\
Farragut
the Brave
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By R O B L R T U S LOVE
Of Farragut the brave
Let u i se n d a ringing stave
Down the past.
When the fortress cannon crashed
And the admiral wa* lashed
To the mast.
When the shells shrieked and brake
On the Hartford's hnll of oak.
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By
FR A N K
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HE war council
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of F e d e r a l
y e n c r a l s l!ie
iui;ht In-fore It*- sec-
cr<l d a y ’s t>e.ttic of
Gctt.vKi.ar;: bz-vauie
tiPcoHsnrUy a frac- j
tk- pn-tviitl-zn of
acnnnln™ tb-.* ;:a-
O ut-iie on
< be 1 e 11 c I ln.ul/i»
ridge s arid between
tin- abrupt h.liakle-
o f tb.-it I n t r i c a t e
t>att!<-l>. id la.v t V
eucauip uients o f the
t w o h .stile iirrnlc-c
omlnon» uud sail-
emn.
T here were
few n a p C T H ,
At
t i m e s c o u l d be
heard the vo!-e o f a se n try challecg-
Ing o r the d r a w n out cla t t e r o f a horse-
HiHii on the stone pave m e n t o f the ce tn
etcry.
Duylzroak fo und cnutl' iis G e n ­
eral M eade still listening to the reports
o f Ills division commander«!, to their
stories o f m isfortune and plans for
s trengthen ing the line o f battle.
TUo unexi-ccted w a s certain to be
fall bofli officers and men. and they
must I « ready to perform m iracles If
need bo. An instance o f this kind was
tint flg’it of the T w e n tie th Maine u:>
Little Round Top. In token of which
tho colonel o f the regim ent. Jo s h u a L.
C ham be rlain, for hia d a r in g heroism
received the medal o f honor.
I-ittle Kojind Top ha l e sraped the
vigilance o f the F e d e ral commanders.
TL-is w as the s m alle r o f t w o ro ugh hills,
etrewn wltA Izovrtdera and bare, silp-
pery rocks, rising eh rpiy from a wood
ed sw am p, liehinT w hic h stretched tho
C onfederate battle line. At the foot of
L ittle Hound Top a body o f Union
troops had been posted.
It w a s now afternoon. Tee’ s atla-dt
w a s expect'*d momentarily, and every
m an w as w aiting intently, with his
e y e s fixed upon the open space that
se parate d the tw o armies. J u s t at this
tlrtie. by a fo rtun ate chance. It occurred
t o C ’ PHeml Meade to order G eneral W ar­
ren to ride over the Feld in tie- direc­
tion o f the Ile un -1 Tops. Warren /Ilil
so. mid when lie cam e to the fo it of
L ittle Hound Top he left bis horse and
clim bed to the sum m it. W hat w as his
su r p rise to And .at this point only or.e
soldier, an officer of the signal cori«*!
H e no sooner looked al/out film than it
bec am e Instantly cle ar to him t i n t the
top o f this bill w a s In reality the
k e y to the whole position
H is aston­
ishment giyre place to Consternation.
With h ls ^ d n s s he noted the thickly
wooded rld«k beyond tb« sw am p.
'•C aptain.” he said. "Öre a shot Into
those wi
T h e captain o f the rifle battery did
*0, and a • j ii iu lt a n ^ ii ia flash o f m us­
ket barrel and bayonet revealed to the
northero general the presence o f a
long line o f the e nem y f a r outfla nking
the position o f the Union troops. T h e
fa ct thrilled him. It w a s most appall-
lu g
A stron g fo rce should h ave l/eeu
Intrenched long ago on this hMl
IVr-
b aps even uow It w a s not too late He
ru shed o ff a m e s se n g e r to G enera!
M e a d e w ith a penciled word to send
G e n e r a l W arren .-1 le a s t a division to
hold the pos'tlon at I.lftie Hound Top
On tin- sum m it w h e r e the sig nal o f ­
ficer w a s statio ned the musket halls
w e re beg inn ing to fly. Ho folded up
h l i flags and w a s goin g to leave, but at
Ibis m om ent Warron c e m e back and In­
duced him to keep tho flags w a r i n g
“ I t » a y puzzle tUoso people,’’ ue
il
A TREE.
Soldi*/ ’• Protoni lo HI» W s r t i m s Cor-
roopondont Still Livot.
lu ihv w id e frulli y a r d of CHpluIn
i'o p y rijH l. ISO S, hy K o b rrlu « k m i
JcM-pli A llunzphri-yH. lu Nurih Alii
bun 1 it street. Is it larg e birch tree w hic h
attracts by Its sh-uder. beiiutlful trull
Not ti\ ships forged of steel
lug Ill’suclu-s th»* uiliiilrutlzzii o f all pus
A
t
sorshy mid the p.isscssion «if w hic h
All the batteries of Mobile
uiukcs
(lie
cnplulii
the
e
livy
Ilf
nil
Ills
ÚJ
£t
a n d
t
Did he dare,
u«tg libers.
Yet the glory of his fight
” |t’s called a Hoclu-stcr b irch ." «aid
Copyri||hl. L 9 0 8 . by I«. S. Mill».
By
L. S. M I L L S
Scintillates enduring light
the captain
“ At least th.it w a s the
On the air.
name given to It ne arly fo rty j c n r s
ago. when I set It out. ami there’s a
With a far shining flamo
story y o a um> cull It a roiium ce goes
fi: s r t. r* i* «•«I hv I i I h futlii*r’tt <l«*flth Hut Mu uin(h
To illuminate his name.
with Unit ti,-,-
II III O ll 1: tilt* t*r’a hciwrt a«,i*»ni»«l huri«*«l mil in (Ini
" A f t e r the civil w a r, lu w hich I scrv
In Mtltton
Niw X *fi-
loti«*ly k » m \ u ut» (tu* iililsi«!«* Midi lu*r
girrt» tiitU of
'kV
ed four ) ours nud s e v e u m onths nml
fim.lwind. und. Itiuuidi ah«* kuvv ll« ury
«'Htrl’li I ouu rrtl
came out n captain. I w a s at my
cut Hielt* Htullilk uiiÌH>un«liMÌ I oti *. 4i «.iii'il for lid io
mother's homo hi M issouri sittin g 011
(mliiT a IlflltF w njr rii«* lili M ary «*niin* aliti 11 «• i»r> u«*ut.
the port'll pufllug 011 11 uieerscliunil/ pipe
II *n ► lu* la II» «‘tl ni l l r u i y uu«l ftuuuj I.»
li a c !» f rum tli^
which the boys of tuy com pany hud
.Mary n i'«*n«l> llaloiirr
S«» di«* i w o l»«*-
I o 11 »» I > country
givcu me, fe e lin g very pronti and com
tam o f n h t filoml.« u h li «uu* h«»|u* llu*
IlKOl. a
fortable. when tw o yo u n g ladle« h a p ­
• sii fo rviu rn « » f llo iir y
v. im t her
pened along to visit my s is te rs
due
ih«» u «* v !» m woiil hy. nini toKothor
f 11 n n It o 11 it
of these ladies, dres-usl ucutly In n
th v u*at! (tu* iK»i»i*ra («•Illude t• f du* w ar.
va« li f I«U*
calico gown, struck me as pretty as a
1! m y . lim, tvmt«* »utiu'tlut«*» t«> h it
«!«i«*r III«»
picture
S h e hud cburinlilg iiiaiinent.
in t(lu*r Itili moro »»fin» lo M ary
III»
him* climi
and thou and there I limile up my
«»vrrhca l It fo rm a !«•! te»-'* tolti tif du* wc.iry « t u KI iik am i
ailud to know her better My Invomiik
(lu* M-fitiInc ¡) i.M‘ 1«'«» im m liln ic ami
In 1111 arch of 11 v
lng wus o f the w h ir lw in d order
She
cm uiu rnt.in hi m. > *• i lu* \va» itiw aya
log gr«H*ii.
couldn't eacaiie. nud 111 n fe w d a y s we
I >H III«* u est »Ido Ih«» Mimo Inni«* lovlnu llourjr. Sunti
wore engaged. T h e n w e w e re m arrie d
by (lu* low hnnU dio w.ir t \ ì > u !«I I»«* nv«*r, uml M a ry
'l l I. n»\ r
Wv cutuw to lndInna|s>lls 11 ml In IMIS
l u TUI
woiilit i.u v l hlm. ¡» ¡tl (hry wnuUl »U i*y
w ,i!l Ih r «»(«I fiit«h
».u glit thU |>U-iv o f pro pe rty
Ili.- r<triOhu«ln‘K a^.kln
I oiiim I rc<1 r«»»«*H bl«M)in lo ull t h d r
a‘ l>urlug the w a r there w a s a good
lu lu*r «licaniN alio »an hlui, h«*r nul*
Nprlngtltiif* n|>U*ti«lor l|i*rr o ftt lio m u
amount of Correspondence lictweeu
dit r. !**r ” U*y hi I»I im *," n tu Iti (ho n*ar
f«*\k \« m ih u g ‘ * m erry *%i*h*»«»I k Irl*t. with
girls here at home and boys lu the
“ Tboy win dut
clitv k * (hat iiiiitrhcil th«* g o w of (ho u h i nmol»«* u t lu idla
Held. T h e y had n e v er met each other,
»rest, ht» In k c i lia* f1u<. lu* la u lier«».**
I»» os. pauso«I («» g n lh er n b o m p in for
pcrlutpa, hut it w a s nil vary pretty mul
Ili* dl r a m « I iuiik «'<I. au d »lu* mum bhü
toucher’ s «It»'*!» «»r I«* pluot* h«*iioutb tho
sentimental and did the Iszys a ileal of
uhwlit fron» du* trahi at du* villano
Mugs In the little g a \ e \ n n l on (ho hill
good, s e r v in g to break the monotony
»(.dion I tu» i»el|cllU>rii had reati of hl«
day And ofttliuoa,
of cam p life
My w ife , w ho hnil lu-eu «Me *>o Memorial
too. they ( hi used to lisien lo tin* «|UU*( h*.i to deed* lu the pri|*or»i and h i d
a schooltcsctier. told me she I n d cur
M iij m i t i , w ho lived mini* It* t li«HT lililí ( ln« r innrw lliv vi-
fled ou a corres|s»ndcnce of this kind w ords of Mrs
here
alone
T
h
e
y wom lered nt tho »Ion «'lumped, and Uaml In hand du*y
wtlh a yo u n g Ohio soldie r w lz.nu she
«ni hy du* ru» o h il »tu**
Ho p la t e d a
had tie r c r seen, and w hen we w ere satino»«« o f her voi«*« ns she mill!
r«» «• In lu.r hall and. a^mtly kiaalng lier
“
Ve»;
y
(»u
are
w
cleoni«*
I
•
the
rosea.’*
married w e w ro t e to him telling litui
T h au auddeu I iu ( m * would light tier Cheek. whU|KT«d
ut our m arr ia g e and w is h in g him all
“ M ary, m* won t purl any mort*”
* sort* of good fo rtun e
fuco us »lie mhled. " W h e n H e n ry
And. looking to It!« well U l-»v«*d
"Well. In UHM, a f t e r wo hud tzoiight comea home lie'll tidy up the y a r d s
fin** to read the love hi» T o h j ^ .e i-
hit
nud
i
I
I»
u
rose
for
me
ns
he
ilhl
this place, w e aeut to a utiraery fo r a
pn-■•*• «*tl. It Hcvuitsl d i r fn ry « i f ' t l î i i r y ,
lot o f * f r u lt tree» to set out. It acoins 011« e long a g o "
hut «»Hl. »o old. and hl» hiflr »<» gray
A f t e r the siiji hud »«•( and the »hm!
tho nursery w a s run tiy my w if e 's w a r
I ho* tiny (h**tt* cani«* in* tv » t*f l^rr'a
own
had
crept
dow
n
the
hliUide
it> m *pond eu t. w hich w e didn't kn ow
av |fl ndT iin e n o r th w a rd In J u l y .
o f at Uie time, and w hen he s a w the through tfu* g n v e r n n l and MlUsl nil the
lSt-sl 'I hern would lx* a h n d le
M ary
H o v / C o lo n el G h a r c b e r liln
-
valley with dui Unes» the lam p wns lit
name signed to the ord e r he re.noui
wrote a It mi ^ le d e r full <»f l»vo amt
nud
piatisi
in
the
w
in
dow
,
w
here
It»
W o n the M c v îil o f H o n o r .
bensì us. Ktf w h at /l.-es the ch ap «I.»
rlu or (ti H enry
Hut no atiawrer r i m « ,
but
iwrml <
(hut (»lix'h t i w ti» m j wlf»* ra y a Ilg hU d the p a t h w a y lending to
ut send
li. (ho pu|HTi» w ere rumor» of a groat
m iTh
hN couipliuieu
ts; nliM* n varie ty o f tin* road Hy t!»e tnhle M ary M uyn srd
flh his
co
Copyright. 100 A. by tran k II.
vJ ' rosebushes, w ith the rn jueat that alle w «» ii !«| sit. her hands folded. She wns
Ua(tie being fo u gh t
It wii» nt fi r t -
t> shurg
W u ' à l ILeo tv lu ?
1 he »ua
plant thorn In r e m e m b ra n c e o f bbu u n it in g for H enry
— s—
«* 7 ?------- r — *
F o r t y five >r a r s ago on M ay ‘J*.* H e n ­ pense w .ri n w n i l h» million» of n o r t h ­
and the U tte r s w hi. h had s e rv is i to
ern jH’tiph* na they wnl(e*l with lu*led
lighten the dull hours o f his soldier ry brought home M ary , hi» fu Ir )o im g
rest. At this Instant the Ai.it j . u i s u t
(»reaIh fo r new» from th** front, “ lu-»*
hr1d«A,
»ay
lug;
“
Mother,
bere
Is
my
days. So there’ s Ih* tree, ne arly fo rty
attacke d them on fr ont and Sau k, open
ret rent» ’ ‘ T h la w u i the r«’ |H»rt that
ye ars oM; there's the little bit o f ro­
lng with a m urderou s tire T h e r e w s rt
rm ne on the fo urth «lay. un-1 the«|raw ti
mance more than fo rty y e a r s old. nml |
trie s u cc es s iv e c h a r g e s by this ft .tv«.
f «>•«•» iel.tn*»l. T I k ’ V i fo llow ed colu m na
there's Mrs. H u m p h r e y s sittin g on tho
Colonel I'liamheriolQ
w ith d r a w n
«if •kill«»!.'* •#w«»unde«l/* **Uib»alog
porch ."--In d ian ap o lis New s.
BWi/rd moved up and d o w a !d< lines j
ilio u ra m l« o f Uoinea w ere plunged hi
T h e bullets whizzed lu res«:'u «!y p s s l :
glottiu, fo r m any a huahaiid'a u am e
him. H is men w ere corwKiinU/ groan '
aud m any a »ou » n am e niul m any a
THE C O LO N EL OBEYED.
lng nud fallin g
lover a nam e wa» them
on av ery side.
How th* Color S o rg c s n t Took C o m ­
A n e ig h b o r '! t.oy b ro'ig bt the p »|* t a
O utn u m bered
mand of tho Rog.merit.
tii.it e v e n liig
T h o u g h he c am a on
DZ/vc (bziiz Itzjve
A m incldunt w h ich occurred at th«
a w lft ly . M ary eouldu t w ait, hut run
to one.
th e ir
battle o f DrauvsvUI». Vn.. hml a mix- j
•git to meet hliu
T o g e t h e r Mary au I
jhzs HI ou w a s t e r ­
tur« o f the trag ic and humuroua that
¡ l e u r y ’a m other l«M»k«*«l d ow n (hv long
rible, and It wiia
m ak e s It worth relating.
T h e color
Jlut o f “ kin«*d "
Not there!
I buuk
ap p aren tly
a
serge aut o f Colonel M o t'alm o u t's regl
dodi
T h e n die lu t «if ' wouiu U m I "
h o p e le ss one
uu-ut w a s F r a n k A lc x a a ile r . a fellow
Not there! T hen
“ ml»»l:ig
H e n ry
■ Vet with d r i p ­
u.zt counted p a r t ic u la r ly cle v er, but
May unrd!
ping fa. es the
one wlio w a s In fa tu a te d w it h his of- I
••'Hiera U hope." said Mary
Hut
n.en h - M e l and
flee and bis flag. W hile the battle w a s
eh«* »at with the pape r tightly c las p
■ tired their inus-
ra g in g s o d .« w ere -.lowly a d v a n c i n g
ed
.VII night «hv Mit t h il.» u n i liecdo 1
| kets, dl-pliiyin g
not the tim e nor mnv the iielgtiliois
F r c u k lu bis e utbiihla sm got f a r lu
til« coz 1 Cife-rt-
front o f the regim ent.
w ho can ia i*» com fort her
A m I hv »un-
c e s s » f true v e t ­
" R r U ig that Gag b a c k to the regl
light »tul«? in (he e .u t window they
e ra n s
Col/ziiel
g« tl> lifted h*-r and p la u s i tier ou tho
h a / i i m t h n a • 11 t o ’» m eutl” shouted Colonel M< Calm ont.
—*
C h a m be r 1 a 1 u
T h e r e w a s uo ri-spouae. though It
lieti.
I ITTI K FOT \L> Tor.
thought only o f
w a s evident the color b e a r e r had dla
TUK Yk< X WAH THK l V< t. SZIIC HAW IN IIK.I
A f t e r n time »he slept aud f i r m tiled
one thin g that the (> sl-.Wai be h-/U tlnctly liv-srl tin- or»:«r.
L/SBA 14
of 11 «•nr>
li«* wus »m the cririd «»f a
w a s o f great l:nponat: t- In Itze la-.-.lle
w if e
K o v r her ¡1» you h u e me. and Mil I h 'I i I iu I a low hank of e a r t h
linn-
" B r i n g that 11 .g b ack to the regl
lie!re st v zght i:z*e.:z llze dirstvi-.i (loti of m e a t ! " aga in shouted the colonel.
i'-.ii'l let her Is- louely, fo r tom orrow I ( l i t i h of men w «»re nt hl» t ight und
an e n tire z -ips
T here
uo hope
Befort* him, M d\auclug up tho
" G o l durn you. b rin g the regim ent g-z lo the fr o n t: hut, Goil Is-lng willing, left
tlz.it supports w ool 1 tze sent Izliu trz s e s
I ll com e b a c k ."
hill, w ere tti'iusauda o f men with g r a y
up to the fl a g !" shouted F r a n k furl
son Vo s:lv*- the pz/altlizu
L.,- was re- e u s ly . and the colonel otx-j«-/! the or
anl.'irin»
T h e n lH*gau die nm r o f a r ­
On (lie fo llo w in g d a y earth innl s k y
Bal isl n e v er to yield, though ll seemed der.
»eeiued hlvuded lu pcrfe.-t liarinouy. tillery. and the s m o k e of tmttl«* rolled
that In a fe w min utes nut a Luj.it wouUl
I he r.zH.-v l loomed lu splcudor.
on
iv e r nil. and she »aw him no more Yet,
When F r a n k w a s a f t e r w a r d taken
lie le ft nlive
prison e r he m an age d In som e w a y to Uie g r a s s y hunk they Mit, M ary s o d h a lf w a k in g , h a lf »k*iplng. »he m n n a !
C.'h.nel Clin nil eriatn tints zleecrlt/e* w r a p the flag w hich w a s ho precious II i.ry, Isntkle tin- clUHtering blossoms. to h e i r him »uy. n» on that duy o f
w h at follow ed:
“ .Watch fo r m e !
I'll com a
to him around his body un de r hW I le n r y hu/l picked one of the rosea p artin g
" S e e i n g the destzerate situation. I had clothcH. aud so r a r r l e l it w ith him and lo v ing ly plnis--l It l i M a ry 's balr. back to y o n !”
on'c-rezl my men to are the .-artrliiges until Is- w a s e x c h a n g e d .—I ’ hlladelp hla F a i r w a s s h e then, in nil the freelinesi«
'J hen began the yenra o f w a it i n g -
of the fallen, f 'i e n d or fo<- Wizen thz-y Fre-ai.
of yo u th 's bright m ornin g
T e n d e r ly
w o ary yenra.
In the afternoon w he n
hzz 1 tired t h e ir Inst cartrldgz- lnf-z the
*lie placed her liunil on llz-nry's s h o u l­
th e w o r k wm
fac es o f n r a l ly in g force I re s.i.iril to
done nuiny and
der .mil with loving, pleadin g e y e s
Y a n k s « F ir e s F o r C o n f td r r a t o B aby.
m a g e a c o m t c r c h a r g i- with the Isiyo-
ninny n dny M a ry
G e n e r a l flrRiit had been a de.tr frb-n ! v\ lilb|-ere«l:
nct an«I “ / Kr tructed my officers >/-i the 0/ m y biMbz-n-l ev.-r «Ince tie- M e x ica n
»ut on th«* door­
" H e n r y , p le a s e don't g >."
w h e e lin g flauk. <-n whom ti/e IzruiH ‘ wur. At the tim e oi.r lirsi l.itlzy w a s
step look lng dow n
S.idly. s lo w ly . In- re p lie d : " M a r y , I
w a s to fall. Ret turning t«» m v ceiztz-v. I j b ora the t w o a r m i e s wi-re h i . . i i d | k -(1 must.
tin* r o d looking
But waU-li fo r me. I'll cornu
v.u-.s nlzonf to ,zrd<-r the tt-ovet:iet»c when fa c in g each other, an d the;, often s w a p ­ buck lo ) oil.”
f«H* H enry
To
Kle-Jteliailt Mclolier. < -.turnm-Jlug trie ped coffee and tob acco under Hags o f
die m any frie n d s
S o they parted on that fa t e fu l d ay,
now salient c e n te r compszzy c a m e u(< ! true#.
w ho c am e and
On the occasion o f my son's and the blrzlH sang, till- breezes crept
itn /1 r s k e d If he might tszt rush for- j birth bonflres w e re lighted I11 c e l e b r a ­ so ftly by, and the* roses scented the
went M.iry a d ­
w/trd and rescue some o f o u r wo*:-zdd ! tion all a lo n g I ’ lc k e t t 's line.
dotti »poke.
Sito
ilr
Bui M ary alo ne on the doorati-p
Grant
befz/re the on c om in g eneitzy should j s a w them and sent sco u ts to leiirn th« m il H e n ry im u ciilng out o f the v a lle y
wits like one pro­
trntizple ttzei-i underfzsg
I adm ire d ■ causa. TVhen they report.-d h« unld to licedcil them liot.
o c c il p I o d . her
I i I h tenderness and murcrtz- and an : G e n e r a l l . g u l - i :
t II o il g ti t « f a r
T h o s e w e re t r y in g d n j s fo r north
r* ^
hv . erzsl. 'Ves. s ir ; I v.-lll g-ve you s
U w u y
and
a
" I l u v e n ' t w e som e kln/lllng on this and south
T h e nation's best w e re
chan c e I am ntzotit t-z onl r a charge, j s b ia o f the Hue? W h y don't w e strike si..} lng each otln-r In terrible buttle«.
t o o k i n o row u en HT- d r e a m y h*«*k In
I v.ent f o r w a r d to our <• >lors m l a IVglzt fo r the y o u n g I ’ lc k c t t ? "
A fter B u r n s i d e 's d e fe at at the battle tier eyes. Ko the time pn»:»cd
shouted T tn y o n e tr tu'-Kng I'z.ryvsnJ! j In a little w hile Izoz flres w e re flam ­ of Fre/b i b kidiurg In Decemlzer, IHtfi, Cach surcvftdlriK year «toi*
iinethlng
a w a y fm m h e r h< a u ty ,
Hut i t mortal could fczar t
:h»- r u i r ing from the F e d e ra l line. A fe w d a y s there Ici.l been a cull fo r more men to
o f Are and shouts o f n.y rn.-ti U iow .z fsg la te r there w a s t.ikcn throu gh the lines till the broken ran ks, am i H e n ry M a y ­ (.«•avlnic hehlm l It. t>ro»*<l«T irnd «toeper,
th o gloom urid Uie sh a d o w .
all words.
a b a b y ' s s ilv e r s e r v ic e e n g r a v e d " T o nard h id enlisted. D e a r ly as ho loved
H e n ry '» m other <ll«»d nml w a» laid
” We m ade n sh kl<* •'Veep s t-retrt j G - o r g e U. r i e k e t t . J * . F ro m I l l s F a ­ M a ry H a rp e r, he could not r< slst th«
» w a y lu the »juiet griiveyaixl. and tho
rlgi.t wheel w ith our wlz/zte line ss- ther's F rie n d s . U. S. G r a n t . Itiifu s I n ­ nation 's cull mi;- lo nger
At llrst M ary y e a r s rolled ou; the »now » m i n e au d
tonlshing the e n e m y Into kiirreuder or galls. G e o r g e B u c k l e y .” — Mrs. P ick e tt pleaded w ith bun
T keii she realized w e n t; the rone:« bloomed. Srho«t|gtrls
wild retreat
We clenre/J the whole In M c C lu r e ’s.
the need nml b rave ly g a v e In-r eon- came fo r them nud In tim e g r e w to
valley to-tween Kittle Hr oral 'IVp sm l .
sent. only fo .p le a tin g that Ih.-y lie m a r ­ w om anhood, nml other girl» cam e.
brought buck I0<> prts'>izi-rs. I h->d lost j H * Wa> L in co ln 's T e le p r s p h Operator. ried before lie w e n t
When on that ICach e v e n in g tile la m p wtia pluc«*d In
h a lf my niz-n on the c e n te r and a t h i r l
D e w it t F u lle r o f H an co ck . N T.. sal/I Inst d a y ns they snt to'gether hy tha ll»«* w indow. B a c h d ay M a ry w a t c h e d
o f the entire regim ent on flze lino T h a j to h ave ls-«-n p rivate telegraph />[M-rnt/»r roses, though she w hispered him to re ­
and waited.
com pany I had Kent out on nor li-ft not
for Pre sid e n t Lincoln d u rin g the civil main. she k n ew he would g o —that
T h e nym pn dietle nelghtiora k in d ly
being at first In the c h a r g in g line. It wav. w a s killed on the E r ie trneks at alzovo all the s o rr o w ut p a rt in g alia
cared fo r her fe w wants. Mirny letter»
w a s m ade by s c a rc e ly more than 200 j N a r r o w s burg, N. V., M arch 1<1 last. l i e
wished him to go w ished him tho had t*een w i l t to the w ill*!departm ent
men. We l.-ter ndvancisl t:i m id night ; w a s sh o u t s e v e n t y y e a r s old and w a s brave, t ru e soldier o f her d ream s.
ln«|iitrlng f or H enry M a y n a r d , but
blackness, «lanztzerlizg the rough sid es em ployed hy tin* E r i e us a telegraph
T h u s It » w a s that H e n ry went, and " M is s in g a f t e r the buttle o f G e t t y s ­
o f Great Round Tz»p. b«yon<l w hic h re pair mnn. H e hud been in the eni
M a ry c a m e to liv e with H e n ry 's moth- b u rg ” w a s all tint reply.
the re m n an ts o f Hood's d lv lsiu a hn/l j ploy o f the road for about fo rty years. z-r Just those t w o In the little f a r m ­
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retreated, aral w ith the a l l o f tw o H e w a s riding his trac k velocipede house, fo r H e n r y ’s fa t h e r had been
In n p le asan t room In Melbourn e,
regtrupntH held the1 position.”
when lie w a s stru ck by a pas se n g e r klllczl y e a r s back w h ile h au lin g logo A u stralia. !Iut»*rt S m ith la y sick. O v e r
T h e heroic lender o f th! 1 re m a r k a b le train.
I mill the wzssl lot. T h e sled hud o v e r ­ .’orty y e a r s ngo lie had come to A tint r a ­
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art I--■■11. fcesides re c eivin g ilia medal o f I
t i m e d co m in g d o w n tho steep hillside. il:!. or had fo und h im s e lf there, but
honor for his work nt <c>rt\Ainrg. w a s I
H e n r y ’ s m oth e r hail seen it fr om tha with no rem em lira nee o f w h e re he
A No &idor.
m sde a b rig a d ie r g . - n e n l 0 » the fle(d
w in dow w h e re she snt kn ittin g and, fcnd I c c n liefore.
T h e possessio n s o f n fa r m e r In the
l i e bad Itrrotn« n
In s la te r engagemerzt tiy G e n e r a l | vicinity o f Uulis-per. Va., w ere In a
ailin g I l e n r y fr om the wood shed, •nerehniit In n Ninnll w ny nt llrst. but
f lr:tnt. niz<l In
Ge ne ral C lm m b s r
went to his aid
C n is h / sl nnd bleed­ frndtuilly Increased Ills hti»lneii» till
d istrict w h e re both a rm ie s fo ra g e d
Iziln wits bre ve tfed a m ajo r general T h e old c h a p one d a y . s u r v e y i n g the ing, they brought him home j u s t at
it the time o f hi» sick tie»» lie hud lie-
"fr,r con spicuou s g a lla n t r y In a ctio n ." I utreaks In the soil w h e re his fe n ce s hud the close o f the cold w in t e r 's d a y . and
" me a niiiii o f mentis w ith n s m a ll
At the ce rem on y o f the actual aur- ' stood, re m arke d w ith much feeling, In- il led In h a lf an hour.
rtu ne Still, lie It id remnlned tininnr-
render o f Ike a r m s and colors o f ! • ; * ' * “ I a in 't took no sides In this he-e re-
A f t e r this they had tolled on, H e n ry
•!ed.
a rm y at A ppom attox ( ‘ b am b arlalu w aa I .el I Ion, but I'll Ize dugguned If l o t h g l o w i n g stro n g e r and more m an ly ,
All dny he hnd tossed nl»*ut In fe v e r.
, cleilgv.r.tc-d t» command.
»Ides ain’t took toe.”
o v erco m in g grszlualljr the s o rr o w cans-
" T o n i g h t t h f r t w ill he t c h a n g e ,M the
The Fight on Little Round Top}
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OF
O ur S to r y
y if
Si. G a wd«na' StaftM •( Ffcm|w*
V a lo r o f the T w e n tie th
M a in e at G ettysbu rg.
T H E ROMANCE
Ml
Coiocel J o s h u a L. C h i m l r - r l l i n
In C ivil War C t ) i
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said, m e an in g the enemy, " a n d m ay
keep then/ buck fo r a fe w m in utes.”
T h e m om ents o f su s p e n s e c a m e s u d ­
denly to an end w ith the Hrrlval of
Vincent's b rigade and t ia z l e t t 's bat
te ry o f rifled < an:ion. F i f t h a rtille r y.
T h e yei-ng b attery lieufetiuut spoke
"Gcu err.i. w h at Is the m a t t e r ? ”
" T h e douce Is to p a y ! ” « a s the re­
ply. " I hope you cau hold -out until
the in fa n tr y gets into (zosifUon ”
• 1 gu ess I c an .” a n s w e r e d Kk-utennnt
Hnzlctt. A s a m a tte r o f fact, he stayed
there until he w a s killed.
T h e v e te ran Cbainl>crlaln, now In his
eightieth y e a r , thus d e s c r i e s the a c ­
tion from this point:
•'W arren started o r r b rig ad e (V in­
cent’s/ before he sent Hazb-tt's buttery
to I.ltfle Hound T o p
My c/.iun.ti pass
ed Ila/tlett gettin g bis gu n s up hv band
nt.d handspik e to ¡h e sum m it o f Kittle
Round Top. Tl/e T w e n l.e t h M uine -vas
placed on tiie e x t r e m e left o f the Union
nrmy. T h e attack , begin nin g on the
right o f o u r brigade, rolled rap id ly
upon m y fr ont
T h e a s s a u lt w a s tirst
from
the F ourth and F if t h T e x a s ,
joined by the F o u r t h A la b a m a and
next by the F o rty -se v en th and Anally
by the F if t e e n t h A la b a m a .
“ My regim ent hud alr e a d y beon cut
dow n by the c a s u altie s o f the serv ice,
so that only kds
muski-is w ere In
lin e
W e Brst
fo ught w i t h o u t
seel- g the e xte n t
o f the opi-osing
fo rce which w a s
c o n s t a n t l y In­
creasing.
Then
the tw o flitnking
regim ents ( F i f ­
teenth and F o r ­
ty-seventh A l a -
b/tinn 1. preparin g
a ' t u r n i n g nt-
tnek.' w ere met
hy n c h an g e o f
fro n t.
1 sent
f i r e a sho t i . v to giso ¡, s t r o n g
those w o o p i
com pany out on
that C.-iuk to s trik e this a t t a c k in
flank.”
No sooner had Colonel C ham l/erlnln’ s
III tie fo rce reached the portion o f the
hillside assigne d to It than It w a s
engaged hy the F ourth A la b am a
N//on
It s a w a dense m ass of C o n fe d e r­
ate s co m in g t o w ard Its left, fo r two
stron g regiment/» o f the enem y, con­
tain in g a thousand men. bad been o r­
dered to turn the Union flank nt e x ­
actly that position
D isce rn in g In a
flash the g r a v e peril o f bis command,
(be M ain e colonel sent out a com pany
to e n g a g e this fo re * and ordered five
co m panies to s w in g back until they
f o r c e d a Hit» at a ri m
e a g l e to tfe*
o f X O a t c h in g
O a i t i n ¿¡
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