. Civil War stories . ked from one to the other of his satellites, was: The Virginia, marm? Why, of coase. They warntno two ways o thinkin bout that ar just kivered tharselves with glory! A little later two wagon-loads of slightlywounded claimed our care, with them cameauthentic news of the day. Most of us receivednotes on paper torn from a soldiers pocket-bookand grimed with gunpowder, containing assur-ance of the safety of the town. At nightfall atrain* carrying more wounded to the hospitals atCulpeper made a halt at Bristoe; and, precededby men holding lanterns, we went in
. Civil War stories . ked from one to the other of his satellites, was: The Virginia, marm? Why, of coase. They warntno two ways o thinkin bout that ar just kivered tharselves with glory! A little later two wagon-loads of slightlywounded claimed our care, with them cameauthentic news of the day. Most of us receivednotes on paper torn from a soldiers pocket-bookand grimed with gunpowder, containing assur-ance of the safety of the town. At nightfall atrain* carrying more wounded to the hospitals atCulpeper made a halt at Bristoe; and, precededby men holding lanterns, we went in among thestretchers with milk, food, and water to the suf-ferers. One of the first discoveries I made, bend-ing over in that fitful light, was a young officer VIRGINIA SCENES IN 61 29 whom I knew to be a special object of solicitudewith one of my comrades in the search; but hewas badly hurt, and neither he nor she knew theother was near until the train had moved on. Thenext day, and the next, were full of burning ex-. *7 /* w *»/ LISTENING FOR THE FIRST GUN citement over the impending general engagement,which people then said would decide the fate ofthe young Confederacy. Fresh troops came bywith every train, and we lived only to turn fromone scene to another of welcome and Saturday evening arrived a message from lo CIVIL WAR STORIES General Beauregard, saying that early on Sun-day an engine and car would be put at our dis-posal, to take us to some point more remote fromdanger. We looked at one another, and, tacitlyagreeing the gallant general had sent not an or-der but a suggestion, declined his kind August heats and lack of water, Bristoewas forsaken for quarters near Culpeper, wheremy mother went into the soldiers barracks,sharing soldiers accommodations, to nurse thewounded. In September quite a party of us, uponinvitation, visited the different stopped overnight at Manassas, five ladies,sleeping upon a couch made of rolls of cart
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