The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-11

EWB AND OBSERVER. SUND
MORALLY wounded. He never uttered a
word. or a groan. but lay limp on his
back. his arms extended. one knee up
and clot Of blood on his forehead as
large as a mans fist. He wac lying
within four feet of me. and TINS is the
way | saw him. 10 look at
Wyatt one would take him to be tenacious
Of life: low. but robust in bnld gmleless
open. frank. aggressive.
WAITS body was soon taken off the
field by his comrades who carried him 10
Yorktown the same night. where he die1
He had apparently not recovered con-
ScionSness from The time he was struck.
His body was carried to Richmond the
next day. where he was buried with mill
tary honors from the Reverend Mr.. Dun
cans church.
Camps were named FOR Wyatt during
| the war: his portrait has been placed I'D
the State Library at Raleigh: and ms
| memory as well as that OF the hrst re-
| giment, is pcrpetuated in the inscription.
! First mt Bethel; Last at APPROXIMATION.
i cut upon tn" Confederate monument IN
front If the Capitol.
Henry Lawson Wyatt was y son 81
I>ham and Lucinda Wyatt. OF Tarhoro.
| He was twenty years of age at his
| death. His parents had moved To Tar
| horo in 1886 from Pitt county. though
| hcw as born duringf heir early resi-
! dencC in Richmond. Virginia
| IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTLE OF
B!"rHFL
The Battle of Bethel was but Il small
| affair in itself. if we compare it with til,
sargninary conflicts between vast bodies
! of men of which il was the rrecuISD;'.
| Blt il made Il profound impression upon
! the country, raising the enthusiasm OF
| the South 10 the highest pitch. (dl
| depressing disaffection there, and
| at the same time chilling the
| arlor Of their anniversaries at the North.
| 1t was the cause Gf elimination and re-
! crinpinaton between the Federal officers
engaged and responsible fer it, ati their
several adherents Loud calls We're made
| in the Northern press for The removal on
| General Butler. Notwithstanding the
pacatory assurances in anticipation which
| his official reports contained. Among
J the latter were the declarations that ave
| have gained much more than we hayS
| lost" and that while the advance upon
! the battery and the capture Of II might
| have added eclat to the occasion.
| ii would not have adlso
| to its substantial results. The chief
Of these appears 10 have been that our
! troops have learned 10 have conhdencs
| in themselves under fire" The New
| York Tribune declared that the Presi-
| dent would do well to make peace WITH
| the Confederacy at once, If he was not
| willing to send generals into Virginia
who were up TO their work" The Her
| aid, which sustained General Butler a.
evidently the right man III the right
! place said that the Confederates had
at Bethel six batteries OF 1ified cannon
and sixty-eighf twelve pound howitzers
| and enough men to admit Of the capture
| Uhere or tbereabOutsl OF $4,000 prison.
| ers'' The Charleston IS. c. Courier of
| June 18th contained this by letter
received in this city Yesterday. we learn
! that Il great reaction has taken place
| among the m0neyed men of New York
| and Boston, and that petitions are now
| circulating to be laid before Congress.
asking the peaceful recognition OF the
| Southern Confoderacy and the esta blish-
| ment OF amicable relations by friendly
| treaties The petitions set forth that
| unless the war is brought "a II close very
speedily, New York and Boston arr
| ruined cities
| In the South on the other hand. the
| result was hailed as an autgury OF the
| early TRUMP d Of the COnfederacy, whica
had thus demonstrated its ability TO
| overcome four times its numerical
| strength on the battlefield disIropeP-
| ton almost exactly representing the rel
| ative popula tons of the two sections.
In the Virginia Convention, ON the
18th of June Mr.. Tyler (ex-Presidert or
the United StateS) submitted series ~
| resolutions which We're unaninlO usly
| adopted, eulogisine Magr,lder, Hill and
=! their officers and men for the recent
| brilliant victory at Bethel Church. Nj
Tyler followed the reading OF his reso-
| lutions in speech Of great eloqueulce
| and force. There was, he said, but one
| instance ON the whole page Of HISTORY that
| could be cited as a parallel to the vic
tory at Bethel Church--that WAS the
| battle and the victory Of Buena Vista.
where the gallant Davis, now ous
President. with his Mississippi regi-
ment, and the invincble Bragg. with
his grape and canister, turned the for
tuucS VI bIlc tN9 dHl dh esueulV
OF about five TO one
The Richmond Dispatch said: 1t is
one OF the most extraordinary Victories
in the annals Of war. Four thousand
thoroughly drilled and equipped troops
routed snd driven from the field by
only eleven hundred men. Two hundred
Of the enemy killed. and on our side
but one Life lost. Does not the hand
Of God seem manifest in this thing"
The courage and conduct OF
the noble sons OF the South engaged in
this battle are beyond all praise. They
have crowned the name of their couii-
try with imrerishable lllstre and made
their own names immortal. With cdds
Of four TO one against them. they have
achieved complete victory. putting
their enemy to inglorious flight, and
giving the world brilliar. pledge OF
the manner in which the South can de-
fcnd its fresidcs and affairs"
The Richmond Wing said: The rush.
the dash, the elan OF our boys was.
however. the great and distinguishing
feature of tho a fin IN. Cool ,o,J ,Jnto.c,,ir, Oh