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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

who had fought one another so jealous
ly for four years. The visitors shared
their rations with the southerners, who
at times upon this last march had lived
upon raw corn.
The historian of the First Maine cav
airy gives the following simple account
of the closing Of the last gap to Lees
retreating army. Evidently the men
engaged little knew the history they
were making:
"No firing could be heard except in
the immediate front of this brigade &C.
II. Smiths), and the men supposed that
was all engaged, and they were merely
holding a road The line in front
grew stronger and came nearer, and
finally came within fair range, when
their men seemed unwilling to advance.
The carbines of this brigade did all that
could be expected and inspired the line
with Il wholesome fear, feeling appar.
emily that they would fight very well
where they were, but would have to
get wonderfully walked up to advance
much, even on that little handful CT
Yankees. The little brigade fought we'll,
losing ground little by little, being
pressed slowly back, the enemy gaining
no advantage sufficient to raise their
spirits to attempt charge, which would
literally have swallowed our brigade up.
Although Outnumbering us ten to
one, the Confederates were worn out,
half starved and wholly discouraged.
Had they fought with their vim of
year before this brigade would hardly
have got sight of the road twas hold.
ing. This could not long continue.
''The brigade, after losing the field,
had already left the road, when an or
derby came riding by, shouting: Keep
up courage, boysl The infantry is COM
ing right along in two columns, black
and white, side by side-a regular
checkerboardp "
The negroes belonged to the Twenty
fifth corps Clusters troops greeted them
with loud hurrahs. 1t was this timely
coming forward of the Federal troops,
white and black swarms, with horsemen
and cannon, which decided the fate OF
the Army of Northern Virginia. In
marching to Appomattox Lee ran into
net formed Ivy Sheridan S squadrons and
battaIions and the net was closed be.
hind him by more squadrons and bat
talions that had been at his heels all
the way from Petersburg His army
was not simply surrounded in stra-
tegic sense, it was rounded up i'll mar
cow space and held there by remorse-
less grip. GEORGE l.. KILMER.
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on Spanish fort A young German Of
the garrison, Lieutenant Halzinger,
leaped the parapets, picked up the flag
and nailed it to the stump of the staff
That fort, the st. Jago, was finally
silenced by the fire of the naval battery
and abandoned.
Scott frequently visited the trenches
to see how the batteries were doing. At
such times he boldly looked over the
ramparts, and, seeing that, the soldiers
did the same.
down, down, menl Don't expose
yourselves, commanded the veteran.
"But, general, you are exposed, . was
the reply.
"Oh," said he, smiling, generals
nowadays can be made out of anybody,
but men cannot be had so easily"
1t was the deeds of the navy after all
that gave spirit to the siege. The day
after the great norther swept the harbor
Captain Tattnall bombarded the town
with his mesquite feet" 1t was an
engagement worthy of the future COM
mander of the ram Merrimac. His fleet
comprised the steamers Spitfre and Vix-
en- and five gunboats under sail. One
schooner was left at anchorage for
blind, and the others were taken in tow
of the steamers which sailed down the
channel ON pretense of going to sea. At
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

forming his troops for battle around APP
pomattox Court House. Sheridan sen
Gordon a demand to surrender.
Gordon answered, "Give my compli
ments to General Sheridan and say
will not surrender.
But General Sheridan will annihi
late you, said the bearer of the sum
mons
81 am perfectly aware of the situa
ton, responded Gordon.
The news that Lee and Grant were
IN communication became general, and
1t was arranged between Gordon and
Sheridan to await events.
AT the very moment that Sheridan
and Gordon patched up their little
truce, Custer was bringing his cavalry
division in hue for charge upon Cor
dOn's men. ''At the head of the horse
men,, says an eyewitness, erode Custer
Custer of the golden locks-his som
brero turned up from his hard bronzed
face, the ends Of his cravat floating over
his shoulders, gold galore spangling his
jacket sleeves a pistol in his boot
jangling spurs Oh his heels and pom
derous claymore swinging at his side--a
wild daredevil Of a general. quick tc
see-e4id act.
AS he is about to strike final blow
his hand is staid and his great sword
drops back again into the scabbard, fol
out of the enemy's lines comes a rider,
bound on bound,' bearing a flag Oh
truce to ask for time to consummate
surrender -
General Gordon describes a thrilling
incident Of that last hour He says that
while his troops and Sheridan s stood
face to face waiting the result of nego
tiations between Grant and Lee, Sheri
dan himself rode forward, attended by
very large staff. Says he: Gas the gen
eral drew near | noticed one of my
sharpshooters drawing his rifle down
upon him. l at once called out: Put
down your gun. This is a flag of trucei
But he simply set it to his shoulder,
drawing a bead on Sheridan, when ]
leaned forward and snatched hold OF
his piece. He struggled with me, but
finally raised it. | loosed it, and he
started 70 aim again. Icaught it again,
when he turned his stern, white face,
all broken with grief and streaming
with tears, up to mine and said, Well,
general, then let him keep on his own
sider'
Within few hours after that the his
toric Sunday closed with a final meet
ing between the officers and soldiers
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first shot down. Corporal Young o.
Company f rushed forward and raised
it from the ground. He was pierced
with many bullets The flag went down
again and was raised by Private Frank
Schultz of Company c.. Schutt raised it
twice after it had been shot down and
said to his colonel that so long as he
lived that flag should not lie in the
dust Corporal Chandler of Company +
received three bullets through his body,
but refused to have bis comrades re-
move him out of danger. He said their
time was too valuable Afterward he
received two more severe wounds, but
survived. After receiving two wounds
III the head and losing finger Private
Leland fired over 20 rounds of cartridges.
Another incident is best told in the
colonel's own words. He said: ga
wounded soldier, after the contest was
nearly over, spoke feebly to me as /
passed and called me by name. 1 paused
and stopped over to hear some dying re-
quest to fond mother or sister, but all
he said was this: Colonel, is the day
ours?' Yes, 1 replied. Then | am
willing to die. He 1eers with the
other heroic dead on that field. -
The losses of the zouaves at Hanover
Court House represented only about 20
per cent of the strength of the regi-
ment, but it was fully 40 per cent of the
number actually engaged in fighting.
The five companies led by Colonel Rice
bore the brunt of the fight. There were
~ killed outright, mortally wounded
and 81 wounded who recovered. 1t was
a bloody baptism of fire.
A month after the battle of Hanover
Court House the regiment fought at
Gaines Mill, losing II killed and NOR
tally wounded; Fl wounded recovered.
At the end of another week the regi-
ment, numbering 800 men, fought at
Malvern Hill. The battle ragged furious
ly for two hours, and the zouaves lost
100 of their number, 2 of them killed
and mortally wounded. The path to
glory was leading many a brave boy
"avenger" to a soldiers grave.
At the second battle of Bull Run,
fought two months after the battle of
Malvern Hill, the Forty fourth num-
bered 148 muskets Again it was posted
in desperate position upon the flank
of its corps. and the zOuaves left half
their number killed and wounded upon
the field.
At the end Of the year the regiment,
strengthened by recruits and the wound
ed men returned to duty, climbed the
stony sides of Little Round Top with
Colonel Strong Vlncent's gallant bri-
gade to seize that position in advance
Of the Confederates, who were rushing
toward it in overwhelming numbers
The story of that desperate struggle is
one of the canoes Of war history. When
the line was formed on the crest of the
mountain, the Forty fourth became sep
arated from the regiment which had
shared its battle fortunes on many a
field, the famous Eighty third Penn
sylvania, a crack fighting regiment of
the keystone State. Feeling that it was
an i'll omen, Colonel Rice said to Vim.
cent, "The Eighty third and Forty
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fourth have always fought side by side,
and wish that they may do the same
today" Colonel Vincent ordered the
regiments to change positions, so as to
bring old comrades shoulder to shout
der.
"For whole hour says Colonel
Rice in his official report, 1.-THE enemy
tried i'll vain to break the lines of the
Fortyfourth and the Eighty-third,
charging again aud again within few
yards of those unfinching troops, but
every charge was repulsed with terrible
slaughter. "
The losses of the Federal regiments
engaged upon Round Top were slight in
comparison with the work done, but
that of the Confederates opposed to
them was frightful. The zouaves num-
bered that day 321 muskets and lost 40
killed. The wounded who recovered
numbered H. Not a man was reported
missing. A little ravine in front of
where the Forty fourth and Eighty
third stood upon the crest Of Little
Round Top is called 1.-The Valley of the
Shadow of Death" Captain Judson
says that upon that ground he counted
40 dead bodies of the enemy within
circle 90 feet i'll circumference. Upon
rock buttressed out into that valley and
casting it's shadow athwart it stands
the monument to "Ellsworth's Aven-
gers. :"
But the battles of the Forty-fourth
were not over; they were in the heat of
it in the Wilderness and at Spottsylva-
mia. Colonel Vincent had been killed
upon Little Round Top Immediately
after assigning the Forty fourth to its
position, and Colonel Rice succeeded
him in command of the brigade. Rice
was mortally wounded on the breast
works at Spottsy lvania while leading his
troops in the desperate attack made by
General Warren's column of picked
men on the 10th of May, 1864. The
regiment served its time out and left
the service with the remarkable death
roll of 1872 killed III battle.
GEORGE l.. KILMER
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the Confederate service.
could not grant further truce, excep
upon the application of the Mexica
governor and commander in chief
Vera Cruz
The day following this correspondent
the American batteries again bombarde
the city all day, inficting awful slaugl
ter upon the town. That night anothe
terrible norther swept over the region
so terrible that soldiers were temporarily
blinded by the clouds of sand drive
into their faces. Then the commander
i'll chief asked for terms. The place
capitulated-that is, the garrison deli,
cred it up to the enemy, but marchoc
out with the honors of war. They
grounded arms outside of their works
Scott's prisoners numbered 5000. FoIl
hundred guns were taken, many {!
them of ancient pattern. These are no.
preserved in Washington as souvenirs O.
the war with the Spaniards.
Owing to revolution in the interiC
of Mexico the Santa Anna gOvernmel
could do nothing for the defense of Il
town of Vera Cruz, and had left it t
its own resources. The garrison consis.
ed of regular soldiers and volunteer
about equally divided. With this sma,
force Vera Cruz, 1.-THE invincible," T.
solved to go down fighting rather tha:
stain with eternal censure her title L
herOism. In the defense 600 Mexica
soldiers shed their blood, and 400 Of IL.
number lost their lives. Mexican a.
counts of the siege stated that betwec
400 and 500 noncombatants persisted j
the beleaguered town. The same q
counts say also that the victors shove
every consideration to the vanQuished
General Worth was appointed COZ
mandant and governor of the captur;
post, and his division went into bivou4,
on a plain one mile from the city lii.
its. The American soldiery and can
followers were ruled by martial Law
but the Mexican laws as between Me
leans were enforced and justice admit.
istered by regular Mexican tribunals
After resting month on the coast Sec
put his army in motion for a wonderfl
march of conquest through the vallt .
of Mexico.
Captain Tattnan was not a strang
to Vera Cruz. He had been there mo,
than ten years before, and, in fact, has
conquered it entirely alone. After t. q
capture Of Santa Anna in Texas the o.
dictator was sent home in Captain Tat
nails vessel. Upon his landing at We
Cruz he was met by mob thirstil
for his blood, for he was very unpol
ular throughout Mexico and the peop.
intended to shoot him. Having been al
prised of this, Tattnall went asho
with him and walked arm in arm q
the main street. After the lesson tn
they had been taught the Mexicans d.
not dare fire upon Uncle Sans repl
sentative. The brave sailor went wit J
Santa Anna to his quarters and sta
with him until strong bodyguard &
his partisans came to the rescue.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
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OF all natural features to defend them
selves against invasion. Vera Cruz was
walled town, and the harbor was
guarded by the strong castle of San
Juan de Ulloa which stood ON an island
half a mile from shore. All the de-
lenses were in charge of skillful artil-
lerists imported from Germany. San
Juan de Ulloa was four sided, bas-
toned work, armed with 1913 guns and
manned by over 200 soldiers.
Before attempting to land at Vera
Cruz the Americans diverted the at
tention of the enemy by blockading its
ports down the coast. That done, feet
of warships and transports carrying
$4,000 land troops appeared i'll the har-
Dor. In order to put the soldiers ashore
as quickly as possible, 60 long boats
had been provided. Two war steamers
and five gunboats stood we'll inshore to
cover the landing. At signal the boats
put off from the ships, and as soon as
they touched the beach the soldiers
leaped ont and lined themselves along
the hills, each regiment by itself rally
Al& dlOun0 llS wv IL nag.
In order to try the Mexican fire, the
steamer Spitfire ran into the harbor and
opened on the town. Every Mexican
gun that bore ON the harbor answered
the shots, and in that way the exact To-
cation of the enemy's batteries was dis
covered.
Soon after the army landed a terrific
norther swept over the harbor and
threatened to destroy the American
navy and transport feet The gunboat
Hunter was sunk, but her crew escaped.
The very next day Scott made formal
demand for the surrender of the town.
This was hotly rejected, and the Next
cans fired several shots in defiance.
Then the American batteries opened,
and a spirited artillery duel took place.
The navy armament with Scott was I'm
der command of Captain Matthew Cal
braith Perry. brother Of the hero Of
Lake Erie, and it might be supposed
that he was not man to forego any of
the dangers or glory of the fight. 1t be-
came evident that the battle would be
narrowed down to long range artillery
combat
Scott had said at the beginning:
"Vera Cruz must be taken with a loss
not exceeding 100 men. For every one
over that number shall regard myself
the murderer. The old hero had been
urged to carry the place by storm, but
he said that would result in horrible
slaughter of all sexes and ages and other
consequences too revolving to think of.
In order to strengthen his batteries
Scott asked for some heavy shell guns
from the fleet. Perry replied, Certain
ly, but must fight themv' Scott plead
ed for the guns, but Perry said firmly,
Wherever the guns go, my officers and
men 60" Perry had his way about it,
and that led to the establishment of the
famous naval battery. To this battery
the guns in the castlesof San Juan de
Ulloa paid special attention throughout
the siege. One day good shot by Lieu
tenant Baldwin carried away flagstaff
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

a favorable turning point Che feet turn
ed its course and instead of going out
side of the bar steamed up within 500
yards of Fort San Juan de UIloa and
lay between that famous castle and
Fort st. Jago. From that position the
shots reached the city. AS soon as the
Mexican gunnGrs i'll the forts got over
their surprise at the Yankees audacity,
they concentrated a fire of shot and
shell upon the unprotected wooden
ships. Their missiles flew fast and furi-
GUS, and the water round the vessels
was churned into foam, but they had
run inside the range Of the Mexican
guns, so that the artillerists, with all
their skill, could scarcely make a shot
tell.
All spectators of this scene were pre-
pared to see every one of the ships sunk,
but only three shots struck the targets.
After bombarding the city one hour
Tatnall received orders from Perry to
withdraw lest all his ships might be
lost, but the ships continued fighting
until a second order came, which was
peremptory. Pausing i'll his work to
read the message, TattnalI exclaimed,
"Ah, this may not make life longer,
tits true, but it makes it good deal
broader -
Following upon this spirited incident,
Perry planned boat attack upon tho
water batteries to be led by himself il
person, but on the day fixed for it the
Mexicans sounded parley on the walls
Immediately after Captain Tattnall'a
attack upon the city the Seitish. French,
Spanish and Prussian consuls asked for
a truce to permit women and children
to withdraw. Scott referred them to Il
notification given by him some days be-
fore when he had sent safeguards to the
foreign consuls in the city, appriscd
them of the dangers that lay before the
noncombatants, and the fact that the
blockade would be left open for consuls
and all neutrals to pass out They h9'l
not taken advantage of his offer, al L
the time set by him having expired he
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

view to surrender but Of gaining
time. He did not mean to surrender I'M
til he should find his pathway obstruct-
ed in front and the whole Federal army
pressing in upon all sides. The very
morning of the surrender he sent Fitz
Lee with his cavalry division and Gen
eral Gordon with the old corps of Stone
wall jackson to fall upon the Federals
on his front and open a road toward
Lynchburg. Gordon actually cut his
way through Sheridan's lines and was
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

A company drilled we'll near Ell
wood, Ind, and plugged it up, refusing
to tell anybody what had been found.
Immediately all the farm lands in the
neighborhcod began to sell at fabulous
figures. We wonder if the company
which plugged the well owned those
farm lands. Whether it did or not,
there's hint in the story of a way to
make money out of farm lands these
hard times. Buffalo Express.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23
PIP O M ATTOX

PPOM ATTOX
gave to the peo-
pie and the ar
mics on both
sides of the lines
a genuine sur
prise. Only eight
days before Lee
had evacuated
the strong works
at Richmond and
Petersburg, de-
stroying stores,
boats, railroads,
rolling stock and
bridges and nuh-
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23
Practical Difference.
a veteran actor said.

The veteran actor said:
"Oh, yes, indeed, you certainly ara
quite mistaken i'll thinking there is >
practical difference between the roma.
tic drama and the realistic. Yes Nov
to illustrate, have been hero in bot
and in both have l gathered the heron
to my bosom. la the romantic drama =
celluloid bosom went; i'll the realistic
drama nothing but linen would go for
. minute. detroit Journal.
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COTT carried
the war into the
heart of Mexico
in 1847 by strik-
ing for the CAPT
tai city. He took
the route fol-
lowed by the
great Spanish
conqueror Cor
ties. The contest
for the right of
way began at the
very outset, for
the Mexicans had
taken advantage
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23

DION Ell ELLIS
WORTH'S trag-
ic death at Alex
andria, Va. , May
"a, 1861, stimu-
lated the war
feeling in the
north quite as
much as the fir
ing upon Sum
ter. 1t belongs to
the history Of the
F or ty-four th
New York volun-
teers, which took
the field as CELLS
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23
A Good Rule.

Have you foot rule you could
spare, Grumpy
Eyes Don't wear tight shoes. DE
troit Free Press.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23
ROUNDING UP OF LEE.
HOW THE CONFEDCRATEs WERE
HEMMED IN AT APPOMATTOX,

Federal Infantry at Their Heels, infantry
and Cavalry to Their Right, Left and
FrOnt-stirring Incidents of the Last
Campaign-The Last to Cross Swords.
Copyright, 1897. by American Press Asso-
citation. Book rights reserved
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-23
IN CORTES' TRACK.
CAPTURE OF VERA CRUZ BY THE
AMERICAN ARMY IN 1a47.
General ScOtt's First Bold Stroke ON Mex
lean SOiI-The Fortified Posts Taken
After Short Siege Gallant Deeds OF
the Navy Fifty Years Ago.

copyright, 1897, by American Press Asso-
citation. Rock rights reserved.I
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A HEROES AVENGERS.
STORY OF THE ELLSWORTH REGI.
MENT-FORTY,FOURTH NEW YORK.

of Colonel Ellsworth - Composed of Pick
ed Men-A Thrilling Battle Record
Glory on Little Round Top.
copyright 1897, by American Press Asso-
citation. Book rights reserved
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-21

1 ,34O,267 bushels, against 1861, 1877
last year, while Atlantic exports are
about double last years, 0,7O5, 2S7 bush
els against 1908, 347 last year, and for
three weeks 9.S19.31S. against 5.1O2. 661
last year, flour included for both years. 1t
is we'll to notice that corn exports con
tinue more than double last years also
in three weeks S,516,544 bushels. against
/ 119,241 last year.
The iron and steel industry is pushing
forward i'll spite of the still unsettled
strike of bituminous coal miners and
the enormous purchases of ore at CIeve-
land, and also of billets at Pittsburg,
show the utmost confidence in the future.
Many additional establishments have be-
gun work during the past week and while
no material change in prices has oc
Cured, the reports indicate fewer conces-
siOns to secure business and Il much
steadier tone. The demand for finished
products has decidedly improved, espe-
cially i'll plates, sheets and bars and in
railway supplies, particularly i'll car aXles.
The sales of ore at Cleveland have
amounted in two weeks to four or five
hundred tons and billets; sales reported at
Pittsburg have been in three weeks
about three hundred thousand tons. This
is tirmer with full consumption and there
is larger business i'll copper, several mil
lion pounds having been taken for export,
raising the price of Lake to liz cents.
The old difficulty remains in the boot
and shoe industry, dealers being unwill-
ing to buy largely at the prices which
manufacturers ask, though during the
past week the only change has been a
slight advance on calf boots
The market for hides at Chicago is
again stronger, prices having advanced
with very narrow transactions and buy
ems are holding off in the belief that
prices have reached the top.
In the wooden business a constant in
crease appears in the number of estab-
lishments at work, and the demand for
goods has much increased
Failures for the week have been 223 in
the United States, against 2S0 last year,
and 30 in Canada, against - last year.
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS.
New York, Aug. 20.-The total bank
clearings in the United States for the
week were $1,139, 7S3,615; per cent in
crease 40.2 Exclusive of New York
S4S5, $50, 51S; per cent increase POI.