Duringthi' bloody days that followed the^little fellow was with h company wagon,^and 1 did not see bun for h week. Then^Parker tisik him down to Alexandria and^left huu with a colored woman, but a few^months luter la-inn made company commis^^sary Hud having the use of h wugon, be^brought ^Pick'' bnck to the army, got u^tailor to make him a suit of clothea, Htid^then the boy Ml a fixture with uh. He^took to army life and every one of the com^^pany took to him, mid had Hiiy one mis^^used ^Pick^ it would have gone hard with^bun. He was with us to the very last, and^I saw huu munching a hardtack mid look^^ing on while Let's ragged old veterans laid^down their arms at Appomattox. He clung^to Parker BBOVB all others, und although^the trooper was a rough fellow and unmar^^ried, the offer of tfltll for ^bin little nigger,^^which whh made over and over, wan no^ti Dotation,
When the war cloned ^Pick^ was taken^north to (Ihio. st nt to hcIiooI and then put^to a trade, and it was only a month ago^tbut I walked in on him in a Cincinnati^eta | . i shop ami found huu a lusty big fel^^low with a huiac und a wife anil two child^^ren. He had in v, r been back to Virginia,^anil although hi I ad made many efforts to^find his father mid mother, not a trace of^them had evi t been secured.
Ireckon 1 jist dun got loHted in de hur^^ry.^ he explained, ^an' de faiu'ly had so^ineiiv odder eli'll'ii dat dey didn't link it^worf while to stop and look for me.
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