The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-10-28
SHOULD Be IN
CONFEDERATE HOME
PATHETIC STORY OF ONE OF
MoRoAN's HEROES NOW IN
POORHOUSE
Crab Orchard. ~, oct b.

'lNV blfuhlWF N.Y. WI
A lew days ago ASH walked down
the strtftsNd Crab ufyhard met an
old friend his form 9as bowed and
and his head Was severed by the
frosts of many wintety. age had din,.
med the fire Of his I've, and on his
brow the foot OF meEnCholy had LETT
his track. As | rrasped his hand
said my old friend why don't you go
70 the confederate lelders' homer"
Said he II ticketsthere only cost
ten cents ! could not buy one.
4 mist gathered in my eyes as {
thought who my old friend Is and
who he has been. remembered
Wnat my father and mother had tolt
me Of his Family whom they had
known In ante.bellum days. His faith
er was Garrard county man, who
lived on Blue Grass farm OF a
thousand acres in palatial residence
facing the turnpike. At the begin
ming OF the war he owned over 500
negroes he vas one OF the richest
men that ever lived in old Garrard
but misfortune came and his proper.
~ was swept away like mist before
the morning sun.
When the Civil War broke out. my
young hero kissed his sweetheart and
mounted a thoroughbred and followed
the God loved Morgan into Dixie land
lie belonged to Rigsby's regiment
and Captain Tom Shanks Company;
was captured on the famous Ohio
raid and imprisoned with Morgan IN
the Ohio penitontiary and transferred
from there to Camp Douglas From
there he escaped 10y tunnelling under
the wall with six OF his comrades WAS
betrayed and captured on the out.
side, finally bri1ed q guard and es-
capped then went back to Confederacy;
Was wounded NJ Melton Tenn. by
being shot through both hips What
thess men suffered tOr the cause they
loved.
! often think OF the picture painted
by Georgia's gifted son. Henry W.
Grady, when In April 1865 under
meath IN apple tree at AppomattaX
Grant took Lees sword in surrender,
there on every ragged gray cap the
Lord God Almighty laid the sword OF
his unperishable knighthood Think
OF this ragged ghy band who for four
years had held Grants teeming le
gions at bay-they were the salt OF
the earth
Not long since attended the tuner.
al OF Judge VI. {. Sauiley at stanford.
He was man whom | greatly admir-
ed. lGwycr. a jurist, and orator and
patriot lie was taken to his last
resting place wrapped ia Confeder.
ate ilag.
AS the body was borne from the
residence Judge j. w Alcorn walked
in front. oy his side a gray haired
chieftaIr; It is enough TO say his name
vas Breckinridee. There fell in be
hind his casket his Old comrades in
arms. they were the greatest body OF
men that ever paid their last respects
10 brother soldier.
Eut returning to my subject; who
Il nv old hero who once wore the
gray with q heart oi gold! lie Is John
Salter. one thing | must state that
wish could be lett out that Is he IL
now An inmate OF the Lincoln county
Door house.
lust one word to the soldiers who
followed Morgan. Can't John Salter
ret a ticket to the Confederate sol
dhers' home? | am sincerely
w. q. HANsFoR0.
Tho Interior Journal will he glad
TO receive and give credit in the paper
10 any who may wish to contribute
toward a fund TO deIray the expenses
az this veteran to the Confederate
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