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pledged and gratefully accepted. Let it be said, he was true to every offer, and among his many, many subsequent kindnesses, he secured for my mother and the children, excepting myself, free tran- portation to Philadelphia. In no way was there anything wanting in General Meade's generosity as a man, kindness as a friend, sympathy as a relative, dignity as a soldier, or loyalty to his country; and so I shall never forget the opportune visit, the goodly offices, and the soldierly bearing of General George C. Meade.
Instead now of hate, war, and death, we have faith, hope, and charity; but the greatest of these is charity. - Esto perpetua.
[From the Baltimore, Md., Sun, December 7, 1901.]
HOW VIRGINIA SUPPLIED MARYLAND WITH
ARMS.
JOHN W. GARRETT'S ADVICE.
Wanted Virginia Army to Occupy Baltimore, but General Lee Refused. Major McDonald's Reminiscences.
Major E. H. McDonald, of Charlestown, W. Va., contributes to THE SUN some war history never before published, and which will prove interesting to Marylanders, particularly Baltimoreans. Major McDonald is a gentleman of high standing, and is now extensively engaged in farming and stock raising in Jefferson county. He is one of four brothers who served with distinction in the Confederate Army, and is a son of the late Colonel Angus McDonald, who com- manded a Virginia cavalry regiment in the Confederate service.
Messrs. Editors:
On the night of April 18, 1861, the Virginia troops, under com- mand of General Kenton Harper, marched into Harpers Ferry by the light of the burning arsenal and armory, fired by the Federal soldiers before their evacuation. On the day following, Federal troops from Massachusetts were attacked by the people of Baltimore as they passed through her streets on their way to the South. Mary- land's best and noblest sons were in sympathy with the South, but situated as she was, between the North and Washington, she would
