Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-30
GRUBB
AGAIN F|GHT|kG
BATTLES OVER
C%0mmandant of Soldiers Home
Chats of Civil War
Days.
FIFTY YEARS AGO LAST
SATURDAY HE ENLISTED
Couldn't See Lincoln Review Be-
cause Trousers Were
Ragged.

Something of the romance and the
chivalry of the Civil War, of the spirit
of the Boys in Blue" who fought at
Gettysburg and Antietam. of the trag-
edy and the pathos of the battlefield,
and something of the ultimate and es-
sential triumph of the cause of free
dom in which was sacrificed even the
life of the great emancipator himself,
were flashed before an Evening STAR
reporter today In vivid word pictures by
General e. Burd Grubb, superintendent
and commandment of the New Jersey
Home for Disabled Soldiers.
He sat on the broad, shady steps of
the main building, with his lovely little
6-year-old daughter playing happily
with her pet kitten beside him, and
spoke In quiet, incisive. soldierly terms
of the war and what it had mean to
him and to his comrades.
Seeing my old comrades here every
day." he said with a smile, talking TO
them-it has brought the scenes of the
war closer and more clearly before me
than ever.
1T wal May or, 1s61-ffty years ago
last Saturday-while l was reading law
in Judge Penrose's office In Philadel-
phia, that l enlisted. After l was grad
uated from Burlington College, was
born In Burlington, N. 1.-THE yea be-
fore, l commenced to study law. The
Judge and | used to travel back and
forth-commuting. as 1t were, only we
used to get no commuters reduction In
those old days.
THAT day news came that Colonel
Ellsworth had been shot and killed
while hauling down a rebel flag in AL
eXandria. That was, / think, the first
blood shed. After | heard Of it, /
walked across the street n put my
name down as a private in Company
c, Third New Jersey Volunteers. And
there are two members of hat very
company in the home here now.
1--WE were at the first battle Of Bull
Run, under command of General Run
yon, of Newark, who directed two bril-
gades Of New Jersey troops. Then, in
August, 1861, the First Brigade passed
under the command OF General Philip
Kearny, Of Newark, too. At that
time we built Fort Worth. one OF the
large s~trongholds near Alexandria, and
we picketed all through that winter
right opposite the rebel line.
IN INC SpTluB we were III inc fLSl
Brigade of the First Division Of the
First Corps. Colonel George w. Tay-
lor, whose son lives across there'-and
the general pointed across the sun-lit.
SLOPE of the well-kept grounds toward
Newark-"was commissioned b~rigadier-
general and took command of the First
Brigade. 1 was put on his staff.
I'VE were held as reserves during the
battle of Fair Oaks. On the eth Of
June the brigade went into the battle
of Gaines Mills, where CO., 900 men vera
engaged. Let me give you a bit OF the
official record. The New Jersey brigade
went into that battle with 2,110 men
and officers. Mex morning the roll
call showed a loss of LAO.
"tFhe other engagements Of the seven
days battle In which were were en-
gagged were Savage's Station, White
Oaks swamp and Charles City Cross
Roads.
Then we were engaged in the second
battle of Bull Run. General Taylor wal
mortally wounded. and l went on the
star OF General Torbert. We fought
at CHAMPION Pass ana were in reserve
at Antietam."
The general quickly outlined his pro-
motions. He was made captain Of
Company B of the Third New Jersey
Regiment in September, 1852, major Of
the Tw~enty-third New Jersey in the
First Brigade In November, lieutenant
In December. after the battle Of
Fredericksburg, and colonel on the sth