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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Incidents of Grierson's raid. (search)
planter's stable, they thought, under the circumstances, they would be justified in making an exchange, which they accordingly proceeded to do. As they were taking the saddles from their own tired steeds and placing them on the backs of the guerrilla's horses, the proprietor discovered them, and at once objected. He was met with the reply that, as he was anxious that the Yankees should be speedily overtaken, those after them should have good horses. All right, gentlemen, said the planter; I will keep your animals until you return; I suppose you'll be back in two or three days at the farthest. When you return you'll find they have been well cared for. The soldiers were sometimes asked where they got their blue coats. They always replied, if they were travelling under the name of Van Dorn's cavalry, that they took them at Holly Springs of the Yankees. This always excited great laughter among the secessionists. The scouts, however, usually wore the regular secesh uniforms.