Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-16

grabbed the flag ana carried it to with
IN l., or - feet Of tl.c stone wall be
hind which lianrocil Was fighting. He,
too. fell badly wounded, but holding
the flag aloft. While lying there way
in:, his flag he saw a Union officer tax
ing aim at his head and. throwing I'D
Lis arln saved his head lty catching
| the bullet in lis wrist; then a bow
named Tal'pert picked up the fac,
pressed Up to the wall and was lust
| climbing over. when 8 mimic Eail blow
ed Il fa..ssaN' across Inc top Of his head.
ard fell outside lie wall, While his
iia@ fell inside. and tie Union soldier
who shot him picked up the flag and
eafr.ed it to the rear as a trophy Of
that iloaslH field.
.sGf General fie!settss ea4iae staff
| on., ono, except Pickett ard a courier.
q hey Eamnd Walker ealifa out Of that
fiery furnace Hnihiured Of pickett's
| three brigade commanders Garnctt was
Killed Instantly outside Che stone wall,
| .Nrmstead fell mortally wounded INSIDE
| the wall and kemper. deSpera teiy
| wounded, outside the wall lie lived
| to be governor Of Virginia.
Tho courier, Walker, who was only
II. belonged TO the Eleventh Virginia,
but WAS detailed for duty en- Pickett's
staff. Seeing the color bearcr of his
old regiment fall, lie ealloped to where
| he lay, d;smounted, seized tho flag and
saved it from capture
"Af1er General Pickett's charge was
re,lllsed and what few Of Us were left
| had st:a yglcd out of the fire. Pickett
WAS trying to rally the remnants of his
| command, saying: Get together, boys,
! We must form again. General Lee
may need Us elsewhere.' While he
| was thus addressing the men Il boy
about l6 named Belcher rushed I'D
! with n bullet riddled flag in his hand
| and, flushed with excitement, asked.
General. shall we charge them again?'
~ ma iority of the soldiers who fol
lowed Pickett in that charge conclud-
!, ed Judge Johnston. were beardless
! hoys. bsl; they lad hero's hearts
General t!arry Bingham.
Over on i.le Republican side of the
5onse il; another Gettysburg hero
General Henry II. Bingham of Phila-
depAia universally aasl alfectionately
called General I,arsT bingham. He
carries enc bullet in his leg AS a re
nint,er OF Picl5ett's charge and three
other bullets in tie same leg as sou
vcnrs of Confederate mark smanship
on other fields.
| At the early age Of 80 General Ring
! ham succeeded to the title of father
of TIE houae." which he Inherited from
General Harmer. another Philadel
! phan. when the latter died last winter.
General Bingham is also celebrated for
being the hest dressed ran IL the
house. fof lis C'lcsterticldian manners
ana for the fidelity with which he
stands un fer tie Interests of the City
OF iirothe;.!y Love.
In Offering TIE usual resolution upon
the death Of General Hafrlcr General
! bingham nlatsc the following astonish
ing statement: II desire to group to-
gether the names Of those four mem
hers whose record today belongs to the
| whole country and for whose memory
the people OF Philadelphia have espe
cial affection Judge w y. Kelly, who
WAS elected to Is congresses and who
served % years: Mr.. Charles O'Neill.
| who was also elected to Is congresses
and served 90 years; Mr.. Samuel J.
| Randall, who was elected to II con
| crosses and served y years. and our
colleague Just deceased. Mr., \. G. Ear-
! mer. who likewise was elected to II
congresses and served y ycars-in all
| l12 years OF service given by these
four distinguished dead, record un-
paralleled in the history Of the coun-
| try"
The remarkableness Of General Bling
| hams statement Is increased when we
remember that he who was making 1t.
still in the prime OF life. was serving
/! his twenty first consecutive year in the
house when he uttered those words
and bids fair to exceed any OF that
great quartet in length OF service here.
| Add hts II years as congressman to the
1l2 years Of Kelly. O'Neill. randall
and Harmor. and you have grand to
tai Of l3:: years. service by five Phila-
deiphians in This generation.
| Judge Johnston told me- TO go oVel
and ask General Bingham about the
| fail of General Armstead which dld.
General Bingham said: Geffysb"rg
WAS on General Hanfock,s stan.
! When Pickett made his famous charge,
Confederate officer in advance fell
! from his horse over the stone WALL
| within our tines A cry went up from
our men: 'I0ngstrrct! Lon@street:
Knowing the value OF capturing cen
eral i.ongstreet. Jumped from my
horse. ran up to the officer and found
II was not General I.ongstrcet. but an
officer wearing 4 briCatlier,S star
found him to he terribly woundcd ana
asked his name He replied. General
| A..,a commanding :, brigade in