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r r01 WILOERHESS FIELDMrs. Newman, of Goshen, Heard of It Forty Years Later —Strange Incident6-5*1it-.*»ckaddietoSheaotn’sredhisGoshen, Ind., April 2-—4J*pt. Jefferson Newman, company C, Seventh Wisconsin infantry, was wounded during the battle of the Wilderness, dying on the field. Early in February last, J. W. Berry, of Thomasvllle, Go., a confederate soldier wounded in the same battle, made it known in a Hew Fork newspaper that while he was on the battlefield, he saw a dead federal captain, holding in his hand the photogfaph of a chubby baby, about two years old.There was no name or address by which to be governed in tracing the relatives of the dead captain at this late date, btft the publication caught the eye of General Ainsworth, chief I of the record and pension office of the cut j war department The records showed that six infantry captains were kill-^ I ed in this engagement, and further | examination showed that only the widow of one of them had made application for a pension because of herself and child. The other^cap-tains were without direct heirs. ThisJ, was Mrs. Elizabeth M. Newman, who is now living with a daughter on a t farm near Goshen. Mtb. NewmAn saw the publication reproduced in the Goshen press and is seeking further details.FIRST DIRECT EVIDENCE. This is the first direct evidence in her possession that her husband was killed in the battle, although theIN NO!uidBev. Get died from Joseph C of age, is B. D. M api.r'-'-tcd coun.„*.A new been insti ko county Goshen company the rostei The Ell moving t and Ligo At a s hogs at 1 of Logan: ticularly , Owing families neva exp stove eac The di •during tl mer cott; been ent-Rev. 2 from Micolonel of the regiment informed her.*that after Captain Newman won wounded he propped him up against a tree, and was compelled to leavei,srttDioLX)SIMpastorati:eatyet:emsthn*because the northern troops were driven back. As they withdrew, Captain Newman shouted, “Go on, boys—I’m done for!” When the troops recovered the field the next day the body of Captain Newman was gone.Mrs. Newman applied for a pension In 1865, since which time she has been drawing f 90 a month as his widow.. For twenty-two years she has lived with her daughter, Mrs. George 0. Gridley, who was the chubby baby on whose picture the dying captain gazed when he was seen by the confederate soldier. A letter has been .. forwarded to Mr. Berry, making inquiries relative to the burial of Captain Newman.• The widow Is much affected over the tidings of her dead husband after a lapse of forty years. She did not marry again, but has continued to grieve over his loss. She recently ob served her sixty-eighth birthday. Her eldest daughter died twenty-three years ago. At the time of the battle of the Wilderness, she was the mother of two children, both girls, one eight and the other five. It wadthe picture of the younger which Captain Newman carried with him.eran chxColuml titled to will pet rnent to To wii pell, his ban one blot city a f Mrs. : years a ington, of supe Union c WoTtl went to he read toxicati wife tbtaking Dr; 1physlclf conditio time ag Dr. Cai story wE. C. cago fir council able th and.lig plant i plated.• Mike
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Thu, Apr 02, 1903
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