New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-12
4 NEW STORY or GETTYSBURG.
From The Hartford Poet

Tn examining Batchellers maps of the battle.
ground at gettysburg not long ago the disposition
Pcketts rebel columns attracted attention ecl;,na
I'm Casually remarked one Of the gentlemen eran
ing maps recalls one OF the most SINGULAR
IN itself bit Of military romance as remarkable a. any
thing depleted in hss psgss Dsen
tie principal participants having n rsuS d
here and there mv was aroused and the
speaker eagerly solicited TO tell the romance OF inc
ns S went the on the leading
at consentng TO recite what bad seldom been told
cOS wa% hss friend and
panon at Phillips Academy, at Andover, WILLY n.s
The poy's name was Huntington jackson. An eder
brother by the way, Joe Jackson wri is tss tin
came for Huntington TO decide his college course 10
selected Princeton Colonel Barrows on the other nand
brilliant business career which he has since attained
placing him in the front rank of success
CROWN an between the boys but their paths widely
serarated so that they neither saw nor heard OF ono
THE outbreak OF the war summoned Jackson from his
college and Barre from the Lowen factories 20 sc
stan service, where dash aud COURAGE every IN
wcrd tss . srfhs Without 1S Knowing Of others
ence each drawn into the suIerp aeiencs ~
ess r cnone BsrrsSs brigade being the advance
fine and Jacksons In reserve AS PicKeti COZ nss
seen pushing fort ward tOWafu TUG cfVst VI ~
rowss BRIGADE commander cried out My God' ~
had but two regiments to place In right angles WITH
that line eoula hold the spot az All ouan.
idea was so completely In opposition 20 esery
principle that seemed preposerous put as me resus
turned out it an inspiraii)n O'ione % vn,
a ordered 10 gallop back TO the reserve ana pfhs
ward two regiments Turning his horse neao mc sa1s
away followed BY an orderly. But III uoleh secon1a
he Xound the way lmpractcable, and leapt rom "s
saddle the ground determined 10 reach . c ,e &c
foot and bring forward the necessary troops or nIs cou
msnder Quick rs thought he placed the bridc reus os
nis horse ia tine orderlys hand. and the next ihSenns
had disappeared in the thicket ~.
.Coonel Barrows had not one naiI dozen nous 20
cerr,ed forward with tremendous rapidty. nesvy'
shell had struck the earth just under MS ee amu sa
TORN nm loads OF debris from the surface Tue
sarn thc sole OF one OF the Colonels SHOES from Ms
Rnhbns his eyes open when he found that there Vas
sti life left In him. he looked up and saw stsnoH ~
liz side the Old school friend and companion AT rhl'.Ps
1raden,y whom he had not !seen Tor years. ihe WV
men glapcing at another, EXCHANGED
a. Huntie JacksonP
ana essned hands with the old aror and enthusiasm.
pnt n a. mo- time sor exchange OF remmsccnccr
i,ruirr with the mission on when Ne ba~ yesn
Colonel Barrows asksa Jssks'n ~ q ~
mand The two rssments were ordered los~ ~ M 49,
Rarrows led them with unerIing nccuracx 70 NY
ton sssened by his commanding officer Inc sAcessot
of the movement had the desired ehecI wnsn a,1
80 rclsim m the d-n fool be found who orocrea
this movement I'll brevet him. Inc criticism was srS
b,ghest of COMMITMENTS carrying with III an r,Sns
~ of the unmilttary OF measures TIC ING
at right angles with the rebel column ,na fher on
fine map" concluded the speaker AZ Tue eiose ~ on
hattie snrrows and jackson spent the night w
one of the bloodiest fields Of the war.