The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-04-02

From Letters on the South, by DR.. Henry
M. Field in New York Evangelist.
Mr.. Grady had referred to the war
without reserve and without bitter
ness. Indeed he had paid a handsome
tribute to Gen. Sherman, though he
said, she was not avery careful man
with firearms!" Yet he honored him
as a gallant soldier. Perceiving that
the time had come when northerners
and southerners could speak of these
things with perfect calmness, / was
glad to respond to the spirit thus
manifested, in giving q picture OF Gen
eral Sherman as ! saw him last.
1t was at the funeral of Gen.
Grant. / had a place in thu pro-
cession, being invited to represent the
Presbyterians, and rode with Bishop
Potter, who represented the Episco-
palians. In the second carriage be-
hind us sat Gen. Sheridan with Gen.
Buckner, who surrenderedto Grant at
Fort Donelson; side by side with whom
for the carriages moved in double
column) were Gen. Sherman and Gen.
Joseph K. Johnston, the two chief
tains who twenty-five years ago We're
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 apd silent as they saw pass by
the c~atafalque on which rested the
body of our great soldier, and when
at the close of the day the doors CT
the mausoleum swung open, and he
was laid to rest, while a group of war
riols stood round with uncovered
heads, allielt that the strife and the
bitterness OF the past were buried in
that honored grave.
In the procession of thatday rode a
Southern officer, ofwhom as his home
is here in Atlanta), it seems not map
propriate to tell a story in harmony
with the spirit of the hour. AS ] have
had it related to me by both the ac-
tors in the scene described lcaf1 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 b8ttlewas III progress when came
into it with my division, and struck
the Federal line at an angle, which
caused it to break, doubling on itself,
30 that it was driven back in somed dis
order. AS it was ~retreating, and our
line advancing, in crossing a field |
saw an officer lying on the ground, and
dismounted to see ii / could render
him any assistance. Raising him up,
the blood spurted from him, and l
thought that he must be mortally
wounded. To my inquiryfo his name,
he answered that he was Gen. Barlow,
Of New York. / asked him if / could
be of any service to him. Hesaid No,
and told me to leave him and go 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 I would not
only send to her, but send for her. l
called for bearers, who were coming on
the field to pick up the wounded, to
bring O. stretcher. They took him up
and carried HIM back to the branch
the name given at the south to a
stream on which camp hospital had
been improvised; and / sent an aid
with O flag of truce to the line to- Cor
ward the message to the wife OF the
wounded, and as / supposed dying Of
icer. The message reached Its destl-
nation, although Mrs. Barlow was IL
miles back from the front, and at 2
o'clock in the morning word was
brought to me thai she was at the
lines. / sent word to have herimmedi-
ateIy passed through, but made the
messenger tell her that her husband
was desperately wounded ! had no
idea that she would find him alive.
saThe next morning the battle was
resumed, and all that had passed was
forgotten in the great struggle. 1t
was nearly Two years mGre-se-th
close OF the war. / remained in the
army to the last, and was with Gen.
Lee when he surrendered at Appomat-
tox. When all was over / returned
home to help restore the fortunes Of
my State, if anything were left to her
in the general ruin. Years passed on,
and I was chosen United States Sera-
| 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
troduced, | heard the name of Barlow,
but took no notice Of it till an inter-
val arrived in the conversation, when
j turned TO the gentleman so designat-
ed'and said, Pray, sir may Task ifyou
are a relation of the Gen, Barlow who
was killed at Gettysburg Imagine
my establishment at the answer: i
am the manll'. Ard you SIR he ask
ed in reply, 'are you the Gen. Gordon
who picked me up in the ield?' 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 vi had
met before, at which not only the