The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-05
SWORD BY HIS SIDE
REMAINS OF GEN. NATHANIEL
GREENE WE'RE BURIED.
FAMILY HAS OTHER RELICS.
COL. ASA bird GARDNER EXPECT
ED HERE THIS WEEK.

Expense of the search for Gen.
Greene'S Remains VIII Be Borne
by the Rhode Island Branch of the
Order of the Cincinnati-COl. Gard
ner VIII Be Its Representative on
the Committee That VIII Conduct
the Search-Further Positive Proof
That Gen. Greene's Body Does Not
Lee Had such an Impression, but
Learned Better.
Col. Asa Bird Gardner, of Rhode IslanS.
is expected this week upon his mission,
a search for the remains of Gen. Nathan
ael Greene. 1t is not known positively
when ne will reach Savannah, and he
may appear Unexpectedly. The gentie-
men who art to serve with him upon the
committee to conduct the search, have
not heard from his as to the precise time
of his arrival, though they expect him
in a few days.
The Rhode Island branch of the order
of the Cininnat will bear the expense
of the search. That was understood
when the resolution to undertake it was
passed. Col. Gardner will represent the
Rhode Island branch upon the committee,
of which the other members are Mr.. Will
liam Harden, Mr. Alfred D. Harden and
Mr. p. D. Daffin. MIR. Alfred d. Harden
was advised by letter from Col. Gardner
that he might ne expected this week.
Another mark of identification of the
remains of Gen Greene may be found in
Mrs al
scendant Of the General, says the sword
was buried with him. Ii is the only thing
among his personal effects that cannot
be otherwise accounted for, as many ar
ticles, such as silver pate and things
used in his campaigns. are in the posses
sion Of his descendants.
Mr. William Harden was waited upon
yesterday by the gentleman referf = to
in the Morning News of yesterday as hav-
ing visited ST. Marys in 1886 and been
informed of a search of a grave by c.ti-
zens of that placesat Dungeness and the
discovery of remains that were identified
a those of Gen. Greene. Mr.. Harden did
not receive the report with credence,
though he told the gentleman that he
would write to st. Marys in the effort
to ascertain if such had really been the
case. Mr.. Hardens informant professed
the greatest faith in the authenticity of
den. if he could communicate with the
right person, would gain some valuable
light.
AS a reservoir of historical infOrma-
ton Mr. Harden.s mind is famous, and
he is able at any time to find references
to bits of Georgia history among the
volumes of the Georgia Historical So
c:ety. From scrap book he produced
Information thaR would seem to prove con-
l. > "a.
testimony of Cen Greene's descendants
required, that the generals body does
not rest AT Dungeness.
Mr.. w. G.. Macadoo wrote in the Morn
ing News of March 90 1872 as follows
after devoting himself to a description of
Dungeness: Nearest 10 Gen. Lees tomb
is that of Charles jackson, a Revolution
airy officer, who died in 1901; and the next
is that of Mrs. Miller. 1t reads: In Mem
DRY of Catherine Miller (widOw of the late
Major General Nathaniel Greene, com
mander-in-chief of the Southern Army in
the Southern Department in 1888 who died
Sept 2, 1874, aged 50 years. She possessed
great talents and exalted virtues.
MANY persons are under the impression
that Gen. Greene was buried here, but
at the time of his death O7S6) he resided
at Mulberry Grove. near Savannah, and
his remains were deposited i'm a vault in
the old cemetery in Savannah. The man
sion of Dungeness was erected after his
death When his descendants in after
years sought his remains with the pur
pose of removing them to Dungeness they
could not be identified. It is certain they
are not at Dungeness. Even our own
Gen. Robert K. Lee was under the i'm
preston that Gen. Greene was inferred
at Dungeness. and so states by necessary
implication in his biographical sketch
prefixed to his fathers historical work on
Revolutionary history in the edition of
the latter that appeared in 1869 The
writer hereof ventured to call Gen. Rob
ert f. Lees attention to this mistake in
March, 1870, and in the next month--April,
1S70-he made a pilgrimage to his fathers
tomb and ascertained for himself that
Gen. Greene's remains were not at Dun