New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-04
BLUE AND GRAY ACT
P|CKEH'S CHARGE
Continued from first page.

and containing on It's face an enam-
elled reproduction of the old Corps |
flag, carried by their former enemies.
Above the flag is the inscription, |
THE Philadelphia Brigade" and be-
low it another inscription, "Picketts |
Division. and on the reverse side 1t
says: Presented by John Wanamaker |
through the Philadelphia Brigade as /
a token Of peace"
After this presentation there inter
vened period of reminiscing, in |
which rebel and Yank figured out to-
gether just how near they had come |
to shooting one another's head off.
John S. Noteworthy of Smithfield, |
Va, who belonged to the Sd Virginia |
Infantry of Kemper's Brigade. re-
membered that while he was standing |
not far from General Robert E. Lee |
on Seminary Ridge, just before Pick |
etts charge, General Pickett rode up |
to the Confederate commapder-in- |
chief, and he overheard General Lee
say to Pickett:
We've tried their right and we've !
tried their left now we've got to try |
their centre. It's desperate situation. |
Do you think you can make it?"
And Pickett replied: I'll try it. gen.
cral."
In the next few minutes Private |
Noteworthy lost his leg as his regi- |
ment swept over the ground to-day oc-
cupied by the big reunion tent.
Forced Into Strange Regiment.
ID. b. Easley. fourth sergeant Of
Company II. l4th Virginia. said that in
some manpuvre, as his regiment was
ascending the slope of Seminary Ridge
the line of another regiment overlapped
and forced him from the end OF his
company's line back among strange
regiments. But he watched his oppor-
tunity, and the moment man fell in
the line blocking his way he rushed
through the gap and on UP and over
the wall There he suddenly found /
himself in the very midst of a ''pa'cel
Of Federals" so he promptly dropped
his gun and threw up his hands. The
Union soldiers parted and he found
himself behind them, disregarded.
II was at this point that he saw
General Armistead, his dear old COM
mander. fall, General Armistead, one
Of the only fifty men to cross the wall.
A ball from Cushng's battery had
killed him as he put his hand on the
cannon.
AGED Veteran in Tears.
When Sergeant Eastley came to this
part OF his story he suddenly stopped
short. dropped his eyes and put an
old. empty corncOb pipe TO his mouth
He sucked at the stem in little gasps.
He was weeping. He looked up AFTER
a long pause and made a clean breast
of the fact; looking at his audience
through blue eyes that swan in tears
and speaking brokenly. Then, almost
Immediately, he mastered himself and
went on:
Il looked around for a gum he said,
and when had found gun had TO
go hunting for ammunition, because
mine wouldn't fit. The general.
knew. was sixty-three years old, so
thought ne might have fallen from the
heat, or perhaps from only slight
wound which would incapacitate him
at that age. | got my gun, and pretty
soon | got it loaded and knelt down
over the generals body to shoot, but
lust as | was amin they stuck three
bayonets In my face and / had TO
give up"
c. p. Deering. OF Cadiz, KY, who had
belonged to the 2Sth Virginia. was an
other OF those present to-day who had
made up the little company or NIFTY
Confederates TO get over the wall at
the bloody angle into the Union
lines.
The Yankees were Mighty nice to
US" he said. They didn't shoot at US
at all. They only asked US to surren-
der to them. l was hit, and Colonel
m,
was killed. He and | was layin' in,
heap together on the ground. and he
said TO me:
"'Wheah is the colors?'
HE took his hat off his heayd JUS
lit Then he put it back on again an
died"
Kindly Treated by tho Enemy.
Deering reverted again to the Kind
treatment he had received at the hands
of his enemies.
81 stayed twenty-three months and
n half at Fort Delaware. I've heard
them say they treated us badly, but
ANYBODY who says that must have
been a copperhead. We had the finest
hospital YOU ever saw and they gave
us different stuff at every meal.
when / get back home they won't
believe II when | tell them how well
we've been treated here. Better meals
than at any hotel"