The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-14
A WAR "REMINISCENCES.
First Meeting at Gettysburg Second a, 1
 the Dardaneiie Rock.

the Dardanelie Rock. Harry Ashton. in the Dardanelle Arkansian..
 met him at -the rock" jus, above town. He was punching two yoke of bulls and whis,led merrily ss he punched Such wondrous happiness struck me as strange for this serious and business like community. and l accordingly sought its cause.
 a Beautiful weather:'
 a Yes. sir. zllus have fine weather in this yer country. Pears to me you thought be stranger hyar. Whaur may ye come from now !r and yelling to the cattle. he turned around. disclosing the loss of an arm. Being interested as 10 the cause of his loss questioned him, and found had been within two hundred yards of him when he los, il.
 Let him ,ell the story Whaur did l lose II. Well, stranger, it's right smart O time since this yer happened, but ] don't mind telling. Ne see 'twa$ at the Gettysburg fight in Pennsylvania. We was thaur under Long.treet, an he sort O thought as how he'd gi, up on the ridge fceme,ey ridge), and drlve every last one O the Yanks of n thanr eft took all night. Wan. yer see the ianks in the, part uv the feld was pury plenty. so 10 speak, an we stood a right smart chance of getting the wust uv il, but we wasn't scarin them very bad. so we lii up on to 'em, an never seed seeh work fore nor senoe. They was game, them ianks wos, an nj like he lions, tell ye: but Lord g massy we had 'em whaur the hal were shor; and driv' 'em down oil n ,her hill an through the graveyard for all thet were out.
 The speakers eyes lighted up with the enthusiasm born of genuine experience in the tieid under fire. and placing his hand upon the stump he continued;
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 My s.4e oi the story IS soon told. was m the second o5 gadc. second division O; Doubledays iirs; army corps, and in the carnage a; the cemetery was cut la the head and had BY leg broken by a shell. On returning to consciousness found Rebel .ear ne, IS thought, aaoUt 10 dispatch me. Ne becane friends IF our misfortune And through the endless day of roasting and nigh: of chi.ls. ~hlic the horrors of battle were, ever and anon. around. before and behind us. my Johnny Reb friend actually made me laugh in my pain and suffering by his droll anec- do,es of southern life. and bu; for his as- sistanoe, mus, needs be minus leg by amputaton.
 Fortune has no, smiled on either since those memorable days-he going with his belongings in bull car, 10 Kansas. ther to spend the remainder of his days, while l drudge and ire, out my days try ing 10 Ill the capaeious maw ofthe fore