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The Daily Dispatch: July 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Palmetto Button a sufficient pass. (search)
You must show me some authority." I remarked to him again that I had no pass, and that the only evidence I could give him of who I was, and that I was not an enemy, was my Palmetto buttons. He heartily and readily replied, "Oh! that will do, that will do! If you have on Palmetto buttons you can certainly pass." I encouraged him in the prompt and vigilant performance of his duty, and bade him a kind adieu. We then crossed the Run in Fairfax county, and proceeded several miles down to Union Mill, where we found a strong picket stationed. One entire company of Virginians, from Col. Kemper's (Virginia) Regiment encamped near by. The pickets were stationed near one mile thickly on both sides of the stream — This picket was really without the limits of our brigade. As I approached each picket I stated the object of my mission, but that there's no pass, and that the only evidence I could give or show of who I was or where I was from was my Palmetto buttons, which to every picket was