The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-10

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son, who was private secretary to
President jefferson Davis, removes a
prominent figure in the retreat and
capture of Mr.. Davis. AS I have be-
fore stated in these letters. the fate
OF the Confederacy was settled in a
full cabinet meeting held in Charlotte,
" G. Thereafter plans were dis
cussed and means used to secure the
safe conveyance of Mr.. Davis and his
family beyond the reach of Federal
authority. Although Secretary of War
breckenridge and Postmaster General
Reagan and Lieut.. Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton were active in this matter, Presi-
dent Davis made use of Secretary
Harrison as his confidential agent in
looking after the safety of himself and
family. 1t was Col. Harrison who
preceded Mr.. Davis to Abbeville, S. c.,
with letter of introduction to ex-
Congressman Burt; it was Col. Harri-
son who arranged for the best mules
and wagons for Mr.. Davis and family
from washington, Ga; and 1t was Col
Harrison who changed the course OF
the other wagons from the direction
of Alabama to the Florida sea coast
Faithful and efficient in all these
| matters, then of vital Importance, he
| was with Mr.. Davis and shared in his
capture, May 10, 1865, in Irwin county
Georgia. From there he was carried
to Macon, thence to Augusta and down
the river to Savannah. From that
point the party was taken to Fortress
| Monroe on the steamer Clyde, OF all
the prisoners, however, Col. H. was the
| only one sent to Washington, D. c.
The survivors of the Davis party are
few and far between" Mrs. Davis
| resides much of the time In New
York; Postmaster General John H
Reagan lives in Palestine, Texas, which
state is also the home of Col. (since
| GOVERNOR F. r. Lubbock; Mrs. Hayes
| daughter of Mrs. Davis, lives, 1 think
in Colorado. They are, so far as
know, the only survivors. Miss How
ell and her brother, Lieut.. Jefferson
Davis Howell. brother and sis
ter of Mrs. jefferson Davis
were among the captured. Lieut.
! Howell was imprisoned in Fort
| McHenry and later in Savan-
nah. There was also sent to Fort Nc
Henry, with Howell, a Lieut.. Hath
away and Lieut.. Morris. Mr. Davis
alone, was kept at Fortress Monroe
Senator Clement C. Clay, Jr., surren.
| hSASu at hdCOAl anu was put WIN the
party there. Later, Vice President A
II. Stephens and Lieut.. Gen. JOSEPH
| Wheeler were added. Stephens anC
Reagan were imprisoned at Fort War.
rem, in Boston harbor. but Gen
| Wheeler and staff and Coils. Johnston
| and Lubbock were sent to Fort Della.
ware. Mrs. Davis and children, anC
| Mrs. c. c. Clay, Jr., who had joined
them, were sent back to Savannah
from Fortress Monroe. And to-day
after nearly forty years, only Mrs
Davis and Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Hayes
| or the females are alive; but of the
male members of the party only Rea
| gan, Wheeler and Lubbock still sur
vive. Next to Mrs. Davis, it is SAT,
to assert that Secretary Harrison wa;
nearest to President Davis and hell
his private condolences to the bite
end of the conflict.
The April issue of the Four Tracl
| News, a handsome and profusely il
| lustrated five-cent monthly magazine
| published by the New York Contra
| Railway, contains an illustrate,
sketch of Gen. Phil H. Sheridan, U. S
A. The remarkable point in thi
sketch, and the one 1 wish to empha
| size, is the fact that his father was
| poor Irish immigrant, and yet this sol
became one of the three full generals
| of the United States army-Grant
| Sherman and Sheridan. 1t is said tina
the father actually broke up the cobble
stones that were used in the construc
ton of the National Road" tina
years ago stretched across the coun
try and over which the gallant sol
made his famous ride during the Civil
War. This shows how the sons of {
poor and humble foreign born either
can rise to distinction in America
Another son, Michael V. Sheridan, u
! S. A., is on the retired list as a brig
adler general. He entered the volun
teer service from Missouri, in 1863, bu
Phil was appointed to West Point Mil
| itary Academy, in 1S4S, by Gen
Ritchey, member of Congress, and who
was then censured for giving the ap.
| pointment to a boy from SO humble &
| family in Somerset, o. But Gen. r
had faith in the boy and finally re.
| joiced in his worldwide fame as 6
dashing cavalry commander and final
ly a full general at the head of this
United States army.
1t is surprising what f1shy yarn:
some old soldiers can tell. Lieut.. l.