The National tribune., 1908-06-11

never forgotten by those who lyitnessed
it. and he said, He is at rest and we
who are left are the ones tn suffer"
Gen. Lee also gave sympathetic direc-
tons as to conveying the SAP news to
Mrs. Hill. ~
The 5th Ala. battalion, iahe pro-
vost-guard at Gen. Hills headquar-
tiers, recovered the body, which was
slightly warm when found and nothing
disturbed. The remains were taken to
the yenable cottage, and later taken
away in an ambulance with the inten-
ton of going to the old family bury
ing ground at Culpeper, but on arrival
at Richmond there was1 SO fffuch tur-
| MOL that even coffin lcouh not be
purchased and was simply taken. He
was first inferred in the Buryihg ground
near the refugee farm" After two
removals. the final resting place is in
Holyrood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
Authorities Consulted.
1t may interest the comrades to
know the authorities l have consulted.
On detailed map l traced he routes
of Corp'l Mauk ana Se>g't Tucker as
described by them and came to about
the same location of their meeting
sent copy of a similar map to Mr..
Amber b. Moncure at Petersburg, Va,
from whom many of the comrades
have received courtesies. and asked him
to mark the location of the spot where
Gen. Hill was killed on the map sent
him, and was pleased to find close
verit:catiOn of my own determination
on its return to me. A wooden marker
has been placed as near the spot as
can be determined. by the A p Hill
Camp of Confederate Veterans. of
Petersburg, Va. Serg't Tucker (now
deceasedD went there twice for that
purpose. The marker is south of Cat
tail branch. and in direct line barely
a mile from the Southsidc Railroad.
and a good mile northwestwaFd from
Fort Gregg, and mile and quarter
from the Turnbull place.. Gen. Lees
headquarters. AS Fort Malone has
been mentioned. j will state that 1T is
five and a half miles due east from
that marker.
For some of the details at Gen. Hills
headquarters that morning / am in
debted to. Anthony Mason, who, as he
has stated to me, twas Il slave until
Appomattex." and the body-servant of
Maj. Starke, of Gen. Hiifs- staff. He
is now a messenger in the Office of the
L. S. Geological Survey at Washing
ton. ID. G. He was at the front from
Shiloh to Appomattox, and his expert
ences would make an interesting record
but l cannot enter upon them now.
Batess History of Pennsylvania gives a
regimental report of the movements of
Mauk and Wolford. i have also read
the various statements in The National
Tribune with great interest, and they
have prompted me to this investigation.
Mr.. David Hutchinson, of the Library
of Congress, kindly aided 70 as to
sources of information F. re rec
ords of the movements of Gen. Hill
from Gen. Lees headquarters to the
fatal meeting there are the statements
of Col. Venable, of Gen. Lees staff, and
an anonymous boy-courier. who evil
IDENTITY got considerably in the way
~ Hilc carrying the Confcderacy on his
~, Nders that morning, and the most
- ~ of all is that Of the Sergeant
~ ntn',,s of Gen. Hilf'st couriers. G.
W Tmcker The latter makes no men
ton of Col. yeiias- lie or the boy-courier,
which is considered ~ them as nota.
BILE omission in his narr.' Mucn OF
which may be found in the .lIi I t,o,s
of the Southern HISTORICAL Stsa ely, fois.
IL. 10 and 90 % $40
/ have thus endeavored3 tossettic the
vexed question of how anu where Gel. !
A. P. Hill was killed. but it'fhas also
developed the fact that the head
quarters CT Gen Lee Were ina good
also, that the assault On ~F'oTt Gregg
mat afternoon was unnscessary.. as II
was practically surrounded, apd could
len At exe MD of Apr6s IsSs. Gems.
Grant and Meade made Their bfadqnar-
tiers at the TurnBull. place. and The
Army of, the Potomac had. the South-
side Gilbert Thompson, q.
S. Engineers, Washington. ID. c.