Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-11-22
STORIES or THE DAY.
Some New War Stories About Well Known
Fighters.

ureS Dl0CKo0eQ the faces Oh tllo uleu Ue'
yond the power Of soapless water to
whiten them, and when they emerged
from the forests they looked like colored
troops. One morning when the brigade
pulled out there was a gathering OF
white people by the roadside to see it
pass. One distinguished looking North
Carolinian was Mortified as he looked
into the faces of the men and discovered
that they were nothing but niggahs,
sah!" When be saw Rusk's black face,
he drew back and said: my God! The
Yankees have niggah generals too! Look
at that field hand!" and pointed at Wis
oonsin's popular state officer, congress
man, governor and cabinet minister.
General Rusk heard the remark, wheel
ed around and said: MY friend, have
you any soap about your I would like
to wash my face. I don't object 10 look
ing like a colored man. but ! do object
10 having blank rebel tell mo I'm a
darby" The North Carofinian headed
for his mansion. T.
The story that General Lee, 1t din
ner party in 1865, gave it as bis opinion
that in case Of his death OF disabling
the man to succeed him in command Of
the Army Of Northern Virginia was
General Malone Is weak md doAbt1u3.
Until 1864 General Leo kept Malone in
command Of . brigade, and even then
did NOS advance him beyond division
and major generalship. II Leo thought
10 we'll Of Malone, lint 1t fair 10 sup
pose that he would have advanced him
beyond the command Of q division? It
must be remembered, too, that st the
time General Lee 10 said to have made
the remark the Army Of Northern Vir-
ginia had four or five lieutenant gem
erals, including Lmestzeot, Bwell Cor
don and A. p. ELL. The story will be
doubted BY soldiers Of both srmiss. Gen.
ezal Malone vas brave soldier, suo-
cessful regimental, brigade and division
commander. He started in with such
men as Gordon, A. P. Hill and num-
Der Of others who outranked him at the
end Of the war. That was not against
him, but the fact that they distanced
him, and at the suggestion Of General
Lee, and were commanding divisions
while he was commanding regiment,
and wings Of the army, or corps, while
he was commanding brigade, is pretty
good proof that General Lee did not re-
gard him as the superior Of the wing
and corps commanders, and that he did
not select him rs his successor in case Of
his death or disabling That would have
been like General Grant ignoring
Meade, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan,
Hancock, Warren or Howard to select
General Ruger, General Oglesby, Gen
eral Cutler or General Frank Sherman,
who commanded divisions longer than
Malone did, to succeed him in command
of the Union ARMY in case of his death
or wounding. I have long seen much in
General Malone to admire, but do not
like to keep silent and let such story
20 until it ingrafts itself into history.
Major G. 81. Arson was lamenting the
death of Captain Darius Stafford of his
regiment, the Eleventh Vermont. HE
was one of our older officers" said the
major; "a farmer, and he carried his
farmer customs into and through the
war; Couldn't make a good showing Oh
parade or in drilling, but when it came
to fighting, and our regiment had lots
of it, with Grant from Culpeper to Pc
tersburg, under Sheridan in the Shenan-
doah valley, and back to Petersburg in
time to take part in the closing battles
when it came to fighting, that old
farmer captain equaled any officer in the
command. Soon after the two armies
reached Petersburg, in 1864, $50 men
and Is officers of our regiment were sent
to the left on a reconnaissance. A por-
ton of Mahone's division saw the small
force, surrounded it and made prisoners
Of all Of them. After q few Mesks Cap.
tain Stafford escaped. He was hye or six
weeks getting back to our lines. Had to
sleep ii the brush or negro huts days
and travel nights. Until he reached
West Virginia the only guides he had
were negroes. They kept. him supplied
with food, clothing and money, often
compelling him to take their last dime.
Soon after crossing the West Virginia
line colored guide took him to white
mans house. The captain was timid
about trusting his life and liberty with
a southern white. but the guide said,
"Maesa, dat white man has done helped
lots Of 20 folks to 'scape. He's a On
ion as I is" The captain was seoreted
in the barn, ON new hay, and fed on the
best to be had. The Virginian and bis
wife spent q portion Of each night with
him, largely because they learned, in
the course Of the first nights converse
tion, that Captain stafford's wife was
On aunt Of his hostess. They supplied
ths escaping prisoner with rations
enough to last him until he reached our
lines. Captain Stafford and wife visited
their nephew and niece after the war,
but the old hero never forgave them for
not allowing him to room in the barn
and sleep on new hay, as they did in
1904. A. Watrous in Chicago Times
Herald. @.... g.
Two Killed In Q Feud.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. @.-As re-
suit Of Z fsud between the Handley,
Jones and Kilgore families, Joe Kilgore
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