Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1919 — TWENTY YEARS AFTER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWENTY YEARS AFTER

Reunion of Officers of High Rank, Each of Whom Had Thought the Other Dead.

T one time during the battle of Gettysburg General Gordon of Georgia had charged across Rock creek - and reached the summit of a hill now known as Barlow’s knoll. He observed a Vnion officer of high rank lying on the ground. He dismounted, and finding the officer was

General Barlow he asked If he could do anything for him. Barlow declared that he was dying, and expressed a wish to see his wife before death came. General Gordon rode away and dispatched a messenger to Mrs. Barlow, who was staying at the Eleventh corps headquarters. She was conducted through the Confederate lines, and found her husband still alive on the field. She had him taken to the Bender home near by, where by her

careful nursing he recovered. Twenty years after the battle General Gordon and General Barlow met at a banquet In Washington. “Are you any relation to General Barlow who was' killed at Gettysburg?" General Gordon asked. “Yes, I am the man,” answered

Barlow. “Are you any relation to the General Gordon who was reported dead at Gettysburg?” General Gordon was under the impression that Barlow had dfTd soon after he left him on the field, and as there was a General Gordon of the Confederate army killed each thought the other dead.