The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-21
VOLUME. NUMBER ~.
AZ RonnanIce of the war.

A correspondent Of the Chicago Rspab-
Ncdn at Jacksonville, Illinois, gives the
following romantic incident connected
with the war, the parties residing in shat
vicinity
B a we'll to do farmer of this county had
4 daughter; who, besides being personally
attractive, was well educated and possess
ed more than the usual amount of good
sense. As consequence she had many
suitors. All but. two of these she3treated
with NO favor; and between these two. it
was impossible for her to choose When
the first call was made for three years
troops in 1861 these two men, together
with the young lady's brothers; enlisted
in the same company This event dis.
closed to her herown heart she accep-
ted the mansshe loved, and en- the morn
ing he left for the field they were mar
ried. Her husband was the possessorof of
no little property. and before heleft he
made a will. in her favor. While in the
field strong friendship bound these three
men together the rejected lover cherishs
ing no iIl-feefing toward the husband .of
his love or her brouhor At the battle OF.
Stone River, on tllea2d Of January, 1856,
the Company they were in was in in the
fiercest Of the strife. When the terrible
conflict was over, tho husband was found
with his head blown off, and was only re-
cognized by 4 letter fopndinshis pocket
from his wife.
The brother was missing; and the dis
appointed lover yyas. SO severely wounded
that his life was despaired of She. was
nov maid and widow, ,and mourned with
an almost breaking heart for her husband
and brother. The wounded man recoy..
ed, but was unfit for further service; was
discharged and came home. His affec-
ton was still true and firm, and the fact.
of his association with the loved and lost,
gave him astrong hold upon the sylnpa-
thies and regard for her who had received
the loyee.of his lite. As month after
month passed away the wounds Of her
bleeding heart were partially healed and
at last she consented to become the wife
of hin,she had once refused for another.
She told him, however, she colld never
love him as a wife should love a husband,
as her heart was buried in tho grave; of
her first and ONLY, love. 1T was the day
before the wedding, and8Shc two were to-
gethcr arranging their 5ians for the tns:
ture. Suddenly her father entered, and
handed hera letter, saying, lead that
quick and tell me whatit moansM = THO
letter bore the New York post mark, and
was directed in her husbands hand: She
dill not faint, but pale as death, she tore
off. the envelope and read:s s..
MY Dear W iiffe--I am al last exchang-
cd. Am. very feeble. AS soon as / can
bear the journey I shall beat home"
The scene. that foHowed cannot be de-
scribed. The wretehedness Of the twice
disappointed may be imagincd5;; but he
acted as a true man should, and sincerely
congratulated her son the safety Of her
husband. In few weeks the husband
.camc, and ssthe mystery was explained
=onthe morning of the battle he had Civ.
On d lotter from his wife to her brother.to
read They soon became separated. 1t
was the brother that had been. killed. He,;
himself. lad been severely wounded, and
taken prisoner He had written often.
bnt the letters had failed to reach their
destination. After two years Of. suffering
worse than death, he had been exchanged,
and now was at home. Sorrow for the
loss of the martyred brother alone marred
the happiness Of the reunited couple
Their noble and devoted friend remained
to. see the one he loved, happy with her
husband, and then left. home to be a wan
derer in the world. He is nowsin.. tshe far
West, and there he seeks to; forget the
past in. the. excitemcnt Of frontier life.
Surely truth is stranger than fiction.
THE DEAD oE PERRYvIlIE.-It will bo
gratifying, we know, TO The Southern
people, and especially to that portion Of
them who lost friends in the action at;
Perryyille, Ky. to learn that the ladies of
that vicinity havo collected the remains
of the Confsderats dead Of that bloody
field into single burial ground; and that
they have surrounded the space with a
neat enclosure. Many a Confederate