The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-25
" Four of the Tigers. sah."

ellie. Early As the hour was the crown
Of East Cemetery Hill was oecapied by a
small ie-acbment. Il consisted Of four
nen and two Women-the latter evident
y mother aud daughter The men were
pointing toward the north and east A.
they were gesticulating party Of Penn
sylvapia veterans approached them with
in listening distance. They heard one Of
the fourmen say
We rushed up that slope. had hand
to-bsnd isht right here where these
guns are some OF ouy boys got IS far as
the road back there. bat It was no use.
We did our best but were driven back.
al who we've alive
/ think It's 4 wonder, slid the older
woman, that any Of you got back
The listening veterans boxed at each
other and then. as If of one mind. moved
forward until they closed in on the party
Of six.
We heard you say you had rushed
up that slope, said one Of the veterans,
Is and the only men who reached the top.
excep, the men who guarded it, were the
Louisiana Titers.
4 s,nalli-h man. oFwiry frame. his hair
AMI eoatee fiecked with grsy, stepped
forward q couule Of PAGES and said. with
s smile that vas lambiike, We are four
Of the Tigers. sah-~
The veterans made a forward dash and
sueh a shaking OF hands was never before
seen on the top Of East Cemetery Hill.
The wife and daughter Of one Of the 'Ti-
gers participated in the handshakins,
and iaughel an3 bIushed AZ the earnest
ness with which the Northern veterans
welcomed the representatives Of the most
desperate fighters which the south had
pr5i1cej.
The news jumped qsickly from point
to point that the Johnuies had come.
Il was lameGtel on all sides that they
had not come in larger Numbers. bat If
was conceded that four Louisiana T.
gers would cover a multitude Of short
c5min-s. The four wh0 cane al the
way from New Orleans 30 shake hanI=
with the men they were - desirous of
killing twenty-five years ago are John J.
Wax, Fred A. Ober. Thomas Higgins and
l. J. Cories. Mrs. aud Hiss Ober accom-
panied the patty
The men wore blue silk badges and on
these were the letters A. y. "" which
stand for the Army ofNorthern Virginia.
NJ Ooer sGed a. spokesmen. and when
be was asked Tor his card lie handed out
a square bit Of bristol board, on the face
of which was engraved, in colors. the bat
De Tag Of The Amy Of Northern Virgin
H. Under the Tag were the words lou
isiana Tigers. Here sc are asain7 In
an hour af1e5 the inst Of these cards saw
the light at Gettysburg Mr. Ober hadn't
one left. The demand FOR them was
hardly equ4ied by the number Of peo-
PIE who visited the battlefield during
the day.
TAosa that were hottest on the trail for
them were members determinations that
carried in conspicd0as places npon their
. persons the names by which they were
famiiiarly desi-nlled by the war. Among
scch organizations en- the ground we're
the Razos, the Hawks the lambs.
the Doves. and the Orange Bios
sons The Bucktails~ are known by
the tail Of the buck that curis around the
band of theif caps. Veterans who wear
felt bats instead Of fatigue caps have
them decorated wiki corps badges. Vet
eGns Of all ranks ami Of all a-es showed
+ an university Of interest in the f1ur '' IT.
gers. and the latter were 20 opieAsed with
thei~ treatment that Tiger Obe- was
induced 20 tell why he came, why 50 Few
Of them came, and what they th0psht of
the nicLnane given % them bv the
Cuionisls.
lie iii not think the South knew very
much about the reunion until 70 was too
laie 20 take measures 10 attend L. Il was
only three weeks a-o that tie subject
was first discussed among the Louisiana
Tigers They wrote 10 zen. S.ckles
for information. He answered by tele-
graph, telling how and when the reach
the battlefield. They replied that II was
So late few Of them could attend. The
organization held q meeting, and the
four whose names are given we're jeput-
ei 70 represent the organization. It's
president had instructed Tiger Ober
% say that If defenders for the Stars an.
STRIPES were needed, he Louisiana T.
gers We're and would always be ready
20 furnish their fill quota.
Growing excited, Tiger Ober said,
tell you, sahs, we are American citi-
zens. I an an American citizen, and
am proud Of il, end fit ever becomes
necessary I giIi fight Tor that citizenship
and FOR the men I once fought against,
and for WHOM Inow have a feeling l can
not express I am american born. and
am for America
There vas q shout ofapprovaL How
v0rld you Ike 70 take crack at Eng
landT asked q bys,anier, who wore a
brogue.
am not Irish enough, was the m
expected reply. It caused a roar Of
laughter
Everybody visiis Little Round Top. the
apple Of I0ngs.reei's eye. and examines
the monuments Of the F0rty-fourth Nex
YORK the Twentieth Maine. the Eighty
third Pennsylvania, and the Sixteenth
Michigan Regiments and the ramparts
Of has,ily-piled s,0nes hom behind which
the Union soldiers poured death into the
tie ranks 0f their assailants Everybody
visits the peach orchard and Culp's Hill.
bu. At noHe Of these points do visitors,
either military OF civilian, spend 20 much
time as % E5st Cemetery Hill. and ali
because Of tie desperate conflict that oc-
Cured Cn this bin between the louisiana
e. T'geIs in their mad attempt 70 de-
molish Weederich's and Ricketts, batter
les and their Supports. Veterans never
tire Of telling how the gEnners used the
hammers upon the heads Of the Tiger
and how the latter battled Ike Wild
beasts.
They never tire, either, Of listening to
s. Tiger Ober tell how disgusted the
NM. II :. L. r-..la thl.r, rrhan II