The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08

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a,t,',,g sil'iI s;na M chii,o TO that cold
willis fare. as though drawn BY soine
if,Vsterio,is hand. The war closed and
nn n,ny onng ocer. anXUHs e Ho Frank
10 ~ ~ III 9nnfndaratn rneord, removing
IFS h'ssi,ra t,cea nr Mini love and DEVOTION.
A letter came asking f he were I'D y, the
Which he ahswertd In tho Affirmative:
| INSTANTLY tho 'cprrespondcnue closed and
he never heard from Ills people agalnn;.
IiBy This 1,n : tvns assi,teti whose face 1t
Vas Hal ne s,r VIA n hs heart that snd
hight utter the battle, In March, 1881 y.
blaptized that man 4 the Second j pap p
Noyembn,c 1o6 = ,,,inisi ercd it, Ills f,n-
crni. -'' - 5s4
General Hooker made two great bun.
o ,e az aqby s Tsn rsl was t rdo cast
Of Chance otsv1flie: s, Tie second scr was tho
raid to ait iao ~, ro,,,1nni"at ans leaving
lila rjebt .vI hc n,dnd Observation-Disclosures.
lng tRe fact thas Lees effective. COM
10 i've, he hnd h n evcry colIsn, Of tits
grent s,rn,1 NV , y, eYt ,,,s, nrosnnt than
Hookcr. This uns si,ppn,,,d generalship,
TO hls artillery he gave unstinted praise I
co qs rRs 81 Saa s shf faS,Grs he cons
fused hnd doublcd-up lines OF the enemy
as Jackson rolled them back The terror
nn ,1 the exterinlnatlon was awful and
sublime. Hooker left on the field 81 vast
amount OF military stores and seventeen
thousand men. The Confederate loss was
thirteen thousand men.
q, wal. reawoke tic sluinberlng echoes Of
this wilderness. In May. 1854, Generals
Meade and Grant are ready for another
hundred thousand men nc General q" Lee viii,
sixty.tWo thousand troops, like lion In
the jungle, guarded tho way. Tho Fed.
ana anS areadsa Shbi IN n na
ct. IN which i is impossible to handle
large bodies, Of troops. & In the dense un-
deIrsroWth. n many places. even cap
pany. Hence Meade and Grant planned
to make rush through this region and
offer battlo beyond in the open country
DO the plan Of q. !. General Lee About mid
day, May 4. isG1. the Northern army was
on i've grand rush through. the wilder
ses IN ne and an Mfy I mss sS
Tragedy PECAN, General Ice knew that
IN the wilderness the disparity Of mum.
neio,, was practically lea nensral!zed The
could drive tho other. How sadly Lee
missed Stonewall jackson! ~
At the opening Of the action, Thursday
Of Tho Fourth Georgia Regiment, Dnlc's
Brigade, were re- in front , With the sharp.
shooters. An advancing column Of tic
ata na fe gns th bs sraw yoey
from the Federal line. and my cousin.
Smith dasned o 5aek q Pvt b ns ho
fancy ing the moment th h he had
min MI n nj. bail had sbaitered the homes OF
Ia ,er = i,ova the ankie trhe Column
m sa ssed s over him. Another. minute ana d
great strong, cowardly soldier came UP
hno VIII, h,,tt ~ rTa
; TIIn h,nu, gave. him Intense natn.
Just then mounted officer np-
hn oursed the Villain and ordered him
forward. where he would md plenty OF
. ri ret rebels st to tight" Tho two moved
mr., -, M 90 ssIzcI Xix GIN Wing ut his side
t ana drew a. q deadly aim on the brute. Be-
Fore pl,iiine trigger he instlnctivey look
~ n,,n' snn = mn ennrnv was in
strb, Wo,ny n nrisoner he knew that
e ensItajn 1eath nwaIted IL he was caught
az aa'n -, his faa l''rha momentary pnnco
revealed second l ns {, g o., battle . ,I;nt
he ayeppsH hs peed e the ns ratta
small arms became dcnser and louder.
then rebel ye sTnasa Storm ore OF of
confederate bullets digged up the earth
about my klnsmnn. and he thought surely r,
two coiumns, broken, and disorganized,.
came rusins back in d wild stampede,
and then the vision OF the beautiful boys
In In gray delighted his soul. Once mora
he he y Vas In the hands Of hIs friends Tho
ti,re ny their way 10 the rear when
they camo on on the form Of Il huge dead
soldier soii I'm in blue. They could not resist
the temptation OF going through his peck
nti for nv unce recosnised the who
| ssrut h him the eowardly blow, which.
hurt LIN worse than the broken leg; a
,le n fasr on be .nny e very Who re-
b p + tho unso!diery deed. such SUI Is 81 q
specimen OF inc nnn' ge'Is tr hs tic Inc
are enacted bc on ' ein CHEEKY and
vi1lare Of ss. Resaca. Gordon county Ga.
! 1896, exactly forty-one years htter tn e