The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
ONE BULLET TRAGEDIES.
NOT A GRANDsos OF JEFFERSON
DAVIS.

takes in the Names of Prominent
sOIdiers-Braye Soldiers Helped by
Their War RecOrds-OtheT Matters
of General Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla. Feb H.
"A recnt writer has given the public an
interesting article on The One-Bullet
( Tragedies" of the battlefield. and from
ii people not familiar with warfare, an
cient as well as modern, can readily see
! that the open field of CONFLICT is not The
most dangerous place. During the Indian
wars in Georgia and Florida, as well as
in the Mexican war, it was the secreted
sharpshooters, firing from behind trees
and bushes or from buildings. who did
deadly work. In the Santiago campaign.
as in the Philippines, the tree-tops We're
! also utilizedt and many a gallant officer
and soldier met his death from these Sc
cluded foemen. During the Civil War
! tehre were many notable cases of deaths
of prominent officers from 'one-buliet"
shapshooters, but in most cases the hiring
was done. in a more open manner. The
| case of Mai. Gen. Hiram G.. Berrey of
Rockland. Me, was quite similar to Cen
| Iawton's. He was a born solder, won
piOAAitAiotls anu. tAhNt A~d "Ao7ss NAP~~t
cd death on the battlefield. He fell a vic
| tim TO the "one- bullet mode of warfare.
The report that a grandson of jefferson
Davis is in the Transvaal war has no
| foundation in fact. Young Wood, 10
whom reference is made, is a grandson of
Coi.John Taylor Wood who commanded the
| C. s. n. war steamer Tallahassee, former
| ly the Atlanta He was a son of Surgeon
| General Robert c. Wood L. S. A, and
married a daughter of Gen. Zachary
1 Taylor. L. S. A, as did jefferson Davis
when he married IS first wife. This is
the only tie of relationship between the
Woods and the Davis family Young
Wood comes of good old fighting stock
on both his grandfatheTs and his grand
| omther's side. Col. Wood was with Presi-
denI Davis when he was captured in Geor-
gia. having accompanied the party from
Richmond 1t is claimed by some Confed-
crate historians-but without foundation
that the last Confederate cabinet meet
ing or council was held lin Col Wood
| house at Greensboro, n. c. After the
capture of President Davis took place, Col.
| Wood escaped down the Florida East
Coast to Halifax. Nova Scotia, where he
continued to reside.
The Daughters of the American Revolu-
| ton in Atlanta have honored themselves
no less than their Empire Slate OF the
South In naming their new chapter Tor
Joseph Habersham, one of Georgia 8 most
gallant soldiers and sterling patriots IN
the revolutionary period. Mrs William
La wson Peel, the regent, is noble repre-
sent a tive of that same class. AS the
daughter of the lamented Gen. Phil Cook
of Americas, she traces her ancestry back
through Mai. Phil Cook to the heroes and
patriots who stood shoulder 10 shoulder
with Mai. Joseph Habersham in the trouD-
| lous 'Tirnes that tried mems souls" and
put their powers of endurance to the full
should feel inStIX
proud of this high honor to one of her
early heroes, as the names of Mrs. Peer S
| associates are those of the best women
! in the ranks of Georgias patriotic daugh-
! tiers.
Confederate veterans ought not to com
| plain that their claims are not properly
respected at Washington, since we have
| become reunited people. In our regular
army can be found the sons of Gen. Fitz
| Lee, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Gen. NJ. G.
Butler Gen. A. c. Darlington, Gen. Robert
H Anderson. Cen johnson Haygood, Gen.
| Marcus J. Wright, Gen. b. H. Robertson
and others, while in the volunteer service
sons of Gen j. b. Gordon, Gen. B. Frank
| Chea than, Gen. A. r. Lawton and others
| have held or now hold conspicuous posi-
| tons. With only one exception, so far as
| | know, these young officers have made
| notable records for gallantry on the field.
Butler, Hagood Anderson. Wheeler, Lee,
Cheatham and Lawton bear their honored
| fathers names in full.
/ notice that Mrs. (Gen.) Edwin G. Lee,
IN her History of the United States
refers to Gen. ]. A. Longstreet. 1t is IA
| singular fact that many writer's insist
upon giving Gen. James Longstreet a mid
die name Sometimes the initial is G.,
| that of his son, John G.; sometimes it is
| A. and again l.. is used. The same il
true in regard to Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
the letter H. being often used for his
supposed middle name. Gen. Albert Sid
ney Johnstons name is often given Sgd
ney, although that style of spelling ap-
pies only to the name of the distinguishes
| ia Their of Gen. Fitz Lee. who was Capt.
! Sydney Smith Lee, a gallant Officer botn
in the United States navy and later in
the navy of the Confederate States
The value of a good military record in
active service was strikingly illustrated
at the recent banquet of the Loyal Le-
glon in New York city. The son OF Mai
Gen. Edward L. Molineux, T. S. v, was
then on trial for murder, and when Brig.
Gen. Horatio c. King, L. s. v, in re-
| spending to a toast, paid a deserved tri-
butte to the heroic conduct of Gen. Mo
lineux and his Command ON the field of hat
| tie, the entire party rose from the BAN
qUet board and cheered Justify. Not only
this. but Gen. King was compelled to re-
peat mis- tribute before the party became
seated again. So marked was this event
!
ltneux jury in the sons cese, he halted
| them and added word of warning abo 1T
| their faithful discharge of duty, and told
| them Gen. Molineu-, was not on trial
Ct.der the circumstances, it Yves timely
and needed warning.
How often. in financial distress, in
search of Office or employment, or when
convicted of crime, as some are. does a
| brave soldiers war record help him out
| Not a few officers in the regular army
have been saved from a verdict OF dis
missal by presidential clemency based
upon their former gallant service and
| good conduct. Two-thirds of the influence
in favor of young Molineux of New York.
now a convicted murderer, comes from
! sympathy for his venerable father, a SOL
der in the > rmy of the Potomac whose
| career was marked by high order of
value and patriotism. The recent cases of
Dewey in the navy, and Lawton. in the
| army, are marked instances of a nation 5
| gratitude TO her noble defenders, and
prove to the world that hero worship is
| on the increase rather than suffering a