| Show death of a drummer boy lincoln met at the front new york july 20 gustave A schurman one of the youngest men to enlist in the northern army at the beginning of the civil war drummer boy and bugler for generals barney and friend and and sickles Stone iuan playmate for months at the white house of little tad lincoln is dead at the home of his daughter in this city bootblack only 11 years he was a old when the war began tho lads father prevailed upon col alley of the fortieth new york to tako him to the the youngster front at lincoln who had accompanied met tad the president and bis mother the boys on the army on a visit to horse race and became in a much attached to each other with the order was issued attaching result that an the bugler to the presidents household president lincoln told general sickles that they needed diversion at the white house it is believed the for there are still attained wish was to whom such a boys stories of two meeting had no terrors thing as a cabinet dash tor when lee made his went back to bugler the north the general sickles schurman occupied since the war mr positions inthe custom house and various city departments STOESSEL NOT APPOINTED july 20 the report petersburg st stoessel lieutenant general that commanded at port arthur has who appointed coina inder fit the been corps la officially denied seventh army i |
