Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-07-25
R,aQrs Of "EERiea" With Tim.

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Watts, who we7thII~m Virginia TO the
front at the first cail to arms in de-
Tense of til Southern Confederacy, and
who sounded ~ The depths of federal
prison suffering RS well as Of field SER
vice daring all those four years OF
'fea rft5 conflict, is just in receipt of the
following most interesting letter which
speaks tor itsest and which we are
glad 20 be permitted 10 publish:
Hawkinsvii!e, tfa., July IA, 1907.
Dear Dick:-Do you remember some
little incidents that were part and par
eel Of Your life 43 years ago at a seaside
resort known as Point Lookout, Md,
where this great amt good government,
i'll its paeernallcve for chaps from South
81: the Pntoma" entertained them free?
40 you remembers chap then and there
who passed as ono Il. n. Saussy? Does
yoaF emo further recall one Bryan
W:tfdeid, one Frank Whitfield, one
Ml4e Ne II. one lttiey AID some 5000
EF - 20 WIN "OIC
guests of the nat.on? Of those you can
line up in memory, how many do you
know TO be alive? Frank Whitfield
died many years ago. Bryan Whitfield
died in New England, last October, and
ut those with whom we mingled, I don't
know anothe beside yourself that is
this side the great divide. You can re-
call Johnnie Rutherford, who bunked
with me on the top shelf in that little
cut off room in barracks No. 3, at Ell
mira. l traced for him at his Odd home
in Falling Waters, Va, and learned he
had died a few years before my en-
quiry. Do you remember Columbus
Foreman, Of Norfolk? He was a fine
companionable laan. Six orseyen years
ago / traced for hlnl and finally located
him way up at W hite River, Colorado.
He died abou three and a half years
ago.
Last year in going TO the New Orleans
reunion, U. G. W, L met hts brother,
Claude Il. Foreman, of Norfolk. L
again met him III Richmond at the re-
cent reunion and then went to Norfolk
and was his guest for Il couple of days.
Did you go to the Richmond reunion?
Sure it was grand and I shall always
be glad that | was with the old fellows
who As year before helped to pull off
the mill between Joe Johnston and
Little Mac at Seven Pines, where
Little Mac dealt Joe a foul in the ribs,
but Bob. Lee more han paid him off in
his own coin in the ''Seven Days." .
Those old fellows are passing over the
great divide rapidly now. Still there
were betw cen 10 900 and 20, 1000 of those
old gray boards and ball heads ranging
from 81 to So years, in evidence. The
next Years meet is to be at Birming-
ham, Ala. Now got begin to lay your
plans to be there. Starr now and If life
and strength permit, don't miss it.
It is to me q great pleasure to fore
gather with those old chaps who As
years ago constituted q living. moving,
animated breastwork, and stood be-
tween the Yankee hosts and Southern
HON els. I have met one man who
claims ed to have been wounded II times,
two others who stopped or partly stop
ped each 8 bullets, two who got in the
way each 7 times, and SO on down to
those who successfully lodged the
Yankee balls. OF the latter class there
are not many. Of the la men enlisted
in my old troop, I think IA can be &C
counted for. The Old Man with the
-o,46a hos haan onH &c still VOW hJ1cv
moving down the old chaps who are
not active enough to escape the swing
of his scythe.
And Dick, you and I can't dodge the
old chap much longer. General Sorrell,
who was for more than three years
chief of staff to Longstreet, in his charm
ing "Recollections ola Confederate staff
Ohcer,'writes when good old st. Peter
nnbars he Gates OF Glory to let him in.
he will ask, "Where camps the Army
If Northern Virginia." 'fThere I pitch
my tent" And if in the Land of Spirits
such be possible,, loyalty to that in.
comparable army will require you and
me to, make the same request and Their
go and mingle with the spirits of Lees
veterans.
Write me if you can recall any o
those we knew at Point Look ane
Elmira that are still in the land of thu
living. Do you remember the tim.
when three or five fellows tunnelle(
out at Elmira2 One of those fellows i
living in Columbus, Ga., his name i
Jarvis. / met him last falla ut the Geor