The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-10
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1892.

{ ettaCAeu anu was lought vigorously. The
I Lane sunk the Neptune, but the Bayou CITY
ran into her arms and became entangled in
her wheel. Sharpshooters cleared her decks
aud she was carried by boarding, her
/ captain, Wainwright, father of Marie w ain
wright, the actress, being shot dead on the
bridge as he was giving orders as to the
method Of fighting his ship
| The second in command Of the Harrie;
Lane was Lieut.. Edward Lea, who had re-
manned by the old flag when his native
state seeded from the union. His father.
MAJ. Albert NJ. Lea, for whom the town of
that name in Minnesota is named. had cast
his fortunes with the oonfederacy, and was
with Magruder's forces. Father and son had
not met for years, for when the war broke
out the young lieutenant, then midship-
man, was in the China seas
shortly after Wainwright was shot
dead Lieut.. Lea fell mortally wounded, was
carried down below and the ship surren-
dered. Maj. Lea, being accorded permis-
sion, went on board and asked If his son
was aboard
AN officer replied: Yes, aud badly
wounded.
4 am his father
Yes, l see; come with me-
"He was led 70 his son, who was lying in
the cockpit, surrounded by the dead and
dying:
Edward. it is your father
Yes, father, know you, but I cannot
move
my son, are you badly woundedF
Y es, father, but hope not mortally'
Maj. Lea then turned to the surgeon.
DIR. Penrose OF Philadelphia, and asked If
his son was mortally wounded. The reply
was Yes
How long has he to liver
Perhaps an hour. possibly some DAYS
is 1t best 20 leave him here to die or
take him ashoreP
1--we may be fred on here by the feet
better take him ashore at once.
"He handed some brandy e. the father
for the son. who. thus revived, said:
Father, | am now senior officer Of this
| ship. wish you to arrange with Gen.
Magruder TO allow the wounded men to be
sent to New Orleans by water to save the
suffering from transportation by land to
the interior.
40. my son, don't trouble yourself about
| that now. The whole feet aud the troops
are about to surrender and be sent to New
| Orleans
"The lieutenant then frowned aud turned
away his face.
| "His father then left the ship to look for
| a conveyance. When he met Gen. Ma
| gruder on the wharf and told him Of his
son the general said: Good God, Lea, Ihad
no idea Of this. Take him to my quarters. ;
| Before Maj. Lea returned to the Harriet
/ AA11t
| father is here
| "While this incident was transpirinR on
| board the Harriet Lane the other RunboatS
| were preparing to evaouate the harbor, and
the three companies Of Massachusetts troops
on the wharf surrendered. The fiagshiu
Westheld, under Commodore Renshaw, was
hard and fast aground on the fiata abreast
of Pelican Spit 1t was Determined to
blow up the vessel, and the Grew were re-
/ moved to the transports Saxon and NJ A.
Boerdman and slow match applied to the
magazine
1T did not go off as soon as expected,
and boats crew was sent TO see what was
! the matter. No sooner had the boat hauled
| alongside the Westfield than a tremendous
explosion occurred, which was heard for
ninety miles, aud boat and crew were scat
tered into a thousand fragments. Those in
the boat who lost their lives were Commo-
dore Renshaw, Lieut.. Zimmerman, Gun
ner's Mate Callahan, Quarter Gunner Ring,
| CoxswAin Easser, Seamen Bethke. Hibbard
Johnson and Mcdonald, and Firemen Cox,
Reeve and MoCabe. The rest OF the feet
then got of for New Orleans as fast as pos
| sible.
THE day after the battle the re-
mains OF Capt. Wainwright and
Lieut.. Lea were inferred In the
Episcopal cemetery with military honors,
| all the United States officers, Gen. Magru
present. No clergyman OF the Episcopal
church being present, Maj. Lea read the
| servioe from his sons prayer book, in defer
snce to the supposed wishes of his son and
of Capt. Wainwright, who was the son OF
the Episoopalian bishop of Brooklyn.
"After the service Maj. Lea made few
remarks at the grave, abiding to his long
separation from his eldest son. who, when
the state began, was at the antipodes,
| whom duty had brought here to meet his
father in battle, by whom he was now
buried, as had been foretold two years
before. Neither had asked for orders
Of either government, but in SIM
| ply following respective lines of
duty had met each other. This
singular coincidence said he, this
sad scene, should make us ponder upon our
relations to one another In this bloody
struggle and to realize that there are good
aud conscientious men on both sides. They
are now in this mourning group. They who
now lie at our feet were brave and honor
able men. Let US tread lightly over their
graves
"a wealthy cousin in Baltimore asked
| permission to place the remains of
| Lieut. Lea by the side of his
mother in the Green Mount cemetery, but
was denied, as che father felt that 1t
was more fitting that the brave sailor
should rest where he fell, In sight of the
sea- in sound of the surf. In 1866 the re-
mains # Capt Wainwright were removed
to the naval cemetery at Annapolis. and it
was desired to take Lieug. LEAFS remains
| also, but this was resisted, and they still re-
| main in Trinity cemetery at Galveston, be-
ing marked by a marble block, which is in
| scribed:
| EDWARD LEA,
| IIant COu1mandar