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* * Letter From a Confederate Sur * geon to His Wife, Written the * Day After He Reached -iew * berry From Virginia. * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * Newberry, S. C., May 2, '65. My Dear Wife: When I reached he: yesterday after my long tiresome tri of three weeks, on the way from A: pomattox, I was completely exhaus ed. But after a supper fit for a kin and a long sleep on a bed, I awol feeling much better. It was so goc to have on some clean whole clothE Once more and to be clean, that I fe equal to riding into town this morr ing with father. While there we mE Glenn Rikard's father, who told u that Glenn reached home yesterda; having been in prison at Fortres Monroe. He brings the good new that Billie is not dead. as we sup posed, but that he, too, was at For ress Monroe and is now on his wa home. I knew he was not in -the arm when we left Petersburg, and wa afraid he had been killed. He tol Glenn that one day while digging rifle pit at Petersburg some Yankee charged them and captured all wh were at work on it. It vas well that you and Mrs. Hun left Petersburg when you did. Th very next day, April 2, our extrem right was attacked, and as the line were very thin, it was easily broker Gen. A. P. Hill was killed in this as sault. During the day some prisoner were brought back, among them man smoke-begrimed and with gre hair. I spoke kindly to him, aske him into my tent- and gave him some thing to eat. He sered su-prise beyond measure at the treatment an( very appreciative. He had been a Spottsylvania in the "bloody angle and from his description, it must hav been something awful. He said t me in the course of his talk: "You se this white hair? When I came itnt the army they were coal black." A night came on many wounded wer brought back to some huts, lately oc cupied by soldiers; but now improvis ed into a hospital. I amputated ; thumb for Miss Coppock. Lee Bow ger's brother was so badly wounde< in the hip that 'he will die. Amon the dead brought back was Col. Mc Creary, of Cheston. In the retreat next day there wa continual fighting. Col Pegram, o Virginia, a young and dashing artil lery officer, and brother -to the on' that fell while you were here, wa: tilled. In a word, we had eight dayt of disastrous retreat, pushed to th4 extreme every hour of it. At Sailor': Creek we were compelled to abandoa our wagons. These were capture< and burned. What I 'hated most t< lose was a case of 'the finest surgica instruments that had .just run thi blockade. Among the many capture4 here were Gen. Kershaw and hi young son. Withi this most trying re Cured Splint "I have used Sloan's Liniment on a fine mare for splint and cured her. This makes the thir d h orse I've cured. Have recommended it to my neigh bors for thrush and they say it is fine. I find it the best Liniment I ever used. I keep on hand your Sure Colic Cure for myself and neigh bors, and I can certainly recom mend it for Colic. "-S. E. SMITH, McDonough, Ga. Cured Thrush. MR. R. W. PAarsH, of Bristol, Ind.,R. No. 2, writes:-"I have used lots of your Liniment for horses and myself. It is the best Liniment in the world. I cured one of my horses of thrush. Her feet were rotten; the frogs came out ; she laid down most of the time. I thought she would die, but I used the Liniment as directed and she never lies down in the daytime now." SLOAN'S LINIMENT should be in every stable and ap plied at the first sign of lameness. You don't need to rub, it penetrates. Will kill a spavin, curb or splint, re duce w in d puffs and swollen joints, and is a sure and -speedy remedy for f is t u1 a, sweeney, founder and thrush. Price, 50c. and $1.002 Sloan's book on - T~WI horses, cattle, sheep 8UJ.~ULih5 and poult ry sent e--e- *free. Address A Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass., U. S. A. * treat we reached Appomattox on the * morning of the 9th. Gen. Gordon had * a fight just before the surrencer and captured a battery. Appomattox is * in a basin with high hills on all sides. * The Yankees seemed to have sur * rounded us. and the blue lines with * white flags here And there came mov ing slowly in, and silently. This gave 'e credence to the reports of the early p morning that we were to surrender. >- In a comparatively short time after, t- hearing yelling, I turned, and saw Gen. Lee mounted on Traveller, and :e attended by his staff. As he reined d his horse to dismount the men crowd s ed around, shaking his hand. Get It ting a nearer look. every man was i- shedding tears. but none so deeply t moved as the great commander him s self. Sad as was the sight, all of us r, experienced a sense of relief. s The Yankees camped on the hills, s and they and our men went back and forth among each other on apparent ly friendly terms. Their baggage y wagons, mules-in fact, their entire y equipment was of the very best, and s in perfect condition. A sorry specta d cle ours made in comparison. a I was fortunate enough to get hold s of a litle mule that day; and in the o afternoon Col. Hunt, Col. Lester. Capt. Co.peland and I set our fac.es t homeward. The first night all of us! e had one little fly tent for shelter, and e the only way four men could get un s der it was by "spooning." In the 1. night I waked up very thirsty and the - harder I tried to go back to sleep the s thirstier I grew, until I couldn't i stand it. Such wriggling as it did take 7 to get out, and even more -to get back I again! - After Hunt and Lester eft us Bill I Byars, who was mounted on a very I tall gaunt horse joined us. Copeland t was now a foot as his horse had giv en out. When we reached the Cataw ba river at Island Ford. we found the! 1 river swift and very deep. My little! mule and Byars's tall horse brought > us over; then Byars led the mule back for Copeland. It was a laughable sight to stand on the bank and see this big man mounted on the tiny mule. only the face and ears of which I were above the water. Fortunately - a farm house was near in which we i stood before a blazing fire to dry, had' ia good supper, and slept in the barn. - People were very kind to give us the best -hey had to eat. but we were too a dirty to be allowed to sleep in their ! houses. A few mornings after this - we stopped at a house and ask-ed for a something to eat. It was getting late i in 'the day, and tho' they offered to Sbake us some cornbread we were i a patient and did not wait for it to get Sdone. The "pones" were not even brown on the outside and inside were Isimply hot dougha. But we wer'e hun-! )gry enough to eat anything, and down Iit went with plenty of sorghum molas ses. The combination gave me the Sworst case of indigestion imaginable, and for the rest of the day my stomn -ach was verily like an old beer bar rel. At this house was a woman in a pitiful conditon 'with cancer, and nothing to take to alleviate the pain. I remembered a bottle of morphine in my haversack, and showing her hus band how much to give her for a dose, left them the bottle-enough to lat as long as she can live. We passed through ti'e town of Un ion, and crossed the Enoree (where Whitmire now is-what was it then?) coming on direct to Cousin Mary Ann Glasgow's. Then truly I began to 'feel as though my long and tiresome journey was drawing to an end. Such a dinner as she gave us! A young captain "rom Tennessee r.uiche-1 haer house afoot, just before dinner. When she refused to accept any pay for his dinner, 'he was most appreciative, and as he shook 'her, hand good-bye, he said: "May no Yankee or anybody else ever harm you." Nobody at home was expecting me, and white and black are glad to see me. Father looks much older than when I was at home on furlough. This I terrible war with all its attendant I sorrows and losses will tell on us all, but most so on these older peo pie, and they will go to their graves' Ii many years sooner as the result. Father has given me a good horse in exchange for my mule, and as he has allowed no one to use my buggy, I have a nice turnout. In all proba bility I shall leave here day after to morrow morning for Fruit Hill; and2 then,, while I take a goo.1 rest, we can talk over any plans for the future that' 1you may have. Your devoted nusband, S. G. W. CALJLED TO GREENVILLE. R1ev. S. P. Koon, ID. D)., of Prosperity, Has Been Calied to Greenville to Serve Church. Greenxville News, 7th. An invitation extended to the Rev. S. P. Koon, D. D., of Prosperity, to become the resident pastor of the 2 congregation in this city and a deter ~ mination to purchase a lot and erec a church costing not less than $10,00C is the action taken by the Lutherai denomination of Greenville. At a meeting of the church counci of the Lutheran denomination o Greenville held last Sunday after thi morning service a call was extende< to the Rev. Dr. S. P. Koon, of Pros perity, to become the regular pastoi of the congregation of that denomi nation in this city. The action o' the council was communicated t( Dr. Koon,' but as yet no reply ha. been received from him. It is need less to say that the Lutherans ol Greenville are hopeful that the em inent divine will decide to accept thE call and serve the congregation ol this city. The Rev. Dr. Koon ir spoken of in the highest terms as a -minister of unusual a(oility tand a pastor of endearing qualities. Along with the calling of a regula pastor, the Lutheran denomination ol Greenville~has decided to purchase a suitable site somewhere in the city and erect a modern house of worship, the structure to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $10,000. It is probably not -so well known in -the city that the Lutheran denom ination is fast coming to be a strong one in Greenville. At present the congregation numbers over forty ac tive members, and the denomination is growing steadily. At present the Lutherans of Green ville have no church of their own in the city. But each week services have been held in the Woodmen's Hall, over the Mauldin Pharmacy, at the corner of Main and Washington streets. Each week Lutheran ministers from other cities of the State have been conducting services in the city for the congregation. On last Sun day the Rev. M 0. J. Kreps, D. D., of Columbia, delighted the congrega tion at services held in the regular meeting place. 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