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Show FUNERAL 60 YEARS AFTER HIS 'DEATH' Confederate Captain Lives to l Deny His Demise. ' . Richmond, Va, How Capt. J. J. i ' Oelsler, veteran of the Civil war, er- t' ' roneously reported slain, was burled i? 00 years after his "death," Is being told by Capt. W. Frank Smyth, state accountant, who. as a ten-year-old : youth was detailed to Inform the faro- ll lly of the casualty. " f Captain Oelsler died recently at : ninety-three. While leading his corn- t 1 pany of Confederate cavalry In a brisk - encounter near Lynchburg 60 years ago, two Federal soldiers whacked him ' across the forehead with their saber, making a complete cross. The report spread that he had no chance to re- , cover and his death was accepted a jf ' . fact, i "Th tears were streaming down my fac hen I appeared at the captain' ' home near Saltvllle and broke th 1 new," said Captain Smyth. "While I : - wai there a man suddenly appeared on horse, riding slowly and sitting i perfectly straight In the saddle. It was Captain Oelsler. He was a sight, ."" ,Dd " took him a long time to recover, but he lived to a ripe old age, carrying carry-ing those crossllkt scars with him to the end." |
