Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-28

ward that upon reaching headquarters
they reported having been attacked
by the Virginia Cavalry, and that
after leaving two or three men they
escaped. Capt. Jenkins acted very
4 braVely.
| cat the time shurtlefT was wounded he
was carrying small Union flag. This
was used to stanch his wounds, and we
put him on mule. The Union flag cap
tured on this occasion was the first taken
/ In the war, and was carefully preserved.
After having been displayed IN Richmond
| 1t Was restored to me. The sight Oft nat
urally recalled recollections of the Union
/ soldier who had borne 1t so bravely on
that 18th of July, 1851, and | often won
dered if he had survived the events of the
war. 1t was my intention to ascer-
tain his fate, and if ne were still living
to send back the bloody trophy Of civil
] strife"
! This came about a month ago, when
/ Col. Sandige, now retired from business
and residing in this city, received letter
from Lieut.. Shurtleff, of the Nlnety-ninth
1 New York Regiment, which fully identi-
/ fed him as the wounded officer of the
/ Yorktown rout. Some further cOrrespOn-
! dence passed, during which Lieut.. Shurt-
! letf took occasion to thank Col. Sandige
for the humane care he received through
his fundamentally while a prisoner in
! Richmond.
On Sept. Col sandige mailed the flag
to Lieut.. Shurtletf, with letter in which,
reviewing the affair when the flag was Ia
ken, he says:
'EGen. Magruder permitted me to retain
the flag captured that morning, and it
was sent up to Richmond and displayed
! for time in the Office of Mr. Secretary
Benjamin, as the first one taken in the
war. trust the pleasure Mrs. Shurtletf
anticipates from seeing the flag again will
not be subdued by the discoloratiOns of
time and the blood from your wound. You
know it was imprOVised as a bandage.
want her to believe that more rapidly
than went the colOrs from the stuff of
her flag have disappeared the animosi-
ties of the period floating it into being.
New Orleans and Louisiana surren-
dered the last prejudice in 1874. 1t was
then desolating floods swept the State
from the Arkansas line to the Gulf of
Mexico, and our people learned to know
how great and grand other people could
be from human sympathy. Its thrOb was
felt throughout the entire North, and
from Boston, the old city you can well af-
ford TO be proud Of, not waiting for any
special appeal, quickly came a telegram
to the Mayor of New Orleans: Draw on
us for 100000 The next week: Draw
ON us for $4,000 more AMI so on every
! week, until 900,OOO mad been contributed.
Col. Crowell, one of their most trusted
citizens, was sent here to make personal
inquiry as to the extent of the disaster,
and his report being received, the Mayor
of Boston telegraphsd Immediately
Draw on us for 800, 200 more, if needed
What could we do but surrender to such
a people? And when we meet Bostonians
now we look them straight In the face,
take them by the hand and say: 'We are
your friendsv"
Col. Sandige received yesterday from
Lieut.. Shurtleff a letter acknowledging
the receipt Of the blOOd-stained relic OF
the war. But few of the participants in
the dramatic affair are alive to-day. Capt
jenkins, Terrett, and Col. Sandige's son
are dead. The Colonel carries we'll the
weight of years, and the varied and excit
ing experiences of his life are fresh in his
memory.
John NJ. Sandlge was born in Franklin
| county, Georgia, I'm 1917; was a planter
and served as a member OF the Legisla-
ture of Louisiana from 1916 to 1855. He
was Speaker of the House in 1854 and
1850, and Representative in Congress
from 1855 to 1859. During the latter
years of the war he served as chief OF
staff TO Gov. Ii. w. Allen, of Louisiana,
whose trusted friend and adviser he con.
tinued to be to the last, and in ALIENS
behalf he conducted the final surrender
of the trans-Mississippi Department at
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