Gbahtttdb. — " Bury me," said General Butler, "and put on my humble monument the simple inscription, " Here lies one who saved the lives of his soldiers at Fort Fisher.' " Whereupon the " Louisville Journal" indulges in the following comments : " Don't you know me ?" said a soldier to his former commander., "No, my friend, I don't." " Why, sir, you once saved my life." " Ah ! how was that ?" " Why, my dear sir, I served under you at the battle of , and when you ran away in the beginning of the fight, I ran after you — else I might have been killed. God bless you, my preserver, my benefactor !"
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Southland Times, Issue 926, 1 April 1868, Page 2
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104Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Southland Times, Issue 926, 1 April 1868, Page 2
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