The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-03-15


Uncle John Fletcher. our old nuil,carrier
Robert W. Rckard and James ID. tuglish,
tird.b, arprs we started on our mission.
We mad WAYS thought that 1t was
against tie laws ut civilized Naria'e to hre
ON a ilag ui truce, ant ieit M alrrm WINE
carrying THIS emblem ot peace We went
down to the wuuds where We had been when
we made the charge aud Instructed the
ii-lu-brareiS To stop in the timber 'iuiil we
went forward and secured the consent OF
the tonisictatcs TO grt n" woiinded. Just
as we stepped ont ia the open hrId We saw
'hrer Couirdrrntrs on their pest. lhey
Jumped IN and grabbed their guns We
waved the white ilug at them and got on
stump about iOOt high, 50 that we would
he iu full view OF the enemy. We were
Just on the eve OF calling to them anu eN'
planning our mission. when one ot them
raised his gun and iir.d az Us the ball pass.
ing Just our left. We ma pa leap and lell
on the ground and ii that johnny thought
hr had slleuCcd one Yankee lie was badly
mistaken. tor We still live. although II was
very cIu g call Old I nCls John Fletcher
Callcd to us to come on and get out OF there,
and they sent ball after him, but did not
hit him. We were boys then. aud this was
our first experience in the iiag-ot- truce bust
ness.
Inc next day Gen W. r. sherman sent II
flag Of true. 10 Gen. Joseph T., Johnston,
and there WAS a cessation OF hoStllties all
around The lines until the dead who tl IN
that terrible charge were buried. They had
laid there ior three days aud were almost
beyond recognition | was wounded in the
right hand pnd shoulder but made my way
over on the baltlcned where the tOnfeder-
ates were buryiug the dead. They received
me very kinu.y and gave me all the inior-
nation they could about the killed and
wounded. our loss having been fearful.
There was the remnants of four old regi.
na II nd az
I'd Iowa and one section ut the 10th Ohio
battery and over two thirds of the Number
who went into the charge had,been killed Or
wounded.
Mnlr on the field met the men who did
the nurying oi tue dead They we're OF the
ID and ID Fla. Confederate regiments.
Among TIT, IN was Mr.. samuel a>cO, who
was u member of tie 81 F,a.. and lived NJ
Monticello, Fla. lie had formerly lived at
CamhriigepOrt, Mass, and all his relations
lived there. He asked me to do him Ia
vor, to write To his parents and family at
tambridgepOrt, and let them know that q
was alive nnd ~ the army told him that
| would. ani rtqu strd hat he write II few
lines on the Leaf of his day book ana sign
his name, which he did aud gave TO me,
which | enclosed with my letter.
When the bugle sounded aud the signal.
gun was liled We had to separate, each one
to GO to his own side bid him farewell.
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with my lett hand wrO'e IA lster to his lam.
lily. cuuld not Use my rlght hand, ~ il
was torn up by II minic-bnll. The two armies
separated. aId his went OH into Tennessee,
while ours went back to Nick bug. lem.
In Il reasonable time received letter
from his sisters, who were very glad to hear
from their brother. and sent u letter for Inc
To seud Ia him, but carried that letter I'm.
III almost the close of the war, but never
had an opportunity To deliver it. Time
rolled on. the war ended, and we returned
home, forgetting Our old friend faSCO never
expecting TO meet him again on this earth,
but when the National Democratic Cunven-
ton met in Chicago in 1884 and the Nation
nj committee wa, made up | saw among
the names that of Samuel Pasco, OF Florida
| wrote INN TO know II he was the same
man had met on that battlefield Mt Jack
son. Miss. II years ago. lie replied that he
was the same man, aud gave me biief
history at his army lite. Alter meeting me
there his command ha BEEN sent to Tenn
essee, and he had taken part IN the battle Ol
Missionary Ridge nnd was wounded and lei
on the field and was captured and taken
North, where he remained until near the
close OF the war, when lie was exchanged;
and At the close OF the war lie went back Il
Florida and had married and raised u fnmi-
ly. We have kept up our correspondence
and met Tor the first time at the Southern
Hotel AZ ST. Louis in 1883. Mr.. Pascp wa.
elected President of the Constitutional Con
vention of Florida, and vas elected To the
United States Senate in 1857, where he j.
serving his State. He Is q gentleman who /,
well liked by all who know him. such are
some of my personal reColleCuonS of ths
war for the unlon.-E. 4. LEE, in National
Tribune.