Fragmentary Civil War Anecdote From Virginia
An unreliable anecdote recounts a Confederate volunteers’ departure for war near Sart-tIn Virginia. A speaker urges soldiers to never look back, invoking Lot’s wife to illustrate fate. A nearby secessionist misreads the line, exclaims delight in Lot’s wife, and tosses his cap with a cheer.
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