The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-04-09
AROMATIC STORY.
Incidents Told at a Recent BANQUET TO
Northern Capitalists in Atlanta, Georgia.


Northern Capitalists in Atlanta, Georgia.
From Letters on the South, by DR.. Henry
NJ. Field in New York Evangelist.
Mr.. Grady had referred to the wal
without reserve and without bitter
ness. Indeed he had paid a handsome
tribute to Gen. Sherman, though2et
said, che was not II very careful
with frearms!" Yet he honNed MS
as a gallant soldier, Perceivhg that
the time had come hen northerners
and southerners col speak OF these
things with perfect mness, = was
manifested, in giving picture OF Gen
eral Sherman <aw nm last'
Ts was at the funeral OF Gen.
Grant. 1 had q place in the pro
cessr sSbeing insfled to representative
Prekt 31a11as, ana rode with Bit PIP
Rpns Who represented the EpNfo-
I'll In the second carriagebe-
Ied, 81 sat Gen. /Sheridan with Gen,
B,ctnssr, who strrenderedto GrantaV
FctsOonelson; side by side with whom
flor she carriage moved IN double
column were Gen, Sherman and Gen.
Joseph Il. Johnston, the two chief
tains who twenty-five years ago were
opposed to each other in the battles
which ragged round this very city OF
Atlanta. All along Broadway and
Fifth avenue, a distance OF miles, the
streets were black with human beings,
hushed and silent as they saw passhy
the catafalque on which rested the
body OF our great soldier, and when
ut the close OF the day the doors OF
the m~ausoleum swung open, and he
riors stood round with uncovered
heads, allfelt that the strife and the
bitterness OF the past were buried III
that honored grave,
In the procession OF thatday rode Il
Southern officer, ofwhom as his home
is here in Atlantal, it seems not map
propriate to tell a story in harmony
with the spirit OF thehour. AS have
had it related to me by both the &C
tors in the scene described lean vouch
for it's literal accuracy. ! give it as
nearly as | can, in the very words OF
that gallant soldier OF Georgia, Gen.
John B. Gordon:
at was the first day OF Gettysburg,
The battle was in progress when lcame
into it with my division, and struck
the Federal line at an angle, which
caused it to break, doubling on itself,
so that it was driven back in somediS-
order. AS it was retreating, and our
lima aIron Nome IN p,nGsJnp n flalitI
saw an officer lyingon the ground, and
him any assistance RAISING him up,
the blood spurted from him, and |
thought that he must be mortally
wounded. To myinquiryf for his name,
he answered that he vas Gen. Barlow.
of New York. asked him if ! could
be of any service tohim. uesaid No.,
and told me to leave him and 20 and
do my duty. But on my pressing
the offer OF assistance he asked
me to send word to his wife,
who was in the real OF Meade's
army. answered that ] would not
only send to her, but send for her. l
called for bearers, who We're coming on
the field to pick up the wounded, to
bring a stretcher. They took him up
and carried HIM back to the branch
the name given at the south to u
stream on which a camp hospital had
been i~mprovised; and / sent an aid
with u flag OF truce to the line to for
ward the message TO the wife OF the
wounded, and as ! supposed dying Of
fcer. The message reached it's desti-
nation, although Mrs. Barlow was II
,,,i1nr h,,l. t,H,, +tn f,,,+ ,.l a.. %
O'Clock in the morning word was
brought to me that she was al the
lines. sent word to have herimmedi-
ately passed through, but made the
messenger tell her that her husband
was desperately wounded j had no
idea that she would find him alive.
"The next morning the battle was
resumed, and all that had passed was
forgotten in the great struggle. 1t
was nearly two years more to the
close OF the Val. ] remained in the
army to the last, and was with Gen.
Let when he surrendered at Appomat-
tox. When all was over | returned
home to help restore the fortunes Of
my State, ii anything were left to her
In the general ruin. Years passed on,
and | was chosen United States Sena-
tor from Georgia. When in Washing
ton | was invited one evening to dine
at Mr.. Garrison N. Potter's. | did
not arrive till the guests were seated.
Among the Others to whom | was in
PRODUCED, | heard the name OF Barlow,
but took no notice OF it till an inter
val arrived in the conversation, when
| turned to the gentleman so designat-
ed,and said, Pray, sir may Task
are a relation of the Gen. Barlow who
was killed at Gettysburg?' Imagine
my astonishment at the answer: Il
am the mani And you SIR he ask
ed in reply, ARE you the Gen. Gordon
who picked me up in the tield?' Icould
not deny it. At this he sprang to his
feet, and | thought would have leaped
over the table. And then he told the
story OF the scene in which we had
met before, at which not only the
ladies, but the men round the table
found it difficult to control their emo.
ton"