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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Not afraid of Yanks . (search)
Not afraid of Yanks.
However we resigned ourselves to our hard lot as philosophically as we could.
Little Joe Peebles, who was captured in his shirt and pants, was the only one who kept his spirits up. His lively sallies and impudent retorts amused the Federal soldiers immensely and he was made quite a pet of.
During the day we were taken up to Butler's headquarters.
Along with two lads, mere boys, who were severely wounded, I was assigned to a tent immediately opposite the General's luxuriously appointed quarters, and we were brought some very excellent vermicelli soup.
As we had had but little to eat for twenty-four hours, excepting the aforesaid fat pork and hard tack, it was to us as nectar brewed in the garden of the gods, and refreshed us greatly.
The rest of our company did not fare so well.
They were kept in an open field all day with the hot sun beating down upon them, and I truly commisserated their lot.
In the same tent with us were two ill-favored looking
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry , C. S. A. From the Lexington, Ky. Herald, April 21 , 1907 . (search)