. Recollections of pioneer and army life . ayside. Reb works—city—buildingson fire—citizens (men. women and children) in the yards withall their household stuff packed up awaiting to see their housesconsumed—perhaps themselves! Fools! Court-house—flag—Negro pen—jail—fine residences—Gen. Sherman on the side-walk—prisoners—tearing up railroad. Orphan Asylum—graysuits and white aprons—little girls and boys seem quite happy—they bring water to us—the town was fired by a Jew merchantof the place—whiskey burning. Scene: Old rich fel-low standing in his passing. Sol-dier: How do you
. Recollections of pioneer and army life . ayside. Reb works—city—buildingson fire—citizens (men. women and children) in the yards withall their household stuff packed up awaiting to see their housesconsumed—perhaps themselves! Fools! Court-house—flag—Negro pen—jail—fine residences—Gen. Sherman on the side-walk—prisoners—tearing up railroad. Orphan Asylum—graysuits and white aprons—little girls and boys seem quite happy—they bring water to us—the town was fired by a Jew merchantof the place—whiskey burning. Scene: Old rich fel-low standing in his passing. Sol-dier: How do you likethe looks of the Star-Spangled Banner? Citi-zen : I ve seen it : You are liableto see it again. Noticed the residenceof Lawrence M. Keitt. 13th. Marched fourmiles up railroad and toreup the track—G oper-ated at Jamisons StationAleck and Billy. —took up sixty- six rails to-day—left track for camp at 5 p. m.—passed throughfine country—came into the old Charleston stage road—beau-. Recollections of Pioneer and Army Life. 307 tiful plantations— reached camp soon after night—difficultyfinding the cooks shebang—dear old Aleck, of Alabama,and Billy, the mule, comprised the commissary outfit of theofficers mess. Aleck was a plantation slave, and came withus from Tuscumbia in 1862; an honest colored boy as everlived. I never could tell why, but Aleck always showed apeculiar aflfection for me, nor do I know how or where we finallylost him. After the grand review at Washington, when thearmy boarded trains on the Baltimore & Ohio for Louisville,the Httle fat mule Billy, that so faithfully carried over hun-dreds of miles the greasy old gunny-bag paniers which con-tained our boiled sweet potatoes and pig meat, would have tobe left behind; but certainly Aleck came West with us. Iwould give dollars now (1911) to possess a kodak picture of ourfaithful cook, the pack-animal, and the grub-stake of theCarolinas. 14th. Advance divi
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