The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
)NE BULLET TRAGEDIES.
AND OTHER MATTERS RELATIVE
TO SOLDIERS.

Making Old Age Homes in Florida.
Tributes Paid to Private Sam
Davis-Other Matters of Special
Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland Fla, April 2s
Maj. Gen. Evander McIver Law of Bar
tow, commander Of the Florida Division
| United Confederate Veterans, has an
nounced his staff, and considerable sur
prise is created by the appointment of
Hon. ]. f. Welborne OF Sanford, as judge
advocate general, he being Northern man
who came South since the war. and there
fore never was Confederate soldier
For the first time in its history. which
/ covers over thirty yesrs. the Society of the
Army of the Potomac comes South to Ii
it annual meeting. Fredericksburg, Va,
is the place and May % the opening d y
with Maj. Gen. Daniel FIX Sickles. United
| States army Geured), as the orator. One
object of the meeting at that historic point
is to promote the great scheme for a ra-
| tional military park to cover all the battle
| fields in the vicinity President Mckinley
and other noted public men from Washing
| ton are expected to be present.
| In the Memorial Flowers" poem print
| ed in last Sundays Morning News, the
| name of Gen. Albert S dney Johnston is
given as "Johns son" and the name of Gen
Robt. Emmett Rodes is given as Rhodes"
| The father of Gen. Rodes was Gen. Da-
| vid RoGes, a distinguished citizen of
| Lynchburg Va. 1t is singular fact that
| Gen. Bradley T. Johnson is often called
Johnston" while Gen. Albert Sidney
| Johnston is called johnson" Gen. Doles
| is an unusual name and is often printed
| ''TOOla - The three generals. A. T.
| Stewart and j. E. B. Stuart
and Geo. II. Stuart, often
| have their names COMPOUNDED. Prominent
writers frequently write A. H. Stevens"
| for A. H. Stephens. DR.. B. F. Stephenson
was tho founder of the Grand Army of
| the Republic and yet in the official re-
cords you find In Florida a Stevenson
post And Gen. o. M. Mitchers name is
| officially printed as Mitchell-two rs in
| stead of one
1T is gratifying to see the press of the
| North, as well as the South, paying trib
ute to brave Sam Davis Of whom 1 wrote
| in my last Sundays letter Even q Q
! Youths Companion of Boston with its half
million readers, has given this famous Con-
| federate spy a very interesting sketch
| which has found its way into ma on
inent religious journals. In my article 1
| simply selected Maj Andre o tie British
army Sam Davis of the Conf derate SER
vice and Private Webs err of the Urion
forces as noted examples of the bravest
and most high minded spies in mod IN
history. 1 might have given Natha
Hale of the American Revolution army as
a companion figure for Maj. DIRE fer he,
too. went to his death in a most heroic and
patriotic manner his only regret, as he
said at the last moment, was that he ha1
but one life to give to his country. This
was over four score years ago, and yet tn
same spirit of heroic loyalty to country in
spires the young soldiers of our army at
the present day.
In INV articles on One Bullet Tragedies"
| I neglect ed to mention that the last gen
| eral officer who tell IN the Civil War was
a victim of this species Of warfaro-Brig
| Gen Frederick Tyler, of the noted Tyler
| family of Virginia, who was in temporary
| command at West Point, Ga. He was
| wounded officer on Leave of absence and
when the Union forces advanced against
| the place he assumed command of mix
| ed crowd of defenders in Fort Tyler. The
battle lasted from near 10 o'clock in the
| morning until after o'clock in the af-
ternoon but Gen. Tyler was killed at 2
| o'clock by a sharpshooters single bullet
| He was a brave soldier and had promised
| the ladies of West Point to defend the
| Confederate flag which they gave him
with his life's blood, and he was the last
| of the heroic Confede ate generals to fall
in defense of the flag of the Lost Cause,
| ad ing one more to the list or victims TO
| Zone Bullet Tragedies.">
The recent death of Lieut.. Col. Henry
| Harnden. of the First Wisconsin Cavalry
| in the Civil War. has brought his name
| into too conspicuous mention in connec-
| tion wi h the capture of Jefferson Davis
| 1t is true that Lieut.. Col H., with de-
tachment Of his regiment, was in pursuit
of President Davis, but the capture was
| made by Lieut.. Col D. Il. Pritchard and
! a detachment of the Fourth Michigan
| Cavalry. During the capture however, the
| Wisconsin detachment and the Michigan
| detachment came into deadly conflict.
| Lieut. Purinton challenged a sergeant in
! command of a squad CT the First Wiscon-
| sin but he ia led to give proper response
and was fired upon as an enemy. Two
| rren were killed in the Michigan cavalry
| and a lieutenant severely wounded, while
| three soldiers were severely woundd IN
tho Wiscor sin squad and several slightly
wounded. Col. Harnden cut no figure in
| the actual capture.
Naval officers who retire from service
and seek a little home domestic comfort
in their last years, have habit of giving
nautical names to their residence places.
| The latest of these Is the new and beauu-
full winter home of Rear Admiral James
e. Jouet1 u. S. N, retired at Orlando,
Fla which is called the ANCHORAGE"
with an anchor over the gateway. This
is a very appropriate name, as the Admit
raj, with his charm ng family after near
| ly twenty-seven years sea service and for
ty-hve in the navy, has found a most de-
lghtful and safe anchorage" in Orlando.
The late Capt. Josiah c. Eaton. also of
the navy, when he came to Maitland some
twenty years ago and made a beautifT
orange grove home on Lake Catherine,
appropriately called 1t THE Sailors
Rest" and in one room he had ham,
mock swung in good old sailor stvle.
A correspondent of the Times-Union and
Citizens, writing from Mariana, Fla. an
nounces the appointment of Miss Elise
Milton as sponsor for Milton Camp OF L.
C. ", and says she is a granddaughter OF
the late Hon. John Milton, who as Cover
nor presided over the state through TIE
entire Civil War" Unfortunately the Of
fetal records show that he had both pre-
decessor and a successor during the war
period Hon. NJ. S, Perry was Governor
TO November, 1861, and Gen a. X. Wilson
Con the deaf Of Gov. Milton was acting
Governor from April 1, 1865 l think Gov
Joseph e. Brown of Georgia was the only
chief magistrate in the Southern states
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