The sun., 1893-11-02
AN ,ycrDEyr or GETTYSBURG,
And Its Pleasant Sequel In Washington
Eleven Years Later.
from he Nas Har,n Er,ninq REGISTER.

Prom The Nas Haven Er'nino REGISTER.
The advance Of the Confederate line OF battle
commenced early on the morning OF July ],
commnnded by MAJOR Gen. John b, Gordon OF
Georgia was among the first to attack; lts
if Of the Union S't army TS The he daring commander
OF that corps occupied n position so ar ad;
vanccd beyond the, main line OF the 2, FeHetadI
when the crisis OF battle came to him In
tended than his own. The Confederate nd-
vance was steady, and 1t was bravey met by
"T whq Sr Sas he on rtf Tho sn tho
North, which unit! then had bccnl virgin to the
war It was "a far cry" from RIchm"nd ,-GSt n1 to
they seemed resolved to welcome their south
ern visitors with bloody, hanhs to hosnitah,le p,
and. being turned. its line was badly broken
and: despite its Lrayelv resolute deience
crate vetrrans @ s it was forced HH to fail back
Gordon's. division was in motion at double
apparently dead body ?f a Union officer. IIo
the motiGn OF the eyes and lire. that the officer
was s,i Lying c at 9pGe nee nGaa nism%Gnaatesn, shn ana;
wa! Sins @ in ADJ depressSn S IN IN SrSapd paesd
under it a nearby knapsnck While raising
him at the shoulders for that purpose he saw
ia the back. and then knew that the officer had
been shot through the breast. lie then gave
and as he revived said. bending over him:
am very sorry to see you IN this condition:
are. @ Gv Wish II' to aid you SY ali am ' ""o ''u
The, answer came in feeble tones: Thank
you, General. l am Brig Gen. Barlow OF New
dying Then. aftera pause. he said. Yes:
you cqn; my wife is at the head9uarters Of
ii let her ' fnow that Il" died doins I'M my duty. '
i liye - ;hPl j surely ely s @ siyop to your wife Can
:. Alter a lre' pause Gen. Barlow responded:
May God bless you. Only one thing more.
breast, and take out packe Of letters" As
Gen. Gordon unbuttoned the blood soaked
% dyas o soder said pease I take out one
and read it to me- They are from my wife. l
wish that her words shall bo the last hear in
Resting on one knee at his sIde, Gen. Cor:
don; in clear tones; but with fearful eyes read
in daily peril Of his life. and with pious fervor
mended him to The car" m OF the God God Of "b battles.
As tho reading OF the letter ended. Gen. Bar
9w % nn Sow Sw sas
Hem wt the e and
Barow's hand. Gen. Gordon bade him good
by. and. mounting his horse quickly Joined
He hastily pennsd a note on the pommel Of
his saddle. giving Con larlow's message to
his wife. but stated that he was still living.
though seriously wounded. and informing her
where he lay. Addressing the note to Mrs
Gen. Barlow. at Gen. Meade's headquarters"
he handed ii to one OF mis- staff. and told him to
place white handkerchief upon his sword.
and ride in n gallop toward the enemy's line
and deliver the note to Mrs. Barlow. The
officer promptly oheyed the order. He was not
fired upon. and on being met by Il Union
oflcer. who advanced for that purpose the
ance that it should be delivered instantly.
Let us turn from gettysburg to the Capitol
at Washington where. eleven years later Gen.
Gordon held with honor. now. a seat
Senator of the United States. and was present
at n dinner party given by Orlando b Potter.
q Representative in Congress from the State
of New York. Upon Mr.. potters introducing
to him gentleman with the title OF Gen. Bar
low. Gen. Gordon remarked:
Are you relative OF the Gen. Barlow. a
gall liant soldier. who was killed at Gettysburg 2"
The answer was: am the Gen. Barlow
who was killed at Gettysburg. and you are the
Gen. Gordon who succored me!'
The meeting was worthy Of two such brave
men-,everT inch American soldiers.
l should add that on receiving her hus-
bands note. which had been speedily deliver
ed. Mrs Barlow hastened to the field. though
not without danger to her person. for the
battle was still In progress. She soon found
her husband. aud had him borne to where he
could receive surgical attendance.
Through her devoted ministrations. he was
enabled to resume his command Of the - EX-
celsor Brigade" and add to the splendid rep
utation which it had achieved under Gen.
Sickles. its first commander.