The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #87126   Message #1630226
Posted By: Amos
18-Dec-05 - 06:34 PM
Thread Name: R.I.P. MUDCAT
Subject: RE: R.I.P. MUDCAT
Harry Lee Wigley was a Confederate Officer who joined the 5th Virginia after a brief career as a school-teacher at a boys' school. He got into a lot of trouble at said school because he kept grabbing the boys' fannies and making improper suggestions to them. He was about to be run out of town on a rail when the War Between the States strated and he instead marched off to join Massa Lee as a local hero, except to the boys themselves who were very glad to see his backside.

He rose to the rank of Lieutenant but could not overcome his pernicious appetites and was about to be court-martialed over a matter involving a young drummer boy from South Carolina; but Appomattox intervened and the 5th Virginia was disbanded. Leading the surrender procession to the Courthouse at Appomatox was General Gorgon followed by the Stonewall Brigade included the remnants of the 5th Va., including Harry Lee Wigley, who commented in his diaries he was fascinated by the back ends of Lee's horse that day for reasons he could not explain.

He disappeared into the West in search of some sort of fortune, and to escape his reputation as a buggerer. He was last heard of somewhere in the vicinity of Vancouver, where he offended various local tribes while pitching some sort of snake oil from the back of a buckboard.

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