The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 11, 1906, Page 7, Image 7
1 War Reminiscences.
Private Dodson, of Wheeler's
Cavalry,Follows his Recent
Letter in The News with
Another, in which He Re- |
lates Other Interesting In- ij
cidents of the War Between ^
the States.
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t is
The account recently publish sq
etl in The News of ihe incarcera- ju
tion in the Lancaster jail during in,
Ihe civil warof the eighteen (Jon- of
federate soldiers condemned by er<
Gen. Kilpatrick to be shot, writ 1>?
ten by Mr. W. O. Dodson, presi- ta
dent of the Dodson Printers Sup f?
ply Company, of Atlanta, Ga , was av
read with so much interest that th
it gives us pleasure to present ??
^ to our readers another letter f rom pe
Mr. Dodson, in which he relates
other incidents of those trying w'
times:
Atlanta, Ga., .July 6, 1906.
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Lancaster. S. 0. W
Dear Sir: ^ ag
Your letter of the 5th sii
instant received. I arn glad to mi
know that my letter was deemed th
worthy of publication, and thank Hi
you for the kind words you say Ke
about it. As historian of our th
Camp of Wheeler's Confederate 80
Cavalry, I come into possession dii
of many incidents connected with
the Civil War, which, together ed
with my personal reminiscences ne
of those stirring times, might be '?
w4oven into stories of more or m
Jss interest. m'
LAt the time of our service in lu
an<l tho Oarolinas, the oc
^^war was drawing to a close, dis- tl<]
cipline had inevitably become re
laxed, which gave opportunity to ox
silt back to the rear, the skulkers, m.
the weak and the timid, leaving lo;
those who still rode at the front
as hardy and brave and reckless
a set of men as ever fought for du
any cause. Their blood was up, '01
and when they met the enemy, (o
either as individuals, squads, 1,1
companies or regiments, it meant a'1
light?sometimes with and as hti
olten without orders. Some of a i
these encounters were desperate, 1 h
and tho fatalities among the ?
cavalry was in consequence olten
fearful. Cioneral Wheeler's last th
official report shows that his com
mand lost in killed and wounded C()
13 brigade and division com- 1
manders and 3200?enlisled men,
out of a total of a lit t le over 5<M)U, ' 1
a year previous. ? I bii
Connected with these encoun-1 111
ters were many incidents of a sl<
' ' nature, but in most cases I an
would bo unable to give localities rn
in your State, as our men were ln
mostly from Alabama, Georgia, 1 '*
V Texas, Arkansas, etc., and were i
7 7 tie
r A not familiar with the geography fe
of tho Carolinas, and, moving! n<
rapidly, dates are generally im a
possible to be supplied.
One of those was related to /
^. . . J ni
me by a reputable physician ot (I
Baldwin Co. Georgia, at that a|
time a member of 3rd Arkansas pr
Kegiment ol Wheeler's Cavalry ro
A scouting party, of which hej'.1:
I l j t I*i
waft a mftmhftr ?nitiAWh in.
? d\
South Carolina, encountered at ai(j
farm house, an old white-haired [
man, leaning ?u his gate post, J
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In hot weather; smaller dose i
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ping- lie proved to be.a Bap
I niin'Bier, and related that a
uad of bluo coated vandals hail
*t lett his house, after oulragg
his daughter in the presence
her father. Horse llesh Ruffed
for some miles after this,
t the scoundrels were overken,
and the foul wrong done
this old man of God was fully
enged. My old friend relates
at they killed them all but one,
d lie, being only a lad and desrat
el v wonrwlorl wn? " - -J
- ^ < - ? ?? vvt^ tf UO 3 J' ill CU j
len he pleaded, "Hoys, I know
iiy yon did this, but I had uoth
g to do with it."
Cf course, 1 do not like to
veil upon such incidents, and
find that the participants are
Len reluctant to give details,
e are old men now, and with
e comes collection, and no dee
to boast of lives of fellow
en taken in youth, even though
e homicides were justifiable,
it "leet wo forget, lost we fort,"
may be it is not amiss chat
e younger generation learn
mething of what their fathers
d and suffered.
But mixed along with the tragy,
comedy was often promint,
and on this feature I am
tid of dwelling. As stated, when
en of the different uniforms
St, they fought, and sometimes
dicrous things happened, and
casionally very foolish ones
me. Among these (apologiz
g for mentioning a personal
ploit) was two companions and
yself attacking General Negy's
division. I thought for a
tig time that this was the bigst
fool thing done hy any body
iring the whole war, but later
arned that Col. J. S. Prather
h Confederate Cavalry) went
? ? < l.~*? " ?1 *
o win uoiiici, wiieu ne wiin
out 150 men charged Osterius'
Army Corps?rode through
regiment ol skirmishers hastily
rown out, and rotle back again
that is some came back, but
>t ah, for men as reckless as
ese CQuhl not all live,
tnd connected with this charge,
ines in the element of comedy
have just mentioned. As
alher's hoys rode at Csterhaus'
imniitiid, they encountered a
g Dutchman, driving a stolen
ule, to a stolen carl, loaded with
:)lon plunder. The shouting
(1 shooting caused the mule to
11 away, the cart struck a pine
?e and upset, spilling out ihe
otents, consisting a little ot
most everything, Irom leather
<ls to baby ciothes. Dutchy
II Hal of his hick, and made
> ellort to get ui). hut lav like
bin lager beer keg, i-hiiiUng,
Mine (Jot, Mine (Jot, I surren
rs, 1 Btirrenfcers." lint I lie boys
ol !io lime to take prisoners,
nl the Dutchman's load ( prob
>lv the baby cloilies e,s| ecial'.y)
oved bis undoing for, as they
de past him, each one let him
ive one shot in the paunch
em a revolver, until bis cries
vindled into a weak refrain,
dine (lot, Mine (Jot, 1 iss kilt,
iss kilt." Faithiullv,
(Private) W. U. Dcdsou.
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