The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-29

the earnest pleadings Of his soldsers ltney were protected) was irnmediate- ly shot In the right collar bone The ball passing through the shoulder and passing out under the shoulder blade. He was carried to Winchester. The army was retreating-in the retreat ha lost sword. pistols, in fact everything even to his hat, coat and shoes: took cold in wound from which he died at Winchester. Sept. 80. 1862 Surround ed by loving comrades and new-made friends. He was buried in IN. Nav Cemetery, Winchester, with military honors, the regiment and division band marching several miles to perform this last sad rite.''
 (Foot note about the place where he was killed)
 Note While the above agrees with sketches which were published at the time of Colonel 4McLemore,s death, orig iral paper still in possession of his fan- fly below is taken from soldiers who served in 4th and 14th Alabama Regi- ments.
 General Lee ordered the old srd Bril- gade formerly Barnard D. Bee's) cona- posed of the 2nd and f1th Mississippi; 9th North Carolina, and 4th Alabama, to hold Boonsboro Gap against heavy fierce of the enemy until his army should pass that point. which they did by fighting all night. and exhausting all their ammunition Sometime dur ing the night, Colonel McLenaore climb ed upon fence or erninenee in front sof our line; and while peering through the darkness was shot In the shoulder
 - ssHe was placed on a litter and car-
 ried with the Brigade in the direction, of Sharpsburg. thence to Winchester. General Hood in Advance and Re- treat" calls the battle of Sharpsburg | the hardest fought battle of the war; | in describing position of troops speaks | n( hrfor "a f1 fA7A Colonel McIsemore belonged. He says ! his troops remained on the battle field | all the night of September 16, and on
 the morning of the 1Tth were not re- l lieved long enough to cook their break fast. but left their unfinished meal to
 form line of battle for that memorable | day.
 1 Tn Sherman's March to the Sea an in | cident occurred which shows the es- | teem in which he was. held by old | friends In the Federal army. sherman | with part of his forces were camped in | front or very near the house of Mrs. | W. H. Sparks (near Eatonton, Ga-) The | troops destroyed almost everything they could find. Mir. Sparks was away l with the Confederate forces. leaving no | white protector for his wife and chill dren. One evening one of the Generals l came in and asked her and another l lady (who was assisting her to nurse a l l and take tea with them, himself and
 some other officers. saying they had | good sugar and coffee something 1 Southern ladies scarcely ever saw now" | She indignantly refused saying. "All you have you have taken from South ] ern people" The officer became furi- ous and left. saying, You have been l protected; now you and yours shall be turned over to the mercy of the sol- tldlers" Mrs. Sparks expected to he l killed but would not retract. eThe Federals intended to burn her house that night.) But from some cause the General returned and told her she was due him an apology, which she posi- lively refused to make. stating, T had | a nephew in the Confederate services and hope he never treated Northern | women as you have me" He asked.
 sWho Is your nephew?" to which she replied. Lieutenant Colonel Owen Ke- tnan McLemore." What O K. McLe- more your nephew? Where Is he now7'' | Dead" she replied. He dropped his face in his hands, almost bursting into
 tears and said; He was the best
 friend I ever had. If had known he
 was your nephew nothing you had
 should have been touched" The house
 was not burned
 A sketch of Colonel McLemore would
 be incomplete without speaking of his
 deep piety which was so interwoven iIl
 his every act that 1t illustrates the life
 of brave soldier is not inconsistent
 with tha& of Christian.
 (COntinued On Page Twelve.)