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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
glad we were going home. Notwithstanding all the searching, one man had succeeded in concealing his flag and as soon as we were on the Confederate boat he unfurled it, and a deafening shout rent the air as the boys greeted it. While in Richmond I met Colonel Lane, and was surprised to hear him say, Why, how are you, Company I? I told him how astonished I was that he knew me, and he said, I never forget a Twenty-sixth boy. My faithful and unselfish friend, Perk Miller, another Caldwell county boy, who had joined the first company that was formed in Caldwell, had shared every morsel of comfort with me during our long imprisonment, and was my companion still as we joyfully wended our way to our mountain home. A part of this journey was on foot, and although we felt in our hearts that we had only to show our pitiful selves to any North Carolina woman to get the needful food, we both felt like it was begging, and shrank from doing it, so we shared this duty also, taking time ab
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.24 (search)
is act: A woman was working in a field, near Holman's ford, having a child with her. The child climbed on the fence, and the men began to shoot at it, and finally killed it. Emboldened by their success in Wilkes county, they made a raid into Caldwell county on the 7th of May. Major Harvey Bingham, with about a half a dozen young men from Caldwell and Watauga counties, attempted to rout these murderers from their stronghold at Fort Hamby. One Sunday night, after their raid into Caldwell, Major BCaldwell and Watauga counties, attempted to rout these murderers from their stronghold at Fort Hamby. One Sunday night, after their raid into Caldwell, Major Bingham made a well-planned move on the fort, at a late hour of the night. For some reason, Wade and his men were not aware of the approach of Bingham's men until they had entered the house. Wade and his men announced their defenceless condition, and begged for their lives. No guns were seen, and they were, so Bingham believed, his prisoners. They gave Wade and his men time to dress, after which, at a moment when the captors were off their guard, they rushed to their guns which were concealed