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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
Cogswell or Evans, both having been old friends in the old army, was the more overcome at the meeting. Evans had invited his unwilling guest to join him in a convivial draught of peach brandy, and Cogswell was saying to his conqueror, I tell ye, Shanks, sha'n't take my parole on any such terms; I'll see you damned first, Shanks. General Evans had offered to release Colonel Cogswell if he would sign a parole not to fight again during the war, and this the. Colonel was refusing to do. Owing to tShanks. General Evans had offered to release Colonel Cogswell if he would sign a parole not to fight again during the war, and this the. Colonel was refusing to do. Owing to the peach brandy, the refusal was given in strong terms. Colonel Lee also, but more politely, rejected Evans's proffer. So our prisoners went to Richmond, to be afterwards exchanged. If Colonel Lee could have found anything to float on, or if the raft which he and his officers tried to buckle together with their belts would have floated, they might have escaped without trouble. The loss in killed in this fight has never been accurately ascertained; a large number were shot in the river while