Upon reaching Henderson, about eleven o’clock one day, the first man I recognized on the street was Lieutenant-Colonel Jiles S. Boggess, of the Third Texas Cavalry. He abused me roundly for being behind, and threatened that I should never leave the town with whole bones unless I went down to his house and took a rest and dinner with him, and I yielded. Here I learned that the “owl train” gang had not yet reached Texas, that they crossed the river, had been arrested at Alexandria, perhaps, and were detained under guard at Shreveport. Through the influence of Colonel Boggess, however, they were soon afterwards released by General Smith and allowed to come home.
I reached Rusk a little before noon the next day.
The following is a true copy of the paper on which I came to Texas:
Hd. Qts. Ross Brig. Cav.,
Deasonville, Miss., Feb. 20, 1865.
Special orders
No. 2. Ext.
By authority from Lieutenant-General Taylor Leaves of absence are granted to the following named officers for Sixty (60) days.
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XXVII Lieutenant S. B. Barron, Company “C”