St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-29

III country. He said that it would
be hard for the present people of the
North in this day of peace and full
ratlons to believe the real truth of
the conditions of the South in the
War of the Rebellion. He alluded
to the first march of the Southern
army northward into Maryland, and
how they were turned back by Nc
Clellan. He then gave a graphic ac-
count of the second time the army
crossed the Potomac and entered
pennsylvania, and how it was driv-
en- pack. He related an incident of
woman whom he characterized as
the
HEROINE OF THE SUSQUE-l=
HANNA,
and Illustrated the patriotic similar
1ty between the women of the North
and South. The Northern lady had
entertained him and other Confed-
crate soldiers at dinner out of graf
ltude for saving her home, and at
dinner declared her patriotism for
the Union and that she daily prayed
Tor its preservation. He then told
how his own wife had followed him
on his campaign, and even to the
field of battle.
The battle of Gettysburg and the
bravery of Gen. Meade were men
toned, and then he gave an in
stance of the character of Gen.
Meade, who, when war governor of
Georgia, had offered a toast to the
speaker. A Northern man arose
and declared it was too soon after
the war to do so.
He related an incident of the battle
of Gettysburg, in the case of Gen.
Barlow, of New York, whom he left
on the field for dead, and sent
message under a flag of truce to
the generals wife, and had her con-
Quoted within the Confederate lines.
Many years after the war he dined
with Gen. Clarkson in New York.
He met Gen. Barlow there whom
he took to be another Gen. Barlow
who was in the army. The speaker
also had nameSake in the rebel
army who was a cousin. AT the
dinner he asked Gen. Barlow if he
was related to the one he had left
dead on the field at Gettysburg, and
found it to be the same man. Gen.
Barlow asked the speaker if he was
related to the Gen Gordon who was
killed, believing it to be true that
the Gen. Gordon of the Gettysburg
fight had been killed. When it was
mutually learned TINT they y. ere the
identical men who lad net in the
clover field at Gettysburg, a friend
ship was renewed that continued
without any thought of resentment
or renewal of strife.
Many times interesting incidents
were told as the orator went along,
to detail some of the great events of
the war. Through it all he brought
out in strong relief the bravery of
the two conflicting armies. He told
of Grant on the Rapidan, this being
early in the war, when that great
soldier was not so we'll known in the
South as later, He spoke of the
great compliment paid to Grant at
that time by Lee, who said that
Grant
WOULD NOT SURRENDER,
as was popularity believed by the
speaker and others of the Southern
army Lee declared that Grant
would push forward to Spottsyl-
vania court house, as was after
wards demonstrated. 1t was later
that the Southern people learned
that the "U. S." in his name meant
unconditional surrender"
Gen. Gordon told graphically of the
Battle of the Wilderness. The place
where Joe Hooker-Fighting Joe Hook
| er-placed the banner of the Union
upon the summit. The Wilderness,
where that matchless soldier, that
veritable thunderbolt of war, Stonewail
Jackson, fell. The words of Lee al
| that time were recalled, when he said
| on learning that Jackson had lost an
arm, that jackson had only lost his
| left arm, but he had lost the right
arm of his army in the loss of Jack
son. He spoke of the roll of musketry
that lasted twenty-four hours, by day
and night, without a moments cessa-
| ton, and declared it was a roll OF
| musketry that had never been APP
preached.
He spoke of the hecatombs of dead
and how the Union boys had scaled
the breastworks, the sides of which
were slippery with blood. The scenes
around Petersburg during the last win
ter of the war were spoken of. The
stricken condition of the Confederates
and their abject physical impoverish-
ment were related. They were so
starved that the smallest cut on the
hand would result in gangrene. They
were glad to gather for food corn where
Federal soldiers had fed their horses.
Under these conditions the Confeder-
ates, looking into the grave of all their
hopes, still resolved to make another
sacrifice and to still continue the con-
fiict. He declared that it makes no
difference now whether the North was
whipping the South or whether the