The other survivor of the
Hill tragedy,
Sergeant George W. Tucker, who escaped through
Wolford's bad marksmanship, in his best days bore but little resemblance to the two men just described.
In his youth he was surrounded by an entirely different environment.
He is a native of
Baltimore and enjoyed the educational advantages that belong to a large city.
Of handsome person and soldierly bearing, it is not surprising that he was soon taken from the cavalry company, in which he had enlisted as a private soldier, and put into a
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responsible position at headquarters.
Several acts of personal bravery attracted the attention of
General A. P. Hill, and during the remainder of his service he was one of that able officer's confidential messengers, and was often entrusted with special duty regarded as particularly delicate and dangerous.
At the close of the war
Tucker returned to
Baltimore and for a number of years was a salesman for the large wholesale house of
William T. Walters & Co. Of late years he has resided, for the most part, in
New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
At present he is living in the little village of
Pearl,
Frederick county, Maryland.
It is understood that his health has become greatly impaired.
