The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-15
TFor the Hicpmoue pispatch I

CAAP GARfETT, July 3, l"ol.
To the E&itors er N D,syatcb: deem il II OF
amiss 10 correct Il In.stai.e " hicn / saw in
your paper. made in u communication from
i.anrei Hili ,campnleEt, dated the 2a "a OF
June. The mist take " hictl aliuoe 10 is In re-
gard TO the death OF private Charles Il Har
rIss The writer OF your comm anlcation says
- Two men were stationed as plckass, some
distance from camp. OH one of the nouutdius
near by-one stanotn~ guard while i.ha other
rested TC- IL while frivats Charles Aarrtss.
of LuneLburg, mad just gone of dufy, ana IL
structed his eomra.ie, vino hook III" place,
what To do, and 10 allow no one t. approach
him. Hairiss then vent down the mountain
FOR water, ana, on IetV2rninG, it rs supposed h6
thought ho would Try the sentinel ON duty,
ana for tnat purpose took OF his boots and
advanced Gu him, aeeIiug bahInd some bus shes,
when the sentinel, seeing some i1oseClent, I,
gave The order To HIATT. which not being oheyed,
he fred, the bail passing completely through
his heart, killing hiiu instan tiy. Eddiagtou
The sen tirlel, anc the deceasrd were warm per
sonal friends and the griet % the former at
the unfortunate occurrence vas heartrending
10 Hitne' 81
The above statement is entirely false
through p1NJase. have no dount- Here is the
true statement OF the SAD apsir:
On Tuesday evening", the 26 b day Of June,
Lieut.. ThCs. a. Cis,ain, OF the Pryor Rifles,
LUuenbcrg comfy, with a Sergeant, Corpo-
raj, and fiiEsn pr,vates. was sent out az PICK
ats on EioEn tain houthwast OF the mp -
The orders given 10 the pickets were, that no
member OF thu picket guard should go beyond
certain b0auds, and il any one should be seen
bevCnd THOSE hounds III the bushes, the santi.
nei 81 see ,g him should shoot him without
ktttlcg. f'tween the hours OF eleven and
1V9elve on Wednesday,, the q. l., prtva'e Ohas
II. Harrss, OF the Fiat Rock Rifas OF Luuon-
burg county was relieved by anobher private
not the oae who shos him.
bsriiss gave the above orders TO the man
who reviewed him. Earriss i'm media teiy gCi
his Bible and se tied himself by tree and be
gau 10 read Il. In Iihat DOS; ION he was ecen
ny Corporal Charles AZ Hardy. Of tha Fial
Roek Rifles, few minutes before he was
shot. Ehrriss seemed TO be in II very deel
study After the iape- of a few minutes, tha
senJ,nSl's gun was Aeafu Immediately Cor
poral Hardy s1arted in dire etiou OF the shot,
refaarking, "Boys, he's got one Yankee -
He ran up and saw It was HarTiss. The sen.
tinei, whose name Is Ash woItn, OF the Pryor
fies, OF Lunenbalg, It friend and Old scnooi-
mate Of Harrss, Immediately had I'd his gun
The bali penetrated Harriss' left eids bsiov'
The neart. aud thrcegn hi.n aud into q tree
dialeiy the iameptsbla fact was reported to
Nc, and his body brUugtt TO MS quarters
Why harrss Went keyo oni the bounds, nobody
aogs--wnat he Went tor, nolak;y knows. He
knew the orders, because he gave them 10 the
sen'ire. who relieved MIN.
Hsrriss was very pious young man, and II
is thought by OoTporaI Hardy, who knew him
we'll that he though tsess'y repaired after
reading lis Bible, 20 the bushes beyond the
bounas, for the purpose OF secret prayer, and
came b tek III the sane manner upon the SEN
tinel who shot him. The GoatineI promptly
obeyed the orders given hiu, though SAID Or
ders were wrong, sni Gen. Garnstt tried To
trace them back u their author, 6ut tailed -
A hworth did not halt him. but shot rs soon
as he saw him. Tts had no idea that 1t was
Harr'ss Much sympathy Was expressed fol-
bis ua;ineiy cearh. Hi rem aims were buried
with all tbs houors due him.
Hsrriss was an intelligent aS1d worthy young
mau, and his ioss is much iasnented by his
comrades. May he sleep in peace. rise in the
'morn OF resurrection" with Joy, and had q
home IN realms of rest.
Respectfully,
d. X. sST0KEa,
Cau.aia of Flat Rock K tt.mep