Show FUNERAL 60 YEARS AFTER HIS DEA DEATH TIP 1 confederate captain lives ta 10 deny his demise richmond dauod va how capt J 3 gelsler veteran of the civil war erroneously reported slain was burled buried GO CO years after his bis death Is being told by capt W frank smyth state accountant who aho as aa a ten year old youth was detailed to inform the family of the casualty captain geisler died recently at ninety three while leading his co company in pa ny of confederate cavalry in a b brisk risk encounter near lynchburg GO 60 years ago two federal soldiers whacked him across the forehead with their sabers making a complete cross the report spread that he be had no chance to rt recover and hla his death wits was accepted as fact the tears were streaming down my face when I 1 appeared at the captains home near Salt saltville ville and broke the news said captain smyth while I 1 was there a man suddenly appeared on a horse riding slowly and sitting bitting perfectly straight in the Bl saddle Iddle it was captain gelsler gels ler ho he was a sight and it took him a long time to recover but he lived ih cd to a ripe old age carrying those cros crossline scars bears with him to the t e ea cenap |