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I The Gettysbi ' By Capt J. ^ \Capt. J. T. Duckett has kindly furnished The Herald and News with , + V./v fsOl nn-in or or-Hnlo r*r\r\ t r i Vm tprl TO ! lac iuiiu ?? 4115 ai biviv k,\S v* * ^ v>^ >- - ? and published in the Hendersonville, X. C., Western Democrat By Capt. J. W. Wofford familiarly known as Old Hedge: To the Margeret Hayes Chapter, U. D. C. Having manifested so much interest ; in aiding veterans to attend the great ! reunion recently held at Gettysburg, I it was thought that this report of the j trip should be made to your chapter, j The delegation from this county, a j fe jolly good humored and congenial crowd, consisted of the following vet erans: J. P. Johnson, J. H. West, J. T. Williams, J. Harper Jonnson ana J. W. Wofford. Tickets were furnished a majority of them by your chapter. We left here on Sunday preceding the reunion, and passed in Virginia rseveral towns that were familiar to jus during the war, viz; Orange, Cul-j kepper court house, Brandy station, J Rlanassas, near where the two battles first and second Manassas, were fought. In one or the other we each participated. In a few miles we cross the historic Bull Run, we see Arling r ton in the distance, tne nouse 01 uen- i eral Lee. We soon reach Washington I and after a short stay we take a spec- ! ial for Gettysburg ard ride most of the way on the great Pennsylvania ! Railroad. It surpasses in speed and j tcomfort any road that we had ever t-ode on. About 4 p. m., on Sunday we arrived at Gettysburg. We come to a halt in the town, (the road runs j through the town.) Instantly two or i more boy scouts enter the coach. "Keep your seats, gentlemen, don't ?" ?n + ?l h'q m move iruiu v UUl acaw uum m, \-umv , for you." Slowly the train moves out! I on a spur about 1-2 miles to the | camp. We alight and get together by j I States and march about one half mile, j 1 guided by the scouts, to tliat part of j the camp assigned to North Carolina,, and take possession of a large, com- j KVmodious tent sufficient for eight per- j sons, equipped with a cot, two blankJets, two sheets, and two wash pans. Al X TT'a lnnlf ' (11. ms Xlie urjjii-LCJaL. n ^ 'around; 'tis a city of tents and covers about thirty acres, at night lit up by large electric lights, it is a sight to behold. The Boy Scouts, of which there are two thousand, are in evidence everywhere to look after the k i fc-elfare of veterans and are kind and fcurtfeous in imparting information. Bncerning the camp and appurtenances. Half past six, the supper bell clangs and we repair to the kitchen at the head of the street, and are furW. nished with a half gallon tin cup, a large tin plate, knife, fork and spoon, | .and pass by the large receptacles for I the food, and are dished out the preI pared meal in abundance. Falling I l^k a few paces to the dining table, K take your seat. he next day a regular stream of Bteraas from every section of the Bintry pour out from the trains like SHfles from a hive, until it is estimated ^9|t 50,000 veteranj are in camp. '1 B&ey told us that 4,000 of the very best j j^Books and waiters were employed in J he camp. They certainly knew how j Ro cook as no complaint was heard Hrabout ill-prepared food. The arangements were so complete that the ^^Lhole army of veterans could be serv in one hour. The sanitary arOfO nopfoot nrv foul I I^ijCAAiAIUO ai% ? jiells, no flies; kitchen and streets at; medical arrangements could not better; a veteran prostrated by at or taken suddenly sick, in less m ten minutes, he is on a comfortaf i cot in a hospital and receives satment. Three artesian wells are j the' camp affording over a million ' ' I I Ions daily, and piped along every |et in camp, double faucets about fcards apart, and ice water foun Bubbling up about the same disPk The kitchen or meal kits were mi to- all veterans and highly prizby them as souvenirs. The tents ,of the very best, and did not leak krticle. Sc> much for the camp, pw, how di3 we put in our time? x 1? ?'" ninnr tit a t torori IB* in me up-'* uiuS mj ovm-wkvvA, 0 the ground fought over the By, some to the second and some H third. Of course, that part B^a man fought was the place he Bed to see first.\ Markers were ced and it was an easy matter to ntify and tra<pc the movements de by the different commands, to I the sdrings/ and branches where Ifcot our wa/ter just fiifty years I Itodav. ED?w it brought up old Plectionsy the places where the t was lyottest, and where brave m^-'fell. Then after tramping Bt sun, a return to camp is K much said about what was Mrough the day, telling tales, Bg jokes and being boys again, H; the big tent and smaller ones, gig to speeches and music., j V resting in the shade on a Bnound where Sickles had form- ' lrg Reunion. V. Wo.ford. ed his advance line, in conversation with a very intelligent Federal sodier who had fought there, he was asked this question. "This seems to be a good line, why did you leave it?" I "Just simply to keep from being an nihilated. They got about two tnircis of us anyway," he replied, with a grim smile. The next day we visited the more important points of the field, such as ' High Water Mark, National Cemetery, j Pennsylvania Monument that cost' $150,000, the headquarters of Lee and 1 Mead and many others. The third day ! was spent very much like the other i two in the meantime visiting other! camps, hunting up old comrades, some j of whom we had not seen since the j <-v>q tt?o-r Tho fmir'h was Wil- I 1/1U3C Ui IUC nai. xuv tvut >.U .... | son Day, and of course, we all who j could, went, and at night the great: fire works on top of little Round Top , was witnessed by thousands and thou- j sands who came by railroad, auto and carriage. j I met two who fought Kershaw's line of battle on the second, when the following conversation took place: "Comrade, did you fight hers?" "Yes." "Where?" "Just where we are standing. By jingo, we fought right here," pointing to a monument about thirty yards distant. Another gripping of hands ant! j on we go.. Such scenes as these were j taking place constantly. I verily be- J lieve this reunion will clinch the sen-1 Vine- Kaon nrovailinp' tfl ! tllUCiit uiat uao uovu ^4 v> - - , to more or less extent for some time, to give from the National treasury a pension to Confederate soldiers. When sounded, I believe that 49 out of 50 of the old federal soldiers woulcl endorse it. By the way, Judge Clark, whom many of us wanted to go to the United Sta':es senate on this plattorm in j the last election, visited our tent twice i while in camp and stated that he was; still ?ghfj.*g for the measure and that he would stop off in Washington and shake thepi up a little. I think in a. short time the matter will be tested j and pensions granted, some wiseacres j to the contrary notwithstanding, j mi?? ~~c tjtoii tn /-?/ > i jl iiere are sumc cuuuug uo ?en iu uu, who are too proud to accept it, and it hurts our cause forgetting the many poor old fellows and their wives who would be glad to jet it. Not a word was said in all the j speeches or conversations that was in the least offensive or jarring to the j most sensitive persons. Surely hari mony prevailed. It is useless for me to attempt td describe this great battlefield. Suffice j it to say, it is ground beyo-nd concep- ] tion, the beauty of its natural scenery, ( enhanced now by upward of 500 taste- j ful and elegant monuments marking the positions occupied by troops. There is no spot in the world connected with, more memorable events than j the thirty-five square miles of ground which witnessed the terrible conflict1 between the Federal and Confederate troops on the first, second and third of July, 1863. There is but one Gettys-, burg and it is without doubt the most picturesque and interesting point in America for either the soldier or citizen to visit. Thousands from the old -world visit it annually. Quite a number of hotels and boarding houses have sprung up to entertain them. Gettysburg, during the battle, contained about 1200 inhabitants. Now it numbers upward of 5,000. The lines of battle are marked by fine macadam roads and where a battery of artillery " "* H t- - -i-JLl _ iL Stood daring me oauie, mere iiuw | stands two cannon pointing as they did then. All the woods and open, fields are kept as they were then. What I have written contains but a brief outline of* a description of the present camp and battlefield. What good results are to follow this great; gathering of the Blue and Gray, as I see it?it wipes out the last vestige of sectionalism and cements the North and South as nothing else could do. If you could have heard their great bands amid the Confederate camps play Dixie and other old war time pieces and listen to some of their hearty greetings, "How are you, old comrade, so glad to see you, so glad you accepted our invitation to come up here so we could see you. You thought you were right and like true Americans as you are, you fought and fought valiantly for that right, and gave us enough. We wanted no more. God bless you, old comrade." All of this endorsing the sentiment expressed by President Lincoln, (as he stood upon the rock wall when he went to Gettysburg on the occasion of laying the corner stone at the federal cemetery. "There were no slouches out there, (pointing towards the Confederate position,) and I am glad to b? the countryman of those oldiers who assailed these /heights." Whenever you went upo:i the field * / Summerla i For V (Leesvilie - Batesbu i Offers a Liberal Education Infli Ideal Location Rooms furnished with bureau, washstand, chairs Electric lights, steam h< water. A beautiful, safe and r= Next Session Beg For further information Rev. P. E. Monroe, Lee* I you were met by old federal soldiers and upon seeing your "Cross of Honor," you had to stop and talk with, them. Close to 50,000 soldiers were killed and wounded in this battle, more than the combined losses in the American Revolution and Mexican war. Almost all writers on Gettysburg have something to say about who was ~ y* sviovt fli/lA T ViOT'n O 1 XX* Q 17 c LU Uiamc UU UUl Blue. i uaib U?" V.J held to this that Longstreet was the cause of Lee's failure on the third day by r-ot coming to time on the second day. If you believe Fitz. Lee, Pendleton, Early, Wilcox or Gen. Long, then Longstreet was ordered to open the battle very early in the day. This he did not do until about the middle of the afternoon and then as Hood's battallions of gray are moving down upon Little Round Top, Gen. Warren thp situation and rushes troons <z> - ?? ? ?. on the summit in sufficient numbers to hold it. How easy it is to take it in our possession any time in the forenoon and with it in our possession all the strongholds of Mead's lines would have been destroyed and he would have been forced to have waged the fight^ somewhere else, where positions would have been more favorable to our side. Any one standing upon Round Top can see this for himself. Warren's statue is standing on a large boulder on top of little Round Top, visible for a long distance. Many monuments are yet to be erected on the field. Arrangements are being made to erect an equestrian statue of Gen. Lee Just across the road on Ceme'erv Ridge in front of where stands tfcat of Gen. Meade. Well, the war was finally ended. We did not win. I am glad we didn't, we are now a reunited country, strong in every respect that goes to make up a mighty nation, with no superior one the face of the earth, slavery abolished. Without the war, that would have been done any wky; it was tottering on its last legs wfaen the war came. Was Lee's army whipped at Gettysburg? I do not believe now, -neither did I then, that the army was a whip ped army, but more or a drawn cattle. The first day they were driven back through the town of Gettysburg with two corporals literally torn to pieces, to a position on Cemetery Ridge. On the second, Sickles with his command, takes a position way out in front of w.here Meade had told him. Greely says Sickles was spoiling for a fight and didn't believe * J ?? rrrvn "Ko /"?lr iivieaae was. oivjiuetj was un>cu uavn by McLaws and Hood's division with heavy losses to the enemy. So in the first and second both sides agree that we got the best of it, and on the third, that by the prestige of the day's fighting, Lee thought he could break the centre and rout the whole army and the assault was made by Pickett's division and a few other brigades, about one-eight or ninth of his forces, and failed to accomplish the desired result. Having Dretty well exhausted his heavy ammunition he thought - it prudent to withdraw. The balance of the army was in splendid condition. The army remains there another day, no assault was made upon them, they surely did not consider then that our army was badly defeated. Our army quietly withdrew without baggage and ammunition back to and near the river and find it too swollen to cross., and there formed our line of battle, threw down the gauntlet and awaited their coming for several days. They never came. I read recently an article from one close to Gen. Meade, in which he says there was about that time a council of war held. The corps commanders with but one exception insisted on following up and renewing the battle while the river was high. Meade would not consent to give the nd College /omen irg, South Carolina.) i under Positive Christian lence. Expenses Very Moderate mmvtrfVnrt t T3c?rl V V-/X J , art square, rugs, linen, etc. sat, sewerage, hot and cold ifined home. ins September 16 address the President, mile or Batesburg, S. C, order and pressed for his reasons said this: "I have Just read a copy of a communication to President Davis from Gen. Lee in which he says that he has the situation well in hand and can repell any attack made upon him, 'Lee never makes any misrepresenta| tions.'" The morals of the army was good, the position was good, their spirits were high, they were hungry and mad and my impression then and now was that if Meade had given battle he would have got a licking long to be remembered. Lee crosses the river and in Virginia he iton sends his first corps, Longstreet, to reinforce Bragg at Chickamauga, and with the other part of his army he confronts I and hods back the victorious feder al army, sc-called, till the coming of Grant at Wilderness. This doesn't look like a much defeated army. The true reason for falling back after the third day.jwas. simply this: Waat of y ammunition. It; iad been pretty well exhausted the last day and the risk was too great to stay there without it. Now. really is there not a little bit too much gush about the great turning point, the "high water mark," and the great victory at ! Gettysburg, the "back bone of the rebellion broken," etc. j Grant surely didn't believe all this talk after his conflict with Lee's army at Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Deep Bottom, Petersburg and other places. - ' * * x ? i.1 i. i."L. ~ It was in tne wesi, not in uie east me sapping process began and the end came for the want of bread. I have written this because it is history. We rturn to our homes after the great reunion glad that we went and those who did not go missed by far the greatest occasion of its kind that the world has ever seen since its creation. ? AROUSES CROWD. Third Attempt to Take Premier's House.?Police Blocked More. London, Aug. 10.?The third attempt of suffragettes under command of Sylvia Pankhurst to take Premier Asquith's house in Downing street by storm failed today when the militant leader was cornered by police after a stiff fi^ht in whinS the officers used their clubs.. Tke trouble began after a mass meeting under the auspices of the free speech defense committee, call-, ed to demand the unconditional release by George Lansbury, former socialist member of the house of commons, who was sentenced July 30 to three month's imprisonment for making inflammatory speeches, but was released August 2 under the "cat and * /vn n y-v" ft TTT Vl 11 /-* An O Vl 11 COT? Qt T^lrP Ill JUOC CL\J L *Y uiic Ull u uuu^vi Crowd is Stirred. Miss Pankhurst had refused an invitation to address this meeting when informed she would not be permitted to urge her hearers to march upon Downing street. 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