The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 15, 1904, Page 3, Image 3
~AI3W)LLAT A?l OMATTOX.
General Gordon's Eloquent and Ringinj
Words On The Last Battlefleid Of The
Great War.
Edwin D. Newton, M. D., Latq
Surgeon A. N. V., in Augusti
Cbronicle.
After the death of General'"Stone
wall" Jackson, Gen. John B. Gor
don may be said to have been thi
"right hand" of General Lee, owinj
to his thorough knowledge of strat
egy, his habits of watchfulness o
the movements of the enemy, an<
the irresistible dash with which h
led his daring veterans upon thi
field.
General Gordon was a born sol
dier, a true son of Mars. He wa
as modest as he was brave and o
course, in his recent lectures di<
not tell of his own many deeds o
valor, as they were witnessed o
known to tie veteranls of L,ec'
arimy. I was at Appomattox an<
beg l-o to mcntion a few iine,l,nt,
conneedwith the. Calatrordoin
By order of Sergeant Lafayett
Guild(, medical director of the A rm:
of Northern Virginia, vhm had im
provised a small field hospital fo
the wounded, of our last "skirmish
on the morning of the surrender
On the day following, while takini
a little rest from our labors whe1
in conversation with my brothe
medical officer, we were most agree
ably surprised by a salutation fror
General Gordon, as he rode up t
our camp fire. General Gordon an
I were college boys together at th
University of Georgia, he a senio
and I a Freshman. IIe addresse,
me in his old, familar manci
"N d, get your horse and ride wit
ine. I am now on my way t
make a last address to my soldiet
of the Second corps and the rigi
wing of the army.
In a few moments we were facin
the soldiers who loved him so we:
and were ever proud to follow hii
in battle. Still in his saddle an
surrounded by his staff, all of whot
were mounted, General Gordon at
vanced a pace to the front, and wit
all the winning grace of a soldiei
removed his hat and addressed h
veterans. I can only give the idei
in the crude form, for the addres!
with the lapse of years is ncw hi
a memory of this sad and eventfl
occasion:
"Mv Couttrvmen anid Fello,
Soldiers: Al ready has our grer
coimimander-, Geni. Rob ert 1F. I,e'
sp)oken anl 8ffectionate farewellt
tihe Army' of Northewrn Virginia. N
penl 0 or l o di an 1(d to his toneh
ing andt p)atriotic address. I bey
however, as your late corps con
inander, the p)rivilege of a few wvord
In this sad hour of parting. Let in
assure you that my heart goes ou
to each and every one of this galla,
corps in this dark hour of disaster
Do not doubt, my fellow soldieri
that the fu ture historian will giv
to you a full measure of your marti
al glory. Von battle flags, no'
furled, tell of your heroic achieve
mients. Thousands of your con
radles, in almost every plain in his
toric old Virginia, sleep the slee
of detith, yet the death of glory
But fewv survive the fierce conflic
of civil war. Anid only a r-emnlan
is before me today, to tell the si'r
of the battles ''.1 privations of thi
Second Arn ai' rps -th old 011cor[
of St or '.'A ek st n Thiis dori:
anid this arinyv of Northern Virini
w ~ilhl: be i remembere.i as longi as thi
inamhes of Stoniewall JIacksoni an<
Rober1IL t R ,.e -(0wil bie t reasure b21
a grate ful people. t verwhehneii
by superior numberlLs dad ahniost i
exhaustible resources, to gethmer wit
the utiiring enlergy and( dlaumfle.
courage whiich has ever marked thi
military mioveinenits of the gren
leader of the Fedex al army, Genera
Ulysses S. Grant, the army of North1
ernm Virginia, an army of heroes
decimated by battle, disease an
OriNntiss throlugh four years of
almost continuous warfare, will zvow
disband, never perhaps, to meet
again.
"'With our last parting let me
impress upon you one or two thou- t
t ghts, which I trust will go with you ,
to your homes and firesides. Re- N
- member that in God's providence
- we have surrendered not to a for- i
a eign foe, but to our own country
men. In the exhibition of your I
- fortitude in the face of disaster, ever
f be as great and as good as citizei;s
I as you have been great and heroic
a as soldiers. Ever be the model citi
zeu, as you have been the model
soldier. Obey the civil law, no mat
- ter how odious the same may be
temporarily. Discharge every duty
f as a citizen to your respec,ive states
. and ,to the general government.
f Sustain the poor, help the feeble,
and succor the uIIfortti(It iII nII your
I midst, and by so doinl" yoll
a coma not Iny h olm bu n
- 11 %%- 1W di(.I.-. v.-it I Iily ')\L:v
r antd myi b)eneClditi rest ing upon01
each and every one within. the son
id of lily voice, I now bid you fare
well. May God, in his infinite mercy
and kindness, protect and bless y'ou
r and yours, now and forever."
- No words can truly express the
a touching eloquence and tender pa
o thos of the speaker or paint the
:1 scener of that sad parting. It was
e like a last good bye from brother to
r brother. With moistenled eyes the
veterans graped the hand of their
gallant leader. They retire, form
in grotps, and speak in subdued
0 tones. Comrade and comrade shake
s hands and part. Slowly they return
t to their bivouacs in the Open field,
where stand the stacked arms in
mute eloquence, the bayonets clasp
each other as if in the last embrace
of death. The battle flags, rent
d with shot and shell, are now furled
1 forever. The Second Army corps
of the Army of Northern Virginia
h1 is no more, except as it shall ever
-, live in history and in story, in
s poesy and in song.
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