The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-10
TWO WAR STORIES.
As Told by Two Famous Veterans at
Long Island.

Yesterday.
For the last few days the air of Port
land harbor has been fairly teeming
with the tales of the great rebellion from
the reminiscent lips of the old veterans
who have gathered at their annul reun-
ions in their regimental club houses.
What pity that all these stories as
they issue forth in..select circles of old
comrades and pass out into the surroud
ing atmosphere in ever diminishing
waves of sound couldn't be somehow
preserved in some great monograph of
nature, to be given forth hereafter for
the benefit and amusement of posterity.
In one circle of story telling veterans
yesterday were General Geo. L. Beal of
Norway, state treasurer, DIR. W. W. Bland
of Pottsyille, Pennsylvania; General
Schuyler Hamilton of New York, and
Others. They were talking about the
intense hostility displayed by the south
ern women towards. the federal troops,
and General Hamilton told the follow
ing story:
1t was when he was in command in
Mississippi, that he saw this singular
instance OF the feminine hatred for a
northern man. He was invited to call at
wealthy southern home, and noticed
that the daughter of the house was a
singularly beautiful girl of about IS
years of age. He was accompanied by a
young man, one of his staff, who was
soon talking with the, young girl.
Later the young man came to the GEN
eral and whispered, "That girl has a
ring on her flyer that she says was made
from the thigh bone of Yankee killed
atiBull Run. The ring is ceruinly made
of bone,n he added General Hamilton
called tnesgirl's mother Immediately and
told her. to shut that girl up or get her
out of the way quick, for.if she was in
clined to talk about that ring and If his
soldiers knew that she was wearing
such a ring they wouldn't leave one
stone of the house standing upon an
other.
Later General Hamilton asked the
| girls mother to send, servant to get
him a drink of water. The woman
looked at him and said: cannot un-
derstand how federal officer can ask a
| southern woman to get him a drink of
water and not expect it to be poisoned.
Again she made this remarkable state
ment, and she meant it. The General
replied: Madam, if you were to get the
water for me I might not expect to
| drink it with immpunity; but no wom-
an of that race (pointing to the colored
servant), will ever do harm to federal
| officer.n
| The southern woman was silenced.
But how did it happen that General
Schuyler Hamilton of New York was
at Long Island yesterday? He has been
stopping at Old Orchard and the veter-
ans learned or it, and went out and
brought him over. He is grandson
of Alexander Hamilton, is retired offic-
er of the regular sarmy, and served
through the war with distinguished rec
| ord, rising to the rank of,major general.
| He was born in New York city in 1922,
graduated at West Point in 1871, was on
| duty onsthe western plains, served with
honor i'll the Mexican war. being brevet :
ted for gallantry at Monterey, as aide-de-
camp to General Winfield Scott from al
to 81, volunteered as a private in the
Seventh New York at the beginning of
the civil war, and was made major
general in September, 1862.
DR.. D. W. Bland was at Long Island
yesterday, because b 9 had been stopping
at the OTTAWA House the past week. He
was a famous army surgeon through tn G
war, and his Pennsylvania regiment was
| brigaded with the Fifth MAINE. He be-
| came acquainted with many, Maine offic-
ers. He told the following anecdote yes
| terday of Colonel Jackson of the Fifth
| Maine. The Colonel was very rough,
| loud-spoken and profane man. In fact
he was SO profane that.he was somewhat
| notorious, and the chaplain of the regi-
ment and others desired to do some
thing to combat the influence OF his
profanity andscall his attention to the I'M
desirability of it.
But no one dared approach him on the
subject. At last the chaplain of the
10th New York undertook the fearsome
| task. He went to the Colonel's tent and
scrathed on the canvas He heard a
stentorian voice exclaim, "Who the hi
| is there now?"
The orderly replied that it was a
| stranger who wanted to see him.
"Show him in" roared the colonel.
| The chaplain entered, and noting bis
dress the Colonel said, odd glad to
see you, Chaplain, set down."
The Chaplain sat down, cleared his
throat, and said that the chaplains OF
the regiments were trying to push for
| ward movement for the moral uplift-
ing of.Ghersoldiers, and wanted to know
if there was any objection to their lab
oring among those of the Fifth Maine.
| We'll don't know as there is" said
the Colonel, "rreach as much as you
| d-n please" a.
| The Chaplain continued that they had
| been very successful. and had already
haptised five soldiers of the 10Th New
! York.
| Corporal. roared the Colonel so loud
| ly and suddenly that the cha plain
iI,p,pad HDataiI 81 man m bo