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60 Reminiscences of the Terry RanzErs
pointed at every principal city in the South a commandant of
the post, and the whole country was under martial law and each
particular section under the military control of the local commandant.
I showed my papers, my parole and papers from General
Hood, and told him of my disappointment. He expressed
his regret and seemed to sympathized with me. We talked over
current events for a while and the gloomy prospects of our army's
success at that juncture, and after awhile he asked me what I
wanted to do. I told him without hesitation and frankly I wanted
to go to my command if he could tell me where to find it and
could give me transportation. He replied, "Your command is
now north of Savannah, Georgia, across the river in South Carolina,
confronting General Sherman's army, which is getting ready
to move .up through South Carolina for her destruction, and if
you want to go I will give you transportation wherever we have
any. The railroads are torn up some places and you will have to
do the best you can over those skips where there are no cars running."So I made another start eastward on a train and I don't recall
just how far we traveled before we had to walk. Another straggling
soldier or two had fallen in with me by this time, all trying
to reach their command further east, and they walked with
me for miles, ten or fifteen or more. Now a new trouble overtook
me. One of my wounded limbs having not gotten sufficiently
strong for the journey began to fail and I had to let my late companions
in travel leave me alone, so I rested and limped on and on
as well as I could until I passed over the gap. The soup houses had
given out now, and I had to depend upon strangers in a strange
land for support.
One night I stayed in a neatly built log house, two or three
women and some children living there alone. I remember they
used what they called 'ight'ud" for illuminating purposes. They
seemed to have plenty of plain food to live on and some to'spare.
I recall a conversation occurring at the table at supper. The
lady of the house asked me where I was from. I told her "Texas."
She said, "Well, well, from the far Texas." I said "Yes." She
replied that she always thought she would like to live in Texas.
After a little silence she asked me if we had any "light'ud" there.
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Blackburn, J. K. P. Reminiscences of the Terry Rangers, book, 1919; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46826/m1/69/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .