The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-18
voxrur,r TO ms COMRADEs.
Charles &. Henning trects One 10 f'''''
Soldiers.

Charles G. Henning Erects One TO fio''"'
Soldiers.
AZ my old prison comrade anu 49, -,
NJ Chas. c. Homming, Is goihs - r.
n monument in JacksohNlno -. ~
memory Of the tonieuer"'o -. so-,o
I,iorida thought II might be OF So''o
49,, ~ know something Of the prison
- -, ono who has done 50 much 10 per
,'a,,ato tho glorious memory OF ms com
- en- that the coming generation can
,ooL ar this monument with leeilns
'''',e,,tion and pride for ,he soldiers OIL
the Lost Cause. It'd hin,
Tbarlie Hcmming. as we all called NM
t ~ ns+ivc of Florida. lie cnllsteu III INC
Tackeonville Light Infantry ID 'alu"'
49,. NC captured during ihe haitlt "'
,,i.sio,orv Ridge. sent 20 nashville ln'l
20 rock island prison. i'll. He aril'eH
~. about the 9th OF December l''''
MANY Of the prisoners from the Tar 7'"'"
had ne e. seen snow before, ana on ~
,'oor feltv who did not answer to his
name when called. was iouno L" "e 80
W. al had 10 wait to be searched and as
80 az 90 o,,r barracks. and while waiting
mis- moor fellow froze 20 death. lhls N"'
,ho heqinning Of one Of the coolest WIZ
,ors o,er known in the Northwest. On
January / 1864. II was fOrty-two degrees
h,lo,v zero and many died from cNpoT"i ~
A. mic time I met and knew Chaihe
.I..,,,,,tnc and also found 90 prison H'!
old friends. VIII Rutland. Jesse Fly H''"
p, Uord Of Nashville. and j. j. NC
Innis now Of Meridian, Miss ana we an
booame true friends. These were '"'
limos that tried mems souls for II 'i'''
was any meanncss in man ha,"'' ''
came out. Never will any man VINO N'9
In Rock Island prison forget me haruSnli'
Of that winter over twenty per 'e'''
died. 49, ,,o
short time after we were mr.
commandant. Col. Safner Waii''u q"
know what was going on in the pilSoi. a.
he feared an outbreak so ne 'npu-"' J..
nocessar, for MIN to have spies. lie sent
co.. o. r,,rnhor of prisoners. and told them
# tbev would act and report 10 MN Wial
vas roine on i'm the prison be would re-
80 tborn I'm a reasonable time. our
voung friend Hemming was among the
number. He was only boy then, hut
v,bon the propositiCn was made TO him he
declined so firmly and became so mas
nant that he was put in irons for three
DAVIS. and on bread and water. In pilSoh
and i'm irons he was true 10 ms iIisi''7
and his country. as he is now I'D pros
neritv There was a secret society ih l"e
nrison known as the G.. X. I. NO man
corld heroine n member that had eyer
minated i'm any way that he would ne
disloval to the South. This organization
was for the purpose OF protection against
any oath-takers who We're reporting 10
hondquarters and having men nlnianeh
ANY ono that was "a member of the organ
ization Will know what it is. ana apire-
/ ciate what good it ala. We planned many
| ways OF escape. tunnels were aug Out We
were not very successful.
one night Charlie Hcmming. John Nc
Innis and met under an old tree and had
a long talk. / babe them goodbye and
! did not believe I would ever see them
again. They had been a long time trying
| 10 get two blue uniforms. and wncf ~
| last they succeeded. they arranged % pass
out with the detail MS guards, the next
| morning. which they did. They went over
| 10 Rock Island city and there they found
| some friends who gave them money and
! citizens clothing. From there they went
TO Canada and reported 10 the Hon. Jacoi
! Thompson. the Confederate Commissioner
| lie assigned them to the secret service ir
! Canada. This WIS about the 2,th of
! September. 1864. Some time during th'
/ next month our mutual friend. VII
! Rutland made his escape. He went oui
as "a doctor with his book under his arm
! lie soon Joined Icmmine I'm Canada. and
! they were in an the raids that were made
! from Canada into the border States They
| kept q force Of perhaps thirty or forty
| thousand 10 guard the Canadian frontier
] Hcmmng was sent into this country Will
! capt. BcaH. who was captured az Niaear'
/ Falls. tried and hanged at Governors ISL
and. New York barber. Hcmming. after
many adventures. got back 10 Canada, ano
! Col. Thompson then sent him South viii
| important dispatches for the government
| lie had TO 20 10 Nassau. then 20 Cuba
| and landing on ;he coast OF Florida iu thu
| wilderness had 10 walk most If the way
TO Richmond. Arriving there. he dclivefc,
! his dispatches. and was thanked by Prcsi
| dent Davis for his perseverance. he re-
Joined his regiment not long before the
| surrender. lie returned 20 HIS home if
Florida. honorcd and respected by an hi
comrades. Then he went 70 Texas. start
| Cd 20 work I'm Galveston. from there Do
went 10 Brcnham. whore he engaged 10
The dry goods business and was quite sue
cessful. From there To GAINESVILLE. where
he started I'm the banking business. Nam
years ago ne told mo that IL Dc succeeded
| IN making money he would erect monu
ment 10 his comrades. as II had Away.
been the dream Of his life. There WI.
never a more noble generous or higher
toned man than Charlie Hcmming love,
| and respected by an who know him
| Joshua Brown. IN Confederate Veteran.