The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
no ZEE 4 srnAvoB MEETING.
mr.. Theus win Entertain the Only Wan re
was sure Ne KILLED. In the CIyIl War.

FROM the Sdpdnnah Morning Ners.
Col. r. Fred Brown Of Cincinnati will shortly
come to Savannah, where he expects to meet,
for the hrst time since the war. a man who
thought no had killed him at Gettysburg. For
more that thirty years Mr.. Simeon Thcus OF
Savannah has boon telling n story of how he
ca o to kill the only Federal who fell in battle
from q wound inflicted by his hand. And after
all these years that same Federal il com 'ng to
Savannah to be a guest OF Mr.. Theus.
There Is n world of interest In the story, which
tells Of MIR. Thens accidentally ascertaininR that
his doad soldier is a ~reallivc business man. fully
abreast OF the times, and doing n thriving COM
mission business in Cincinnati. They nrc now fast
friends, and the Yankee is undor grateful ohli
cations TO the Confederate for shooting him
down on the field that second day at Gcttys.
burg, The reason OF his gr 'titude is because the
noxt days fighting was OF such n fierce and fu.
mand and every officer associ tod with the COM
mnnd to be swept to death by The battle.
porter mts w" n s WAS w wiiiG6 r SSas VI Wri Fnfs' b rG q re.
which WAS that day under the command Of Col.
Cnrswell Of the Forty;eIEhth Georgia. We wcro
for some reason, the remainder of the division
halted, but WEIGHTS brigade kopt on abreast o.
Chief OF Artillery OF the Fe leral Army, in front
Of us. Wright's brigade broke through tho
limos. capturing nil tho rtlllery in their imme-
n OF the First Rhode Island Regiment Of Artii.
lery, commanded Wv Lieut.. y. Fred Brown.
All this time Wright's brigade was far In ad.
vance OF the rest Of the division, away up tho
mountain. an eighth OF q mile ahead and dlone.
.,."Bnttery B Ind hcSn Tiyen Tie command to
be executed wriRht's brigade reached the four
right gums Of the battery. The four left guns
gan In n stone wall. placed quickly in battery
and opened fire on our advancing line, tho OIL.
Ger In commana at Intervals riding down in
the infantry. who Ind been broken up In the
charge, and who wore streaming through. their
guns. Failing in this. he took his position on
the left OF the guns, and continued the. firing
upon our advancing line. The storm of the hat
lie grew thi"k"r in thos. parts. but WriRhts
therefore In desperate straits, pushed forw" I'd
with determined onslaueh,. md in , fow
"Oficcr T. Fred Brown. mounted on a large
roam, horse, full OF action, with . ristol IN his
hand. was all the while urging the drht on the
Federal side. and one OF our men said to me:
XIII that man with your NEXT shot ] was
armed with nm Enfield rife. 50.calibrc. lev.
neck He He tei from ron IS1ise rom "n" horse. q" I was
assured OF having killed him. Ever since the
, T"f III, I have been c !. telling tell ns,t .h T, rtory' md w,s s' vi rs
of having killed during the war.
Not long ago wrote to the Providence tR. l..
this battery. designing to establish the position
Of. our brigade exactly as held in that struggle
Ibid not have the slightest idea Q, nscsrtoinine
been killed by the ball from nv riAc that dow
This was not In my mind MT all. But such In
v stigntton his led to the discovery that m,
man was not killed at al, hut that he is. on III,
contrary. alive. an exc llent gentlemen: and
prosperous business man In Cincinnati"
Col. 7. Fred Brown. who was shot down h.
Mr.. Thcns that day on the battlefield. In rcpl,
to the first letter Of Mr.. Theus said, anon
other things. without knowing he was wr'tinl
to the mon who had shot him: 81 hnd the homo
to be the Lieutenant commanding Browns Bat
terry r. First Rhode Island Artillery, ut the hal
tic Of Gettvshure. Every incident of the charg
| Of Gen. Wright's brigade toward the close Of tn
afternoon Of July 9 stands out in my memory a
| though II were ycst"rday-that is. up to tn
through the neck and fal ling h"ad]onR from
large buckskin horse and left lying inscnsih''
I was trying to withdraw nv battery behind III
stone wall and Mace 1t in line Of the troor
there. NV battery hal been left ont in front {
the lines all the afternoon. expecting to he Gale
upon TO our left 10 helm Gen. SiCklos.
81 nm pleased enough 10 hear from one
those gallant gentlemen in gray whose liz
doomed up so rrimlv in that fnding dayliCh
marching on remo-selv until oblivion cam'."
Litter, when Mr.. Thens made honest %confessio
to his correspondent that he was the man WI
had shot. him that day in battle. tho vetera
IAN the incidents yon describe At perfect
] was mounted on n lnrge what we called bucl
skin. though. excited and covered with swes
and dust. IL was nearer roam, horse. 6ancinr. {
you may say. for he was taken out Of an NH
lance team. and was not nsea to battlefield
BY and by he was shot under me-. and had to
abandoned. Twas furnishing n derringer whic
/ had drawn. trying TO make the mon Dassin
through my battery stop AMI lie down. Just
You describe. II looks very much ns though yc
we're the man to whom I am indebted for n
been my last had I not been shot down, there
no doubt"