Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25

am the man Who told Won that be retorted,
but. d-n EN-. they wouldn't hrht ne that
way
''Co,. Herbert il one OF those who believe
that American bravery is not a sectional AFFAIR.
that the courage ola people Of the same rice n
not qualified by residence on ono side or the
other OF a river or sn imaginary line His ~ns
one az the regiments Of the brigade Of Csdmus
wilcox that penetrated the Union lines In the
see0nd days tght az Gettvsburg-the same
on,cer who rode mp 10 Gen. Lee after the ~
pulse the third DAY and sobbed Go him how his
men had been cut 20 pieces. The eighth Ala
oama. which Col Herbert commanded. was one
OF those regiments that were hurled back from
me bloody crest OF the high tide OF the ~
"'speaking Of instances Of courage he ssaa
70 me, 4 shall never forget two .plendid Illus
trstlous OF IL that were Impressed upon me in
'nose battles, one on the federal side ana the
oiher on the confederate. I never saw more
glorious conduct than that DISPLAYED in the.e
.No Ihstances; oy two youths In their teens. one
wearing the blue aud the other the graz. me
hrst was IN the second DAYS fight NJ reg,-
fnent mad charged right M among the gun, Of
u mon battery, whose men and horses bsd
nearly all been killed. There was one gun 20
winch four horses had been attached. The two
rear horses had been shot down in b.rns.s
The two leaders we're apparently unhurt ana =,
one OF them sat q lad. head erect vieoroutly
plying has whip on the other horse and stri vias
to ave his gun. He was devoting hi. whole
SOU 10 that purpose. utterly unnindful Of onr
men. who we're surging about hirn He wa
literally like the Casab:anca OF the flaming deek
could have touched HIM with nv sword. ana
was just about to beg him 20 surrender. when
shots rang ont from behind me- and he dropnea
from his horse, dead as be fell He might have
saved himself, but he seemed determined a
save that gun or die. 70 vns sublime mt 4
can never think OF Il without .hudder n ths
horrors o. the sacrifices Of that wnr The
other instance wns on the third dav in the
height OF the terrific ARTILLERY duel that was
preliminary 10 the great charges Our rncn
were In lie awaiting the word TO advance In
mont OF us, riding deliberately MP and down
tie line, was handsome youth in graz
mounted on aeet-looking iron gray horse and
bearing bright new battle flag, whose VIVID
stars ana bars shimmere6 in the sunlight The
boy set erect. looking as proad a. any Rupert
snG MS horse as spirited ~ an Arabian The
nyinS bullets and shrieking shells never faxed
his superb bearing as he rode 20 and fro
mp and down the long line. Now and then he
would disappear in thick clouds OF powder
smoke, bat he would be seen again riding back,
his Face actually besmirg with what O'Hara
calls the ardor Of the nght" Before the
word came 70 move he had gone again down
the line and had not returned never knew
whether he was killed or not; bu. thought IN
Voluntarily % how that Yankee boy had died
the day before. These were irdelible pictures
caught In a CLEAN OF light in shifting battle
smoke, and have always been TO me anything
ouf counterfeit preseutments Of northern and
southern courage.
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