The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-30
stories Of the Grant Parade.

When Gen. John B. Gordon left the
Windsor hotel to enter a carriage or his
way to do his share in reviewing the pa
rade fourteen or fifteen negroes, men of
over 60 years most of them, gathered about
him and with barred heads stopped him
and asked to be allowed to shake hands,
says the New York Sun. The general was
on crutches and on one side of his face
was a scar received in battle. The ne
groes extended their hands one at a time
and each one had something to say:
Lord, you remembah me, gineral?''
one asked. Il seen you at Richmond"
And another: Il was at Petersburg
gineral, and I'd powerfully like TO shake
your hand"
"Gineral," a third said, 81 never seen
you, but l was at Atlanta, and hearn
tell a lot of you; yes, sah."
A member of the Richmond Blues, when
asked why they had come up to do honor
to the man that had defeated them, re-
Piled:
1T wasn't so much that as it was that
we wanted to show that Seventh Regi-
ment of yours what a noe cake eater looks
like when he's dressed up
There stood on a long board, supported
by tive barrels, three negroes black as
the ace of spades. Two of them were in
overalls; the third had made a slight at
tempt at dressing up and wore a pair of
mouse colored trousers below a Jumper
The board went under them slightly and
was just bit springy. The wind seemed
to blow down and up the drive at the
same time and they had got pretty cold
when something came along which was as
good is hot coffee to them. 1t was a
band, and it was playing "Dixey." 1t was
Just what they wanted, and in a second
three civ
would nave been credit to a finished
minstrel performer The board bent and
creaked under them and the barrels were
momentarily in danger of giving from un.
der them, but the dancers kept on unmind.
ful, clapping their hands to the tune OF
the music until the band was out of hear.
ing and they had to stop.
In the carriage with Gen. Gordon saws
the New York Times, there was a wrea tn
or eVergreens and roses with crossed
swords and an inscription in scarlet BIOS
SONS, From Sons of Confederates." AS
Gen. Gordon was driven to his place on
the boulevard, he was recognized by the
Grand Army of the Republic men ranged
along the sidewalks and by those march
ing in the line and was loudly cheered
during the long wait until the time to fall
IN with the procession the carriage was
visited by hundreds of Grand Army of the
hepuDllc men and officers and by all the
sons of confederates and many southern
and northern citizens. The greetings be.
tween Gen. Gordon and his former antag-
onists were especially cordial. Many a
union veteran. stepped up. shook hands
and said:
I've seen you before, general, when
wasn't so glad to see you"
The Scared and crippled ex-confedera te
commander always laughed at these greet.
ings. and usually answered:
wei, we gave you the best we had ir
| the shop
That's right; you certainly did; but
We're glad to see you here now" was the
invariable answer.
Gen. Gordon is suffering from a badly
| burned foot, the result of a recent acct
dent, and had his crutches in the carriage
| with him. But for this fact, he said. he
would have been on a horse in the lin:
! with Gems. Longstreet and Buckner. Gen
| Wade Hampton, the next ranking con
! federate general after Gordon and Long
| street. would have been here, Gen Cor
| don said, but for a serious illness. Gen
Gordon himself was in the west, but came
east especially to take part in yesterday.
| ceremonies