The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

beys OF the Confederate Congress, Me-.
Bartsdsle and Mr.. Singleton. Mr.. Barks-
dale Was member OF the Lower House OF
Congress durlng the entire existence OF the
OF the House before the war, Withdrew on
the secession of Mississippi, and was elected
10 the Confederate Congress, served there
II til 1>e5 ar d was sent back to congress az.
ter the war, having been member ever
since the Forty-fourth Congress. Dit. Null
drow served in the Confederate army from
beginning TO end of the war, being q Colonel
OF Cavalry when captured at Forsythe, Ga.
Mr.. Van Eaton. OF the Sixth Districs, was in
the Confederate service from the beginuing
10 the end OF the war. The most noted
member of Mississippi's delegation is Cen
eral Chalmers, who is charged with the &C
thorship Of the Fort Pillow massacre.
Whether ne was responsible for 1t Is not the
province of this article to suggest. He is q
good deal asked for from the galleries, but is
not popular on the floor. His associates in
the late war have no affection for him, for he
has allied himself with the Republicans
since the Democrats refused to sustain his
claims 10 seat in the Forty seventh Con-
gress. while on the other band the Republi-
cans have little fellowship with him or re-
gard tor him personally or politically. He
was member of the Secession Convention
in Mississippi in 1sGi, entered the
service as Captain, became a Colonel,
and then BrigadIer General, which office ne
held when he surrendered in 1850 Regard
ing Gen. Chalmers superior at Fort Pillow
General Forrest, Colonel Blackburn tells a
good story. He was, Blackburn says. sitting
ia BARRIERS chair in New York one day not
long since, when some friend came along,
and addressing him by name. stopped aud
chatted a moment. As the friend passed on
the colored barber said
Is YOU de General Forrest what com ma Id
ed AZ Fort Pillow
Yes" said Forrest. sententiously
i had brother killed dar. continued
the sable artist, and
'One moment" said Forrest :'please wipe
the latber OFF the other side of my face;
never have but one side shaved at once aud
putting on his hat, he went out to finish his
shave somewhere else.
Missouri sends two x-Confederatss-Mr.
Hatch and Mr.. Graves, the latter having
served under Forrest, and being paroled
with him at Gainesville, Ala. Colonel Hatch
was commissioned as Captain and Assistant
Adiutant General in the Confederate service,
and was in 1852 assigned to duty as Assist.
ant Commissioner of Exchange under the
cartel, continuing in this position to the
close OF the war.
North Carolina sends five ex Confederates -
Colonel Bennett, who entered the service as
a private, and came out Colonel: Colonel
Wharton ]. Green. who entered one of the
first companies raised at the beginning OF
the war, and became Lieutenalt Colonel
Cox, who entered the service rs Major, aud
led his command in the last charge st Apo
mattox Brigadier General Scales, who be-
gan as private. and came out Brigadi Ter
Ge-er1': and Vance, who was first { lp-
tan. ar last j. -igadier General.
From South Carolina there are four ex-
Observation-Disclosures, who was a private
throughout the war Dihble Who bepaa a
private, and came out a Lieutenant; Brat
ton, who entered the service private and
ended Is Brigadier General. and Aiken,
who began as q private, and was Colonel
when shot through the lungs at Antetam
There are four men of Confederate war
record i'll the Tennessee delet stion-Csld L.
well. who WAS with the army from first to