The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
STORIES or GENElAAh LEE.
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NInn's Character.
After tho war ended We had an old
gardener, named Sandy Dunlap. u
Scotchman, who had been n gunner In
ono OF the batteries OF Lees army. He
was a good one. Ono evening, we were
talking war talk under the trees. Oh
Sandy came UP. Somebody talked about
lodging bullets. "iloot mont" said
Sandy. "Onybody will dodge. see
Glneral Leo himself dodge" Pressed
for his story, Sandy said: "Nle gun was
named Betsy, and livery tain All pulled
the lanyard Ah said 'Spake to en-,
Betsy. So a day az we was wUorkin'
In the salient, UP rides Glneral Leo OF,
Traveller and laughs when he heerd
me say 'Spake 10 EN-. Betsy ABBOTT tina
time a 12-pun' shell cam DER our
heads, and we was all adoon on our
knees, and the gineral says: Boys, It's
ma guide to- dodge. II they be after We,
they'll get ye.' II were nae long afore
they had our range. and a shot hit thu
crest and kemivar ira near. Sac this time
the ginera1 was adoon low on Traveler'a
neck, and when he cam up the boys
all cheered and sed: An gneral,, 1t
waur you yourself tha' lodged tha'
time And he laughted right heartily
himself and says, as he rode away,
for he saw 1t waur himself they waur
shootin' at: right. boys. When
tina cum lax that we maun all dodge"
General Lees horse, Traveller. was MS
much part OF a soldiers recollection
of Lee rs Leo himself. On one of my
political campaigns l met In Madison
or Green county a handsome blond fell
low named stage. think, who gave
me a vivid account of the way tho
soldiers surrounded Lee at stie bloody
angle in SpotsylvaniA, when he tried
to lead them and they forced him back.
sta gg. IT that Is the correct name, was
tile man who seized Travellers bride
and led him off III spite OF the gen
crafts protests. Traveller was not a par
ticularly snowy horse, but he was
sound In wind and limb, and without a
blenish. He did not champ his bit, or
curve his neck. or or carry his tail
very high, or paw, the earth. but he was
a "staycr."AOn n certain occasion Gem
eral Lee reviewed his army on tho
Kappahannock.a and rode Traveller. The
army was massed by divisions, and 1t
was necessary. in order to make the
review, to ride around every division.
General Lee set forth. accompanied by
a brilliant staff, many OF them superb
| ~ mounted. Traveller set tho pace ut
a steady lope. the distance to be COW
cred being fifteen miles. One by one
the other horses fell away, aid new
staff attendants took their places as
the new divisions We're reached. TRAY
eler went the whole course without a
skip and showed no sign of suffering
at the end. Not a horse that started
with him had been able to go the dig
lance at his gait The difference be-
tween him and his companions was
that between Lee and his lieutenant.
after Stonewall jackson died.
General Gordon tells good story
showing Lees tenderness of heart. He
had never shot a spy. but shortly be-
fore Petersburg was evacuated two
were caught red-handed and sentenced
to BIO hanged. General Lee. for ono
reason or another, delayed their execu-
ton. and at Appomattox. even In the
darkest hour, he said to Gordon: "Wcll,
general, 1 am at least spared hanging
those two men. had never hanged
one but / did not see how was to
get out OF it this time.'-John S. Wise,
in the January Circle.