The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-30

showing, one Of his command, a mere
lad Ill years, not being sufficiently
clad, fell from his horse from sheer
cold and numbness, apparently froz-
en- stark and stiff. As soon as the
fact was made known to Gen. Hamp-
ton he halted the entire column, re-
turned in person to the place where
the boy lay and with his own hands
assisted i'll carrying rails from near
by fence, helped build fire and re-
maincd with the boy until he waS <n:-
ticently recovered to remou. hi,
horse.
This single evidenc, of kia.;,.,
and humanityto an nhr...,.: j.: lad. 49,.
Il private," may seem 1i;:fe .n... ia
connection with the b. l..as:, .><,..
OF valorous chiefta:u.
But us it was y .:r,.l mark Of
sympathy and pity f'' ....e nr,p,cs;
Which artualcl the immortal Lee 10
dlsmount from his war hors. amidst
the roar OF dcath-dealing engines of
the battlefield and replace the unfied-
ged sparrow that had fluttereL from
its nest, so the mention of Hampton 's
kindness to the frozen boy is at least
permissible.
l have alluded, in another place, to
Gen. fIampton's uniform caImness
and perfect self-posscssion under all
circumstances. He possessed another
virtue in large de"rec-that Of pat
lent resignation to pain and suffering
from the result of casualty on The
battlefield. was quite near him
when he received two painful wounds
ollie by "unshot in hip, he other Il
sabre cul on lan,R-ai the balll. of
Gettysburg. 1t WAS feared NJ the
time that the former wound might
prove fatal. 1t did disable him for
four or five months. Hc returned to
his command the latter part Of No
v'mbrr in the midst Of hot little af-
fair i'll StrvcnSbur=. Mead having
made II forward movement and lIamp-
ton $ cavalry was resisting his adj
vance. llampton'S : presence on the
hrld acted on the men rs promptly AZ
IT an electric current had touchrd lh,.
nerve of every soldier in line. unl
from one end lo The other Il yla a.
claim ran" out. " Hampton is here. -
Ills men felt treasured and rri"icrd
ut his coming.
When Gen. Hampton was wounded
on the occasion referred to, although
disabled and in serious condition..
he did not Immediately leave the
field. but was assisted to small
house near by, only few ( indrcd
yards from the place where; l'e was
wounded. After the last cllRryc of
the day, late in the afternoon of July
Sd. when there was lull AMI Il SEEM
ing tacit agreement between the belli-
%crcntS to suspend hostiliticS, having
some wounded men of my company in
the same hospital where Gen. Hamp-
tom was lying, (though was not
aware he was there until reached
the point.) I rode down to look after
them. | found the General in q very
small room on cot, lying partially
on his side and back. writing a uote
as calmly and unmoved as if in some
peaceful rrrtat Il thousand miles dis
tant instead of 50 near "war's fierce
alarums.
just at that juncturc an ambulance
was driven up and | was one Of three
or four others who elped to place the
wounded hero in what We we're fear
full might prove a vehicle to- convey
him to that "long drawn aisle and
frcttcd vault" from which there is
no return. But our fears we're for
tunately groundless. Hampton liv-
ed 10 serve his loved Southland still
longer and add still more and, if pos
Sible, brighter laurels to his already
we'll bcdeckcd crown.
II. b. Crews.