The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-09-23
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From the Atlanta Constitution.
The narrative Of Gen. Gordon ri
the last days of Lees fighting in
Virgins. which appeared 10 the Con.
srit,aiom of last Sunday, has been the
subject of general -commant--Ihssa
are many men in this city who went
through tboSs 1erfui scenes and in
whose breasts the fervid words of the
narrative awakened memories that
have for years been sls( BY the
bustIs s,A hum of tho
|. Capt James Englis6 e this city X
ahs m,i Who received first note
Of The eorrsspooAeneo@e zen Gen.
Giant and On. Est III sulted in
the surrender. 1t 60 1e9he night
Of the 7ih of April. CT. English
Vas commanding . eo1popy in the
Second Georgia batli4es; 4 .Wrights
Georgia brigade. This Nf1ade had
been engaged all the Afbsr11Dn in a
heavy fight with MileS div6ien, and
captured about /, 200 psSssefs. The
men were feeling pretty god over it.
Their lines were resting near High
bridge in Virginia. Al night q
courier dashed up to the lines and
asked for a truce, stating that he
desired te send q note from Gen Grant
to Gen. Lee. Capt. English. in
whose front he had halted, went
forward and told him that he would
communicate his wishes to the brigade
headquarters. At length tho per-
mission vac granted and che sealed
message was sent forward. While it
M gone. the courier who had
sought the message began talking.
|ssDo YOU know what that message is ?"
be said to Capt. English who had just
been joined - State Senator Perry
Who vss sdjalaat-general of the
bsigale. $40. ] DON'T" was the
reply. at i q dsntnd for the sur
render OF Less atMyi" We are not
permitted to chronicle the exact
nature of the reply made by Capt.
English and Adjt. Perry to this in-
formation.
PATHEr1C INCIDENT.
A ssa4leols "a. this city writes US
De follo1itug account of . most
pnfbetit ina mt that occurred on the
night attack On Fort Steadman. 1t
gives the DasAs at the leader Of the
100 men-who took tbs fort. A more
touching or heroic incident lie not to
Ike found in the annals Of the war:
ATLANTA. Ga, Sept. III. w.
Grandy: Dear Sir-Your interesting
account of q recent interview with
Gen. Gordon regarding the closing
scenes of the late war in yesterdays
CoaA;hdiOn brings 70 the mind slof the
writer m incident that I think Eorthy
of note as illustrating the lin-hsarted
determination of the humber actors
in that bloody drama. The officer
who Commanded the hundred rife
men. whose task was 10 capture Fort
Steadman, vas Capt. Joseph p. Car
son, Company /, Fourth Georgia
regiment. Phil Cooks brigade. who
now resides On his plantation near
Taylor. county, Georgia.
A younger brother of Capt. Carson,
only about nineteen years- old at the
time. aud acting as a courier for Gen.
Cook, followed bis. brother uawares
into the fight, and was probably tbeI
first man killed, as Immediately after
daylight Capt. c. found bis body
ying on the edge Of the fort with
head to the enemv. Capt. Carson
kept the body near him, moving from |
,ossDt to point dosiag the sght, and
when the order was given to retire, |
Ook the dead brother on his shout |
lers, still commanding his men, and
rought it and the survivors d his |
men into the confederate lines. and
'ince the surrender of the body to his
rome in Georgia where it now rests.
As no official accout of these names
has been kept as an act of justice to
he living and the dead, / beg to
rear testimony to these facts, having
,een an eye witness. Yours very
especially, % w. T. WILSON.
Lieut.. Fourth Georgia Regiment.
A PIECE OF UxwRIrrEN HISTORY.
We present also from Prof. ]. H.
logan an interesting account Of the
events of that night, and of piece Of
history not heretofore written:
EDIroRs CONSTITUTIONS - After
esdiDg H. w. G.'s thrilling account
f the last acts of the confederate
rwy At Petersburg, Va, ] felt some
THAT constrained. being an eve
FITNESS of much which he describes, to
id something, though in . very poor
ray, to his brilliant narrative. Such
distributions, from any source, of q
eliable character. will be of great
alue to the future historian who
ball write that story for the coming
enerati0ns. "a -,
1 wss then serving in Gen. William
Vallaces South Carolina brigade,
Gen. Evans, and attached
, Gen. Gordon's corps on Gen. Lees
ktreme left, near Hatcher's Run and
railroad. 5re - al! - /,
I cannot forget the nights Of the 23d {
nd 24th of March, 1865 About
lndOwn Of the 23.l Q courier -aTriS ed
our field hospital with IN order that !
bout midnight We should move With ,
'e brigade to Petersburg, shout six /,
iles Distant. The night was bril- I
ant with moolight. We knew I
,thing of the nature of the enter /