The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-02-09

1T praLtS Army, AT CINCINNATI, o.
y OF heht was laught d at and rid
Tbot cdrefer you to volume 13vf the
Ehifo1agaziue, page 96l, for a fun
10 c,>1 of the facts, written and
Rlepwl Judge Dickson, who Was a
&uPE Yours truly,
LhSv j. nj. pULKINGTON.
DalAunfle referred to was published
R$rA 4 number Of the Century for
Ia OF, Fan be found In volume 30
cerfn acSOrding to the renumber
,SNs,ha magazine. 1t IS signed by
cwcskson, who is, or at the time
yStaHpiicatlon was, presumably a
~ lyCinclnnati, although his nd.
5hgl not gwen. "The Last Vic
Loy( WAR;" is the articles head
,MWrlter says:
sI, ,N}raveller on the old Walnut
jm(oT Cincinnati. May II, 1865, an
n aty)pectacle prese nted itself. TO
boil tcdf the road, along the ravine
!, pod in solemn silence a regl-
Ice. e.Ia Pldiers facing tie road, the
tai, liat each wing at right an
fupI rg q hollow square. With
HEAD 4 the lett, stood a squad of
,Nis Us at the shoulder, hearing
ESh houFeast of a youth kneeline
DIE Rls collin and facing them
va with hands unbound ana
%Sfe Gat his side, and eyes ban.
ne III a white handkerchief. a.!
a. (p command, the guns were
lNhf The youth fell dead. Thus
3AMl hOmas Martin, the last VIC
RA iNlegreat Civil War. The wal
&b t6i4I lee had surrendered. Rich.
fSisiY been taken. Johnson had
lNtei Davis had been captured
" tand Coniederates, the blue
&mc Fay, fraterniZing everywhere,
&Sh@ lonely ravine, within the
ESsE limits Of Cincinnati. where
& = transacted the most revolt.
81 Ec:N Of the war--the deliberate
overwhelming power of An
" human being. Nearly a
e tins execution, It's victim, a
Kentucky, had been cap.
lat state and brought to Gin.
r i" ~ llC
hfughL before a court martial
eharge of being geurilla and
z convicted and sentenced to
g was Il mere boy, quite il,
Elable To read or write; he
It he was a regular Conird.
: 3tn't thh. Tssh evidently the distinc
4 retfn1 hIsuch a soldier and a
rapheES beyond his knowledge.
all jne this sentence was rem
ronafie expt cted 1t wOu Id be car
.nrrf rfxecGtion. The members OF
u E and certainly the military
Ss Ill tment Of the city, General
al Fillich, did not The sentence
y IooS Tendered for Is deterrent If
sEl IJgueIlllaS in kentucky. Soht.
Eio MJn. Willich think the sentence
ieS,, executed that he gave the
f"rtJ, the freedom Of the city,
oRn, as a sort Of orderly; and III
Eourse with him he became
SA'HtO him. Time passed, and the
%1rb Gen. Hooker would leave tn
W hnL of which he had command
&4n. Sherman'S action retired
@M the front, Was approaching
'1t III moment 1or the victim, Gen.
E RtHn the first days Of May, 1868,
n PHaide to read over the papers
a,RR the department, so that he
s. LpAXpose OF them. In so doing
jd(RS. Gelating to this boy were
Tto h General had forgotten the
Ms yAqulred whether sentence
D his fcmed. Learning that it
secn fsent for Gen. Wllllch, his
Ate. and asked for the facts
5aa illich stated them as above
SsSH.iNeXt day he received an order
95t,in. Hooker directing him to
" b boy on the 5th Of May, then
Hhatw days off. Gen. Which was
4 20 hnded. TO shoot the boy who
AG,l his attendant for nearly a
i, kN whom he had respected for
aTIflB,c B,cOnduct, was too much for
Ae hSSpm soldier of many years and
y Il TSSbPm With tears in his eyes he
TX {]ipn ldge Stallo, now our minis.
lssSpn =, and besOught his inter.
fESsbpam ndge Stallo, in turn, came
s0pm 81 solicited my aid. Mean
JfS5pm Hooker had left the city to
M he funeral of Mr.. Lincoln at
,0ft Rld. Therefore could not
Zion. At my request Mr.. Gath
y superinteL dent of the Adams
bni3 Company, sent telt gram to
Bnnfckert to be laid before Mr..
era requesting his intervention.
came and preparations
n ,eGiie for the execution.
ESGN was dressed for death. The
nor FEATHER Garesche. brother to
Aerhns chief of Itatf who fell mt
h6Siver, attende,.' HIM. The mourn
9tpcessi0n took its way to the raw
Ah$ Gen. Willich moved slowly,
4d 1the order of suspension would
AauWed. lie left a mounted order
UT until the last moment for a
Stanton. AnxiOusly, i'm
cul1he looked back for his mes
,ott length, to his great JOY, in
~ ~ ee he saw him coming at full
'n ting in his OutStretcned hand
twas this telegram:
department.. Washington, ID. c.,
l8GD.-Major General Joseph
F.: suspend the execution of
Is Martin, to be executed in Gin
this day, until further orders.
der of the President.
I'M. Stanton, Secretary Of War.
was the rejoicing. The soldiers
Ere to shoot the boy now cOngrat
him on his escape and all return
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