Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-03-15

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When Grant made war be warred
in deadly earnest. 1t was not with
Fin his nature to be wantonlY cruel,
for be was possessed Of kind and
generous heart. hen General
1 Les. trested from Petersburg GeE.
eraf Grant pursued him as relent,
lessly as would a tiger pursue ito
prey; but when the Confederate
soldiers laid down their arms at Ap-
pomattox and acknowledged them
selves defeated, Grants great heart
went out to those stricken men in
all its fulluess. Could there be any
more convincing evidence Of this
mans sublime magnanimity than
that he displayed when he told the
| Confederate soldiers TO take their
horses and 60 home, and with the
aid OF them save their loved ones
from starvation; or when he stood
between their chieftains and the
bowling devils who clamored for
their blood ?
The Confederate Government,
realizing the hopelessness OF bring
ing about an exchange OF the Off.
cers on Morris Island, whose scryi-
ces we're sorely needed in the field
Withdrew the Federal officers from
I Charleston, aud when the fact be-
came known We we're placed on
board two scbooners and towed to
Fort Pulaski, at the mouth Of the
Savannah River.
/ We babe Colonel Hallowell and
l his dusky warriors Of the Fifty
fourth Massachusetts, farewell with.
out any feeling Of bitterness or Of
regret, for, taking oil things into
consideration, with few exceptions,
they had treated us fairly we'll dur.
ing the six weeks we we're their
| guests. The miserable aud insuf.
fcient ration doled out to US was
90 ordered by the commandant Of
the department, aud not by Colo.
mel Hallowoll, and We had reason
later to damn this commandant with
all the bitterness Of our hearts.
THE ARRIVAL At PORT PULASKI.
We arrived at Fort Pulaski 90
the morning after our departure
from Morris Island, aud we're at
once transferred TO tho classmates
Of the fort, several Of which had
been prepared for our accommoda-
ton.
II was a dismal.Iooking place,
and reminded one more Of poni.
Tertiary than q military prison.
The space allotted to US had been
partitioned off by two huge iron
doors or gates, while the embras.
urea we're furnished with iron graf
ings. On a cloudy day these case.
mates were like dungeons, and the
slime stunk as it trickled through
the seams and fishnyes in the walls,
while the surrounding view, as you
played checkers with Your nose
against the crate with your nose,
was anything but enhancing; vast
expanse Of water eastward and a
few struggling aud uninyitlng is
lands by embraced them all.
II was not long after we had Ed.
tered the gloomy portals OF this old
fort when we made discovery which
meant much to us. but how much
we then little realized we're in
the hands Of veteran regiment,
commanded by a Christian soldier.
| A,REGIMENT THAT SUFFERED MUCH.
The One Hundred and Fifty.
seventh New York was raised in
the interior Of the State, and had
left its dead upon many bloody
field. At Gettysburg the regiment
suffered dreadfully, and some time
after that battle it was transferred
to the Department Of the Carolinas
and Georgia, At this time II was
commanded by Colonel p. Z. Brown,
late a professor in a theological sem
mary in that section Of New York
State from whence he came. Those
next in command we're Lieutenant
Colonel Carmichael and Major
Frank Place. Colonel Brown was
a tai, raw boned, loose ointed man
Of about fifty, and, although strict
discinlinarian. he was haloved hv