The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-26

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their voices, Come on. You brave Ank
come on He. did come, WAS. taken by
the hand and pulled ov S. me sFs sna
nc was not even scratched q hundred
Texans .wrung his hand ard conEratG-
f @ssa hm upon b hts mara rrs"'I nsms S wa
| Thomas j. Higgins. coior.Dcare- OF the
Ninety-ninth Illirois lnfan;sy.
1t was not an infrequent occurrence for
battlefield: even for brother to meet
brother and father. 20 NEE; son in ,tae
the iaoonic order Of General Taylor. y aca.
at the battle OF Buena Vista. ~ i.tle
army of 500 American soldiers was Al,
most swallowed up by an army Of la'''
Mcxicans, he called TO young artillery.
officer. "A LITTLE more grape Mr.. brAss
That young man. seventeen years later.
was General BraNfon BraSs. TIE COM
nander OF the Confederate army al the
bloody battle Of chicklnAusa. His first
lieutenant at nnena Vista. VINO served afS
guns with so inuch efficiency. seventeen
years later was Major General G-Orce u.
Thomas, this commander of thr Jr'eu
army at Ch;ekanausa. the seconf u ~
tenant OF the sam battery az lsAsnA VISTA
was Lieutenant General u. X. Nll. tNe
second 10 command Of III confedc r'ai e
army at the same hattie THESE inrn We're
not animated ~ any feelings " personal
animoSity. hut prompted 4lrue ty The
hshss, convictions % patriotism. sach
OF the many sal incidents OF thai great
struggle OF which have read. ne = a.-
deSt and most pathetic occurred ~ m.
re-,apflrc Of Galveston ~ the Clrf'l- .
erat,s. January / iSa. In The Jr!tel
States army prior 10 the war was N4loy
\. NJ. Lea. the same for whom the ia'vn
OF Albert Lea. IN Minnesota. was na'n .
At the outbreak Of tiir war Ne hal a rctle
son who had graduated ~ the naval
academy, ani vas a rn'dshipnan N ias
responderce. each followed thu conticiiors
Of his own cons ,te.ce--thA father ces'-ns j
and rendered his services 10 the spN'Aefn
and the son remained IN lie Union u@yy.
Aifar tne beginning Of aostil4,.e< tDer
heard roth!ng from eaca Other. ana re.-
Tier know whore the otaer was \; me
attack on Galveston hy Tho tOnir-erat-s
Colonel \. VI Leo was among The hoari-
ms party aboard tne steamboat i.lyoi
CITY. and a. she ran alongside the Ii-iits
States steamship Harriet Lane h--r ri.ie-
men poured several yol.rys Of 'n1sket-y
into hey. and when Tho Beycu Cry ran
Ter Prov INTO T." wheel house .; the
Lane ani sr1ppie3 on 20 her ine Cont cl-
crates boarded the Lane aGl soon oyef-
powered her crew Wher. Colonel liza
stepped uron the Deck Of The Harriet
Lam. inc hrs. ob,Act which me. h. ,ye
:allY wounded He liitet Ms heac . rem
ne- MIN such assistance as Vas in his
power. who. h= recognized the features
of his nohie boy. The son i've! uuf = I-'g
minutes after the recognition ana ak
qirel IN hts fathers arms Commodore
Wainwright. the colnranG"r Of the Hnr-
ret Lal. vas also killed IN ina same
action md he ami I.ieut"rant Lea were
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