A couple of weeks ago, I was doing some research and came
across this account of a Federal POW jumping a train as it traveled from
Danville to Charlotte. He left this description of part of his adventures. A
small part of the 18th North Carolina came from Wilkes County, where the POW
was passing through. So, what was wrong with the 18th?
"...Gorham approaches the door and raps. The door was
opened by a lady about forty years of age. 'What will you have sir?' she says.
'Madam, I am hungry, I wish to procure some food, can I do it here?' 'I have
nothing for you,' she replies, as she partly closes the door.
"Seeing he was
inclined to urge his request no further and was about to leave, she says 'You
belong to the 18th don't you?' 'No,' he says, 'I am an escaped Yankee
prisoner.' From the nature of her question and its inflection he saw that the
18th she referred to must be the 18th North Carolina, and that she had little
sympathy with them, so he concluded to argue the case on its merits at one. 'Is
that so?' she says 'God bless you, come in here.' from Francis J. Hosmer, Andersonville and Other Writings (1896),
page 5.
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