The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16
aPRES;ENTlMENT3oF DANGER

l FkEOElN lMENT3OE DANuEk
How q Soldier y 81 rerry's Brigade Went
/. Into Battle.
Reading recently remarkable case Of
preselit'ment brought to my memory, says
the confederate Veteran, one Of fore
warning that came to a member Of COM
pany 6. Eleventh bvIrginin infantry, dur.
Ing the great war. VIII. II. shearcr. Of,
Terry's Brigade Plckctt's Division. Md
just returned from North Carolina, where
they had participated in the captures OF
Plymoutli Little Washington" and the
Investment Of New Bern I'VE had barely
gotten INTO the Slhtrenchments soutll. or
AL, ~ lle 1 q Of General Zen EN-
der contnI.nli1d OF General Braxton, Bragg
on May 18TH General Bcnuregard came
over from r or Petersburg and took com con;
n"es s%bseS ase to SSSn s0
Butler. Extra ammunition was Issued,
and everything was In readiness for the
bottling process.
Comfnde shenrer approached the writer
rerry's headquarters, Oh tie way shsarrii
~ q 70 yoH knoy mat nsye bssh 5,,
anS pse en- have 10 ne S fset
will be "details made Tor the hospital and
to bury our dend. and feel that am
Eoin ,,s 70 till enc or the other. /, Wa hst
i YOU .set wounded or(kiilcd / wi, take
take you bacit to the field hospital; and
yo5r n s. toun wI Il III a S1"d e;sled
on elt91 er q these duties you will DO tho
n trssS Il Es saes H. tU S.s o ,ud Il h.
besides, that 1 didn't see how We could
MAKE tk;s. such an agreement.
Tnat - .weh,y want to see G shea
y, We i, Walked l cn to the senera,ss tent
Hs e ma so Impressed the general
my l! Eo oS s an any trouble comes.
VIII get you out. Il can" u
we vent into the fsst early the ns1t
was on the extreme right o.. the COM
patpy' an and w,s very near the extreme :o.egr
srom his posaoa nor On 5he rsht a and was
ffl Is, BY nv SIDE We had fired ey ",
w hfpna y N i rs fS %" h r Ii S9u hs
arm aroand his waist, We maaagesd 70
get back to the field hospital. HIS wound
surgeon 81 the Eleventh Infantry, serious,
but not necessarily fatal. left him and
went back 70 ny place IN the line,
some wears ago that he was a Journalist
In MONTGOMERY. Ala. II he Is still Lying,
I, should like very much to hear from
him,
The Faithful Slave, Old Nose, at Get.
tYsburg.
Editor OF The Times-Dispatch: 5.S
ns 70 ssners st the pT nnk IL
9 feaeFaR}e coumn the Enclosed Touching
lines taken from Southern paper OF re-
very re'peet {. I. IRVING.
Amelia, Va.
OLD NOSE AT GETTYSBURG.
IRushng, from shelter, far in the rear, !, 4
NY master wounded, Is tl!at ! hear 81 s3;9
Into the battle 10 succor and save.
Master, o, Maser!" no cried aloud.
Breaking a path through the battle
Fighting his way through friends and
foes, HaS6tf1
ANSWER me- Master here's 1s ~, 9ld d., Mose
KIN Mose od ynx os dead
l promised Q, Master" but more and
Louder and 1ercer the cannons roar,
"Master!" Again the tempest rose.
Answer me, Master, here's old Nose.
The valleys trembled again. and then
The mountalns reeled lis. drunken mon,
ola dS Mese .0 Is c m1ains o. yo
hurting death and fire and
what arms ward of the fatal stroke7
What. Judged by human, hnite sense,
Could shield. but the arm OF E'royidence3
Twas Heavens own mercy tender ana
sweet,
That a lea led Old I'd Nose through the crimson
TO stumble and fall at his MATTERS side.
Dear Nose, Is It you. as SOFT and SLOW
The way OF life ebbed to and fro;
TELL mother-God bless you. dear old
HIS life went out on the storm that rose.
Sheltered in arms that were strong 70
HNl save, ss;.Ssrl 90, e..
Borne back, back over rock and ledge,
over the battles perlouA edge,
3orne BY this martyr, this more than man,
southwark across the Enptdnn-
Back OF the dear old homestead where |
White doves float In the golden AIR.
Stood by the grave whore MS Master
For the I,epaGi rst time turned aside and wept.
And dark to us as It was to him?
He had fought for his Master. ha az . s'ao'y
Shall we not help him in paths untricd7
All over the South one prayer arose,
God forget us, who forget O|d NOSE.