Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-27
GENERAL HETH GONE,
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ton.
Gee had made a good beginning His
troops had captured more than o.VV prs
oners. including two general oihceis' eN
tlusivo OF large numbers Of the wounueu
and three pieces Of artillery. Heth had
been slightly wounded. General Scales Sc
riously wounded and General Archer
captured. The enemy had been driven
through Gettysburg with great loss anu
General Reynolds, their COMMANDER
killed"
The wound received by General Hem
I'm this days battle prevented MN from
commanding his division on the DAY OF
the great charge at Gettysburg. touI
Of his bTigades Pettigrew s. DAVIS =
Brockenbroughs and Archers) went III
the charge under the command Oh Ie'-
tigrew and won great distinction.
ACQUAINTED WITH GREAT MEN.
General Hetb was a man Of charming
personality, and made friends easily ana
hold them throughout life. At the UNI
yelline i'm 1895 Of the monument TO the
Confederate dead buried AT chicago
General Heth was among the speakers.
lie said that I'm 1852 Grant and himself
happened To be in ST. Louis together
Grant had nothing 10 DO there, ana ne
and Grant played Billiards together
rolled tenpins. and took drinks Heth
mad 10 70 GOWN 10 illH hNAA ttN No VIZ 49,
business. but missed the stage which
went down at 10 o'clock. Upon meeting
Grant he told Grant Of his misfortune. |
OR. said Grant, that makes no difference,
"TH drive YOU down with my iast
horse" After dinner they started, but
on their way their buggy was overturned
and Grant knocked insonsible. HOW
ever. he returned 10 consciousness AFTER
a little while, and persisted on continuing
Al. ffa.4rH
racks, where Heth transacted his busl-
ness. We quote Generai Heth further:
'"The next time l met General Grant
was at AppomattoX General Lee sent
me up TO Grants headquarters on some
business. Grant was very glad 10 see
me. took M by the hand, asked me TO
come into a room, and we had a talk'
and he said: 'Heth, do you remember
when we were last together / SAID;
Yes: at ST. Louis He said: do you
remember how near l came 10 breaking
your neck and miner l said: Grant 1t
would have made very little difference
If you had broken my neck; but l have
wished old man, a thousand times, that
YOU had broken yours.
In the course Of the same speech, Gene
raj Heth described an entertainment
where he was tho guest Of General Burn
side. Burnside invited Grant and Sher-
meet him Grant. however could not
come Il was sitting at the left of Gene
raj Sherman" said Heth, when some
thing was said. whereupOn Sherman re-
marked. "Heth, but you damned rebels
did so and So" "Well" said l, stop
sherman. / think that if there are two
men that should go down on their knees
and thank the Almighty for raising up
tho rebels. those two men are Grant ana
yourself. IL it had not been for the re-
bells you would have been teaching school
yet IN the swamps OF louisiana, ana
Grant would be tanning leather at Gale
ma" O-aughter)
General Heth did not say with what
grace Sherman took this sally; but we
doubt not that Sherman and all present
had a good laugh.
General Heth was quck-witted, candid.
and genial. and the account he gives Of
his conversations with Grant and Sher-
man are true to life.
AS AN OFFICER.
Heth's standing as a soldier in the old
army was very high. and much was ex
pected OF him in the Confederate service.
But for nearly two years the fortunes OF
war placed him in positions where IT was
quite impossible for him 10 win much dis
tinction. His fortunes began TO mend
had In the fullest degree the confidence
Of Lee and the President. Indeed II Is
said that Mr. Davis desired TO make him
a Neutenant-general but that Heth urged
him not TO do so. protesting that he was
not deserving OF higher position than
that Of major general. However. the ac-
cidents OF war placed him In command
OF the division after a. L. Hills death,
and he displayed talents az high order.
OF his GOODNESS and courage, Of his abili-
~ to enlist the enthusiasm Of his men. of
his devotion 10 the Confederate cause,
there was never any doubt lie was also
warm-hearted, companionabe man,
whose friends were legion.
AFTER THE WAR.
Shortly after the close of the civil war
General Heth and General Burnside
who was a particular friend OF his. leased
the Norwood pits. in P0whatan county,
and operated them for some time but
not with great success. They were finally
abandoned.
At another time the General was con-
nected with the National Express Com
pany, OF which General Joseph +. John
ston was the president. and remained
with that corporation until II went out
OF existence. lie continued TO reside IN
Richmond for some time. and next Went
20 Baltimore, I'm which city he became
identified with the American Life Iusu-
rance Company and continued In Its SER
vice for considerable period.
IL was In Baltimore that General Heth
met, for the first time after, the close OF
the civil war, his former classmates al
West Point. Generals Winfield Scott,
Hancock. and Ambrose Burnside. The
meeting is described as being most affect
ing. the Union generals warmly emhrac-
ing General Heth and giving expression
To the warmest friendship and highest
admiration for him.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER.
The insurance business not being con-
genial 10 his tastes. General Heth re-
signed his position In the company. and
went 10 Washington, where through the !
influence OF Generals Hancock and Burn
side. he was rendered the position OF In |
dian Commissioner and. being given his
choice, he was assigned 70 Washington !
Territory. Upon the expiration OF his |
term Of office In this service he became |
an applicant for the position OF one or |
the commissioners Of the Gettysburg |
Battlefield Park, 10 mark the lines OF |
the Confederate and Federal troops on |
that famous field. acre was no vacancy |
on the Gettysburg commission. ana there |
being an available appropriation OF 80 900 |
Tor the Antietam or Sharpsburg Battle /
Field Park stih unexpended. he accepted l
commissionership there.
lie lived quietly In washington with |
MS wife and his daughter Miss Mamie |
hssh' enjoying 90 the last the society |
.e,eein' a1d unfailing friendship OF the \
As.u'ssons colony Of ex-cOnfederafes IA /
eapital city. lie was member OF t!