| Show T 1 In the the Confederate Army Arm A Dramatic D I Incident Incident ent Darin Durin w or Rebellion T lIE late Gen Grit John 11 It Gordon cordon THi T th the last of the corps command ere era of t trosy Hen eD Lots u ee rosy army arm of ot Northern lnla Rave gave e this tilia story to the narrator only a afew ate afew few te months before be he died diedA A 1 few In days day before Christmas 1143 when th tM the army of Gen Oen I ire e was rat hut fering he the greatest tt there WM was II a dramatic scene Iten In the tent of at th the Juda Judg adv cat K general ner l The Th morn liK hg h use 1181 cold lId th the wind sa II hlf k Hail I mu Ih ground was 01 with 1111 III I ITh ITh j Th u nJ fire seemed to If mak mk e th Ih t tn b clot i H HJ n II r p I J J Ier I wai ng 11 ti 1 go gay uniform nf of ola a private soldier In the Ibe Con Cn Confederate Confederate federate army ann toed stood before the court martial charged with desertion The farts facts had h been stated by b the prosecution lion tion and end the lb prisoner was wal asked lIked to product any an witness he might have for his hla defense e He JIe calmly replied I have no witnesses at the calmness and dig dignity ally nit of 01 the soldier and the Indifference with ith which he seemed e med to have hae sub submitted in to an en Inevitable fate late Gen Hat nat Hattie nattie hattie tie said to tn him Have you OU no defense Is III It U possible that you ou t our nur comrades el and Ind deserted drI I your our t rs cc in the presence of the rn In Cray and anti ut reason Th fl 10 ro was 1 u a reason retson replied lOP Coope but tut vl I I ft rat avail axall me before a n Iril tam ta y you ou are mistaken replied the t general g ere ro I You are ar charged with Ith the highest crime known to military law lawand la lawand and It Is la I your our duty to make known the th cau tu cause e or causes cause which Influenced your action Thereupon on Cooper approached the president of or the court and presented a aletter aletter letter leiter saying as iii he did ro so There Ther general Is II what whal led me to go goThe goThe o The Utter letter I was war proffered as III the tM otters eners defense It Jt wa WI was In these words Dear Edward Since your our rouses connection lion tion with lIh the Confederate army Irm I have hi been prouder of you ou than ever r before toll tollI r rI I would tint not have hIVe you do anything wrong for or the world but before God 00 Edward unless units you come home bome we eve must insist die set night I was B aroused by br little Eddie crying 1 I called to him and staid said What that hat Is ii I the matter r He lie paid Bald 0 mamma I am so po hun hungry hungry gry gry And darling u uh sh h never complains but she tbt Is I grow gl growIng W Ire Ing thinner and thinner every r day ll fore ji d Edward unless you rou mane hum hoo hn M WI we e must 1 die dl MASY MASYr Turn n g r t Hie Ihl he prisoner r nt ijen r n Ji I ss t tl e sal RL lid 1111 vou nI f o when r rit rt ICi it n 1 j th it Itter r rr I d t I n ad i V arr tr f 11 a faigh It laR m Agate I r trade made application and ancl that thai was re rejected That night I 1 wandered around our camp thinking of my m home the wild eyes of 01 Lucy looking up at al II t me and the burning words word of Nary Mary seeth seething seethIng ing In my brain I was no longer the Confederate 1 was It the father of lit Lucy and APoI the husband huband of nt Mary If Jt every gun In the battery had h I ho been n llred at sl me ns I would world l have hae crossed those lines hums When I reached home Mary tiling flung her arms around my In neck and sobbed Oli Uh my m I am so 10 glad triad you got ot your four furlough She Sh must have hll 1 felt m the me shudder for tor she turned pl pili as II death and catching her at al o H Her cv cry ery er word she be mid laid slave Have you OU lime come without your our furlough Oo cn In bark back Kd Ed Edward d ward rd Co 0 Wk hark rk Let Iet me and the child children children ren r go down to the gave Krave but bUI ft for or r heavens brAnn rake akl cli d not tarnish the hen or of f our none mine Emery Kury officer in to that was waa u affected by b the defense but hut each Arh one in turn pronounced the verdict of f guilt guilty The Th proceedings of nr the court WM w re r reviewed by b tn u L I Let and In andu ui Ill u n 11 t t tIll tb lu records ts Wax aK a written rIUn HM ii A N 1 V y The of r f ih Ph Inc li 15 I The n nr r ri ri i 1 il n r hirn Ir fn r hi ha om 10 I j y i a r HE R n kl LEE Uc cra |
