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WAR Si Member ol' 4-tli Ga. Allanta . BONHAM, TEXAS, (Jct. S, 1 ;>U1. \Y. W. Hulbert, Atlanta, ??a. Dear Friend and Comrade: Our mu- j tuai friend aud comrade, Lieut. J. L. , . j ncr. ol' McKinney, Texas, on thc 28th, ult., wrote tu me enclosing a clipping from thc Atlanta Journal, from thc pen (d' Col. A. J McBride, presumably of the Tenth Georgia p^i unlit, in which he say? that "Kansas j Toni Johnson,*' of Company h. Tenth ; Georgia regiu .-nt killed General Sedg wick, < i?-. In friend Greer*H note, he . r-ay.- you \\ish to know my address arni tor tuc lo -end to you a written reply t" the colonel s article. Thi- colonel is certainly in error. Longstreet's corp?, il you remember, was in the main away to thc left of : our corps on ibo morning of the Dth | of May. This i> my recollection ol' i thc position. The facts, as nearly as I now re- ! member them, ar?, as follows: Wu were Occupying the salient just to the left of Gen. Ed. Johnson's division, he occupying what proved to bc the "Bloody Angle," on the 12th. The right of our division, our hiigade being the right of thc division, was restiug ou the immediate left of John son's. About JJ o'clock on the morn ing of thc 'Jtb, perhaps u little earlier, General Rhodes rode up to General Doles aud ordered him to send out some of the best sharpshooters and try to silence a Parrot battery that i as demolishing our temporary breast work?, behind which our regiment was iyiug; and being tho orderly ser geant of tho sharpshooters, General Doles told me to take some half dozt-u of the best shots aud go forward and silence the battery. I remember the most of that detail well. Batkius, of company A, Johnnie Hill, of company D, John H. Traylor, of compauy B, Joe Jemison, of company A, Jim Lowery, of compauy K, Jim Keino, of compauy E. and perhaps one other. Wheu we had gone couiei liing .like a half mile through thc heavy umber, we came upon a small tielJ, on the north eide of which the federal breast works were located us if as upou the backbone of a ridge running east aud west, but apparently bearing souih ea&t towards where it crossed \*? lit t e Po river, the name of the river, or creek, given to mu afterwards. I de ployed the men along the south of the fence, placing Johnnie Hill out in the timber on thu left to guard our flank, and took Joe Jemison and went north along the west string of fenou uutil we got to a large cherry tree standing im mediately against thu fence, on the outside, aud about a third of the length of the fence from thc south west corner to where the breastworks of the enemy was located. The tim ber waa very heavy on tho left of the held, but just where the timber and breastworks seemed to join, the bat tery was localed, and just beyoud the battery appeared to bc opeu or cleared land. While we were shooting at the men about the battery, what seemed to be a regiment of cavalry came riding up fruin the east to where the battery was located and halted, aud either dis mounted or moved back under the crust of the ridge out of rango of our shots. I soon saw a couple of major generals come up near tu thu batterv, bu', could cot tell if th"y were ou foot or mouuled, not knowing thc topo graphj of thu gruuud just beyoud the breastworks. I oould plainly sec the shoulder straps uf the two g* serais with the telescope attach, d io the Whitworth guu 1 was then using. Jemisuu, aa &uuu as I told him th it they were generals, asked mc lo let him have the first shot at them, hu having a trained Enfield rifle, aud I told him to Gre at range of 450 yards. His shot fell ehort, a .d .be ?-eoond one fell sho.t about fifty yards, ac cording to be-t ' judgment i then laid my Whitworth agaiust the cherry tree aud fired, the bullet knocking the dirt on top of thu breastworks imme diately in front of the two geuerals. Jemison, who was watching the effect of the shot, said it hit the dirt on top of the works; I, however, did not get blinded by the rebound of the gun as usual, but was able to sec the effect of the shot, and immediately raised the sight or telescope one-half degree and aimed at. the general standing on the rigb my left, tho right hand of the general sitting or standing, on the left, as the case may be, placed his right hand on the left shoulder of the I one on the tight, and pointed in our direction with left-appeared to he pointing right to the cherry tree just ns I fired the fatal shot. When I recovered from the stun of th? rebound of the gun, Jemison oried our. 'You got him,' and I saw not a mau in sight, and but one artillery horse, and I shot him just behind the lof?- *?r. We had to get away immediately as T)RIES. Vols. Shot C ? tu ier;il wick. Juui'mtl. \ we were soon pressed by a force wc could not bold io check. However, it stopped before it got to our breast works. At the tituc, every paper in Rich mond published that I was thc man who killed General Sedgwick, and thc report was copied by different paper? throughout tin: South. We gol hold of The Philadelphia Times a day or j two after, giving the details of thc killing, ami none doubted, who knew of the facts, that it was I who killed him. Ne ua> not killed with a minie or Hntield ha!!, ile was killed with a hall nf ??3 or not greater than a 41 calibre, as then reported, and all who ! ever saw a Whitworth hall, know that j it was the smallest hall tised in our I army for any guns. At the surrender at Appomattox C. H., on Monday after the surrender, I went with .John Kidd, of company R, to General Kilpatrick'? or lieu. Cus ter's headquarters. Memory is uncer tain now as to which, after a negro boy, and whilst conversing with the general and his staff, Kidd mentioned that I was the man who killed Gen eral Sedgwick, when a major spoke up and said that he was in command of thc squadron of cavalry that was act ing as escort for General Sedgwick at thc time be was killed, remarking that it was worse than the loss of two army corps to their tause. I thcu asked him to please tell me exactly how tho general was killed; this after I had 'given him the details somewhat as detailed above, when he remarked: "My young friend, it was the mao who was behind the large cherry tree beside the fence, the fence perpendicular to our works and ; next to the timber." He also said General Sedgwick bad just ordered the battery to shift its position, and that the general on his left (giving mo his name at the time, but now not re mem bored by me) put bis right hand ; on General Sedgwick's shoulder, just asl had described it, and pointing with his left at the cherry tree, ?aid: "General, that man bobind the cherry tree in shooting at you dangerously close," when the geueral made reply that the man could not hit an ele phant, or r-omo other big object?t that distance. Of course I can't, re member exactly at this late date, said the major, and the words were hardly j out of hts mouth when ho fell with the bullet over bis right eye, the bub ? let being of smaller calibre than com monly u=ed in the service." This of course, cleared all doubts chat I may have had as to the killing by me. I did not kuow that any other soldier ever claimed the honor (if au honer) of killing General Sedg wick. As before stated, all the p ipe s in Richmond and all through the South, gave the credit to me, and this is the first iustance that I have ever beard of where it was claimed for some one else. T say oow. as I said theo, if I bad to kill a federal general, there were two that I would not shout knowingly, unless compelled by cir cu tu M anees, and they were Generals Sedgwick and Hancock; for, of all the fighters that the North had, Sedgwick and Hancock excited our admiration more than any corps commanders in the Federal army-they displayed more dash than any others in making charges on our lines. Without any Fcecuiug boasting, they were the only two that ever made it interesting'to u~ in charging our lines, whether in the open or behind works. If [ am nat the man who killed General Sedgwick, I would like to know, for I have always had a sensa tion ??f sadness whenever the subject was mention* d or the rec dlection that I kill-d bim cune to my mind. As j? i knew, I have put many a Whit worth as ??.-ll as Eufield bullet where it did damage, but that oue bullet I have always regretted, because of the fact that I had an admiration for Geueral Sedgwick as a soldier and gen leuiau. These qualities I had reasou to know and appreciate. Well, what I have said in this letter to >ou is no braggadocio or vain spirit, but to give you the facts as 1 now remember them .<fter a lapse of thirty-seven years. My God aud my comrades knew that I tried to do my duty to my native land, and I have no apologies to make to anyone or at any timo for what I did as a Confederate soldier. I prefer the title of Confed erate soldier more than any honor or title that could be bestowed by any power under the bluo canopy of heaven. May the richest blessings of Our Heavenly Father rest upon you. ! May you prove as bravea citizen in the cause of right aB you did as a Confederate soldier. Your fitend and oomrade. CITARLES D. GUAC?:, 4th Ga. Vols. ?xclianginj; Coffee for Tobacco. Mau? thrilling aud wost interesting i uc ideo ts ol' tho civil war have been published.iti thu coluutus of the At lanta Journal, reminiscences of those noble Veteran? iu whoso bosoms yet burn the lire.-? of patriotism as warm and as glowing a* the camp-fires around which they bivouacked in the day.s ut' the civil strife. As in all things of an earthly na ture, thc unwritten history of nation? as well as of individuals is the most true and interesting. It is eminently proper that these reminiscences he kept alive, and nur tured hy the press for generations, for it is hereby that deeds of noble daring and of sublime self-sacriGce on the ? part of tho rank and file of our noble \ army ar?- kept in memory. The pen j j of the historian nc-ver touches upon j I them. j The following story will show thc kindly Kcuiimcnt and generous feel- ' i og that existed between the Ameri- J can element of the Federal army and | the private soldiers of the Cooled- i crates. It was just after the bloody coollict at I'redericksburg, while Hooker s defeated hosts were camp- j iug on the north bank of the Kappa- j bannock, and Lee's victorious army was testing ou the south bauk just oppOnitc, some miles below the city, j Phil liagerty, my comrade, a noble specimen of tur.uhood, and a brave soldier, killed a few days afterwards at the battle of the Wilderness, and myself were placed on picket duty right ou thc bank of tho river. lt was in the fall and the weather was quite ecol and rainy. Au old to- j bacco barn stood close by and the plantation extended for a mile back from the river. Along the southern edge of tho plantation "StonewallV j vetorau armj' was ia camps. There had been no sound of musket or rifle for -onie days, aud everything seemed peaceful aud quiet. Phil and I gath ered some boards and sticks from the oki barn and made a good warm fire, endeavoring to keep dry and warm. Soon on th? opposite side of the river, we noticed a tire kindling aud two soldiers busy making it up aud pre paring their supper, lt was nearly midnight and the rain was pouring down in torrents When there came a lull io the storm, for the wind was blowiog a gale, I hollowed across the river, "Hello I Yauk!" The answer came: ''Hello, Johnnie!" Phil asked: "Have you any coffee?" Yank an swered, ''Yes, a little, not much."' "Dou't y<'U want sutne tobacco?" I asked, "yes," said he, "1 shall be very glad' to grt fome. How can I get it? ' I ?oked him if I swam across with some tobacco would he exchange with me coffee for tobacco and let me oome back. He said he would if I would hurry, as the officer of the day would soon b>- around. Phil rau in the darkness to a sutler's tent, a quarter mile distant, ?ecured five or six pounds of hue tobacco. (He had no mouey, but I didn't ask him how he got the tobacco ) We scoured a slab about fifteen feet long and fastened the tobacco on two pegs driven at ono end. I stripped aud ? uh my slab for a transport and my heel? for a pro pellt-i, I swam tho river, delivered my cargo, gut ten pounds of nice grouud coffee and retuned in the same way. Here is th? uic-i part of my story. Wh1..? I re..ched the opposite bank that Yank h mied nie, almost froten, out of i hu waler, wrapped me up in his hilt blue eo.t in.d cape aud laid me by hi- tir.' until he had nude th? ex change aud fastened iny coffee ou the slab, talking like an old chum and play fellow all the time Toe war would b?V" olosed then and there if the contending armies had hoar i our pop vernation. Wheu le ?VERBWEf?. The Egyptian woman looks greatly overburdened, and yet the nhysical bur dens she carries will not compare wittr the burdens lorne by ninny un American woman. T?bete is r.o burden likc'the bur den ot disease. The woman who suffers front inflammation or ulceration, tear ing-down pain?, weak back ant: nervous ness, bears a hurd tn which crushes ker very life. Every woman should know that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prei?ription makes weak women strong and sick women well. It cures the womanly diseases which cause weak ness and feebleness. It quiets the nerves, cures the aching back and throbbing head, and gives strength for wifely cares and maternal duties. "When I first f.rote to you I ?ni In a bad condition, ?nd 'nad almost given up." say** Mr?. Bella Suliler. of Wilkcsville, Vlnton Co.. Ohio, "I wo* suffering from female trouble of the worst kind ; 1 couldn't eat anything vrithent suffering grent distress: threat hnrt rae by ?pells; rms nervous and weak. I Ind numb hands and anns, heart trouble, pains all through my body and aching head and neck. It seemed that I could not work at all. I got Dr. Pierce's medicine and took it as directed, and thc firr.t week it began to belp me. I took thrc; bottles and aro glad ta say that lt did mc moro good than all th? other medicine I ever took. I feel better than I have for years," Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent fret on receipt of 21 one cent stamps to pay expense of mail* ing only, or if cloth bound volume ls desired, send 3t stamps. Address Dr. I R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. hud made ready For my departure he j nc ?i iri thc sack <>f coffee a pocket knife with lurk, .-poou. corkscrew. ; hook, toot h pic!: arid gimlet attach- < uients, helped me into thc cold river, i pushed inc off, and ba'le mcgoodby. We tuutuaily agreed that if ever we met io hattie aud recognized eaoh other we would shoot come other man, and not each other. I aui corry that I did not learn his name and his command, but if he is alive and secs this communication, I | shall be glad to hear from him. Phil, dear boy, had his part of the colfee when he fell, and ? hud a goodly part of mine when I wm hurt at Get tysburg. Whether it was my friend'that hurt inc I don't know Wheu daylight came after that stormy uight Phil and I found out from some cavalry pickets that our j command had been on tlie mar;h for some hours. We left nur post no the river and started double quick in pur suit of Jackson, and we caught Up with them just in time to make with Rhodes' brigade that charge upon the Hank nf Hooker'-; "galloping half moon," a* the Federal r-oldiers called the twelfth army corp-. They were all G ct wans, raw and fresh REV. C ?'. WALKER, Co. ?. 3rd Ala. Ueg't. Too Expensive. A teacher io the Dillas county pub lic school ha?* received ?lo- following letter: Sir-Will you in future give my son easier somes to do at ni tos? This is what he brought hoaiu two or three nites back: "If fore jrallous of be* a will fill thiriy-to pint bottled, how many pints and half bottles will nine gallius of bere fill?" Well, we tried and c?uid make noth iu' of it, at all. and my boy cried aud laughed and sed he didn't <iare to go bak in the uiornio" without doin' it. So I had to go Mild buy a nine gallin keg of bere, which I could illatford to do, and then he went aud borrowed a lot of wi ac aud br J. nd y bottles; we filled them, and my boy put the num ber dowu for au answer I dim tkuow whether it ia rij/ht ??r uot, a-? we ??ptlt some while doing it P.S. - Pleine bl i tie next s. ono be in wau-r ??* I am mit able t?> buy more btr?-. - Elevator-- lift many a discour aged mortal up in toe w?>ild. The Smile Cure for Blues. A well-known doctor of Minnuapo- J lia, who has made a specialty of nervous j disorders, has found u new remedy for the ''blue*." As no drugs are admin istered, he bas feH safe in experi menting with at least half a hundred melancholly patients, and now de clares himself thoroughly satisfied with the good results of his treat ment. His prescription reads some thing like this: "If you keep the corners of your mouth turned up you cau'tfeel blue." The directions for taking are: "Smile -keep on smiling-don't stop smil ing." It sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Well, just try turning up the comer? of your mouth, regardless of ! your mood, and see how it makes you j feel: then draw the *nrn?ir< of your j mouth down und note the effect, and j you will be willing to declare there's j something iu it. The doctor treats his uervous pa- j ti eu ts to medici ue when necessary; but, when the cast- is one of pure mel ancholy, without bodily ill, he simply recommends the smile cure. Ile has the patient remain in his uihee and smile; if it isn't the genuine article it must at least be an upward curvature of the corners of thc mouth, and the better feelings follow inevitably. The treatments are followed up regularly, and the patients all testify to their good effect. It takes considerable persuasion to induce werne of them to apply the cure, and, of course, the greater number of patients nre women, for when a man is blue, he is bound to be blue iu spite of.everything; but a womau is more easily persuaded to try to fiud a cure. The doctor declares that if persons will only draw down the corner* of their mouths and use sufficient will power they can actually shed tears. On the other hand, .if they will per sistently keep the corners of the mouth turned up, pleasant thoughts will chase away t.ie gloomy forebod ings. His discovery grew out of an experience in bin own home. His wife was of a nervous aud rather mor bid temperament, and when in a des pondent mood he wouM nek her to smile a little,' until the .-aytug came to be a household joke. But it brought about good results, and tbeu came the inspiration to try tb? same cure ou others. The dootor has uot patented his remedy aud it is free to ail who oho?..?? tn take ad vant ?lg?- of it -Minneapolis Tribune. "tot foo QOLD OUST twins do your wog*i " 1 GO?.D DUST removes all dirt and stains from woodwork and makes it look like new. It will clean the floor, kitchen ware, furniture, dishes and clothes better than soap with half the work and at half the cost AU Grocers sell it Send for our FREE booklet i Golden Rulos Xor Housework." THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Calcy-o, St Louis. New York. Boston. Trade at the BUSY STORE I ANYBODY th t wa ich*? ?he cr????i ''-?.-w? wher?- (b?- -rii-n-t Gu d> a e sold. Watch the h*r* mt wu will hYd w?eV*> . h?? hom-y gr vt's. Tnetrvni-n di?u-> Ha. k- ? f Gno t- A. ?ly pile?! at DEAN & RATi.lFFK'S t-l^r* ?i ...??>' ITO to prov?- that tiv?i pt-?., t? ko .\* wiM-re io u-i to?- tu st of their m ?hey. They ?>uy QA COIWQ ?nd TICS th**: e 'because ?vervo- dy -d*** does, and for the Mihi? r.-a-> ?n they buy tho?e pure SEED OATS, RYE ?nd BARLEY that httvi.' (/ t M jiartb')** bf Juhas n Gra*ri? tn them. Tney j ?8' know ?h*t DK AN & RAT!/. FFE^S prc--) areas Iowa- the lowest, amt th? quality ??f thmr GK*- da are above -u-uih-iob They believe thu-, i/o matter how busy DEAN & RATLnFFE may get, thev will handle their oglers just as th ?ugh if was the ??uly on . thi*y evVi had. Th what make? DEAN & RATLIFFE ?he < *?r of Hil the Rubias in trade circles, and t e high-cock-a-lorem of tnt- horgan inuch. They've etake?t their rrpiuation on their tjbifi -tnuuu and declare they've gol thc-uea<e*t. uewe*t, cleanest ltn 3 <>t Sho ? ttiey ever cur ried iu stock. Theil* L*die-' *ho-s p oteot the feet as welt a- tue purse, aud give you one of th *e regular ''old snoe" tits. Com nui, urdiuaiy ?.? ATS ',>ftk like thirty cent-? lie&ble their ne* lute [ just opened up. There's only one ?!?e* t?? buy gool FL,08Jf?, *..?. -hat n? DEAN & RATLIFFE'?, and the bed Flour t?> buy io sdae-u Mid ? ut ?d seasoii is DEAN'S PATENT, aud don't you forget it DEAN & RATLIFFE. The Store where poople trade, and where Gr*lfl Ferlll'Zers of a'd kinds are now bting sold. Hurry up and catch up with the crowd, '-?a *** ?VfegetaU? PreparalioiiFof As similating toe Food andBet? ula ling thc Stomachs anoBowsis of IN KANisZi HI 1,1)KKN Promotes Dige3lion.Cheerfur ???S ?V?i??CF Opium,Morpl?ne iior>?iiL*ral. KOT "NARC OTIC . /tape cfOtd?rSAHLTZ ?V7?/i?7? Ampian Seal' Aix.Se/uut * RvkclUSat* y?e?eStrti * A perfect Remedy forConstipa Tiop.j Sour Stoniach;Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YOHK. EXACT COPV OK WHABfiER. For Infants an^ The Kind You Have s Bears the Signature of In Ose For Over Thirty Years TH? CENTAUR OOKMNT. HW? VOW* CIT?. ? When the Leaves Begin to Turn I 99 18 the time to sow OAT?, R> E and BARLEY. Now, in order that yon may not come up lacking iu harvest time, we have bought GOOD SEED for you. JUST RECEIVED 3000 bushels Texas Bed Rust Proof Oats. 2000 bushels Ninety Six Red Rust Proof Oats, 1000 bushels Winter Grazing Oats. Car Load Rye and Barley. Could have ?old the above without moving sam* for a handsome prent, but preferred to give them to you at a loss, as we want lo ?supply those that have alway* patmuized u*. Recollect the above it only ?bout one-quarter our usual supply, and is all we can get ; M come tum secure yout Seed at one**. Can buy plenty of Kan sas Red Osts for leta m m?-y, but they will not do iu this climate. HOON & LETtBETTER, WHOLE8ALE DEALERS D. 8. VAN DIVER. J. J. MAJOR. E. P. VANDIVER.. Vandiver Bros. & Major. 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