The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-21
YANK AND ooNFnD MEET.
A Bible Taken w hen the Former Was
Supposed TO be Dead Returned.

Supposed to be Dead Returned.
From the DouoIdSville, (Gd) Nep South
Three miles west Of Douglasville lives
John D. Pope, a battle-scarred confederat g
veteran who 10 to-day enjoying more real
old veterans since the war.
Mr.. Pope was a member Of Company G..
Forty-seoond Georgia volunteers, and au
the battle OF Winchester, in September, 1854,
it SO happened that in the deadly conflict
the Forty-secoRd Georgia confronted the
Forty-se cond New York regiment Pope
used up oil Of his cartridges, and his
gun had got 80 hot and foul he could hardly
use it. Seeing dead yankee with his own
lying beside him, he threw down his own
gun and took up the yankees. While stoop-
ing to take up the dead mems cartridge box
he was shot in the top of the shoulder, the
ball coming out st the small of his back
Pope fell by the side of the yankee soldier
and lay there for hours totally unconscious.
When consciousness returned the battle
was over, and save the groans of the
wounded and dying, the stiffness of death
reigned over the field OF carnage. Exerting
all his strength, the wounded confederate
raised himself on his hands and knees, aud
seeing a small pocket Bible lying by the
dead yankee, he placed il in his pocket and
crawled away. He was taken up by the
AMBULANCE VI u DDSplEAlt anu
finally got well enough to come home; but
has never gotten over his terrible wound j,
and never will.
On examining the Bible he found by the
dead yankee, he discovered that 1t belonged
TO John II. COe of Company g, Forty
second New York regiment, and had been
presented to him by his father, giving the
name and address of Goes father. The CO.
incidence of the letters of the companies
and the numbers Of the regiments to which
the two men belonged, being the same, and
their both being shot dewn on the same
spot impressed Pope very much, and he de-
oided it was his duty to let the
parents OF the dead yankee boy know
the fate of their son. So, about
twenty years ago, he wrote tosthe boys
father In New York, telling him how and
where his boy had died, and telling him
that he had his Bible, and would send 10
back on receipt of Instructions how to send
1t. Pope never heard anything from his
letter until about two months ago, when a
letter came, inclosing cabinet photograph
OF nne looking business man, with the
name Of John H Coe, Ottumwa, Ia, at
tached. 1t transpires that the yankee boy
was not dead as Pope thought, but that he
was taken OF the field. got well, and after
the war weRt TO Iowa TO live
About two months since he was looking
over some old papers left by his parents
twenty years ago. He immediately wrote
to Pope, telling him OF his narrow escape
from death on the field at Winchester, of
his slow recovery, removal to Iowa, his
business success, ETC., since the war, and
asked that his old Bible be returned TO him.
Pope replied, asking Coe TO come to see
him, and telling him that il he wanted the
Bible TO play the old soldier again and come
and take IL and eat "hardtack" with him
for awhile. Mr.. Coe, being a wealthy bust
ness man of Iowa, and having nothing
| 20 hinder, decided he would
made a raid into Georgia and capture
John Pope and his hard tack, and reoapt-
ure his old Bible, taken from him during
the war. Last Saturday morRing Pope re-
ceived a telegram from Chattanooga signed
| by Mr.. Coo, telling him he would DO here
| Saturday evening. A great many people
had heard Of the correspondence and tele-
| gram, and when the 5 p. m. train came
| quite crowd was present TO witness the
meeting between the old yank and old
1 johnnie. Their curiosity was certainly