The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-03

conduct IL Ills secret thoughts, mucl
less tia prcfer1ing Of charges" II was
Illuminating Co him. lie lid not &C.
npirc e General I.ongstrcct, anu thcre WAS
no expression OF temper. but great t,nA-
tety to have the charges tried
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.,t;enernl Hill explained what no sup sup.
t,osed rave rise to these charges . us s =
befors liz crossed Meadow Bridge 10 q. :
tatl, NrC')oIlnns forces. all officer roue
,,p. dressed In IL full Confederate NIL MI
form wifi d majors stars on ms coli ~,
and asked to serve IN ms Slatl " M,
nnra cement about to begin Genera f 3tli
lad never seen him heiorc' ana oio ', ~,
lyuoty who he was. or tlrat he was con-
nacted with the press In any way. 4 Hlc
y.as John Morctre Daniel, editor Of tne
ii,v sr,i,,e, Who had served With Floyd.
| a,,i vt,s M tha limo unattached. Geneful
Itilrs answer, Certainly, Major was al
tbst nassed between them. for within
twantv minutes his volurtenr aid was
shut in the arm. and was taken nack :"
|. Richmond. where lie suffered WITH ms
wourd for Il long time. or course ,llls S
stnff officer had written notiing flad
Iee, nothing to write about; was too
haDl& wounded to have written II no had
sa.,,, and besides, the Examiner hau
rather less praise than tho other papers
81 the ;iongs &C General Hill anu the
Light Division.
,a;tnr Of the Richmond Examiner. had
| served on General A. r. 1lill's staff. and
fist the Examiner had praised the 'Lds Mt
! Division. for It's behavior at E1llison's ana
Gaines's Mills had excited jealousy when
would DOT down even In 80 exalted q
iplacc as the Army OF Northern Virginia.
.hGeneral A. p. Hill was the Innocent
victim of the ugly passion through a
courtesy to an officer who happened 10
be also the most distinguished edltor III
the Confederacy.
whether General Lee interposed and
had the charges Withdrawn, or General
Lpngstreet became ashamed Of himself
and withdrew them, | do not know. Cen
eral Fiji was restored to his command
III n day or two and proceeded to Cedar
Run and Second Manassas.
HILLS CHARACTER.
1t seems Incredible that challenge
from Hill to Longstreet could have pass
cd without It's ever being heard OF bS
this intimate friend and confidential
staff officer Of General Hill. And 1t Is
equally certain that Longstreet would
not have put Hill under arrest when n
challenge to duel was nending between
them.
AS for A. ?. Hlll's writing or inspiring
reports prn lsing his own con-
duct In battle and dsparaging that Of
HIS brother officers. all who knew him
will gay this knighty soldier was utter
ily incapable OF anything of the kind.
It Is within my personal knowledge
that he refused to allow a certain promi-
nent newspaper man about his headQuar-
ters and when this correspondent took
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very unfair and dlsparaglng things about
him, and ! went to General Hill for the
facts In order to publish, a correction. he
said; NO John, would prefer that
you should not do so. The o1cia reports
will put me right on the record, and l
am simply trying to do my duty, and care
nothing for newspaper reputation"
1T Is my decided conviction that the
story Of this threatened duel Ia one Of tho
many romances which have grown out of
the stirring events of the great war be-
tween the States.
j. wM. JONES.
Richmond. Va.
ut would he interesting to know
to what extent duelling was practiced
In the Confederate army, 1t was fire.
1uently resorted to by southern men be-
fore the war and to some extent a few
years after that time but 1t would APP
pear that 1t was rare here during the
struggle between the Nortl, and South
There were some duels we know-one In
which the aforesaid Editor Daniel was
engased-but they seem to have been
neither numerous nor Important. Tile
question 10, Did they occur, but pass UNI
noticed In the tnlnult of the times, or did
the war mark a distinctive period in the
natural decline Of tho duello2 Who can
tell us?--EAitor Of the Confederate
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