GDG- A Reporter's Incident

[Ginny Gage]

Sorry.  I¹m a day late on this one:

Adams Sentinel 
July 21, 1863 
 
A Reporter¹s Incident
 

            Whilst a reporter was on a tour of inspection to the wounded at
the late battle of Gettysburg; he had his attention drawn to a singularly
beautiful young man, upon whom death had already settled his mark.  While
admiring his tender age and fragile build, the young sufferer opened his
soft hazel eyes, and looking up, said:

            ³Won¹t you please raise my head and rub my hands; it cramps so.²

            The reporter complied, and asked of him his name.  He stated
that it was James Warren, of Loudoun county, Virginia.

            It was then that he knew this young sufferer to be in the rebel
service.  Upon questioning him, he stated that he never entered the rebel
service willingly; that both his parents were Union people.

            ³Won¹t you tell my mother when you get an opportunity that I am
happy and expect to meet her in heaven?  Will you give me a drink, and then
I shall die easy?²
            The reporter, of course, acquiesced and gave the little rebel
sufferer all the attention and consolation he could bestow.  As he left,
big-framed and big-hearted soldiers of the Union were standing by their late
enemy; showering over him their tears, and blessing him with that attention
that only the brave know how to bestow.

Ginny Gage