The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

Northern Virginia 1t would be enter( tained. Within a few hours the Fed-s erals sent another flag of truce, con-l veying a communication, which was properly signed and addressed, anal the terms of the truce were agreedi on. These terms were that they eouId3 remove their wounded and could burya their dead in a ditch or grave to bet dug just half way between the twol lines. They brought in their details.' fncluding many negroes, and the woriei was commenced and was continued fore about four hours In that ditch, aboute one hundred feet in length, wersR buried seven hundred white and negro Federal soldiers. The dead wera~ thrown in indiscriminately three bod- The Dragons Teeth. As soon as the work was coIn- menced l witnessed one of the rrand- l est sights I ever saw. Where not a man could be seen few minutes be-. | Tore the two armies rose up out of4 the ground, and the face of the earth
 seemed to be peopled with men. Itf seemed an illustration of Cadmus sow l | ing the dragons teeth. Both sfdeai came over their works. and meetingb In the center, mingled. chatted and.
 exchanged courtesies, as though they, had not sought in desperate effort toA | take each others lives but an hour be- fore.
 A Chat With General Potter, Hut NOa
 With General Ferrero.
 During the truce I met General R E. Potter, who commanded, as he in-l formed me, Michigan division ina Bnrnstde's corps. He was exceedinglyl polite and afable. and extended to me
 his canteen with an invitation to sarn-l
 pie the contents, which I did, anal
 found 1t nothing objectionable. He
 then handed me a good cigar, and for
 tune we smoked the pipe of peace. e.
 In reply to a question from me as to-
 their logs in the battle on Saturdayi
 he replied that they had lost five thou-l
 sand men. While we were 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 Ferrero,
 who commanded the negro troops u
 said; T have some of his papers,
 which l captured in the fort" and l showed them to General Potter Hel
 then said: Let me call him up anal
 Introduce him. and we will show hims
 tho papers and guy him" I replied, however. that we down South were
 not in the habit of recognizing as our.
 social equals those who associated. with negroes.
 He then asked me to give him some Of Ferrero's papers. He wanted them ! for a purpose l did so. The others l kept, and they are now lying before me as l write.
 Ills also asked me to point out to 3 him some Of our generals, several of . whom were then standing on the em- 3 bankment Of tlHe wrecked fort q [ noticed that none of our generals ex- 3 cept Saunders, who had charge of af- . fairs. came over and mingled with the [ crowd) l pointed out Go him Gener- a als Harris, of Mississippi; A. r. Hill, 1 and finally pointed out General Ma n hone. who was dressed in a suit made n of tent cloth, with roundabout jack l et Be 1t remembered that General
 Malone was quite small. and did nou y weigh much, if any, over one hundred - and twenty-five pounds. Potter
 laughingly said: Not much man, but d C. big general"
 q When the dead were buried each O side returned to their entrenchments, n and soon the sharpshooters were fr- @ ing at each other when and wherever P. seen. Truly. War is hell"
 l- Papers ard Letters.
 ,- am not writing this alone from l- memory, but. in addition thereto. from if (Continued on Page T'vventy-IwO.l