The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22
the fort, and that nigh. carried him out

During the night we strengthened the
wrecked fort and in doing SO uneartf1ed
numbers OF Confederate soldiers who
were killed and buried by. the explosion.
| remember In one place there were eight
poor follows lying side by side with
their coats under their head. They
seemed never to have moved after the
explosion.
THE CoNFEDERATI LINE RE-
STORED sF1ARpsHoOT1NG J uLYs 3lsT.
Tho recapture of the fort restored our
lines In stntu quo.
That night we slept in the fort. over
those who slept 'the sleep that knows
no waking,' and with the living that
slept that sleep caused by exhaustion.
The morning came as clear and the Day
as hot and dry as the preceding one.
The sharpshooters were exceedingly atert'
firing every moment, each side fnoli 1e II
turily expecting active hosti!it!es 70 pe
Ercncweds While the wounded IN the LOTT LOTT
md ourftrences had been removed DUR
ing the night and were being cared lot,
the ground between the main lines of the
two armies was literally covered py
wounded and dead 1Tcderals, who Tell
In advancing and rctreating. We could
hear them crying for relief. but the
firing was so severe tllnt none dared
go to them either by day or night.
"A FLAG Or TRUCE .1
About noon or a tile after, there went
Up II flag Of truce Immediately IN our
front. The flag was a white piece Of
cloth about q yard square on q new
staff. General Saunders ordered the
sharpshooters to cease firing. Then \.
Yankee soldier with n clean, white shirt
and blue pants jumped on top OF their
works holding the flag and was prompt
~ followed by two elegantly uniformed
officers. General Saunders asked those
OF us near him II we had q white hand
kerchief. All replied. NO" A private
soldier near by said to the men around
him, Boys, some of you take OF your
shirt and hand 1t to: the general. TO
which another replied: Never 90 gthnt'
they will think we have hoisted the
i Hack flag"
The general finally got handkerchief,
which, though not altogether suitable LOT
n drawing room, he and Captain George
Clark, A. a. General, tied to the ramrod
OF n musltct, and Captain Clark. Win
ono man carrying tho improvised nag
went forward to meet the Yankee nag
4 Il have frequently thought That the get
up" OF these flags of truce lllustrattu ~.
condition OF the armies.) They met hAlt
way-about forty yards from cach nne'
After a fcw minutes interview they ha,1'J-
ed to Captain Clark a paper. Ihey t men
withdrew to their respective sides. asl IN
handing the communication 70 Sf e'l u
Saunders. Captain Clark said:
"They are asking for n truce TO bury
their dead and remove their wounded"
The communication was forwarded TO
the proper authorities and proved 70 pc
from General Burnside who cornmandeu
the Federal troops in front, but not Pc pc
Ing In accordance with the usa ges an ana
clvilitiea OF war, 1t was promptly. re-
turned, with the Information that Wh tea1nl.
ever like request c;lme from .le stll e.s;
communicating the army Of the Potomac 70
the general commanding tho army OF
Northern Virginia 1t would be entertained.
Within a few hours the Federals sent an "a
other flag of truce. conveying commu-
nIcation, which was properly signed anu
addressed, and the terms OF the truce
were agreed on. These terms We're that
they could remove their wounded ana
could bury their dead in ditchso or grave
to be dug just. half way between the
two lines. They}brought in their details,
including many negroes and the work
was commenced and was continued for
about four hours. In that ditch. about
ono hundred feet in length, were buried
seven hundred white and negro Federal
soldiers. The dead were thrown In In
discriminatory. three bodies deep.
THE DRAGONS TEETH.
AS soon as tho work was commenced
I witnessed one of tho grandesth sights
I ever saw. Where not a man could DC
seen a few minutes before the two ar
mics arose up out Of the ground. and
ira fnce OF the earth seemed to be! peo-
pied with men. It seemed an illustration
Of Cadnus sowing the dragons teeth.
Both sides came over their works, ana
meeting in the center, mingled, chatted
ana exchanged courtesies,i as though they
had not sought In desperate effort to
take each others lives but, an hour be-
fore
"a CHAT WITH GENERAL POTTER.
3lss BUT NOT. WITH GENERAL
FHRRERO. Els5t
\, During tho truce met General r. 3.
Potter, who commanded, MS he informed
me, a Michigan division in Burnsides
corps. He was exceedingly polite! and
afable and extended to me his canteen
with an invitation to sample the con-
tents. which I did. and found 1t nothing
Objectionable. He then handed me q
good cigar, and for a time, we smoked
"the pipe of peace In reply to q tues--
ton from me rs to their loss in the battle
on Saturday, he replied that they had
talking a remarkably handsome Yankee
general in the crowd came near US.
asked General Potter who he was. and
was informed that he was General FER
zero, who commanded the negro troops.
/ said II have some Of his papers, which
I captured in tho fort" and showed
them to General Potter He then said:
"Let me call him up and introduce him,
and we will show him tho papers ana guy
him" I replied. however, that we down
South were not in the habit Of recognize
Ing as our social equals those who asso o
ciated with negroes
He then asked me to give him some OF
Ferrero'ss papers. lie wanted them for
a purpose. l did 80. The others ! kept.
and they are now. lying before me as
write.
He also asked me to point out to him
some Of our generals, several of whom
were then standing on the emhanlsment
OF the wrecked fort. Il noticed that mono
Of our generals except Saunders. who
had charge of affairs, came over and
mingled with the crowd) pointed out
to him Generals Harris, Of Mississippi;