The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-29
THE rlMEs-RlcHMoND. w. SUNDAY OCTOBER % 1893
STORIES or GEN. ID. III. HILL.
Generous Treatment Of the Federal Ger
erals Rey noIds and CiifL


Among the hardest fighters of all the
hardaghung Confederate generals in the
civil war was General d. II. Hill. But
he had the gentle heart Of chivalrous
soldier. as is shown by an anecdote told
to the writer by Major 1. ". Ratchford
distinguished officer. who was General
Hil's adjutant general
Just after the battle Of Cold Harbor
General Hills brigade commanders. Gem
erals Rhodes. Garland, q. y. Anderson
and COlquitt, came 10 headquarters 10
report and get instructions. They met
General Hill about o'clock In the morn
Ing, entered a vacant house, and were
soon busy with plans for the next dav
While they were talking a wounded
Federal officer was brought in who had
been shot in the knee and captured. He
limped I'D supported on one side by n
Federal prisoner and on the other by
one of his Confederate captors. General
Hill arose and turned around TO sneak
to him. As the General turned the can
tured officer let 90 his support and ex-
claimed: "HiH. old fellow. how are you?'
"Whv. IL b.. is that your" asked Gem
eral Hill. and the two, whose troops had
been blazing away" at one another all
the dav before. actually embraced each
other. Major RatChford says: "AIy sur
nrise al seeing these two foes rejoicing
over each other had not passed away
when General Anderson came forward
and was as demonstratiye over the Fed
eral officer as though that officer had
been hts father. General Garland. too.
on being introduced, was evidently affect
ed. and shook hands with heartiness
10 has
u,rrcraI strangers though they were.
THE Federal officer was Colonel latter
wards General II. 3. Clitz, Of the Twelfth
limited States regulars. General Hill
and Colooel Cutz had been cadets at
Weet Point at the same time, had served
together I'm the Mexican war. and were
warm personal friends. Colonel Clitz had
been an instructor at West Point when
kider, on was n cadet there, and Ander-
sor, had been one of his favorite pupils.
Crbtz had also been guardian for Car
lands wife. and as Mrs. Garland had
died only a ST ort time before this Cen
eral Garland was naturally touched by
suddenly meeting for the first time his
dead wifc's friend.
After a few minutes spent In pleasant
Fccial Inquiries, General Iill asked Col
onel CIitz about his wound and proposed
to seLd him TO the field hospital TO nave
il dressed.
"No." generously answered Colonel
Cntz 'get others who need it worse have
attention first"
So he STAYED with General Hill that
night. the two sleeping on the same
oyercoat-the best bed obtainahe. Next
morning General Hill gave his friend an
ambulance and said.
"Clitz. l must send you TO Richmond
about fifteen miles away-but l VIII not
send YOU under guard. You 'ust give me
Won pr-omise TO 20 kiere and report to Cen
erat Wfnder. And say, Clitz, here Is my
wife's address. She is my banker now
II You need eny money while prisoner
draw on her for it.
lust as the ambulance was ABOUT 10
start some Of General Htlls soldiers
brought in General John j.. Reynolds
Federal division commander Heherdl
REYNOLDS had been fighting and doing
nicket duty until he was utterly worn
ont. So. the night before, when every
thing seemed to give promise OF quiet,
he laid down TO snatch a few hours d
sleop. While he slept the sleep OF eN-
tarstion his men were driven back anu
he Was captured.
General Hin and General Reynolds had
beon together at West Point for three
wears. they had been associated as young
omcers at Fort Moultrie. they had gone
ont To the Mexican war in the same
counDanv.-a company that had BraNIoh
p,.oog for CAPTAIN and George Fl. Thomas
Iobn = REYNOLDS and d. II. Hill for lieu
teroDte Rrt now when General Hill ad-
va7ced TO shake hands General Reynolds
would not recognize him nor speak az an;
General Hills military instincts leu
him to divine the cause Of his olu Gun
rade's depression and enabled nm 20
svmpathize with a brave soldier chas' III
at being surprised and captured. IN,
So going up to General heyhoiuS WIN
extended hand, he said: -.
"Reynolds. do not feel so bad ABOUT
vour CAPTURE; It is the fate Of war.
"Tt is not being captured was the
cerer,rs answer. that hurts so, but II
is being captured asleep
"Cbeer up. old fellow" responded Cen
eral Hill everybody knows that you
are brave and good soldier, and every
bodv knows that you would DO all lhat
human nature can do
General Reynolds frightened up and
said: "Well. Hill, if you say that
ebou feel better about the matter Tor
lrnov, that YOU would not mislead me.
No mans good opinion is more appreclat-
ed by me than yours, and II you 40 no'
condemn me perhaps others VIII not
Then telling him the same thing ABOUT
a guard and about money matters In I,,
he had told Colonel Clitz, General nm
nut him IN the same ambulance, ana aiter
a cordial handshake the two frleha-loes
parted. never to meet again.
General Reynolds, after hlllns Iull . ti'I
r,eoeure OF An intrepid and successful
odicer was killed at Gettysburg. rev.
even on his own side, remembered MN
Win more affection than General Hi
did. Twenty-six years after General Key
noIds death. a few weeks before ms own,
General hin In talking about some OF ms
"a neenciates. said: "Reynolds was good