The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-30

between them should he buried. otrer.
ed his hand. And there. t,pon tha
raging fe!d OF battle, recouuitia.;on
was effected; and there, Cor br;as
moment, stood the cavalry leaders
with hand .grasped in hand. Tha
6saok-wi1ged demon Of war drew baoE )
FOR an instant, and the white rohad
angel Of Peace lowered ever % the
scene; They parted. But scarcs
hao the waving plume Of Stuart dis.
appeared lr the distauce, hardly the
ringing hoofs of his horse ceased to
sound. when the commander of the
oth Virginia fell dead, With oarbipe
ball through his brain. '''S' :
The slanting rays Of the setting
.s sun were falling on the scene. The
Federal commander, despairing of
reaching. Richmond, had detsrnined
70 mass hls troops together, aud, out-
ting his way through portion OF the
tnin lines opposing HIN to rejoin his
army. On came The Federal cavalry
IN one long, uu6rokeu iine-their
trumpets sounding the advance from
one end ct the line to the othar
The gaps made in their ranks by The
Confederate horse artillery closed
again as soon as made. The west
sqnadrons of Southern cavalry, which
caatgeo them, were thrown back from
shelr solid masses ss the foam of the
occsu wave is dashed back from the
1ooS bound shore. And with the
powtIr OF overwhelming numbers and
TIE determination that grows from
desperation, the blue torrent burst
through everything that opposed
them, and sought safety in the dark.
ness Of the night. They esoanad--
but they fred Psrthian shaft as
|fhey vent, and Lee q great command.
or OF horse fell, his life.blocd Rowing
forth on his last battle field. He had
saved Richmond. and his dying mo.
ments were doubtless gladdened bv
the thought Of o duty we'll. performed.
but this thought could scarcely have
afforded more pleasure than the re-.
nemberance Of Che reoonoiliation With
sne noble oomrade in arms, who had
just gone before him. And Patel He.
700, had sunk TO rest just ss che only
thorn, 60 disturb his repose, had been
meroignlly taken from his pillow.
Drawing bis sword at the first Gall OF
his country, he had pledged 20 The
cause OF that country s'his life. his
fortune and his eacFad .honos. .''1.Hie
Fortune had long ainosI boen oonaumed
10 iafm!pg and equippipg the brave
mon who fought uader him. ri,
life he had freely. offered up on The
aeld OF battle, but his. honor vae safe
end sacred forever 10 the hearts Of bis
oountfymer. .: i. +: : ;.s;,y IS
Comrades, I will only ask YOU y,c 10
linger for . feR moments longer beside
one more grave of departed hero.
NOT one Of those lowly,. and grass.
grown mounds which mark the l.ss
resting place Of q Confed crate soldier
Who fell il the war; but one EWhero
the earth on :it is still mellow. and
where the fragrant. flowers Of tha
sunny South are freahly blooming, 4
grave not on tue; far of plains 4of Wiz.
ginia, but here, in tho Capital CITY OF
our own Carolina, where B, the soft
Southern breeses, % they SIGH amid
the branches of the spreading oaks
and rustic the broad 1: leaves of a.he
magnolias above II, sound a soldiers
requiem. Here rests one i we'll Known
TO us all, One whom many of, 'us eoi.
lowed with unswerVing Confidence and
nnoeasing devotion through tha fonr
years of :Wasr,;,,s3;] One whom vi, reinioed
70 te;l have With tls,3 agaln ana again, az
shsse Shennion nm long as he was
>te 20 tus.. Oae Hhom al true Caro-.
+, lians :aelighted 70 honor while liz. |
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