’em*?"
“Gosh. I do’ no.”
“Well, sir,” said the first speaker, s-m-
tentiouslv, "I’m d—d if thej' don’t eat
’em!”
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