Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
farther north. dragging al their earth
~ belongings With them,

farther north dragging al their earth
~ belongings with them.
An old resident Of IN" town tells how
he saw the negroes moving. and how
when the little children did not walk
rapidly enough their mothers would
say. 20 de Lord sake. you chillun
come right long quick II dem rehs
dun kotch YOU dey tear you all up"
The warning usually had the desired
effect with the thoroughly frightened
pickannnics. However when the Con-
federates came il was found tnat they
that little attention Mas paid TO the
colored people who remained in the
town.
NJ one time during the battle Gen.
Gordon of Georgia had charged across
Rock creek and reached the summit Of
hill now known as Rarlows knoll.
lie observed a Union officer of high
rank lying on the ground. lie ais-
mounted and. finding the officer WAS
Gen. Barlow. NJ asked If he could do
ANYTHING for him. Barlow declared
that he was dying and expressed n
wish TO see his wife before death came
Cen Gordon rode away and dispatched
4 messenger TO Mrs Barlow who MAS
staying at the 18th Corps headquar-
tiers She Was conducted through the
confederate lines and found her hus-
band still aliv" on the field She had
him taken To the Bender home nearby.
where by her carefui nursing he recov-
cred twenty Ae.rs after the battle
Gen. Gordon and ,er. BARLOW met AT
banquet in Wash.u2ton:
Are YOU any relation II Gen. Barlow.
who was killed at GettNshurgr" Gen.
Gordon asked
Yes. | am the man answered Bar
low. Are YOU any relation to the Gen
Gordon who was reported dead at
Getty shurgr"
Gen. Gordon was under the impression
that Barlow had died soon after he left
him on the field. and rs there WAS a Gen.
Gordon OF the Confederate army killed
. each thought the other dead.
The first days fight was gloomy one
for the Union forces and had the CON-
federates known OF the complete disor-
ganiZation of the Federal troops they
might have pursued and captured large
part of the army. Gen. Meade was sew
eral miles from the field when he re-
ceived news Of the death Of Reynolds lie
at once sent Hancock 10 take general
charge until he himself should arrive
Gen. Hancock came the field late in
the afternoon and his presence had a
tendency To cheer the fallen' spirits Of
the men. He assured them that rein
forcements would arrive during the night
the morrow.
Thus ended the first DAYS fight on that
great battlefield hours before the arrival
of Gen Meade. and had il been all to
tell of Gettysburg another defeat OF the
Army of the Potomac by Lees gallant
sons of the south would have been added
to the many which had preceded ii. But
both of the commanding generals de-
cided to continue the enlightenment there.
and orders issued To gather in their
respective outlying forces for the terrible
carnage which would follow on the NOR
rows morn Lee had lost Jackson at
Cha ne ellorsville- perhaps the greatest
corps commander the world has eyer
known-and there was no one 10 TAX
his place. Stuart for some unacccnnt-
able reason had failed to appear on that
day and his exact Whereabouts were un-
known But Meade had gathered in all
his available forces and the two armies
rested that night within short distance
of each other, waiting the coming OF the
dawn, when the trumpets should sound
the roll call for the day-the last one
on earth To many thousands of those
brave soldiers who on that beautiful July
day were TO go 10 their final roll call TO-
yond, the grave.