The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-21

--~N-NN~ANS " bi4nS lueuu round to the
Union cause and to have them enlist in
the Union army. lie met sullen ana
threatening mobs everywhere" Now.
TINS may seem somewhat overdrawn
picture or the condition of public senti-
ment at that time, yet the official rec
ords at Washington, D. c., in the provost
marshal-generaPs office, will show that
not only was this sentiment rampant in
I|oSans district, but that it prevailed for
sSaIs aI.er, more or less, over nearly the
whole OF Illinois Col. James Cakes of
the Fourth U. s. Cavalry, as provost
marshal OF that state, as late as March
1864, telegraphed that at least one thous-
ahd' mostly "Copperheads, proposed 70
leaVe the Ninth district to avoid the
uIAll, ana that elsewhere the movement
was assuming serious character" He
suggested immediate action to arrest
TINS tide OF emigration" from the state.
am always glad, when an error occurs
IA my letters, 20 have attention called
10 II Tor immediate correction. On SIM
gay last, before 1 had opened my Morn
ing News, a postal card of that date
from Waycross, Ga, warned me that I
should ma an error in my last letter. 1t
was signed Carrie c. N, and reads films.
" nile waiting for the train have been
reading your Sunday letter in the Morn
ing News, and see that you drop into an
error IN calling the 18th of May battle of
Inc wilderness. Now, the The Wilder
ness battle took place on May 4, 5, 6, and
That OF May IL was 'Spottsylvania.'
IL may seem strange that one of the
'gentler sex Should correct YOU. bus I
nave given much attention to the history
OF the civil War and you will certainly
ma my item correct" An old friend of
mine has familiar expression, Correct
you are" and ii aptly applies to this
iady's gentle" correction, so PROMPTLY
made, of somebody's error-not mine. l
wrote 1t, while the back-cover repre-
seheed Gen. Lee at the battle of the Will
derness, on May -" Now, 1 will give
the actual record of the cover, the head
line of which is Lee at the Battle of the
Wilderness" Under this headline it
reads: Tine artist describes the moment
on May II, 1864, when Johnston's division
mad been surrounded and captured and
Gen. Lee had ridden 70 the front.
Gen. Gordon rushed to his side.
Perhaps Cob B. w. Wrenn can explain
who made the mistake l overlooked it
in the haste of a busy morning and plead
guilty of carelessness in the matter One
standard authority says: Battles of Will
derness, May SIS; battle of Spottsylvania,
May S-21." Another high authority puts it
this way: Battles of Wilderness, May
81; battle of Spotsylvania Court House,
May 8-1S" This shows that semi-of1cial
statements do not always agree. Some
writers lump" all these battle as 1.-THE
Wilderness" and old soldiers of both
armies will tell you they were only to
glad to Get out of the Wilderness"
No old Union soldier can read the late
newspaper reports of "Bettina Girard"
the much-married and often degraded
variety actress, and not feel a pang of
sorrow in his heart. 1t is true that her
father, Gen, Albert Ordway is in his
grave, hurried there by his lovely daugh-
ters wayward conduct, but the old SOL
dier's name remains to be clouded by
her misdeeds. Only a few weeks ago
Gen. A. p. Martin of Boston sat in the
criminal court room of that city and with
an almost breaking heart saw his way
ward boy go to the penitentiary Not all
his fathers honorable career as a soldier
and public official could avail him In the
hour Of his deep disgrace. A year or
more ago, in New York city criminal
court room, thrilling scene was wit
messed The hayward son of Gen. E. L.
MolineuX was on trial for murder and
the distinguished father was present to
aid his sons defense. As the Jury was
leaving the room to form verdict the
judge halted them and reminded them
that it was not Gen. Molineux who was
on trial Alasi not all the military and
civil honors of the Republic could heal
the wounds in these three old heroes
hearts, who lived to feel as keenly how
sharper than a serpent's tooth 1t is to
have a hayward child. And now
comes a .sadder case, in some respects, as
1t casts a cloud upon the names of three
gallant Confederate generals-Barnard E.
Bee, Nathan G. Evans and Mart Gary.
Major Barnard Bee Evans, son of Gen.
Evans, and nephew of Gen. Gary, kills
Capt. ]. J. Griffin. gallant old Confeder-
ate soldier, in Columbia, S. c., too much
whisky being the prime cause of the
killing. In these days, however, old and
honored family names are often dragged
in the dust by unworthy descendants
The first issue of the now famous
Youths Companion, of Boston, with its
half million or more subscribers, was
published on April 49, 1927, and was then
a little four-page paper some nine by
twelve inches-no larger In comparison
than the first issues of the New York
Sun and the Herald. This weeks issue
april 49, commentaries its seventy-ffth
year, and it is quite interesting to note
in its editorial review, the wonderful de-
velopment of our country since that first
little children's paper appeared. As no
mention is made in the editorial review
of the growth of the army, propose TO
give few points on that subject. In 1927
there was only one major general of the
army, Jacob Brown, on duty at Washing
ton. Edmund p Gaines, at Cincinnati
and Winfield Scott at New York, were
the only brigadier generals in the field.
Brig. Gen. Thos. Jesup was quartermas-
ter general Col. Roger JONES' adjutant
general; Col. John e. Wool, inspector gem
eral; BIT. Col. Geo. Bomford chief of ord
nance; BIT Lieut.. Col. Nathan Johnson,
eral; Brevet Lieut. Col. Nathan Johnson
paymaster general; Col Joseph Lowell,
surgeon general; Col. (Bt Maj. Ger. Alex
Macomb chief engineer corps. The
army had eleven colonies, twelve
lieutenant colonies, seventeen majors