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

showing, one OF his command, mere
lad in 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 lllted the entire column, re-
turned in person to the place where
the boy lay and with his own hands
assisted in carrying rails from near-
by fence, helped build fire and re-
mained with the boy u2:1l he was Sc :
icently recovered to cemou... his
horse.
This single evidence Of kin':v. ;
and humanityto an nhl:~-.: lad. ., ":s
a private," may seem l::;le .u:,:. ii
connection with the b:::I..:ii:. ...u. Il
of valorous chiefta:.l.
But as it was q :ir;@l mark Of
sympathy and pity f. t.,::c helpless
which actuated the immortal Lee to
dismount from his war horse amidst
the roar Of death-dealing engines Of
the battlefield and replace the unified
ged sparrow that had flutterel from
it's nest, so the mention Of Hampton s
kindness to the frozen boy is at least
permissible.
have alluded, in another place, to
Gen. Hampton's uniform calmness
and perfect self-possession under all
circumstances. He possessed another
virtue in large degree-that Of pat
lent resignation to pain and suffering
from the result Of casualty on the
battlefield. I was quite near him
when he received two painful wounds
one by gunshot in hip, he other Z
sabre cut on hanG-at the battle of
Gettysburg. It was feared at the
time that the former wound might
prove fatal. It did disable him for
four or five months. He returned to
his command the latter part Of No.
vember in the midst Of hot little af-
fair in Stevensburg, Mead having
made forward movement and Hamp-
tons cavalry was resisting his ad-
vance. Hampton presence on the
field acted on the men as promptly as
if an electric current had touched the
nerve of every soldier in line. and
! from one end to the other a glad az
claim rang out. champion is here. Z"
His men felt reassured and rejoiced
at his coming.
When Gen. Hampton was wounded
on the occasion referred to, although
disabled and in a serious condition,
he did not Immediately leave the
field, but was assisted to small
house near by, only few nndred
wards from the place where was
wounded. After the last chkrge OF
the day, late in the afternoon Of July
Sd. when there was a lull and SEEM
ing tacit agreement between the belli-
gerents to suspend hostilities, having
some wounded men Of my company IN
the same hospital where Gen. Hamp-
ton was lying, Though I was not
aware he was there until reached
the point,) I rode down to look after
them. I found the General in very
small room on a cot7 lying partially
on his side and back, writing note
as calmly and unmoved as If in some
peaceful rereat a thousand miles dis
tant instead Of so near "war's fierce
alarums.
Just at that juneture an ambulance
was driven up and I was one Of three
or four others who helped to place the
wounded hero in what We were fear
full might prove vehicle to, convey
him to that 'long drawn aisle and
fretted Vault from which there IS
no. return. But our fears were for
tunately groundless. Hampton hV-
ed to serve his loved Southland still
longer and add still more and, if pos
sible, brighter laurels to his already
we'll bedecked crown.
T. B. Crews.
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