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19M-i- - -F- - -- ------- o s o G A --- -T ---- -- - - - - - --H-M-34 STUDENT BODY condition and informed her where he lay. Addressing the note to Mrs. Barlow at Meade's headquarters, he handed it to one of his staff, told him to tie a white handkerchief on his sword, and ride to the Union line and deliver the note to Mrs. Barlow. On receiving the note Mrs. Barlow hastened to the field, though not without danger to herself, for the battle was still in progress. She soon found her husband and had him taken to a near-by farmhouse. Through her devoted minis- tration he was soon well and again took command of his brigade. Eleven years passed. General Gordon thought Barlow had died and General Barlow thought the same of Gordon. At the capitol, Washington, General Gordon was present at a dinner party given by O. B. Potter, a representative in Con- gress. When Potter introduced him to a gentleman with the title of General Barlow, General Gordon asked, l'Are you a relative of the General Barlow, a gallant soldier, who was killed at Gettysburg? General Barlow announced, NI am that General Barlow who was supposedly killed at Gettysburg, and you are the General Gordon who succored mel The meeting of these two gen- tlemen was indeed a worthy affair for each believed the other to be dead. TI-IE STORY OF JENNIE WADE Perhaps the event of Jennie Wade and Corporal Johnston Skelly was one of the saddest to occur. As a lad of nineteen Skelly entered the volunteer corps leav- 1:3 5 ing, as so many other soldiers did, his ideal, Jennie Wade, behind. It was her picture and letters which cheered him through the long weary campaigns. While this regiment was fighting at Winchester, Virginia, the young corporal was wounded and due to the lack of medical attention died. There was no way for Jennie Wade to learn of his death, for news traveled more slowly then than now, and facilities were lacking for sending back a list of wounded after every engagement. Perhaps it was just as well that she did not learn of her lover's plight, for the fates had decreed that she was to be sorely tried. A few days later the streets of Gettysburg were jammed with Confederates. And in the midst of all these scenes the stork had visited the home of Jenniels sister, a Mrs. McClellan. Jennie knew the baby had to have attention and the mother made comfortable. So she and her mother went to the brick house that was in the very path of the invading army. Wfhen the lead began to Hy, Jennie was in the kitchen baking. She was thinking only of the hungry family. As the battle grew fiercer a bullet came through the outer door and passed through an inner door behind which she was baking. She clapped her hands to her breast and fell, the bullet having killed her in- stantly. Perhaps after all it was a friendly bullet which kept her from learning of her loverls fate. JOHN L. BURNS As the morning of the first day's battle of Gettysburg was breaking, John L. Burns, a citizen of Gettysburg, who was CContinued on page 501 I
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19-M--M ------ -- ----- w-- o s o G A IM- -a ---- -- ------ ---M34 STUDENT BODY INTERESTING EVENTS FROM BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG MEETING OF GEN. GORDON AND GEN. BARLOW Never was a battle marked with nobler kindness between men, oflicers, and privates of the contending sides than that of Gettysburg. Here is one worthy of record: The advance of General Early in the afternoon of July first had commenced. The brigade commanded by Major General Gordon was among those to attack the Union right flank. The Confederate advance was steady, and it was bravely met by the Union troops, but the Federal flank was forced to fall back in spite of a brave defense. General Gordon's brigade were in motion to seize the knoll from which the opposing line had retreated, when Gordon saw lying directly in his path the apparently dead body of a Union ofhcer. He checked his horse and observed that the officer was still living. He immediately dismounted, and seeing the head of his foeman lying in a depression in the ground, he placed a knapsack under it. It was then that he discovered the officer had been shot through the breast. He then gave the officer a drink of brandy and water from his flask. As the man revived Gordon said, I am very sorry to see you in this condition, I am General Gordon. Please tell me who you are, I wish to aid you all I can. The answer came in feeble tones, Thank you, General, I am Brigadier-General Barlow of New York. You can do nothing for me, I am dyingf' Then after a pause he said, l'Yes, you can, my wife is either at the headquarters of General Howard or Meade. If you survive the battle, please let her know I died doing my dutyf, 'QYour message shall surely be given to your wife, replied General Gordon. 'lCan I do nothing more for you?', Again after a pause General Barlow responded, May God bless you, only one thing more. Feel in the breast pocket of my coat, the left breast, and take out a pack of lettersf, As General Gordon was doing so, the dying man said, 'INow please read one to me. They are from my wife, and I wish that her words shall be the last I hear in this worldf' Resting on one knee, with the beat of running feet going by and the boom of cannon in his ears General Gordon with tears in his eyes read the letter. It was a missive from a noble woman who knew her husband to be daily in peril and with pious fervor she breathed a prayer for his safety and commended him to the care of the gods of battle. As the reading of the letter drew to an end, General Barlow said, Thank you, General. Now please tear them all up. I would not have them read by others. General Gordon did so and after pressing General Barlow's hand he bade him good-bye. Mounting his horse he quickly joined his command. I-Iastily penning a note on the pommel of his saddle he wrote Mrs. Barlow of her husband's T341
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