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 26 Southern Historical Society Papers.

HOW GENERAL A. P. HILL MET HIS FATE.

Comprehending the Statements of Sergeants George W. Tucker, C. S. Army, and John H. Mauk, U. S. Army,

WITH SOriE NOTICE OF THEIR LIVES.

Also an Account of the Death of flajor-Qeneral John Sedgwick,

U. S. Army.

BY JAMES P. MATTHEWS.

[Portions of the following article have already appeared in the Southern Historical Society Papers, but the additional corroborative and illustrative details included, warrant, it may be held, the repub- lication of the whole.

The narratives have been condensed from an article prepared by Mr. James P. Matthews, late of the Pension Bureau, for the Balti- more American, and published in its issue of May 30, 1892, as a preliminary to the report of the proceedings in connection with the unveiling of the statue to the memory of the heroic Hill at Rich- mond, Va., on the same day. The original article has been further revised and* amended to make it conform to events which have oc- curred since and information which has been further elicited.

While investigating pension claims in the vicinity of Bedford, Pa., Mr. Matthews obtained of Sergeant Mauk the statement which is here included.

The paper has been furnished through one who saw some arduous service under General Hill, and as Captain in Dibrell's Cavalry ac- companied President Davis after the surrender at Appomattox in his flight beyond Charlotte, N. C. ; who has served since as Lieutenant- Colonel of Artillery in the Maryland Line, and is now First Lieu- tenant-Commander of Isaac R. Trimble Camp, Confederate Veterans, and the member from Maryland of the History Committee of the United Confederate Veterans. Colonel Peters, as he is popularly designated, has enthusiastically exemplified his devotion to the memory of our momentous Southern struggle.