The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
NORTH AND SOUTH LOSE ALL
OF THE OLD BITTERNESS

have two good stories with de-
cided Southern tinge 10 them. IKE
such stories The public likes them
There are reasong why they do: more
particularly the North Let me give
some OF the REASONS
20" atty years before the CtyiI War
there Were TOO many bitter controver
sizes between the sections FOR the
North and south to know ana like
each other 'rhey had passing ac
auain'ance. Sometimes they spoke as
'hey passed. sometimes lifted their
haas but there Was ,ecp-seated an
tasonism The grea, war settled more
than one question or vital Importance
introduced the South to rhe North
ana the North TO the South as nothing
else could have done While for mnnv
years alter the war bitter feeling ex
IStcd between the two sections il IS
glorious TO know ttat to-day bitter
ness Is coniiucd TO an exceedIuplv sn,aiI
number OF people in both II is also
neHkhtiul to know that the influence.
81 the few malcontelts who are sill,
hghtIhS the battles Of the Civil War Is
srpWihs less every hour. There is the
Eihdiiest feeling North for the South.
RE bitterness of war has disannea
me people of the North. with the few
exceptions referred 10. glory in the
iact that the Southern States are a
Ni''i'N important part. and growing
more so of this government. unsur.
n"ssed. NO good fortune comes to the
south that does not rejoice the North
lherc lives in Lexing,om Ky. n
man VINO sometimes is called colonel
sometimes general, and BY a class OF
GA men who were under his command
AZ INC opening OF the Civil War. cap.
tam. who tells this interesting story:
The mellow memories of long 400
touch AN old -Confedcrate's heart
as he recalls April { and :. 1862.
During the first day at shiloh We
swept The Federal army. under Grant
ana Sherman four miles back under
shelter OF the banks of the Tennessee
River. At about ? O'Clock in the after
noon however, that superb master Of
strategy, General Albert sydney John
ston, who had long served the Union
IN the regular army. had fallen by
some inscrutable way OF Providence.
the Confederates We're ordered TO halt
and stack arms
CHANGING TO the left saw badly
wounded Federal captain. in great
pam, TWO OF his soldier boys kneeling
beside him. Approaching him re-
marked that ! was sorry 10 see him
suffering. and asked him If I could
oil water would be most grateful
handed him my cantecn, of which he
drank heartily. = handsome sword of
jeweled hit was lying near. He was
captain or company in an illinois
regiment. / remarked:
am commanding COMPANY F.
Th'rty-hrst Alabama. Arms of all
kinds aye scarce with us With Your
permission | Will accept your sword
IL ! 40 not take II come other rebel
will
Looking up at me the Illinois cap
Il prefer YOU should have it TO any
one else but, he added. as tears came
10 MS eyes. i had hoped that by scme
chance l might get i; as a memento
or their father TO my two little boys
In Chicago. and if
That is enough, captain replied.
pushing the sword out OF sight under
the blanket on which he was stretched
- VIII not have #. and. damme. if
don't see that no other gets it
Al mat time the inpetuous colonel
of the Fourth Kentucky came down
me line III charge of LOCO prisoners
Seeing the two soldier boys vino were
WITH the captain. he shouted;
Here, YOU. fall in behind those
ankees. and be quick about it
The little fellows. not more than
sixteen years Of age. looked at me and
ptSun 10 CRY.
Pardon me. colonel. but these are
my prisoners. will take care of
them
All. all right, captain. see that they
get m returned Colonel Trnbue.
consulted the captain and his
boys. telling the latter to see that the
wounded officer got back to his friends
during the sitting battle. which
khe" was not over. Covering me with
lar more gratitude than my deserts
ttor with every worthy nature the
wounded enemy is at once a fr!end)
the captain took my name, begging me
to let him or his regiment know if
ever became n prisoner and he or his
friends would see that I should get the
kindliest treatment. I lave ALWAYS
been anxious to hear whether the
wounded captain recovered. and hear
something from. his company, if any
of them still live"
The name of this ex-Confedera is
c. r. Merrill. and he lives at 343 Broad.
way Lexington, XIV.
Am eighteen year old Norwegian boy
enliste9 in 1861 in Il Western regiment.
Among other battles he participated
In were Chichamauga and Missionary
Ridge. Those battles seemed to have