The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-27
ECHO OF GREAT STRUGGLE.
SOUTH SEATTLE woNAN's RELIC
OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Preserves with sacred Care Cher
ry Tree tnder which Her Hes-
hand Then . Confederate Cap
tain, Net Death From rnien ballet

In south Seattle. the pretty and thirty
ing suburb south Of this city. lives a
woman. to shon a certain cherry tree
Is the dearest thirE on earth There Is
a singe OF romance In the story that deats
with the civil war. and brings TO mind
one ~ The many awful struggles o. that
terrible conflict
The tree which is so dear 20 this worn
an. Is simply an ordinary cherry tree.
Long age. not less than fofty-sight years.
Il was planted In the trent yard % the
home of It's present owner. which vas
then In the state Of Tennessee few
years previous 10 the breaking out OF he's
jllties between sthe North and the south.
When war actually began. this woman's
husband entered the Confederate army
as a captain In one Of the Tennessee regs-
ments
she was then a young woman OF nine
teen summers. and had been married
only short time. sac and her husband
were very devoted 10 each other and
the parting WAS a hard one for both.
He went with his regiment. and for two
years was In active service During that
time he had not been injured
When the war was at it's height IL
happened that q desperate engagement oc-
CURED one day not far from the home
OF this captain. II was only shcr, fight
and but few were engaged in IT, but 1t
was death-seaiinr conflict Of arms
During the hottest Of the light the cap
tain. who was commanding the company
which was doing the aghting ordered
hts men 20 retreat The order was quick
~ nteyed. The movement took the COM
pany Within few yards % the captains
home
II was evident that he thought by or.
jering the retreat the fighting would
cease. bur II aid not, The boys IN blue
followed close up. and terrible tight
va, vas wasea. aimost N The very yard. os
snne rensnn ne dashed into the yard and
tust az he reached the cherry tree he
teil iierced 70 the heart BY BAH from
tho gun % a hiuscoat Hft wffA MAS a
sight
The first lieutenant Of the dead can
sa.ns eompAny surrendered TO the Union
forces, and the fighting ceased The
captain was buried after two days.
BY special permission his widow had
him laid neneath The sherry ,rec where
ne had fallen while defending The stars
and Bars. II was Under the sasne tree
that he had asked her 10 ne his bride
After that time they bad spent many
Pheasant hours sitting under the tree ana
taking over tneir plans for the future.
And thus II happened that the cherry
tree became to the woman n very dear
possession ard when IN later years she
moved 10 the state Of Washington. she
dug up the tree. packed II and Brought
Y with her. Al her present home there
II special place for the precious cherry
tree. She has lived in South Seattle for
nearly twenty years and although all
these years have passed, only two per.
cons in the suburb know the story OF the
tree
she IN gray haired now. and her Shout
1ers are stopped with the weight Of
years and tVil. set Il n said that she
often wcers alone ~ thu side Of the tire
under whose branches the great sorrow
OK her llfo ovcFtook her