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Chickahominy (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 11
one car to another, without a parasol to shield them from the burning sun, asking every soldier if he did not wish to have his canteen filled with water, and eagerly seizing and filling each one that was offered. At many places those most conspicuous in these attentions wore the weeds of mourning, and we thought their sympathies for the soldier were probably strengthen by the tear that had been shed for a loved one, whose bones now rested uncoffined on the fields of Manassas, Shiloh, or Chickahominy. Some of the elderly ladies get in the cars at one station and ride to the next, returning by another train. In this way they have more time to look after the soldiers than they can have during the short stoppage. One of these ladies sat by me a short while, and eagerly inquired about the condition of the army in Virginia; told me of the letter received from her son, and the complaint for want of fruits and vegetables, and of the extortion of the people of Richmond, who asked such high
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 11
s as praiseworthy in those who perform it as it is acceptable to the recipients. Hearing a sweet voice ask, "Are there any sick or wounded soldiers in this car?" I looked out, and found several ladies, (many of them quite young,) with servants, bearing the finest fruits and melons, which they were pressing upon all who wore the garb of a soldier, and asking, in the kindest manner, if there were no others who needed their assistance. A similar scene was witnessed at every station on the South Carolina road. At Orangeburg, where there is a female seminary, there was quite a galaxy of beauty, and, besides those who had fruits and melons, were others, who, without these, moved about from one car to another, without a parasol to shield them from the burning sun, asking every soldier if he did not wish to have his canteen filled with water, and eagerly seizing and filling each one that was offered. At many places those most conspicuous in these attentions wore the weeds of mourning, and
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): article 11
n she was told that our own and the enemy's armies had entirely destroyed a large portion of our State, from which we received supplies of this sort, her ideas of the people of our city were somewhat softened, and expressed deep regret that there were no facilities for sending such articles from the superabundance of this section to the poor fellows in the army. About 4 P. M., we reached Augusta, and henceforth and forever, when we hear people say it is hotter in Richmond than it is in Georgia, we shall be prepared to contradict it. The thermometer in a cool place was at 98�, people walked the streets as if they were scared. Merchants were indisposed to get up to wait on you, if you go in a store, and everything indicates a degree of inactivity and indolence, that is truly oriental. The fare at the best hotels is about the same as in Richmond, with the exception that here there is an abundance of melons, cantaloupes, and peaches. Martial law has not been established here, but
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 11
that soon after dark the devil made his appearance with a large number of his imps, and putting the negroes aside, had the ditch done in a short while, and from that time to this the ditch has been very properly called by the name of the principal contractor. With the conclusion of this legend we arrived at Wilmington, and after a scuffle for baggage, and a curse at the apology for a supper, we got on the ferry boat and crossed the river. Here you find the cars of the Wilmington and Manchester road guarded by soldiers, who insist on seeing your pass; after showing which a seat is selected with a view to spending the night as well as you can, and, after the cars start, the dim lights reveal to you the forms of your fellow sufferers in all imaginable positions and postures, while the smoke and cinders from the engine, and the hosts of mosquitoes, render the night hideous, you yawn and stretch, and rub your eyes in the morning, with a vague idea that you have been buried alive, and
Weldon, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 11
n to put up with what cannot be helped, and a hope to get a better seat when they change cars at Weldon. The morning papers and an occasional look out pine barrens, stunted corn, and new water stations, fill up the time until about 10.30, when the luckless town of Weldon, from which four railroads and everything else except tavern-keepers and their appendages run, is reached and the passengers th and Weldon roads, more room can be had and more comfortable quarters obtained. We cannot leave Weldon without mentioning that since it has been under martial law a very brisk trade has sprung up in not filled with the same nutritious substances which were in them when laid. After leaving Weldon, you will be sure to discover that a large proportion of the passengers are wounded and sick solerly applied, with a skill which no surgeon can ever expect to acquire. About forty miles below Weldon, the train stops at a station to fill the water coolers in the cars. All who have traveled the
Orangeburg, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 11
ose who perform it as it is acceptable to the recipients. Hearing a sweet voice ask, "Are there any sick or wounded soldiers in this car?" I looked out, and found several ladies, (many of them quite young,) with servants, bearing the finest fruits and melons, which they were pressing upon all who wore the garb of a soldier, and asking, in the kindest manner, if there were no others who needed their assistance. A similar scene was witnessed at every station on the South Carolina road. At Orangeburg, where there is a female seminary, there was quite a galaxy of beauty, and, besides those who had fruits and melons, were others, who, without these, moved about from one car to another, without a parasol to shield them from the burning sun, asking every soldier if he did not wish to have his canteen filled with water, and eagerly seizing and filling each one that was offered. At many places those most conspicuous in these attentions wore the weeds of mourning, and we thought their sympat
Ashe (search for this): article 11
e. Towards nightfall, the cars stop at a neat-looking, old-fashioned cottage, and a portly-looking gentleman, who has attracted attention during the day by his genial humor and social disposition — seeming to know everybody, and to have a pleasant smile and a cheerful word for all, gets out of the cars, and meeting his lively little children, who eagerly seize his hands, he disappears under a bower of vines which covers the entrance to the yard. Upon inquiry you are told the gentleman is Major Ashe, President of the Wilmington and Weldon Road, and that his place is called by the outre name of the "Devil's Ditch." A fellow-traveler, who is versed in local historic lore, tells you that the name is derived from a tradition, in which we learn that when the place was settled, more than a hundred years ago, the owner was a hard task master, and having given his negroes as a task the cutting of a very long and deep ditch to drain this piece of land, they worked at it all day and it was not
August 8th, 1862 AD (search for this): article 11
A Trip to Augusta, Ga. a ride "Right Through"--Discomforts of Traveling — wounded soldiers — attention from the ladies — the hotels — interesting Incidents, &c. [correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Augusta, August 8, 1862. A ride "right through" from Richmond to this place, during the past week, with the unavoidable attendants of crowded cars, dust, heat, smoke and sparks, with nothing but warm water to drink, is anything but comfortable, and yet it is not by any means devoid of interest. Leaving Richmond at the most villainous hour of 4.15 A. M., the passenger is in a comatose state until he has passed the Appomattox, and been jolted over the rough streets of Petersburg and put down at a hotel, where, whatever may be his pleasant reminiscences of a good breakfast at the same place in by-gone days, he will wake up to a painful conviction that the quality of the fare has been reduced in the same proportion that the price for the same has been raised. The