The morning news., 1897-08-29
THANKFUL FOR BEING SHOT.
FEDERAL OFFICER At GETTYS-
BURG THOU GIT TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED THESE THIRTY
YEARS.

He Ever Killed in the War-His
Dead Foeman Is Very Much Alive.
VIII Xisit Mr TheuS This Winter
cro.,frt far uetug shot
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r1t-t ..r. ~ H. .rsa,s, accidentally as-
oer,,.of,,- ,s,... tf. dead soldier is a real
i've business man. I|ily abreast o- '-e
times. and doing thriving commission
business .- The -itv of Cincinnati. They
e-.,f. ..,7 -tr.r.,. -, .s,,
ar '-0" anu
the yankee IS under sra'alul opl-auohs %
the confederate for shooting him down
on The d,l5 -bas second day at Gettys5urg.
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next aay h-h-HS was Oh eucA HeIle
and furious nature as to cause nearly all
q y
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10 deaih or the storm OF oatte
1T was this way" said Mr. Theus 10 a
Morning News reporter Yesterday Il was
,,-i+t p.-.. yK-~s-h.,. tri.,-t.. ,,.ht-t -...
that gay unaer me command OF Coi. cars
Well of the Forty-eigntn Georgia. We
were making q desperate charge at Get
tvshuro vrben for some reason tbe re-
manner % 'ii9 u''4Slo" H"''Vu' "1'
Wrishts brigade kept on abreast Of the
fury Of the battle storm. with Gen Hunt.
,t,.,.e oe .r..,i,-- 20 .,,.. el.7-r,r ,.,-.. f.,
'- - 90 ''' 40
iront OF us. Nrshts brigade broke
through the lines, capturing all the artl-
1er,- in -reir f-,v,o4t..e front a,,-,s, tbs
canture5 taing Pattar,J u If
tba Fret T5b,7e 7s-,n1 p.gi-
mont of ArtHie~y commanded Iy
7 ia7t =, t-re9 Tr.y.r Au tbis tl,,s
yVrI,I,,s brig,,1e r,es far ~ a,7,-,,,o,. ~
tba rosr n tbs divtslon avav I'M tba
,no,,rtsf4 .si5a an efqbt oe milo sbea5
ana ,tore
s.Rstferv r had heon given tho com
,,a,5 II Tin,ta- r. ~ re,r t,,t ,-fIr,
tbe or5er coi,ld f,. l,..,,t.,i tyri-bt,s nj
pa,7r rea..naJ tbe fo,,r rieb, e,l,ze ~ tbo
Ts+terv ,rba fo,,r Iaf, g'l1s ,,crs rnsbs5
nm no mountain e{se tbr0lty5 a ,,o,, IL, a
up t4lI mountain slac lllousl a sap an ID
stone wall placed quickly IN
battery ana opened hre on
our advancing line, the officer IN
com mand az intervals riding down ~ iront
OF 'ne "a altefy' apparenuE trying to stop
tne infantry VINO hdd peen broken up ln
ths chaIse ana VINO We're streaming
throush theF guns. falins IA TINS, ne
TOOK MS position on the leIt OF the guns
ana continued the hIlng upon our adNane-
ing me. Ihe storm OF the battle grew
thleAer I'D those parts Dut Wright S brl-
gaze fealzihg tnat they Were alone and,
therefore m desperate straits, pushed
lor"a win determined onslaught and IN
a itW moments the remaining -FOUR guns
had been captured
OIheer 7. Fred Brown. mounted on
large roam morse iull OF action with pis-
tol IN MS hand was all the while urging
the hsnt on the federal side, and one Of
our men said 70 me XIII that man with
your next shot. was armed with an En-
Heia rl.e 5I-caliore j ieNeled down on the
uHlcer ana shoi MN ln the neck. He fell
from ms roam horse and ! was assured Of
haNlhs KILLED hlm. Ever since the war
nave ueen telling this story and saying
that this man was the only yankee / was