The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-27
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to Confederate and Union
Veterans and Others.

Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla,
March 26.-The late Gen. Henry d.
Wallen, u. S. A, whose daughter is
to marry Rev. Alfred Bennington, had
a son bearing his own name, who grad
uated at West Point in 1867, but died
several years ago. / think there are
relatives of the family still residing in
Georgia. Photographer Har-
his of st. Augustine, Fla, has
sent me the promised photo
of the grave of Col. Joseph
l.. Smith, u. S. A., father of Gen. Ed
mund Kirby Smith, c. S. A, and ev-
cry word on the headstone is clear and
distinct. The Kirby Smith U. c. V. and
U. D. c. organizations should send for
a copy of this excellent and valuable
photo of the grave l described in my
last letter. and which was photo
graphed at my request. Ty-
bee has suffered damage from the
firing Of the heavy guns at Fort Screw
en-, but she is not the only city to thus
suffer. Damage claims have been sent
up from Portland, Me-, from Charles
ton, 5. c., from Sandy Hook, n. Y,
and from San Francisco. If these
claims are allowed by Congress it will
add largely TO the already great eX-
pense OF firing the big guns located
near private buildings.
Can Maj. II. S. Wylly, who was a
captain in the Fourth Georgia Caval-
ry (No. p inform me when and where
Troop F was mustered in and out?
The widow of a trooper wishes to Sc
cure here in Florida the pension due
her from the state, but she cannot tell
when and where her husband was
mustered In or out. l have another
widow seeking similar Information.
Her husband went from Savannah to
Fort Pulaski with the first troops;
then he was sent to Richmond and
served in the hospital, but later on was
transferred to quincy, Fla, under DR..
Davidson All the surgeons she names
are now dead, but in Savannah's Roll
Of Honor" l see the name of Turner,
and her husband, l think, was George
Turner. Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, c.
5. A., was on duty at Quincy, and per-
hays some Georgia veteran can tell
about Turner. DR.. Robert r.
Myers, late of Honolulu. has settled at
Claremont, Cal, where he and his good
wife are in the midst of fragrant
orange blossoms and yet can see In the
distance the snow-capDed mountain
ridge. ClaremOnt is some thirty
miles from Los Angeles, has a Congre-
gational college and colony OF refined
excellent people, and even an old Con-
federate can enjoy his declining years
in such a community.
u was not the Grand Army Of the
Republic a. their meeting Ia Caiifor-
MIA. a. charged by Veteran W. j.
Grey Of sanderayille, Ga, but the I'm.
son Veterans Union. "a their meeting
lu Louisville, o., which sang Wei
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more respectful ana dlgnifed, ~ a gen.
efal rule thau che Union Veterans
Union. Rev. Dr.. Edward EverGti
Hole. chaplain " fhs United states
tfnste in biH misleading story, "Ths
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