Wearing of the Gray; Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, And Adventures of the War
Wearing of the Gray; Being Personal Portraits, Scenes, And Adventures of the War
Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886
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Do you remember that servant who brought you the water that night on Stuart's raid ? " "Perfectly." " Well, the very next day he went over to the Yankee picket / 186 WBABING OF THK OBAT. and told them that I had entertained Confederate officeray and given you ail information which enabled yoa to get off safely. In oonsequenoe I was arrested| carried to Old Pointy and am just out I ^ I rejoined the column at Talleysyille just as it b^an to move on the road to Forge Bridge. The highway lay before... us, white in the unclouded splendour of the moon. The critical moment was yet to come. Our safety was to turn apparently on a throw of the dice, rattled in the hand of Chance. The exhaustion of the march now b^an to tell on the men. Whole companies went to sleep in the saddle, and Stuart himself was no exception. He had thrown one knee over the pommel of his saddle, folded his arms, dropped the bridle, and— chin on breast, his plumed hat drooping over his forehead — was sound asleep. His sure- footed horse moved steadily, but the form of the General tot- tered from side to side, and for miles I held him erect by the arm.
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