The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18
cIoNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
-ur WIDE CIRCULATION of THE
MORNING NEWS.

mi
.hout Famous War Horses-The
~.u,e of an Eminent Man Omitted
,,ou the List of Confederate
s.ates COngressmen-OId Revolu-
.,onary ReIics-The Only Lieuten-
Generals of the American
widely Errors Are Scattered.
o.ber Matters of General Interest.
Dine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, May
- : have to be very careful in my
dement's, especially historical and
,.,osraphical as the Morning News
..ros TO circulate even in the utter
=, narts of the EARTH" and many
,,aonle of whom 1 write read these let
t..s under a "searchlight'' for errors.
h lave Is an illustration of this fact:
n, Robert P. Myers of Honolulu, H.
4 formerly in the Confederate army,
mi from a family of army and navy
Il ,.roes thus writes me under date of
,nril Is; I'm one of your late letters
~, mention Gen. U. S. Grant and
r.n+ U. S. G.. White-about their
,,itials and names. 1t pleased me to
zoo that you were entirely correct, as
,ou always are about army and navy
letters. l refer to the matter because
his same Capt. Grant, late graduate
~ West Point and cavalry officer, U.
is boarding in the same house
here with me. He resigned under Pres
dent Grants administration and was
annointed civil engineer in the United
states navy. He has just been pro-
noted to captaincy In the
navy. We are quite intimate,
"A co T show him your weekly letters, ana
a he enjoys them, and remarks on the
accuracy of your statements. My great
a. Measure in receiving the Sunday
q Morning News is your most interesting
n arcurate and entertaining letter. There
ore not ex-Confederates OUT here, SO
# vour letters are like meeting old
Il friends so many you mention being OLD
friends of mine in other days.
am officially notified that Fitzger-
I'D Ca. the magic Colony City" In
irwin county, largely composed OF OLD
n Union soldiers, proposes to celebrate
a the Glorious Fourth" of July IN a
y truly patriotic manner MAKING II
a worthy of a grand, reunited people.
n The Blue and the Gray are to figure
4 PROMINENTLY in the affair, and every
n thing-if Capt. William Friend, MEM
y her of the committee, is to be relied
npon-wiu be done by the city, oft1-
n cially and otherwise. to make it the
A greatest event in the history of Fitz-
4 gerald. Gen. John B. Gordon, the
commander-in- chief of the U. c. ",
Y and Judge Emory Speer, the boy
karo" of the C. S. A, and Gen. S.
n Herbert Lancey, the commander OF the
II Department of Florida, G.. A. R., have
N already been selected as speakers, with
others in view. 1t would be hard to
match Gordon and Speer on such an
occasion for eloquence or inspiration of
q patriotic sentiment. If l live and am
able to get about 1 shall certainly be
there. 1t will be a never to- be- forgot
ten occasion.
The Baltimore Americans article on
stories of Famous War Horses" re-
published lately in the Morning News,
4 was full of interest to old soldiers who
N are familiar with the conduct of
n horses in war time, especially on the
s. field of battle. 1t is a subject that
many gifted pens have made familiar
4 to thousands of magazine and news
Il per readers. Last year Gen. James
n Grant Wilson of New York contributed
u lilC NIOHlllly .i1tuS6I OI NEW IOIh
q series of valuable illustrated arti-
cles on the noted war horses of Gen.
Grant and Gen. Lee, and Gen. Sherman
and Gen. Sheridan, and other famous
4 soldiers. | lost three horses during
. the Civil War, one. a very fine Yer
mont saddle horse, that l was deeply
5 attached to and whose photographs
are among my most treasured war
relics He was a great favorite with
II nd obi1IraYo Of fc in
a teligence and affectionate disposition.
l can readily understand how the IA
4 nous generals above named became
attached to their war horses, and how
grateful they must have felt to bring
4 them out of the war unframed, as
\ some of them did.
In my list of Confederate States
Il consressmen,in my last letter by some
unaccountable oversight 1 left out the
name of ex-United States Senator
James L. Pugh of Eufaula, Ala, ia
miliarly known as Jim" Pugh. He
was serving his first term in Congress
when Alabama seeded, and promptly
n withdrew and came home. His patriot
ism was of the genuine stamp. and,
4 with Cen Alpheus Baker, Gen. Henry
q D. Clayton and other eminent citizens,
4 ne enlisted as a private and served
year in the ranks of the First Alabama
infantry. He was elected to the First
ana TO the Second Confederate Con-
gress, and served to the end. He was
porn in Butts country, Georgia and
carried to Pike county, Alabama, when
only four years old, and at eleven he
n was poor orphan struggling to get
IVlng. He grew up a stalwart rough,
seu-made man, and while he became,
4hally, lawyer and married Gen.
John l.. Hunters rich daughter, he
never took on the refinement suited to
ms social and professional standing.
N AS sort of rough diamond he has
held his many important positions, the
q last being that of United States SEN
ator Born in 1919 he is now quite an
ola man and still retains his residence
IN Washington, D. c.
4 Mr. Rhea Hayne has been inspecting
Il some old Revolutionary relics belong
ing to Veteran B. T. Neal of Winfield,
"a, that came down to him from his
grandfather and father. After describ-
M ing sword and an old gun, he says:
another relic is his grandfather's (Mc-
Aeen Green's) sword. He was a cap
IAN IN the Revolution. He had two
Coluthers in the same war, Mai. John
1leen and Col. Benjamin Green. In
some way they were related to Gen.
rcdthaniel Greene" - Some time ago
ool Thos. jeff Appleyard, C. S. N.
9llu = 5. A, got after me" because
Ielerred to Gen. William c. Wick
praHl, When it should be Williams. Now
Or w. B. Conway. of the Fourth Vir-
sIIId cavalry, says: In 1853 1 was
T.,,, few months a courier for Gen.
MtIlam c. Wickham." This is an
vJHer proof of the foIIv IF giving chill