The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
TALES OF THE LOST CAUSE.
Continued from Eighth Page.

io-- arain. and supposed, Of course, that
o ~" dead. Years afterward, while
nc -fj of the United States Senate, he
u invited one day by Congressman
Ciarl,son Potter, of New YORK, to meet
Sts brother, Gen. Potter and Gen. Bar
low at dinner. he knew tnat tnere was
"rother Gen. Barlow, OF New YORK, and
~ moi surprised at the name.
e. also happened that there had been
o,Lar Cen. J. B. Gordon, of North
SaToIins. in the confederate army, who
No been killed, and of whose death Gen.
BarIow had heard.
When the gentlemen met at dinner
Cen. Gordon's first query was: Are
-, a relative of Gen. Barlow, who was
kjIled at Gettysburgl"
~ am the Gen. Barlow who was killed
=. Cettvsburg," said that gentleman.
aAre YOU the Gen. Gordon that killed
,.T am that man, replied Gen. Gordon
The strange coincidence of the meeting
If those two men who had first
vt mon the field of battle, each of
trbom believed the other dead, can better
be imagined than described, as Gen. Cor
5on said in concluding his anecdote.
Cen. Gordon told some amusing anec-
6otes Of Gen. Ewell, the eccentric one
legged general.
THE sTRUGLE OF LEES ARMY.
He then discussed the struggle OF Gen.
Lees army after the battle Of Gettys-
burg to the close of the war. The I'M
bro5en confidence of Lees soldiers in the
infaIIbility of their great commander
was especially dwelt upon.
The story Of their hardships and suffer
tngs and the difficulties under which they
EfTuggled was well told, interspersed
with many anecdotes, both humorous and
nathetic. Illustrating the spirit of the
soldiers during the final scenes of the
strupgle. The story of the Wilderness,
where Fighting Joe'' Hooker, and Stone
wall Jackson, the great military
genius Of the confederacy were wildly
grouped together.
The story of Spottsylyania and the
famous charge of Gen. Winfield
Scott Hancock, the superb, that
"knightliest of soldiers of the fed
ersl army" as Gen. Gordon described
him, was graphically told. This was
the time when Gen. Gordon and his
men forced Gen. Lee, who was about
to lead the attacking column himself, to
go TO the rear.
AT APPOMATToX COURT HOUSE.
Gen. Gordon conducted his hearers
through the gloomy scenes that marked
the close Of the struggle on the part of
Lees army up to the time when Lee and
Grant sat around the same table in the
little house at AppomaJOx Courthouse,
and arranged the terms of the surrender,
of which Gen. Gordon was one
of the few witnesses. The grandeur
and sublimity of Lees character
which upheld him during this final trial
and the magnanimity and true greatness
of mind displayed by Grant were well
described by the speaker.
OF Grant, Gen. Gordon said that he
should be always remem bered by the
southern people, not only for the mag
naminity shown by him to the vanquished
upon the occasion of the surrender, but
for the determination with which
he insisted that these terms
should be observed by the gov
eminent and for the gen
erous attitude which he maintained
toward his former foes.
Gen. GOrdon's description of the meet
ing between Lee and Grant is perhaps the
best Of his whole lecture. His conclusion
was most eloquent. He said that the
blood shed by the heroes of the north and
the south had forever cemented the union
Of states, whose EN- blem is the stars and
stripes, the pride of every citizen of the
republic and his assurance of protection
upon whatever spot upon the globe he
may be cast by fortune.
The applause lasted for some minutes
after Gen. Gordon bad ceased speaking,
and then the audience slowly dispersed
Many Of his hearers were men who had
participated in the stirring and trying
scenes which he so graphically depicted
and to them the lecture was a revival of
powerful and thrilling memories
Gen. Gordon's tributes to the women Of
the south, to Lee and jackson, to Grant.
Hooker and Hancock and to the soldiers
who made generals possible" drew loud
applause, while his many humorous anec-
dotes attracted the laughter Of his
audience.