The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-10
A WAR "REMINISCENCES
SUCC0RED A REBEL GENERAL ON
THE BATTLE FIELD.

hiHuly SHTcu a. NOW maven 3eneTHh
A Chance Meeting After More Than
Thirty Years in Florida-A Battle Field
at bermuda Hundreds Recalled,
A New Haven gentleman writes as
follows:
Our esteemed fellow citizen and
brave soldier and general, E. S. Greel-
ey, who went to the war as a second
lieutenant and came home a general,
can tell story equal to the one Gen
eral Gordon told in New Haven, but
General Greeley is too modest to tell it
himself, so l tell it for him.
In June, 1864, at Bermuda Hundreds
General Greeley was in command of
the forces directly in front Of Bermuda
Hundreds, and from appearances Cen
eral Greeley thought and decided that
the enemy were massing in his front.
He told the commander of the division
his suspicious, who replied: 81 have so
many of such impressions communicate
NAAN
of them, but General Terry has spoken
so highly to me of you, General Greel-
ey, that l will grant the request you
make, to advance with your command
to see what the enemy are doing and
to see If what you think is true" Gen
eral Greeley at daylight gave his or
ders to advance, and he found, as he
had suspected, that the enemy were in
his front with earth works thrown up.
General Greeley had for a time very
hot fight on his hands, but he dislodg-
ed the enemy, captured their works and
their cannon, and took many prisoners.
AS General Greeley passed over the
ground among the dead and wounded
he noticed rebel officer lying on the
ground badly wounded. General Greel-
ey stopped and asked the wounded Off
Ger if he was badly hurt. The wound
ed man replied that he was and that
he thought he was done for" Cen
eral Greeley gave him a drink from his
canteen, and ordered four of his mea
to take the wounded officer to the rear
and have him cared for. The men put
the wounded officer in blanket, each
of them taking hold of a corner of it
cillu CdIIlCo tllC WOullucu OlllCCI " lti0
rear, where he was cared for. The oc-
currence soon passed from General
Greeley's mind amid the many exciting
events of those days.
Some two years ago General Greeley
was in St. Augustine, Fla, and by in
vitation of Mr. F'lagler, the owner of
those magnificent hotels at st. Angus
tine, he was invited on board Mr.. Flag
lers yacht to witness a race in the har-
Dor of st. Augustine. On General
Greeley's boarding the yacht he noticed
a. fine looking gentleman of command
ing appearance fix his eyes unon him.
General Greeley turned toward the gen.
tleman and caught his gaze, which was
so intent that it annoyed General
Greeley. Finally General Greeley ask
ed friend who that gentleman (point
ing to the strangely was. The friend
replied: "Why, that is General Walk
er, one of our most respected citizens.
I will present you to him" Immediate
" after being presented General Walk
er said General Greeley's countenance
seemed familiar to him and he began
to question General Greeley as to his
service in the late war, and asked him
if he was in the battle in front of Ber-
muda Hundreds, June 16, 1854 General
Greeley replied that he should think he
was; that he brought on that fight.
General Walker then asked him if he
gave wounded officer a drink from
his canteen and sent him to the rear.
General Greeley, on reflection, recalled
that he did recollect having done so,
and General Walker replied, 1T am that
officer" and showed his wooden leg,
which he lost in that engagement OF
course the two became fast friends
while General Greeley remained in
Florida
Such occasions ought to be published
and put into enduring form for genera
lions yet unborn to read. We all know
how interesting are and have been for
generations the stories of the War of
the Revolutions; and so it is with regard
to the great civil war.
General Greeley, as have said, is too
modest to tell of this himself, so I tell
it of him; and General Greeley deserves
to be governor of the state of Connecti-
cut.
ANOTHER WAR "REMINISCENCES
Among the "reminiscences of the late
war, also of local interest, is the follow
ing: The brave Confederate, General
Gordon, during his late visit to New
Haven mentioned the fact of his saw
ing the life of the brave Union officer,
General Slocum; of his sending by a
flag of truce for the wife of said Cen
eral Slocum, who was at General
Meade's headquarters, and how, under
the flag of truce, Mrs. Slocum went
into the rebel lines and nursed her
wounded husband. On their return to
New York General and Mrs. Slocum
stopped at their accustomed hosiery,
the famous Brevoort house, one of the
proprietors of which was our respected
townsman, Mr.. Theodore Hagaman,
and to whom Mrs. Slocum presented
the bullet which caused the wound of
General Slocum, which bullet Mr.. Hag-
aman has now in his possession.
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