Show 1 2 Ce S SPY fY WH WHO 0 WAS W AC o IP TRAP 13 A P P r IL IT D T IN H T i C T IDE T I THE HP T LINES T I N i T m O OW Captain p pr pless Newbury Sa Saved ved the Life o of a Help Helpless f ep ii less Wounded Comrade and Won Wo a Union Unton Com Commission Co CoI orn I r I I mission i HIS remarkable story Is supplied by Gen General General T THIS eral J Madison Drake historian of or tho the Army and Navy Medal of or Honor Legion Le lon lonU U TT S A Imps has boon been taken by him from the records under his care Captain Edward S E Newbury the hero of or orthe the talo Is now living In Elizabeth N J halo and hearty bearing no marks of t the tho e terrible experience through which ho he passed early carl in tho the civil war Soon after the incident here set forth Newbury captured n a deserter r from rom tho the F Union lines ns as he be was about to Join the tho Con Confederates ConI l I federates This ThiM man was the first Union soldier i to suffer death for tho the crime of or desertion in tho thoi i great war For his valuable services Newbury il it was ns rewarded with n a commission n of lieutenant in the Eleventh New Jersey and served until t June 1865 when he returned to New Jersey with wilh tho the rank of or captain f c Jill 1511 b br by the tac Now w York rork n c Co A All Mt lIb of the Hie enem k plans or Intentions any Imy J NEWS bred of news WitH was eagerly en sought ht in the fall all allo of o that bitter I year reM 1801 1501 after the disaster at nt f Bull null Run nun when Washington II toll scorned about tC tr I Ibe be he engulfed in a n triumphant Confederate ad nd advance advance vance and the Hie energies HU r les of the lie authorities were bent to defensive l preparation about the capital McClellan was centring and reorganizing the new Army of or the Potomac Just beyond ul tit Richmond tho the forces of an nn elated Confederacy were wore gathering Be Between Bel l tween lay debated ground where neither side di directed directed directed definite measures ami across which the lines faced each other It was early In November that General Kearny commanding the tile First Now New Jersey brigade then sta stationed stationed In Iu Alexandria Just to the tho south of Washing Washington ton determined to employ scouts upon the hazardous work of or feeling out conditions toward the Confederate ate nt position The Tho sizo of C Johnsons Johnson s force orce was vena n Cl mat mot matter matter ter of wild conjecture his swift descent was WM feared t f and Kearny felt flint total Ignorance of or what ho bo must mustI t I expect front from fro In that able and anil determined rebel lender lemler could no longer longel continue with safety safely lie cast about him for volunteers S Willing to t venture themselves Into intoE f E the danger zone In lu search of Information k Scout ScOut duty It Wrt M culled Mitt hut that W S merely a euphemism for Ol the service of a n spy The men r knew It lt They limey Knew that scouts would run extreme t risk of oC capture foul and that swift and terrible punish punishment ment meat would fair tali to them If they thc were taken It was wan r no rose ro e water L service The he courtesies of r war tsar stern t f nt at the thC hest host would bring little comfort to the Union t l man hovering about the Confederate front at nt t such a n time Short shrift and an grave grac lay ahead nf or such Rueh a u one find and In the event of or success nothing better belter then than the doubtful recognition and ond questioned glory accorded any an spy Among those who offered themselves for tor the dan dm dangerous but hut necessary undertaking was Edward S E 17 11 p Newbury of C tho the Third New ITow ew Jersey Newbury was wasa a n native ho of or North Carolina where he had hod lived lied on his Ills fathers plantation until tho the outbreak of tho the war Having made his way war to the home of or an ao uncle In III Morris county co y N J he had enlisted In lu the Third just JUHt as nE it was about to start for the front The rhe young mini was detailed with Corporal Thomas ThomasP Thomasm P Edwards E of lilt Ills company to push into the country toward Their orders wore were to USe their best be t efforts toward gelling word of the plans and dis disposition position posh 1111 of or the thc Confederate forces For the rest they were lo to lie Iw governed d by their own wit and anel by br circum stances Wit h this vague commission and nn with full understanding of the tho ahead the two t o left the camp on the evening of November No 4 d and amt lilt hit fur for the South Edwards had picked up directions from a n fugitive negro l lJ I hll would lend Icu them to the tho home of ot Mr Ir hugli n wealthy planter who was seas known to lo be Indu Influential i at It Time The plantation lay some ten teu miles from flom the Union lines mind and It was the suggestion ug estion of o Edwards that they ther should hould approach It in the hope of overhearing some ome conference or conversation that might aught proc proe of or value nille he be 4 l fully Informed of Ir the Confederate plans and would woul be most t unlikely to suspect the presence ce of lurking scouts It was u as possible then that they the might secrete themselves on the premises might even Intercept a u 1 nm messenger er or 01 In lu some somme other oilier way war place themselves on oni i f the track of Information t Close CIse upon UI OJ nine nille they the groped Into the planta plantation Ion tion grounds r s It was oas IS a 1 moonless night nl hl with a raw and amid low tow hung hun clouds 8 that gave ga J promise of o rain ar Mailing their way among awong time the cabins of ot the negro quarters they came camo up UI to the time house hout e only to find and It dark raid and apparently app deserted I A faint taInt light lIht appeared at fit the window v of or ono uno on of r the tUu cabins and an stealing cautiously UIO 8 to It they looked l ol ed within lit AJI aged negro was sitting silting by hy a n rude cot on which lay lacy 11 an min emaciated young slave slat c tossing In fever They entered null and quietly made muJe Inquiries as ru to the where whereabouts of or Fitzhugh The who with her ber son represented the remnant of ot her ber masters body of or servants told them that tho planter bad had removed his hist family t rn 11 to Richmond n a few days before but that he would return In a few hours hour with some somo friends before closing tho the house hou e The scouts hastened to tl take their leave leae assuring the woman that they th j would return v I nr r th Jr errand erran next day da dae They e entered tho house easily by bj way of ot a n window ow and rind of after tor cautiously striking lights looked about for tor a n hiding place But lint Newbury disapproved of ot the tho ar nr arrangement arrangement When they left the house bouso again oguin they the tool took with thorn them the tho bed blankets utI some so we odds and ends of ot food and a n tiny tin cup which Edwards for tor some inscrutable rca rea reason son Ron Insisted upon appropriating They had bad cause to tobo tol tolie l Iw bo lie grateful nt C 1 for tor that cup before the th 0 adventure rc was wasi i aver over i Times They J e were acre t c tired t i f H time the c bed beci h d was soft and the blankets i r a n rs trl Nf 1 f M Mf f r 11 0 ii t art Cf I l l lil il tu ti til l Tt ji 7 I f I j jh C I 7 1 j h I IJ IJ II 1 M J t J f fi fI J h J I I d Lid LidI I li i 1 oJ Ir Irp I f 1 I p i 1 fj n 1 r rj J Jr r 0 1 p r r j I ti lr r ri rt i t were warm and oud they had hod not been settled beyond ond the boxwood hedge ninny many minutes before they the both fell asleep a l ep It was Will after midnight when they were aroused by br the padding of o hoofs along the frozen road Ion Creep Creeping Creeping ing In through the hedge they the saw five Ove horsemen pull up un before b Core the residence and nu dismount One Oue was waa left loft in iii charge of tho the animals and the others with laugh and aud nu clutter clatter entered the tho house The ruddy rull j dash of or fire tire le vu from the windows showed that the party was preparing for or u comfortable session But nut the scouts did not feel reel secure cure enough to war ap approach Immediately and oulI leaving their hiding ht ln place they crawled to lo the tho rear of oC the time house Their first Intimation that suspicion was abroad came with the sudden u en cessation of or the sounds sound of ut revelry rev reo revelry elry In the mansion Uneasy though scarce willing willingto to abandon a u situation of or BO so much promise c they thc agreed In whispers to occupy the tho sizable log cabin callin Just at the tho rear of or the house houe hou c which was used usell as us a kitchen There were ero two doors to this th kitchen front and back They Thc decided that by b concealing thorn thom themselves selves Helves within each guarding a n door they would woul be bo smite safe from detection while assuring a themselves from frou surprise The Tho corporal accordingly took his hla stand just Inside the tho cabins front entrance Newbury sought a similar position at the tho rear The men now listened latently Intently They heard henr nothing i from time tho direction of the tho house The tinkling of dead leaves lemeR in the chill chili wind was ras all that came cumo to their cars ears With carbines ready and revolvers In hand they th j waited while the tho conviction grew Erow upon then them that the darkness hold held some danger that was and amI clos closing closIng ing lug In on them Ulem Edwards peering peer In Into the sombre mystery of oC time the night nl bl saw w a t dim figure flit across ucross his bibs line of vision lie He gave a U signal of or warning to Newbury A moment later luter the tb figure reappeared t still In front rant of the th cabin It stood for a 11 moment and aud then slowly null and silently ap approached preached As the thc man came camo on Edwards s backed gently away The Southerner advanced a until lie lac blocked the thc doorway of ot the cabin whore where again ho stood listening and watching The scouts Coutt stilled their breathing Twice Edwards raised MB his carbine and covered the unknown un knon It was WIlS wasa WIlSn a n pointblank shot From where ho stood R the bc Corporal Cor Corporal Corporal could almost have hu e touched tho the man with the time carbine Rut But each time he lowered his weapon re remembering remembering that his mission was not to engage In combat Suddenly there was a n sharp exclamation from frow the tb figure In the ho doorway and the darkness was wag spilt by a abright abright bright flash dash The rhe roar of ot the explosion was waa followed by hy a yell of pain from tho the Corporal who wio wounded wo ashe as ho he was WIlS charged upon his assailant nt believing that tho the only hope lay In breaking through the thu ring of or their enemies cn The Southerner led fled Into the night shouting as aslie aShe he ran mu and Edwards sprang through the hedge be e confused ed by h the and the uproar had only tho the vaguest notion of what had hud taken place Not knowing that be Corporal had jumped for the open he called him m by lIy name gaunt and receiving rec no an tiu answer saver began blan to grope about the floor thinking that his companion had been killed Ly Bj time the time iliac ho he 11 had made anada certain that Edwards was not In the cabin there was a n crackle of shots outside outride and the party part of o the house bouse came In lu a ru rii mh h for lor the front door of o tho thu th kitchen I Newbury blazed his carbine toward the spurts I of or lame and amid whipping up Ills his revolver emptied the chambers as mist fast as us be LIe could whirl the thc cylinder Time Tho huddled for a Ii moment nt wider under this vicious tire fire Then one of them raised a howl Im down Fitzhugh Flight of the Party The Th Southerner t v thought that there were I Ie several Yankees In lu the time kitchen and not know knowing ing 1 Ug what hll t other force orce might lIe he near neu r they tiler retreated u ted They waited for 01 no more Dragging tho the one olle who had bad been wounded ed they rode away u Into to the th night Newbury reloading his bis weapons hastily heard Iward tho tiro pound of hoofs on n the frozen rozon road once more clump clumping lug ing off otT In the direction of or Richmond and amid finally dying away a wa In the distance Now Newbury although he bad had been somewhat som tartly tardy In getting into the action found It to his liking lie He hull had just begun be ull to fwd find the affair n ft air in interesting interesting As It stood he found sligh sli h cause for satisfaction or any 1111 hand ban lie IJ was H left I t without the tho news ness s he hud had como after without his companion who had apparently vanished hC limbo into thin air uk and with without without without out any nn achievement to Ills hiss credit greater than hay hav having lIu ing winged one of or the assailants While the Indignant and disappointed dl young man was wets consoling himself with Imaginary tire lire and aud slaughter and counting up his available ammunition ho was startled b by a noise as us t of splintering wood along the fence to his right Making his hlf way w cautiously ly I In that direction ho Imo heard further sounds Bounds Indicating that souse some one was uvas trying to climb the fence coke lie Ill crawled through the field carbine levelled amid aud came suddenly upon Edwards The Corporal wits was us In fearful plight Time The bullet from the Uw pistol of oC tho unknown assailant n had entered thin tho arm just above the elbow At the till moment Ed Edwards wards had been holding his Ms arm ann tight against his hotly body and the ball emerging six Inches higher had bad hl whirled by ono one of the time strange freaks 1013 of oC such projectiles tiles tile ripped through his side and lodged against u the column Almost paralyzed zed below his bis waist terribly weakened he lie had ha yet et made shift to o drag himself him self belf to the fence and attempt to pull himself over Newbury made etude a u rapid examination that revealed the desperate nature of the time wound By D every lY human probability the Corporal would die within an hour bour He Lie could not walk could coul not even een stand There was no help In this country The Union lines were ten miles away A Confederate e detachment might shortly be lip The whole s holo hoie region was Confederate territory To add lUll to the time difficulties r the promise of or the time lowering clouds clou s was at fulfilled and It began to lo rain a in cold sharp penetrating rain limit But the be young private never for or a moment hest hesi tn let The lighting fighting spirit of or the man rose c to meet the problem He lie Ur first t propped Edwards up against the th fence where uh ere he ho could hold on with hIs hla hands Then straddling the top he strained nail and an dragged and und lifted until bo he hud bud raised the tho Corporal to his own hovel loel and could lower him ou on the other side aide Edwards Ed was heavily built of greater bre ter weight than Newbury by sonic some twenty pounds lie He wits WitH entirely unable to lo render any ony assistance In cowering covering ground and the tho th private found It necessary n cs to kneel 1 In III the road worry WOrt the helpless Corporal onto his buck back and mind andla stagger la along nl n half trailing hult currying carrying the till bind bud is In III this way they won to lo a neglected field feid of standing corn a n short distance from rein tie plantation mansion II Edwards no ato longer endure nIl r his h 14 su and amid called to 10 Newbury to set et him hini down For FIr Gods sake get tt me water he hc gripped gaped My Iy wounds levered fevered nn Im burning with thirst Newbury reached for his hi canteen n and found that he had hind lost lo It somewhere 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