. . strength. Our first im-that OUT guide false and had led us intoa trap. But we put spur> to<uir horses and mad-,for them. In jumping a ditchmy horse stumbled and fellupon one of my legs, givingme a painful hurt. The rebelstired several shots and thenbroke and ran for cover in theunderbrush by the roadside. The toys dismounted and followed,taking five of them prisoners. While this was going on I had got out from under my horseand was watching to see if we were likely to be flanked. I no-ticed a man in rebel uniform coming alo
. . strength. Our first im-that OUT guide false and had led us intoa trap. But we put spur> to<uir horses and mad-,for them. In jumping a ditchmy horse stumbled and fellupon one of my legs, givingme a painful hurt. The rebelstired several shots and thenbroke and ran for cover in theunderbrush by the roadside. The toys dismounted and followed,taking five of them prisoners. While this was going on I had got out from under my horseand was watching to see if we were likely to be flanked. I no-ticed a man in rebel uniform coming along the fence toward theroad, and when he reached it he started toward me. I held mycarbine in position so that I could use it quickly if need be. Justat this moment a young woman came out of the house and whenshe saw the man in uniform she hurried to where I was and said:4 Oh ! that is my father ; dont shoot him ! She stood tremblingby my side and begging me not to shoot, lie walked up directlyin front of me and I took him prisoner. He was the lieutenant (53). FRANCIS K. MARKS,BUGLER, company A, SQUADRON. KISSES, RTT N 01 R BO* [Jnne. that we i. The five Other prisoners taken were home guards. It was Sunday and they were going to church. As it wasearly they walked down the road to the house where we discoveredthem. There \\ era! young ladies tin these home guards were their lovers; they had conic t« l chat with them before church time. But the fun came when we startedwith the prisoners, for those girls hugged and kissed their sweet-hearts with great fervor, locking their arms around their neand refusing to let them go. We were obliged to separate themby force. When we started with them there were hitter tears shed,and the girls called us by many names that were much moreexpressive than polite. In the skirmish one of our horses gotaway from us and ran over to the rebels, and they took him cap-tive. The captured lieutenant proved to be a thorough gentleman The column left Glades
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