The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

one when this blunder occurred. Refer
ring to a patent medicine lad" in which
Lieut.. Gen. Longstreet is called the only
survivor of that rank. Col. Saussy says
he does not think Wheeler or Gordon
were commissioned lieutenant generals.
Be that as ID may, President Davis ana
Secretary of War Walker both wrote me
that these officers were entitled to the
rank under which they were serving wheh
the Confederacy went to pieces, and lhls
justiies their claim to be called lieuten-
ant generals. Col. Saussy also speaks
highly of a Life of Stonewall Jackson
i'm two volumes, by Col. Henderson, an
officer of the British army, who, he says,
seems to have aimed at accuracy OF
statement and freedom from unjust preJu-
dice. In my previous mention OF Tor D.
II was possible to have given other nota-
BILE instances, for example, Scharf Dig
volume, History of the Confederate
Navy" has a picture of Col Lloyd D.
Beall of the Confederate states Marine
CORPS. under which is an l., instead OF
a + An old regular army register has
Col W. l. Worth, instead of w. j. worth.
Avery's History Of Georgia" contains
similar errors All this was to show that
such mistakes are not due wholly to news
paper ccmpositors hasty work.
II will be remembered that PAID the
Hon. Bridges Smith high complimenf LOT
his beautiful and tender reference 10 the
sword of Lee, and was sorry that II hao
no foundation in fact. My OLD Irlehu
writes me this nice little note of explana-
ton. .It was an unfortunate figure or
sneech of mine. When / used the
words Lee drew the sword out of his
heart etc, | meant to say that II wes
as II he drew the sword out OF his heart,
so painful was it to give up the glorious
struggle. Do you know that resolution
of thanks from a camp of veterans was
presented because some OF the members
took it literally. We say, I lay my heart
AZ YOUR feet Why not Drew the sword
out of his heart? But it's all right. IL
gave me an opportunity to know that you
we're in the land of the living writing, as
ven as YOU always did, and ! am salts
ned" I think / said that nothing more
beautiful and tender had been written OF
Gen. Lees supposed surrender OF his
sword and Mayor Smiths explanation
serves to make 1t more pathetic.
Writing to me OF his visit to Surgeon
T.. l.. Gait, OF the Confederate cruiser
Alabama, then living near Upperville, Va
Mr.. Murray M. Stewart of Savannah
saws: 1.-TWO summers ago ] spent two
weeks near Upperville. and met this
charming gentleman. who was practic-
ing medicine there. He was full OF the
Alabama and her brilliant career. AT
the time Of her battle with the Kearsarge
the doctor was her quartermaster or pay
master, with the rank-I think. OF lieu
tenant. Before the fight he told me, ne
had sent all the papers OF the ship ashore
and they had been consigned to Edward
Trenholm a. Co, the then financial agents
Of the Confederate government. But this
firm later went into bankruptcy and ne
had never been able to get hold OF the
records or find out their fate. / have
written to some of our Liverpool friends,
asking them 70 try and ascertain the fate
OF those papers. but 50 far have been
able to get no information.
AS q boy I often heard The charge
made that tho guns on the Kearsarge