and devotion for the gallant "Boy General." His Michigan troops were
among the very best in our army. I hope some of the Western readers of
this will see that I bear my humble testimony to the exalted opinion
Custer had of them. It was the custom of the General to frequently
discuss the relative merits of their troops, and Custer certainly did
love his old Division.
On this occasion, one of Custer's aides was a Michigan Officer, and in
my hearing, while still on horseback, under fire, I heard Custer assure
the officer that he had given Michigan full credit for certain work in
his official report.
While straggling off from the headquarters during a skirmish with some
Rebels upon a hill-top, I was surprised to see two good-looking young
men in gray uniform come out of the woods and ride up to me. While in
the midst of our army, it had never occurred to me that I was in any
danger of capture, but, as I was still some distance from any of our
troops, these two rebel chaps had me sure. Both were armed and well
mounted, while I was, at the time, dismounted. To my great relief,
however, they surrendered to me, stating that they were tired of the
war, and did not want to go back to Virginia, so they had concealed
themselves in the woods until an opportunity offered of surrendering. I
welcomed them cordially to the North. One fellow at once handed me his
pistol, belt and saber, which are to-day in my possession as trophies of
war. The pistol contains yet the five loads that were put in it by the
Rebel soldier. As my horse had been struck in the leg by a spent ball
while on South Mountain, and was lamed from the bruise, I also traded
horses with the Rebel.
And now we will again say a reluctant good-by to the Army of the
Potomac.
So it came to pass that I returned to the very same grounds on which we
had first visited the Army of Patterson, previous to Bull Run. We are
again on the Potomac, nearly at the same point we had started from two
years previously.
Obtaining a furlough from the ever-accommodating General Alexander,
Chief of Staff at Cavalry Corps Headquarters, I turned my horse's head
North and, instead of following the Army back into Virginia, I rode my
Rebel horse, as the "solitary horseman," dressed in my war clothes and
wearing my captured saber and pistol, through Chambersburg to the little
hamlet where I was born, where I enjoyed a few days' rest with a sister,
who was attending school at Chambersburg, and who had witnessed the
Rebel Army's occupation of the place. Her story would make an
interesting chapter in this connection, but we are off duty now enjoying
the furlough and must hurry home.
In the few days that immediately followed, I rode, solitary and alone,
along the old pike, over the Blue Ridge Mountains to Bedford,
Pennsylvania, and from there debouched across the mountain by an almost
unfrequented path to my father's home at Wilmore near Cresson, where I
surprised the homefolks by dashing up to the door about supper time, one
summer evening, wearing the uniform that I had taken away from there
less than a year previously. It had, however, received its baptism of
fire at Gettysburg and all along the line.
The old Rebel horse remained on my father's farm for many years.
The story from this out must be told at another time. The wonderfully
thrilling and romantic story of Geno and the Wells family--which
represents the "other side"--will make a volume of romance in real life
that is indeed stranger than fiction, and exceeds my own adventures in
our lines.
"The story of our love is incomplete;"
The leaves of many years are missing;
Lonely apart we pined, each seeking truth
Together, we will find love's land enchanted.
The past is flown, the future still have we;
So let our twin souls blend beyond the ages,
Till young and fair, beside the Jasper Sea,
We may discover all love's torn out pages.
One word of retrospect. As will be remembered, I was ambitious to secure
a commission from the War Department. I had worked zealously and
faithfully for it. My trials and troubles with the War Office have been
told here. It had resulted in my being disappointed for many days. Yet,
at the time of which I am writing, while I was serving as an enlisted
man, drawing my rations and pay as such, I was in fact an officer and
did not know it, and only learned it some months afterward. This anomaly
was brought about after Gettysburg by Mr. Lincoln, who, on learning of
my former services, ordered my commission ante-dated one year. So that,
when I got my parchment at last, I found that I ranked some of the older
officers in seniority.
As I have furnished other references to establish the correctness of my
statements, I take especial pride in putting before the readers the
following correspondence.
I lost my original parchment while traveling in California in 1884.
General Stoneman, then Governor, to whom I wrote about my loss, kindly
interested himself in assisting me in my search for it, but, not
finding it, I applied to the War Department for a certified copy. The
following is the reply, which explains itself:
[2677 A. V. P., 1885.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, }
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, }
WASHINGTON, April 29, 1885. }
MR. ---- ----,
_Sir:_ Complying with your request of the 27th instant, I inclose
herewith copies of your commission as Second Lieutenant, Signal
Corps, and of letter of June 12, 1865, from this office, notifying
you of the acceptance of your resignation as such, to date June 9,
1865.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. MCKEEVER,
Assistant Adjutant-General, in charge.
(Two inclosures.)
As will be seen in the copy, I did not resign until after the war was
over.
The original was on parchment, with Mr. Lincoln's and Mr. Stanton's
autograph signatures.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
_To all who shall see these presents, greeting:_
Know ye, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the
patriotism, valor, fidelity and abilities of J. O. Kerbey, I
have nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, do appoint him Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps,
in the service of the United States, to rank as such from the
third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. He is,
therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of
Second Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things
pertaining and thereunto belonging. And I do strictly charge
and require all officers and soldiers under his command to be
obedient to his orders as Second Lieutenant. And he is to
observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to
time, as he shall receive from me, or the future President of
the United States of America, or the General, or other superior
officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline
of war. This commission is to continue in force during the
pleasure of the President of the United States for the time
being.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, this fifteenth
day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand
[SEAL.] eight hundred and sixty-four, and in the eighty-ninth
year of the independence of the United States.
By the President. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.
I especially call attention to the _dates_ of these papers.
I would like to put in parallel columns Mr. Stanton's order for arrest
or confinement in Old Capitol, and his parole, wherein the words,
"dangerous man, disloyal, Rebel spy," etc., were used.
The above copy of the original commission is furnished to the person
named therein, the original commission having been destroyed or
irrecoverably lost. This commission is not now effective, having
expired previous to this date.
C. MCKEEVER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
April 29, 1885.
COPY OF MY BREVET COMMISSION.
OFFICE OF CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, }
WASHINGTON, D. C., January, 1865.}
_Sir:_ I am directed to inform you that the Chief Signal
Officer desires to send to the General of the Army your
recommendation for brevet. You are requested, therefore, to
forward to this office copies of any papers bearing upon your
services which may be in your possession.
It is the object of the Chief Signal Officer to secure whatever
material may influence to favorable action in the case.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHARD P. STRONG,
Acting Chief Signal Officer.
This accounts for my "Captain-Major's" title. Promotions in this branch
were rare--indeed, there were none; but I enjoyed, as a General
Staff-officer, all the privileges and none of the responsibilities of
the rank of a Major-General.
As I have indicated, I stayed till it was over, and would do it again.
As the reader will have seen, the work of a Spy is at all times
unpleasant, exceedingly dangerous as well as thankless.
It is, however, a necessary service in war. There is with some minds a
vague impression that this secret service necessarily implies deceit and
treachery. This is so only in the same sense that the strategy so often
applied by the General is treachery.
Strategy is an artifice of war that is considered honorable, and is
practiced by all the nations, yet it is seldom, if ever, applied without
resorting to deceit and treachery. Therefore a Spy may be as honorable
as the General, who profits by his work. Often the victories of the
Generals are made possible by the preliminary information obtained of
the enemy's force and movements, yet the official reports of the
victorious Generals give the despised Spy no credit.
It is the _motive_ which should give character to any service. With me
there was no mercenary consideration, and, as will be seen, the service
became in a manner almost involuntary.
I was simply willing to sacrifice myself that I might accomplish some
good for the cause.
After the lapse of so many years, there has recently been unveiled in
Hartford, Connecticut, a monument to the memory of Nathan Hale, who was
a Spy of the Revolutionary War, captured and executed on his first
attempt to work in the enemy's lines. Upon this tablet are these words:
Stranger, beneath this stone
Lies the dust of a
A Spy
Who perished upon the gibbet;
Yet
The storied marbles of the great,
The shrines of heroes,
Entombed not one more worthy of
Honor
Than him who here
Sleeps his last sleep.
Nations
Bow with reverence before the dust
Of him who dies
A glorious death,
Urged on by the sound of the
Trumpet
And the shouts of
Admiring thousands.
But what reverence, what honor,
Is not due to one
Who for his country encountered
Even an infamous death,
Soothed by no sympathy,
Animated by no praise!
I would, as a last word, again say that my efforts as a Spy during the
Rebellion were prompted solely by a disinterested patriotism and a
single desire to do some good for the country.
When my time is up, and I am mustered out, I ask of my comrades, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, not a monument, but a simple head-stone to a
"Low green tent" with the bivouac of unknown at Arlington, marked--
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Transcriber's Notes:
Chapter XVIII was duplicated in the text. The Table of Contents has been
changed to reflect the chapter numbers given in the text.
Punctuation has been standardised.
Minor printer errors (e.g. omitted, superfluous or transposed
characters) have been fixed.
Misspelled words have been corrected to match correct spellings found
elsewhere in the text. Corrections to proper nouns are listed below.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation were retained in the text if both
variations were used in equal amounts.
Title page, "SIGNALLING" changed to "SIGNALING" (MYSTERIES OF SIGNALING)
Illustration was published at Page 247 in error. It has been moved to
Page 347.
Illustration was published at Page 306 in error. It has been moved to
Page 316.
Page vi, "Breckenridge" changed to "Breckinridge" (Breckinridge--Extra)
Page 10, "Fredericksburgh" changed to "Fredericksburg" (Ferry,
Fredericksburg)
Page 26, "Mongomery" changed to "Montgomery" (while in Montgomery)
Page 34, "McRea" changed to "McRae" (through Fort McRae)
Page 36, "Pansacola" changed to "Pensacola" (There were at Pensacola)
Page 86, "Harrisburgh" changed to "Harrisburg" (to Baltimore and
Harrisburg)***
Page 178, "FREDRICKSBURG" changed to "FREDERICKSBURG" (VISIT TO
FREDERICKSBURG)
Page 198, "Manasses" changed to "Manassas" (out to Manassas Junction)
Page 200, "Manasses" changed to "Manassas" (hill road Manassas)
Page 214, "Manasses" changed to "Manassas" (Richmond and Manassas)
Page 260, "Laynard" changed to "Lanyard" (Colonel and Lanyard)
Page 273, "Rocket's" changed to "Rockett's" (Prison and Rockett's)
Page 277, "McCellan's" changed to "McClellan's" (attacked McClellan's)
Page 302, "Manasses" changed to "Manassas" (known me at Manassas)
Page 360, "Morehead" changed to "Moorehead" (Moorehead, who represented)
Page 367, "Moorhead" changed to "Moorehead" (General Moorehead agreed)
Page 367, "Holidaysburg" changed to "Hollidaysburg" (Blair, of
Hollidaysburg)
Page 383, "Fredricksburg" changed to "Fredericksburg" (Fredericksburg
with McDowell)
Page 392, "Pinkertown" changed to "Pinkerton" (his Pinkerton crowd)
Page 402, "Fredericksburgh" changed to "Fredericksburg" (telegrapher
at Fredericksburg)
Illustration following Page 412, changed "CAPITAL" to "CAPITOL" (IN OLD
CAPITOL PRISON)
Illustration following Page 426, changed "CAPITAL" to "CAPITOL" (IN OLD
CAPITOL PRISON)
Page 431, "Fredricksburg" changed to "Fredericksburg" (official at
Fredericksburg)
Page 454, "Fredricksburg" changed to "Fredericksburg" (charge, at
Fredericksburg)
Page 495, "Pleasanton" changed to "Pleasonton" three times in this
paragraph (Pleasonton and his friends)
Page 501, "Stonemen" changed to "Stoneman" (Stoneman was too much of)
Page 506, "Mormans" changed to "Mormons" (among the Mormons)
Alleghany and Allegheny both used in this text.
Pretence and pretense both used in this text.