New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-12
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froa cap tain Nofsrqds Fol er fed bore Af A'Afsfa
Vi40ricGi >elfiy
Whom D. was hHoHu tlat u lat surr' af re-,
there N- az lr-f sn.r dI,~fl ilr;luu hut sympathy
llr Ice >n"u did aWas AltE al individual Nri- ~
iuuilfInn. When iIarrls's Mississippi BRIGADE ~
" homes division Nclt informed ti int ~hllrh4ff
pnl Dnlrl'. 90 CEASE iiIns, ppsi oi tine oiac'ir anl
u.r refused to uh't q, Luuy that they n'iii
never Surrender. Mai6lc went and "N.'o,i .lai u
wiki fh.,u. hat thcs WuuIl not listen 90 Mn. ~
. nal5 i"" came AMI mA'e e personal appeal. =
s''ur li.nr rkru hls authority was di,lr E.f..ri.
Mann ot Oh" officers and men Gathered a.uInd y 4
and nhllnutl hi'n np 3D. put upon iurn ~ % "i',
Crlrr. With tears The, DEE ,gcd him 10 trust iim~it
10 their care. swearing that they could aag NolI
carry liu thrplg safely, and telling Ina that of,e
B. IN the mountains lr could raise another army.
bat Lrt told tAon with broken accents aaa VIA
many tears tH' he conld not br'ak hs v lFi {;
tl1t his honor Wa, involved Finally be asked thea
il they who hat followed him 80 long and stood by
him ~ faithfully wer ashamed 10 share hi sate
This appeal they could no resist. though with heart
breaking snbs they yielded.
There Is hardly a doubt that this brigade would
have carried Lee ont safely had he Let them Try H.
Malone called them tho " Inviucibles." They weTe
often selcr It'd for quick and desperate work. VIII
state single instance Of their YalOg. At Farm'ilIe,
when the Fcloras made q determined eheft 10
break our lines in the midst of the battle courier
rode up and told Malone that n part of ia" STONE
wall division had given way and that the enemy ~
this point had penetrated half mile beyond or
right flank. Malone NJ once sped away like IN
arrow down the line. la less than twenty minutes
he returncl vita IarrSs brigade. and charging the
enemy in bank with the bag Onet killed 81 captnrtd
A. soon aS the firing ceased many of the Fodcrals
came INTO our lines and began 10 iratenize wish ihe
men. I'm order 10 carry home some relic of the sur
render, they snapped knives or anything they ha1
for the old plumber of the CODfederates. some y
the latter, alive 20 the situation, having exhausted
their ock-ln-tre, went about seeking 10 ropl'nsh
u, and hence there arUse quite bflsk donand tOr
old papFr>, COMBS. etc.
Tie Frdcral- seemed ovcrjoycd nj the issue aud
their hearts were running over with kindly feeling.
One man, q Colonel. made speech TO q large crowd
of Coufetleritc~. lie war a bghearted soldier and
with many compliments 10 Lee ana hls men. SEEMED
10 be irving Ia take away the sting nt defeat ir'n
the crcstla.lcu foes. Among other things he said
that the NORTH loved the Sonth, and chat the ncAt
Pr silent of the United States would h. Genera,
brothers now" and seemed to pause for reply a
grim hattle-scaTrcd veteran responded ~ audiniS
tone, and wiki an oath: IF had sou out % no
woods hy yours. II I'd brother YOU
have only 10 add. ~ conclusion that ths rrtfeie
which IN the eyes of SOME rejects someNha aP,n
the ia'Hc of Lee, may yri g' down INTO ha1oi5 -
the triumphant masterpiece OF IA, g'ulus. -,
The wonder Is, not tnat his army Was capinT'u ~
hppomattoX, but that u was not capthlr1 l'hE ~
fore II reached tha point 10 rner,s,iuy '1n l,,
q beaten army, Tor tue stunning "tl'''' ~ -
burg and Five Forks almost 49, he was Ahfi",iii"'
by overwhelming numbers, Tor eiRht ia, = "',i''n.
food and with little Ammunition II ieat aihlvss
without A parallcl in military annals Ana Wiirb ~
al last resolved Ia the struggle. u WAS hoi va
a corporaPs guard around hin, but gallant ~ ~
OF = OO0 men. II e saw ~ 30 force his own Bi"fy
aud 10 consult only the Interest 81 our col"Eio"
country let us eudeaYor - appreciate hs h.d tha.s
unity and giN" hin tnat praise NhiSh l"'t''''s W."
certainly ACCORD him. ~, Iii.
IL Is nnpos.iblc To estimate the horcisn 81 hs
army on this retreat, unless wc CONSIDER We si"..
ings they were subjected 10, and above All ne III
fcrings from hunger. ! know o. 40 iatipn uii
were issued after the 9th except that OF pirchs.t
corn This was 10 MahOuc's men w1i'e i3i'lu3 .,
the road under arms. They were not Above "
stop TO eat IL, but nppPassd their hunger ~ 80
marched not irrgalariy but by four, r''ss hi@-
in his place ready tor action. lain.
During the whole terrible retreat Nai0ir ma
tanned the slrictast discipline, though hfhimE :
battle nearly every day. How the Other d!'.s', "a
of Iee's army behaved IN those closing day 90 ~
struggle en- nos able e. speak, but i'~ e"i''''''
Mahoae's mon could not 10 SdTpaS'ess