The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-09

What a Prominent Northern Man Has to
Say of 1t.

We publish the following letter from
Worcester, Mass, merely TO show in
what regard Dickcrt's history is held
throughout the country. Mr. Roc is Il
prominent Northern historar, served in
the Northern army, and has written sew
eral histories Of Northern regiments of
the same kind as Capt. Dickert's.
Here is the letter:
Worcester, Mass, June 80, 1901.
| MIR. ELDERT II. AUII,
My Dear Sir: The History Of Kcrslaw's
Brigade was received several weeks ago. |
have read the SAME with great interest
and shall be glad if you will pass to
Capt. Dickcrt my words of appreciation,
for the same. The nearer a story comes
to the men described the more entertain
ing it is to ME. | do not think that camp
life and the details Of Il soldiers duty
differed essentially North and South.
There can be no doubt that we OF the
| Northern armies had better outfits as the
war progressed, hence all the more credit
to the South that her sons kept up the
strife SO long.
| Kindly say TO Capt. Dickcrt that his
| pretacial reference to the Wars Of the
| Roses recalls to mind that at Chattanooga
i'll September IS I heard General Joe
| Wheeler say, "In the coming years pc0-
| pie will not ask under what banner the
deeds were wrought any more than now
after the lapse Of four hundred years they
care whether English prowess was dis
played for roses rcd or for those that
| blanched," or words to the foregoing
effect and I thought il a signally apt cx-
| preston, and l have often quoted it in
memorial day and other public addresses.
Whether consciously Or not all of us are
! chameleon. Had l been reared III the
| South l should have had Southern eyes
Again as TO "a rich mans war and a
poor mans fight" At the time of New
| Orleans Cotton Exposition l visited that
| Crescent City. The steward of the steamer
OH which I went down the river was a
war time member of the Washington
Artillery and we'll remember his quoting
the above words as having been used i'll
his presence by Gen. A. =. Hill. "And,"
says he, ''thcy express my sentiments
exactly" III this city has lived, stree
shortly after the war, Il Charleston born
lad who saw the beginning Of the attack
on Sumter. Later lie went to New
Artillery and served through the war.
| At our last G.. A. r. anniversary, April
~, lie was our guest, giving his i'm
pressons of that day, thirty-scvcn years
ago, as he recalled them. On the same
occasion, GLOW it seemed to nc inside"
was told bya colorcd man who WAS Ma jor
Anderson's body servant at that time.
Later lie served i'll both army and navy.
1 might further say that our Confederate
friend is most highly esteemed though I
don't know that lie has ever abatcd any
of the spirit which prompted him 10 sccl;
a place among the "Washingtons. "
The fact that our Sixth Corps was in
the Valley of the Shenandoah, through
tile fall Of 81 makes the book particu-
larly interesting to HE. 1t gives lie the
reverse Of the Cedar Creek picture. Some
Of my nearest friends were with Burnside
at i = oxvillc aid their story Of the siege
is very familiar. 'Tis good to get the
other side. or Chickanauga have made
a special study, but always from Snod-
| grass Hill, now 1 can see the hill as it
| looked to tho other fellow. Thus, too,
through the campaigns i'll Northern Vir-
| ginia. have hundreds Of books which
| give one side, very few which tell the
other. hope the patronage for the His
tory has warranted your investment for
the book deserves hearty reception by
all who know aught Of the war.
| Reference is frequently made to Cald-
well's History of McGowan's Brigade
| Can you direct lie TO the author or pub
Usher?
notice that you publish several local
histories. l, too, have worked in that
line, and inclosc circular of one which
gave me many years Of labor, my native
town. Shall be glad to exchange for
your "Annals of Ncwbcrry' if agreeable,
| should like TO know more Of your
Southern people.
| Very truly,
| ALFRED S. RoE.
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