THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED
Fulkerson was summoned to answer the roll call over the river. He is now resting under the trees in the camp of God's love. A braver or truer man never lived.
Charles F. Crisp, Lieutentant 10th Va. Regt. Inf., was one of the six hundred. After the war closed he became speaker of the United States Congress. Lieut. J. E. Cobb, 5th Texas, also became a member of Congress. Capt. Bruce Gibson, 6th Va. Cav., a true, generous soul, whose ministration to his sick comrades of the six hundred made him loved and honored—he, too. has gone to rest. I recall, as I sit and write, the dreadful sights of misery in that Fort Pulaski prison—loved comrades starving to death, dying with that terrible disease scurvy, and the great government of the United States responsible for all this wanton cruelty; and yet no effort was made to alleviate or curtail it. Who of the six hundred will ever forget grand old Capt. John Lucas Cantwell, N. C.? Gentle, kind, true; never tiring of helping
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