The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26

i50 yards in rear of our lins. where I
 halted, dropped myself between the.
 two horses, pulling tho general over
 upon me and eased him to the ground
 as gently as I coald. when laid upon
 the ground, with eager anxiety
 asked many questions about his
 wounds. to which he gave no answer--
 not even . look of intelligence.
 Supporting his head With one hand |
 united his cravat. unbuttoned his col-
 lar and vest and tore his shirt open
 with the other for the purpose of nnd- ing the wound, feeling confident from
 his condition that he had mora seri-
 ous wound than the one which know
 was bleeding profusely in the right leg. but found no other, and. as ! afterwards. ascertained. he had no
 other. Raising his head. poured a little brandy into his mouth. which he swallowed. and in few moments I re- peated the brandy. but he made no effort to swaliow. It gurgled In his throat in his effort to sbreathe. and turned his head so as to relieve him. Tn few moments he ceased to breathe, did not consult my watch. but my impression is that he did not live more than thirty or forty minutes from the time he received his wound
 He died calmly. and to all appear
 
 calmly that the only evidence had that he had passed from life was the fact that he ceased to breathe, and the heart ceased to throb. There was nos the slightest struggle. nor the contor- ton of a muscle--his features were as calm and as natural as at any tirde in life and health. Just as he expired. General William Preston, arrived anu 1t was agreed that he should remain ha- nf General Johnston to headquarters. and that should proceed at once to report the fact of General, Johnston's death to General Beauregard. My own horse having run of when dismounted I mounted "Fire-eater," General John ston's horse. but found him so badly crippled that ] dismounted, and found upon examination that he was wounded in three legs by musket balls.
 As General Preston came up before General Johnston's death. he kneit by him and cried passionateiy. Johnston. do you know me?" General Johnston smiled faintly. but gave no other sign of recognition. Then they tried to ad- minister the brandy, but he could not swallow. Besides the wound which killed him. he was hit three other times--once. by a spent shell, outside and midway of the right thigh. once a the rear of the right hip. and once by a minnie ball, cutting the left boot sole entirely in two. at which he kicked up his foot and said gayly, "They didn't trip. me up that time" But one bullet broke the skin and that, alas. was fatal. Dr. D. w. You dell, his surgeon. had attended his per- son during most of the morning. but finding a large number of wounded men. including many Federals, at one point. General Johnston ordered You dell to stop there. establish hospital and give them his services. He said to Youdell, These men were our ene- mics a moment ago--they are prison
 CTS now; take care of them" Youdell
 saw General Johnston no more. It was this act of unselflsh charity which
 cost him his life. This disaster caused
 lull in the attack on the right and
 precious hours were wasted. They had
 watered their horses in the Tennessse
 River but when he fell. who had spoke
 the word, the prediction had lost its
 meaning. His last breath cheered his
 comrades to victory. The last sound
 he heard was their shout of victory.
 Wrapping his body in a mantle to
 conceal his death from the army, some
 of the stan took charge of 1t and left
 the field.