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But I was mad, an' I hit harder than I thort. I reached over an' grabbed open the table drawer jest fer luck an' thar was the money. I tuck it. The other cuss he was down on the floor, sorter whimperin' an' workin' over this feller Dickert; an' he begun to yell that I'd killed 'im. With that Euola she gives me one look white ez paper she was an' she says, 'Run, Andy honey.
He had a cuss with him that was no better'n him; an' when it come to the time in the signin' that our names was put down, an' my wife was to be 'examined privately and apart' ez is right an' lawful ez to whether I'd made her sign or not, this other cuss steps with her into the hall, an' Dickert turns an' says to me, 'You git a thousand dollars each fer your land you an' that woman, he says.
Kerry looked at his host and wondered that any man should hope to tamper with the affections of her who loved him. "Wed we was," the mountain-man went on; and an imperceptible pause followed the words. "We rid down to Garyville to be wed, an' we went from the jestice's office to the office of this here Dickert.
"That feller they sent down here fer to buy the ground Dickert was his name; you've hearn it, I reckon?" Kerry recognized the murdered man's name. He nodded, without a word, his little blue eyes helplessly fastened on Andy's eyes. "Yes, Dickert 'twas. He was took with Euola from the time he put eyes on her which ain't sayin' more of him than of any man 'at see her.
The point at which picket were posted were at two fords on the Opequan River, Captain Dickert, with his company, was posted at some distance from the place where the other portion of the Regiment was posted to cover one of the fords.
But a town feller's hangin' round a mounting-gal hain't no credit to her. Euola she was promised to me. But ef she hadn't 'a' been, she wouldn't 'a' took no passin' o' bows an' complyments from that Dickert. I thort the nighest way out on't was to tell the gentleman that her an' me was to be wed, an' that we'd make the deeds as man an' wife, an' I done so."
I can see now the work laid cut for Captain Dickert, ought to have been assigned to the Cavalry for a company of Infantry, say a half mile from the Regiment, might have been surrounded too quickly for the company to be retired or to receive assistance from the Regiment. Well, as it was, no harm came of it for the company held the ford unassailable.
Proudfoot still knelt. His nostrils flickered; his eyes glowed. "Have a care what you're a-sayin'," he began, in a low, shaking voice. "Euola! Euola! You've saw me pretty mild; but don't you be mistook by that, like that feller Dickert was mistook. Don't you lie to me an' try to fool me 'bout her.
There may have been other Captains of this company, but no data at hand. John W. Watts became Captain of Company G after the promotion of Captain Todd to Major and Lieutenant Colonel. Captain Summer being killed at Fredericksburg, Lieutenant G.S. Swygert became Captain, was disabled and resigned, and D.A. Dickert became Captain and commanded to the end.
General Burnside says: "The enemy regained a portion of his line on the right. This was about 8.45 A.M., but not all the colored troops retired. Some held pits from behind which they had advanced severely checking the enemy until they were nearly all killed." D.A. Dickert, Co. H, 3d S.C. Regiment. L.P. Foster, Co.
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