The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-15
INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.
The Entrance of Gen. Wilson Into Ma
con in April, 1865.
From the Griffin (Ga.) Sun.

COu III April 1000.
From the Griffin (Ga.) Sun.
All who were in any of our cities during
the war will recolect that there were
guards stationed at every corner of the
streets, whose duty it was to challenge those
who passed and examine their passes II
was thus on tho memorable day that an
armistice was declared between Gen. J. E
Johnston and Gen. Sherman. was in the
city of Macon, and as / went from Mul
berry street over to the Brown House for
dinner I was accosted by the guard andhad
to show my pass. q had what was
called a city pass) After getting my
dinner | returned to my place of
business on Mulberry street and not a
guard nor musket was to be seen. | in
quired what it meant, no guards on the
streets; was Informed that there was an
armistice between johnson and Sherman,
and that there was flag of truce sent out
toward Columbus to meet Gen. Wilson.
Everything was as quiet and serene in the
city as a Nay Sabbath morning, until about
o'clock, when there was such a commo-
ton en- Mulberry street as never saw or
heard of before. Over the river, quick was
the work, ladies in carriages, servants.
children, dogs, wounded soldiers on horses
and on foot, it was moving mass of fright
ened people and animals.
AIuODR bu0 uSSluR buTOUR was ABOUT a
dozen mounted cavalrymen, who were or
dered over the river. When they got oppo-
site the old Floyd House they refined up
their horses, unslung their carbines and
swore that they would not go in such q
rabble. They headed their horses up Null
berry street, and swore that they would
know the cause of this confusion. They
galloped up opposite or a little above the
Lanier House. When Gen. Cobb, his staff
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rushed in front of them, hats in hand and
after considerable trouble succeeded in
stopping them. They had parley and the
soldiers reluctantly turned back No one
could tell what caused the stampede for
some time.
On going up 10 Pains corner we could
see church benches, cart bodies and other
Instructions that had hastily been thrown
aero Cotton avenue, where it intersected
Cherry street.
While standing there with a crowd of
perhaps 500 or 600, there came a Young
man on horse down Second street. He
rode up to the crowd and demanded a gun
or pistol and said that there was a Yam
kee who had two of our men prisoners,
and that he ordered him TO halt and leveled
his gun at him as be rode off, and he want
ed gun to go back and kill him, but no
gun could be had.
THE CAUSE OF THE STAMPEDE.
The authorities, on learning that there
was an armStice, had sent out flag of
truce to meet Gen. Wilson and get him to
stop outside of the city until the armistice
was declared Off. AS the bearer of the flag
rode out few miles from the city, the first
Yankees they spied happened to be trio of
drunken soldiers in front Of their command,
and as soon as they saw the flag they fired
off their guns Whether they fired
at the bearer of the flag or
not, they turned and put spurs
to their horses and the Yankees followed in
hot haste. When they got into the city one
Of them went out to Finley's foundry then
used as an arsenaD and captured it in the
name Of the United States. One OF the
others was the one that was capturing the
Confederate { at the young man wanted
to shoot. The other one rode around Cot
ton avenue and rode up to few lockers on
and presented his gun at young man and
demanded Of him what command he
belonged to. He informed him that
he was OH detail duty and at the same time
snatching the Yankees gun out of his hand
asked him what was his command. He
gave him an Illinois regiment, and as he
spoke the young man shot him dead with
his own gun. The firing Of that gun
caused the stampede. Gen. Wilson came
quietly INTO the city that night. The next
morning all Of the Confederate stores, shops
and all other property belonging TO tue
Confeds was securely guarded by several
troops More anon.
BY AN OLD CoNFED.