The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-25
GENERAL BARTLETT
or NORTHERN ARMY.
Man Who Was Adopted BY
Virginia and Greatly Beloved
BY Old Vets.

|
Az recent regular Friday night meet
| in of n, JG Lee Camp, no. J. Son,su.
crate Veterans, ant-co'nhlat'a = !.
| Thomas Cutesby Jones address," ''e
| camp as follows: ~, 40
occasion of tho unwilling of the spicndia
equestrian statue OF General Forrest at
Memphis last May, Colonel stanton, OF
fro Third Iowa Cavalry, who tousnt lot
two years Immediately in front OF sieneral
Forests command, made an Auorcss,
eulogizinR General Forrest ana MS men.
want to tell tho camp tonight little
about n Northern officer who was one OF
the most interesting characters developed
bv orr great war-General William Fran
cis Bartlett.
In his address on lakewood Memorial
Day last spring, our comrade, Attorney
General Anderson, spoke feclingly Of Cen
cral Bartlett in the same breath In which
he mentioned General F'itzhugh Lee and
other distinguished Confederates We had
just attended General Ices funeral, but
General Bartlett had been dead twenty
eight years.
The spring Of 1861 found young Bart
lett a student Mt Harvard. A college mil
itary company WIS formed and sent to
one Of the forts In Boston harbor. There
Bartlett took his first drill under Sergeant
Stevenson. but was still n Southern sym
patrizer. his big heart always in the right
place; still when tho first gun was fired
upon Fort Sumpter. he raised n company
and went with 1t to the front. At Balls
Bluff, some times called in the North the
massacre of Balls Bluff. Bartlett's COM
pany was much exposed, and when he
got back across the Potomac he took with
him only five Of his own men. He found
himself In command of what little was
left OF his regiment. That was forty
four years ago this month.
Tho following spring at Yorktown Bart
lett received terrible wound in his left
Knee and the limb had to be amputated.
Tho spring Of 1863 found Bartlett again
In active servIce. he had raised a regi-
ment, Mt the head OF which, en- route
South he rodo down Broadway. New York
city, with his clutches strapped to hfs
saddle. This at once gave Him national
reputation. Soon after this, at Port TIud-
SON. La. he led his regiment into tho
flght mounted. When Colonel Walter Cut
tihg' afterwards his brother law, took
q nag OF truce to our lines, our officers
asked him who was the brave colonel ~,
horseback, and said they ordered ,hai.
men not to aim at so eyilant fellow
put this did not prevent HIS receiving !,
severe wound In his left arm
me sergeons took much risk RI s,,o
ms iiinb, as he had lost leg. bIt ba
never had much Use of It, Barlett 1yoa
wounded often, once in his good foot
and at the Wilderness, while leading bis
regiment which could not be made to 90
forward. he was wounded In the head
~ ~ ms great battle his friend, Sergeant
stevenson, as of three years before.
In :.
the Crater Bartlett had been promoted tn
Brigadier his artificial leg was shot awav
lie was captured and brought to tho III
by prison.
BARRETT was promoted to the rank Of
MaJor-General. and his State, In recorni-
ton of his distinguished service. las
erected. In Memorial Hall. in the State
House In Boston. n statue in bronze.
Famous as was this remarkable solder
In war, he became even more so as
peace maker.
Mr.. Desoussure. at my house recently
told me something reconstruction DAYS
in South Carolina, which made the
"Clansman', seem not so much OF an
exageration, and said the first friendly
word or act came to them from BOSTON.
and when ! showed him the handsome
Record of the Dedication of the Statue"
and told him something of the great
and good man, he said he had no doubt
of this relief having come from the es-
fects OF his writing to his friends from
Virginia.
quote from this record. Bartlett had
gone into the iron business, which, in the
course of its management. carried him
once more down into Virginia. He saw
his old antagonists contendng almost
hopeleBsiy with state of affairs such as
no hlgh-spirited people ever went through
and endured. Touched by the appeal of
the men who, like himself. had faced
death bravely for what they believed was
right. he came home sorrowful feeling
that instead OF the North and South be-
coming reconc!led, the seed was being
sown for hereditary hatred. The North.
he felt, was being dragged paDy from
the high plane OF its manhood: with his
usual courage, he pushed aside al po-
litical honors ard decided TO appeal TO
the understanding and patriotism OF tho
North.
The opportunity to mako his appeal
came with the dedication OF Memorial
Hall. June n, 1874 erected TO commem-
crate tho services In the war OF the
sons of Harvard. He could not have
Rad better place.
Bartlett said. Tho day Is not with
cut sadness AZ we rcad The beloved
names on those marble tablets; and
yet not without giadncss as we reflect
whatever change of fortune may come to
us as the years roll on, their fame is
secure, immutablc, immortal. We shall
grow old and wear ont, but they will
always keep for US their glorious, spot
less youth.
firmly believe that when the gallant
men of Lees army surrendered at APP
ponatt0N touched by tho delicate gene
rcslty of Grant who. obeyjng the die
tatcB OF his own honest heart, showed no
less maguanimity than political snsac-
ity) they followed tho example OF their
heroic chief, and. with their arms. laid
down forever their dlsloyalty to the I'M
ion. Take care, then, lest you repel by
in1ustice or suspicion, or even by indif.
ference. the returning love OF men who
now speak with pride OF that flag "as
our flag
continue to quote from the above
referred to "nocord." In March tho fol-
loving year. Bartlett was asked to mako
q speech mt the centennial celebration ~
Lexington. Iin was falling. and fail