Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-18

sentative Stedman. Gen. Lee held
place at the front OF the line. mounted
on his horse, and close to a brick kiln.
against which the Federal bullets and
member that he had on new uniform.
and the brick dust sifted over him and
marked him from head to foot.
During much of the fight | was within
twenty PAGES Of Gen. Lee. Our line was
entrenched behind a hurriedly raised,
earthworks but our artillery had their
guns so trained that when the Federal
infantry, masking their attack behind an
artillery fus1llade would reach 8. certain
point in the field in front of us, our guns
would rake their line and shatter II.
Time and again the Federals made
this advance upon US. On one or the last
charges part of the Federal infantry got
I'D within twenty yards of our line. There
the fire became SO terrific that some OF
the Federals, to escape it, dropped to the
ground and crawled inside our lines, Civ
ing themselves up. Two of them came
through the lines close to Gen. Lees posi-
ton. Raising themselves from the ground
they caught sight of the striking figure
on horseback.
lis that Gen. Lee?' asked one Of them
I'VE assured him that 1t was.
Well. don't wonder you fight for
him. said he
Capt. Lamb tells a striking story of
Gen. Lees characteristic reverence for the
rights Of non-combatants. After the bat
tie OF Gettysburg. as the Confederate
forces formed the next morning for the
march, an artillery team turned out OF a
farmyard. through a rail fence that had
been lowered for the purpose. The ar
t1llerymen left the rails down, and Gen
Lee, coming up shortly after. saw tho gap
in the fence. He dis1nounted. put the
rails back into position, and said to an
officer near him:
''Our men are too careless about not
putting things back into condition
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Tho REORGANIZATION OF Capt Lamb,
who was q private in the revolutionary
army had between forty and fifty sons
and srandsons in the Confederate ranks.
In the company In which Capt. Lamb en-
listed there were fifteen of these descend
ants.
Atterson W. Rucker, now representa-
tive from Colorado. went through try
ing prison experience as a f1fteen-year-old
boy. He enlisted from Missouri, with the
Confederate forces. He was with Price
at the battle of Lexington, and figured in
the long running fight under Shelby ana
Marmaduke from the Missouri river to
the south.
Before the fighting retreat was ended
Rucker and many others had been CAP
Federal forces, and with twenty-six other
men and boys young Rucker was thrown
into prison al Springfield. Mo.
.rrhere were twenty-seven of Us put
into the Springfield prison. says Repre-
sentative Rucker. and within six months
after left I was the only one alive. l
helped to dig the graves of twenty-four of
my comrades. Two were in prison when
i left, and were soon removed to st.
Louis, but within six months they both
died.
II don't know why lived" Mr.. Rucker
added; "I've always thought 1t was be-
cause they made me work SO hard bury
ing the others"
The present Colorado representative was
paroled November q, 1867. but was never
exchanged back into the Confederate
ranks.
The Confederate battle record of Sena-
tor John H. Bankhead Of Alabama runs
through a notable list OF engagements.
He enlisted with the 10th Alabama, rs