The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-05-13
SOLDIER BROTHERS.
TEN BRAVE BROTHERS WERE TO THE
WAR FROM CLARKE COUNTY.
General Lees Letter to the Mother-The
Country Could Not Spare "a Man-Other
Instances of Brothers in the War;

AtnenS, ia, May f.-VopeCldl.) lew
days ago The Constitution published let
ter which Chancellor Boggs received from
Professor Charles s. Venable. of the Uni
versity of Virginia, asking that inquiry be
made for the namo of the lady who wrote
General Lee from Clarke county asking
that one of her ten sons be allowed to come
home and make a crop for her husband and
herself. Professor Venable desires to pre-
serve this name as an instance of the tidell-
ty of southern womanhood to he cause OF
the confederacy
The letter has already found answer
through Miss Anna Gean, granddaughter
of this old lady. who furnished the Hollow
ing bit of family history:
Mr.. James Il. Bore and his wife. Mildred
Bone. lived in 1860 in Clarke county. There
had been born to them twenty-three chill
dren, sixteen of whom had lived to man
hood and womanhood-ten sons ana SIN
daughters.
When the war broke out the brave and
loyal mother bucked on the swords or her
ten sons and sent them all out 10 hght 1ol
Dixie. These sons were Hardeman, iona
than, James. Sanders. George. Clark, 10
seph. William, Matthew and Willis. They
were all in the Army of Northern Nlr-
ginia and fought through the war. clark
was wounded and afterwards died from
the effects of his wounds. George died of
survive-Hardeman Bone. of orsyth; Will
lis Bone, of Kentucky; William Bone, OF
Harmony Grove. and James Bone, of Bar
nett Shoals.
On April Z. 1863, being hard pressed for
the necessities of life Mrs. Bone wrote
General Lee letter asking that one of
her sons be sent home to make a crop. TO
this letter General Lee replied The fol-
lowing is a copy of the reply, taken from
the original, now in possession Of Miss Dor
cas- Bone. of this city, a sister of the ten
brothers.:
Headquarters Amy of Northern Vir-
ginia April IS lS63-Mrs Mildred Bone
Athens, Ga.-Dear Madame: Your letter of
the 9Th instant asking the discharge on fur
Tough OF one of Your sons has been TeCeiV-
ed. You have set noble example in devot-
ing your ten sons TO the service OF the
country and in encouraging them to de-
TEND thir homes. We need every good sol
der We have in the army. II we allowed
all to return who are needed at home we
should soon have no country and no homes
! sympathi2e with you in your anXieties
and privatiOns. but trust your kind neigh
boris in the patriotic state of Georgia will
not permit you to want while your brave
sons are doing their duty nanfully against
the enemy. | am very respectfully your
"R. E. LEE General"
This letter Of General Lee is preserved
as priceless legacy of the days that are
gone
This letter of inquiry has developed other
facts of interest on the same line. Wiley
Thornton and his wife. Harriet H. Thorn
ton, sent from Clarke county to the army
of Northern Virginia three sons and TO
the Army of the West seven sons, making
ten in all. The three who went to Virginia
were Wiley y. Thornton. still living in Ath-
ems; Atlas NJ. Thornton and Benjamin t.
Thornton. The seven brothers who went 20
the Army o. the West Were Judson, Gar
land A., Macon H.. David H. Malon H. Ma
rion c. ana Cncinnatus +. Thornton.
There We're twelve Elder brothers. Ten
Of them went to the war in the Clarke Ri
lies and two in the Johnson Guards These
were Andrew j., David NJ, David s.,
Doctor T., Joshua r. Dawson j.. W. JO-
seph.. Joseph c.. e. c.. w NJ. W. a. and
j. H. Elder Two Of these soldiers wsre
Killed ald several wounded. :
Seven Bradberry brothers went out from
Clarke county TO fight for Dixie They
We're &. 6. BTadberry. r. ". BradbeTry,
John NJ Bradberry Joseph T. Bradbcrry
j. Y. Bradberry and j. w. Bradberry The,
first four of these were killed during the
war. II is said that the bullet that killed
john NJ. Brddberry passed through his hip
ana wounded his brother J. V. Bradberry.
There were six Hemrck brothers from
Clarke county in the war three of them in
the command OF Major w. S. Grady faith
er Of Henry w Grady. These were Henry
Hemrich. David Hemrick, William Hem
rex. Charles Hemrick Aleck Hemrick and
Levi j. Hcmrick Messrs David and Levi
Heinrich still live in Clarke county.
il is TO be doubted whether any county in
the cOnfercdate states furnished more sol
diers from as few families as these in
stances record.
lt amply demonstrates beyond poradven-
turc the situation that confronted the south,
when every available man was sent to
the front 10 night for the rights of his
country.