Letter Of Civil War Soldier
Is Found Revealing Terrible
Conditions Faced In Year ’65
Clark Family Of Grover Ha* Possession Of
Original By James Fulton, Ancestor Of
Many Present County Residents
.
Bv MRS. CHARLES EVERETT
One day not long ago Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clark in their
little White form house on Grover Route 1 found a letter
nearly three-quarters of a century old. It was written by a
Confederate soldier, James Fulton, during the long seige of
Petersburg in that cold winter of 1865.
James was the only child of Theo
wored Pulton, several brothers and!
sisters having died of typhoid fever. I
He married into the Hambright
family and made his home on the
old Pulton plantation, on the head
quarters of Kings Creek, now own- i
ed by Mrs. Julia Roark of Blacks-;
burg, 8. C. The old plantation home
■till stands.
It is not hard to picture the
lonely, half-starved soldier in
grey writing by the flickering light
of a candle stub or the glowing em
bers of a camp fire in that city of
Petersburg beseiged for nine long
months by Grant’s Yankee army,
the two armies so close that neither
■lde was able to get much sleep.
Worn from incessant picket duty,
HI fed with comrades deserting a
losing cause hourly, homesick, tired j
of the savagery of war. spending the j
’ t scanty supply of money lor trln- j
| lists to send the loved ones at home,
eagerly awaiting letters or seeking
news of his son. Will, in another
‘ regiment, it is interesting to read
what such a man would write at
> any time, but even more so just now
with another world war prophesied
by U. 8. military experts by Easter
next.
Saw No Glory
One outstanding point he had in
common with the veterans of our
last war—he saw no glory in it.
; Many members of old Georgia fam
ilies are mentioned in the letter,
descendants of whom are living
here today—the Hambrights, Ran
I nedieccUd with
W throat-soothing ingredients
of Vicks VapoRub.
Vscks Cough Drop
! flails, Pultons.
Read the letter lor yourself A few
i explanations In parenthesis have
been added to the original letter,
quoted below:
"Entrenchments near Petersburg,
Va,, Jan. 20, 1865.
Dear Daughter, (Rachael married
R. G. Parker of Antioch),
"I seat myself this night to drop
you a few lines. I am well and the
balance of the boys l(? well. I have
been very unwell for some time but
I am now enjoying good health,
considering the manner of living. 1
am on picket three nights in the
week on average. I could stand It
very well If we got enough to eat
but we fall far short of that. I never
have known what is was to go hun
gry before. We get a scanty pint of
meal and some poor, but sometimes
a little bacon that Jube would not
eat. I hope to God this savage war
would stop and there seems to be
some sign of it at present.
This army (Lee's) may have
many hardships to undergo before
It does stop. The great fear is that
our supplies will be stopped by the
Yankees (Grant’s army). We hear
today that Wilmington is taken. I
don’t know how true it is. We also
hear that Pocataligo is taken. I do
hope that Willie (James Pulton's
son) will escape. I have got two
letters from him. He was well but
hard run for something to eat. I
do hope that. Times 1s distressing
here. The women and children gath
er around the mills In Petersburg
and cry for meal and can not get It.
High Prices
The government haa the mills
pressed, and when It can be bought.
It Is $50 per bushel. Flour is $100
per barrel, and other things In pro
portion. We have been buying some
things to eat but everything Is so
high we cannot afford it unless we
had a better way of making money.
I have not had a letter from you
since the one you wrote the first
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of the month. You don’t state
whether you got my letter or not.
All that I can tell you from, is you
answer some of my questions I ask
ed you. I wrote you a letter a few
days since and stated that I had
sent you two pens, but I could not
get them when I went to close the
letter, but I have them now and
will send them.
I have spoke to a man in the 55
regt. to make you a ring. He is gone
home at this time, but said he
would make it when he came back
I want to get him to make one for
Mary (daughter, married Elijah
Sepaugh of Blacksburg) and Lizzie
• Elizabeth, daughter, married Al
bert Bettis of Greenville. S. C.) also
if I can. Everything is quiet along
our lines at this time except occa
sional shelling. Our men are de
serting and going to the Yankee
regulars and many more will go if
they are not better fed. Fed Ham
bright (Dr. Hambright, father of
Bell, Misses Edith and Mayme and
late Charlie) will start home on
J Monday next. He wrote me today
! t hat if he could be of any service
! to me he would. I suppose he meant
if I wanted anything from home he
| would bring it.
Gus Deal is about 8 milet> from
me. He is elected lleut. In his com
pany and is getting along finely.
Your Uncle Drew (Hambrlght) is
well. Robert Randall (served in a
8. C. regt. because his brother M.
L. Randall was in it) came from
there today. They were all well. I
am at a lass what more to write. I
would advise you to be careful of
everything and do the best you can
and if I should be lucky enough to
get back I will rejoice with you for
it, as I have strong hopes of your
success in life if you only apply
yourself close to business.
Tell Mary and Lizzy to be smart
girls and do all they can and above
all to be mannerly. Good manners
is the beauty of youth and becom
ing In old age. Tell Elvy (daughter,
married Gabe Wells of Mt. Par ant
that I will send her something some
of these times and to be a smart
girl. Write me how Elmora (daugh
ter, married G. A. Randall of An
tioch) grows. I don’t know that I
am partial among you but I want
to see Elvy the worst. Be good and
obedient children and mind what
I have often told you. So I will close
for this time. Write, do write as
often as you can, I remain, your
Affectionate father till death.—Jas.
Pulton.”
At the close of the war James
and his only son. Will, were both
united with their family on what
was left of the old plantation. How
ever the family soon moved to
Blacksburg to give the girls the
advantage of school and the plan
tation passed into other hands.
Soy Winter Legume*
RALEIGH.— m —J. F. Criswell,
of North Carolina State college,
advises the sowing of winter leg
umes. He says legumes may be
counted as soil-conserving crops
under the 1936 soil conservation
program.
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Elementary Facto About The
Common Cold
j The common cold Is a disease
| which ocurs in practically all sea
sons of the year but as a rule two
| major outbreaks take place each
year, one of which reaches a peak
i In late October, and the other in
j mid-January. Of the two, the mid
; January epidemic is the more dan
j gerous, for it is frequently followed
| by serious complications, among
’ which pneumonia is outstanding.
| It is now definitely believed that
; the common cold is caused by a
i virus. By itself the common cold is
i a mild affection which runs its
j course in from three to five days,
I and which is not generally accom
j panled by fever of any degree, or
' by any serious malaise.
nowever, uie conunun cum low
ers body resistance to other dis
ease agents, and in an individual
who is chronically or otherwise ill
it may fan into a flame the here
tofore smouldering embers of dis
ease. Thus the common cold may
cause severe relapses of such cro
nic illnesses as rheumaltc heart
disease, asthma and diabetes.
In treating a cold, therefore, we
not only deal with the immediate
condition, but also treat with an
eye to its possible complications.
For the cold itself there is no
specific treatment. The cold is a
fait accompli. We can only hope to
palliate its symptoms, to help clear
the stuffed up respiratory tract, to
ease the cough, to liquefy the sec
retions. to help elimination, to
mitigate fever and to overcome
whatever malaise may be present.
Many of these objectives may be
attained by what are called simple
home remedies. Rest in bed is of
major importance. A nutritious
semi-liquid diet and a large fluid
intake are usually beneficial. Warm
baths and humidifying the air of
the room in which the patient
stays, help to ease pain and cough,
and facilitate the elimination of
lung secretions.
Medicaments may be required by
certain cases, but these should be
prescribed by the physician who
has charge of the case. It is un
wise and unsafe to use unknown
remedies which may contain de
pressing sedatives. These may mask
symptoms which warn of seriouss
complication.
These home remedies usually will
prove beneficial in a simple and
uncomplicated common cold, but if
the cold is not simple and the pre
sence of complications is suggested
by certain symptoms such as a
high fever, pain in the chest, rapid
pulse and a feeling of exhaustion,
Sundown Stories
For The Kiddies
* Waking Up
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
Willy Nllly shouted, the father
and mother who owned the house
spoke to the bears, Christopher
continued to peck at them, and the
children began to sing:.
| “Wake up bears, you saved our
| home.
"Well let you go and you may
| roam.’’
But the bears continued to sleep.
; They stirred and moved, of course,
as Christopher pecked at them, but
I at last they awoke.
“How did you happen to come In
j here?” Willy Nllly asked Jelly Bear.
“We growled the alarm about the
| fire, and then we felt hungry."
“How did you dare come into the
house that was In danger of being
burnt d to the ground?” the little
man asked.
“We weren’t afraid,” said Honey
Bear. “We knew all would be well
with help coming from all over and
with Christopher on guard.”
Then the bears seemed to feel
they had talked enough and Honey
Bear closed her eyes and whisper
ed:
; we re not airaia or nre. xne
! jelly was so good, so very, very
i goo—oo-o-d.” Her voice trailed off.
"Oh dear," sighed Willy Nilly,
“they’re going to sleep again.”
Jupiter Bear had curled up close
to Black Bear, and Chubby was as
sound asleep as could be. Jelly Bear
and Honey Bear had dozed off
again.
Willy Nilly,'Christopher and the
family who owned the house nudg
ed the bears and poked at them
until, in spite of themselves, they
awoke.
“It’s not cold," growled Jelly
Bear, "and you have some food for
us at home, haven't you, Willy
Nilly?”
“Oh yes.’J said the little man
eagerly. And the bears got up and
followed him back to Puddle Mud
dle.
The fact that Certain varieties of
ants keep slaves has been known
since 1810, when it was discovered
by the scientist Pierre Huber.
then it is folly to delay calling in
expert medical help.
Why experiment with messy
home remedies when there "
is one SURE and instant
•'ey to relieve your
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