Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1862-11-18
Acting Brigadier General Reynolds.

eI Is native of Greenbrier county, Virginia.
: When at West Point he was deemed an excellent
drill officer. In pure mathematics he did moi
stand a: the head of his class nor did he descend
to mediocrity. He did not then, nor has he
since, betrayed any share of that vaultine ambi
ton which with many men in and out of the ar
my is practical substitute for moral and intel
lectuaI excellence. He has never pressed his
claims for preferment, and was, when an UNDER
graduate, ever actuated by the same feelings
| which have controlled his conduct and affected
| his relations with those who confer titles and
promote officers.
He has, too, wonderful proclivity for saying
lust what he thinks, and when the bad policy Of
such course is presented, his mental and 500
ken answer is no doubt ri was born in the army
and shall live and die in it,-what signifies it r.
Through a lifetime shall get my dues, whether
sooner or later it will be right
He was a member of the graduating class of
1888, and was appointed to a Lieutenaney in the
7th US. Infantry. BY the way, he is nephew
of that inveterate old bachelor, General Arbuck-
le, who adopted him as son. To this officer he
became Adjutant. He served through the Sem
mole war, and afterwards in the Mexican cam
pagn. From that period up to the beginning of
the pending revolution he has spent his life on
the plains of the West.
When he heard that the Old Dominion had re-
sumed the powers she had delegated to the Fed
eral Government, with the loyalty of a son true
to the land OF his nativity, he threw up his COM
mission, and made his way to Richmond. He
was Immediately made Colonel of the 51st Vir-
gina Regiment which escaped with Gen'l Floyd
from Fort Donelson. when Floyd was removed
by the President, he furloGghed all his troops
and ofticers-Col Reynolds refused to receive
furlough, and reported himself for duty to the
President, or to the General commanding in East
Tennessee.
Prior to the fall of Ft. DoneIson, he had serv-
ed IN the campaign of Western Virginia .spe-
clally distinguishing himself for skill aid
endurance in the battle of Gauley river, in which
the Southern Army, 5000 strong, fought the
Abolitionists under Rosencrans, Il, 900 in num-
Der during the whole day. At night, Reynolds
built the temporary bridge across the Gauley,
over which Floyd's army passed IN safety. His
conduct on this occasion, has been highly com
mended to US by participants in this battle and
retreat, as we'll as his whole career while under
Gen. Floyd.
During the past three months Gen Reynolds
has been actively engaged at the siege of Cum
)erland Gap, and more recently in Kentucky
where we believe his command was attached to
he corps OF Gen. Kirby Smith.
General Reynolds is forty-fye years of age,
hin, wiry and athletic. His eye is grey, his
eatures slightly aquiline, his bearing that of
older and agreeable gentleman. We can't say
auch of his chances of promotion since he seems
areless on this subject himself, we know how
yer that he will always do his duty and hence
an commend him to the confidence of the peo-
le.-KnoxriILe Register.