The National tribune., 1893-08-24

iaRgard, as some Of his colleagues have
chosen to call him. not. The one impregnsbIs
position OF the field was Little Round Top and
because the Fifth Corps came up in the afternoon
and seized It, it does not necessarily follow that 10
could not have been taken in the absence Of the
Fifth"
George w Stone, ex-Auditor- General Of MiehE-
gan. IS longer a candidate for the Pension
Agency at Detroit Soon after the Inauguration Of
President Cleveland he made application for ap,
pointment Chief of the Governments Pension
Agency at Detroit. His Endorsements were nusner.
Gus and OF the best. including his company and
regmental officers. every Past Department Com
mander Of the GAR. in Michigan 8 majority Of
the leaders of the Democratic party Of Michigan
and the signatures Of scores of his veteran COM
rades-iu-arms OF the Peninsuar STATE. These
recommendations were unanimous. voluntary,
eouehed in the strongest terms. and without regard
for partisan lines Up to the middle OF last month
Mr. Stone had received no answer to his appiica-
ton. and, becoming weary Of the manner in which
the affairs of the Interior Department. were con-
Quoted he requested that his credentials be sent to
him ut lansing giving an assurance that the writer
could not accept any position within the gift OF the
Administration
Charles H. Shaw, of Gettysburg Post. IoI. was q
very happy man a short while ago He was ono
OF the large number OF Union soldiers confined in
Andersonville, and while there the rebels thinking
1t the safest plan presented him with strong pair
of handouts. which he wore all the time whether
ho wanted to not He recently received the Infor.
nation that the identical handeufs had been saved
from the wreck of the C0nfederacy and were on
exhibition at a store in his town. His surprise az
seeing them can be better imagined than described.
Mary w. Lee. better known among the boys OF
the Army of the Potomac Mother Lee" died
at Philadelphia on Aug. 8, at the age OF nearly 7S
She was born in Arimore, County Tyrone Ireland
and came TO this country when but SIX years Of
age During the of the rebellion she was a
volunteer fed-nurse, serving at the front without
pay, and It was there that she was afTectionately
nlcSnRmed by the soldiers Mother Lee" The
news OF her death will touch with deepest sorrow
the hearts OF thousands Of soldiers Of the Army Of
the Potomac who knew and loved her. All
through the she served efficiently and
tenderly in the field hospitals taking upon herself
all the hardships of soldiers life and sacrificing
everything 10 her adopted country and its de-
tenders. On June IL, 1884, the survivors of the I'D
Ia, wishing to recognize her services in public
way, presented her. at reception at the Filh
Baptist Church, with armchair made from
wood from the Hoffman Farm Hospital on the
battlefield of Antieiam; also with box constructed
OF the same material containing an autograph
album, in which were inscribed the names Of al
the surviving members of the I'D regiment. On
July 4, 1891, Mrs. Lee unvailed the monument to
the regiment at Gettysburg. She had three chill
dren, the son who served in the army and two
daughters. one of whom lives in the West
Ex-Gov. Andrew G. Curtin. of PennsyIvanis,
William Sprague. of Rhode Island and Frederick
Hoibrook, OF Vermont. all Governors, have
been invited to be guests of the New Hampshire
Veteran Soldiers Association at its coming Re-
union at the Weirs Lake Winnipesaukee. or
course, the venerable Nathaniel 8 Berry the
octogenarian war Governor of the Granite State,
will be there. too if the Etae of his health permits.
Gen. Sickles says that Lee was a strong COM
mander on the defensive and weak the Often
sive. His tactics may have been weak at Gettys-
burg, and very likely were, but the probabilities
are that he would have lost the day at his best
The loss of Gettysburg to the Union armies would
OF course have protracted the war, but there
would have been end to it as long as slavery
existed The North had begun 10 realize the great
seriousness of the situation, and had commenced
to draw upon its best resources. When Gettysburg
was fought the North was getting desperately in
earnest. The very flower of its sodery were then
hurrying to the front. If Lee had succeeded then
the theaer of conflict would have been transferred
from Virginia to Maryland and southern PennsyI-
vania only for a short time There never was
enough of strength in Lees rear for him to have
sustained himself in Northern territory for any
length Of time. In his at Gettysburg was q
gap that could soon have been occupied by Federal
troops. The Confederates made battle at Geltys-
burg with the hope of securing immediate recoz-
milton in England and France and had they sue
ceeded the recognition would have no doubt
quickly come, and the moral effect would have
been considerable. The would then have be-
come more serious than it did. but not in his
judgment more doubtful.
Col. Edwin Forbes. Commander Of Post No. II.
Fordsville KY. has completed for publication bio
graphical sketches of the military and civil serv-
ices of Gems. Speed 5, Fry and E II. Hobsou. Col.
Forbes is personally acquainted with Gen. Hob
son; was an Ad-de-Camp to him when he COM
manded the Department of Kentucky, and had
every facility to obtain the material for his writ
ings and drawings.