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Jefferson Davis' Capture Told by General Harnden.DRESS STORE- TOTALLY FALSI!*TbeOffirfr 'ho Arrested the Confederate leader Hi* Endeavored in Vain to Ex- Grand Army Posts •'‘•t History Will Correctly !:«■-plain It II ope* I :.port It.ChaTT.-.n yrxik, March 26.—General •Henry Ha:_d=?n, the officer of the Union ;.:nr who captured Tetters v.i Davis, pesiieus of tne Ccnfederacv. i-;in Chattauo.j2i with the Wisconsin c»missions* s ;c .ocate the position lt;.me troops of that state in tne Chick am nugi National Military park.“It is not true,” said he, “tr.a: Pres -cent Davu was in woman's attire wr.en captured It was a coid morning about daybreak. when I arrested him and na haa a woman s shawl ever his snou.i-ers. The story about lioopskirts is totally false.”Then General Harnden, who belonged to the Fust Wisconsin cavalry, told how he was given 15 picked horsemen and given orders 10 capture Davis. They rode three nights and three days without rest. The capture was made near IrwinviRe, in Irwin county, Georgia. Just before the capture a body of Michigan cavalry, on a similar expedition, and General Harden’s men collided. A |ight ensued and two or three men on either side were killed and a number wounded before it was found out they ywere friends instead of enemies.“When I rerched the Davis camp,” continued General Harnden, “the first man I spoke to was the Texas gentleman, now Senator Regan, who told me that he was the postmaster general of the Confederate states. President Davis was sitting near by on a log, with a shawl, 1 presume his wife’s, over his shoulders, as it was a cool morning.”“How did the story get out that he had on dresses and hoopskirts?” asked the reporter.“When 1 went to Macon and reported to General Wilson, my superior officer, he had the story telegraphed out as fast as I spoke, and tiie woman’s shawl became exaggerated into female attire.“In the excitement he may have misunderstood me, or the newspapers exaggerated it.“I have tried for years to correct the atory, but have been unable to do so, entirely. It is very hard for truth to overtake a lie.“In Grand Army posts when I attempt to explain it, I am sometimes hissed. If the writer of history gets it corrected for future generations 1 shall fegj better.”^Fhe following are the members of the Wisconsin commission who are in Chattanooga:Chairman Captain W. W. Watkins, Captain J. H. Woodworth, Captain W. A. Ccllius, Captain J. T. Rice, General H. Harnden and E. M. Kauouse.FORThere INew mond White week a; to beco: chance There $be provRECEIVER M’NULTAEllis case \idedthe boa and ore Man: line wehei:l aSenuermen w next u Mr. Clt; ccmpai men w within cases i numbethe pro intima1 as they earuiuf ply has secretaThe diamoi on theafftdav tract flt; the lorreprestcity an declare came c busine be the living, the wc surne s
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Columbus Daily Times
Columbus, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 27, 1895
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