The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-02
.GUNS ARE FREEDOM
| CEMETERY RIDGE
Manned by Virginians, Who
Fought With Them Half
Century Ago.
PLAYING TRICKS ON YANKEES
Notable Reunion of Descendants
Of Civil War Heroes
Is Held.
PLAYING TRICKS ON YANKEES

Gettysburg. Pa. July 1.-Prominent
among the numerous reunions to-day
was the distinctive reunion, a grand
children's reunion. OF children whose
names have figured in the history Of
tho greatest war the world has ever
known This reunion was held to-
night on the campus of Penn College.
In the party were the two srandchil-
dren OF General George r. Pickett.
George Ill. and Christian These bows
are about eighteen years old. and have
looked With thoughtful eyes upon the
scene that has endcarcd their names
TO the hearts of Virginians With the
Pickett grandsons were the son and
two Grandsons OF General I.ongstroet
ana Mrs. McGill. the daughter of Cen
eral y. p. Hill
Or r. ]. benson, color bearer for the
Forty-eighth Georgia. has created a
great deal Of fun about tho camp the
last two days DIR benson comes from
Allentown. Ga. and is the enact like
ness OF President Lincoln. Cheer after
cheer greets benson every time ne
makes MS appearance dressed in the
gray uniform he fought for years ago
r. a. Hessey. e!ghty-s!x years old
or Halltown. member OF tho Second
Virginia. has marched all over the
battlefield as no did nNy years ago
Mr.. Hessey said that he felt Just as
young As ne did the la time that no
marched in Gettysburg.
Two members OF John Morgan's
raiding party reached camp to-day
They are NJ. II Haggard. seventy one
years old. and Nathan DeathAr aged
siXty-hve years. both o: Richmond
These two men were with Morgan when
ne rode from Tennessee to Ohio They
were both captured and kept In prison
for nineteen months until they were
exchanged at the close OF the war as
prisoners OF war at Blumton. Ohio.
This morning was spent by great
many of the veterans OF both sides
going through the National Cemetery.
Every grave has n flag placed upon it,
and great many have flowers placed
on the little mounds by some loving
hand
The graves Of the unidentified at
tract great deal OF interest one old
woman was looking through tho Gene
terry to-day seeking the grave Of her
husband, who was numbered among
the missing after tho battle
While the average age Of tho vetc-
rams in camp ia over seventy, all Of
them are not old in spirits by any
means. and some of the Confedorntcs
have not forgotten how % enjoy or
rlay trick upon their Yankee enc
mics Of a half-century ago.
About o'clock this morning com
pany OF Virginia veterans got some
biooms and few old newspapers. II
little gunpowder and decided that the
old guns on Cemetery Ridge had been
silent long enough The veterans IN
gray first swabhcd out the guns that
some Of them had nred on that same
spot ifty years ago. After the guns
We're cleaned and had been filled with
powder. Rebel Yell" that brought
many q Northern veteran out o. his
a m 10 -
stop and wonder II II was not Pickett's
Brigade that he had heard as in the
days OF long ago. startled the early
morning air Lighted torches were
seen waving on Cemetery Ridge and
Dixie rang out upon the air Then,
as the light of the torches showed the
line OF gray men on the hill. the match
was applied and the guns that barked
an angry welcome 10 the men OF
Mcadcs army nifty years ago. spoke
this morning, again fired by the Wiz
einians Who had fought at their sides
htty years ago. After the firing of the
guns the Confederatcs marched about
on the Ridge singing every Southern
sons ever heard in battle
There Was rUmor in camp to-day
mat these same veterans are going to
storm Cemetery Ridge again tonight
and take the Yankees prisoners. but
the prisoners are to be prisoners OF
ieace and a handshake is all the ran
som needed to open the gates of the
greatest prison in the history of the
world, the prison OF brotherly love.