Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-11-26
eroBIEs OF THE DAY.
xyasrous gelss some Confederate cooAe War Stories.

xrafrous gelss some Confederate colone' War stories.
 ,, commander of the eastern depart
 ll'0 0Fentaeky division of United Con- flelie = Veterans is Major James M. ie',sad ..s.ald, a prominent railroad man of a,.saarA all.ae Ky, and Cincinnati. There NeMp,,a ,neetine of freight men in Mil HAs ,.oe Arnold was present and q gen. Waaaay eago7ite. There were several mem cru af the Loyal Legion among the wis pe47 fraioht men. The Loyal Legion ilile a,eeting one of the evenings while lra l,.e freight men were i'll town l hap uo a5 Ito te he the committeeman author p'llg to send an invitation to them to i44a ,d the meeting. I noticed that the a'sss fbev called Eajor Arnold was not ,.'s;aa ne m to go over to the hall and iln.l ulad wbv. A captain leaned over and '',ssbisnered, He was in tie Confederate S1af ,,T seThen he must go anyway. wa rails can always find plenty of you folks, '''+ As ;+ is not cften that Q Confederate o seldier is around on the night of our meetings
 on the occasion of that visit Major Arnold told several stories, two of .1bieb I recall for this column. When sha Army of the Tennessee, under the command of General Braxton Bragg, eeenpied q line at Wartrace and Tulla- ps paas soon after the battle of Mur- ssaeshare. our division {Pat Gle. tnrne,s1 had heavy skirnish, the aabt lasting three days, with the divi sion of General Jefferson C. Davis. Ii ,yaa en the side of one of the spurs of inc Cumberland mountains, heavily covered with trees and undergrowth.
 aAt fbe time of which I speak I had ebarqe of the skirmishers of our reg1. menf. and my little captain, now Judge Reeinald II. Thompson of Louisville, was in command of the brigade sizir- ,oisbers The other fellows had driv- 4n us some 200 yards down the moun tain side. and when 1 rallied I found myself holding very strong position beaind magnificent, broad branched oak tree aLeut four feet i'll diameter. A little in my front and extending to the riebt about 200 yards there was an oDening. The other fellows were on the other side of tie opening. Just after had rallied. my little captain came to me ;4.t! l4 5l e8sehing breath used very strong and emphatic adjectives in speak ing of the situation and eoarageously proposed that we go back to where we
 es.z.,. 4elgl ,,,.a 1ao z4yac s,as.,cp fc tlo right, and that when 1 heard the yell l should start back Up the mountain. l said all right and suggested to him that he go to the rear and get in the undergrowth, as the other fellows were just across the opening and behind trees. Not muehf he remarked. I am going to that tree, pointing to one some 30 yards from us out on the edge of the opening. the way to it being ex- posed He had gone only little dis tanee when one of our men hailed him and said. 'Look out, eaptain!'
 1.-The captain cast his eye up the noun tain side and saw that Union soldier had stepped from behind his tree and had a dead aim at him. The captain stopped, strengthened up, faced the sol dier and yelled, Shoot, and be quick about it. The other fellow apparently was struck with admiration for the dauntless little captain, and, instead of firing and killing him, as he certainly could have done, brought his gun to present. and stepped back behind hls tree. That, sir, was q display of bravery and courtesy-bravery On the part of cur captain and courtesy on tho part of the other fellow-that is pleasant to con- template at this day, when both sections of our country are at peace and steadily gaining i'll their respect for each other.
 During that same skirmish, late one afternoon, while my regiment was on one of the spurs of the mountain, we saw very distinctly an engagement that took place between the Second Arkansas infantry and the Twenty second Indiana infantry I think tho latter regiment Was organized with General Jefferson C Davis as its first colonel. At the bat tie Of Shiloh these two regiments fought each other and each had warm recep- tion. During the fierce contest the Sec ond Arkansas captured the colors of the Twenty -secend Indiana. You know that that is q serious thing. A regiment would rather lose almGst anything in the world than its colors. Thousands of men have given their lives in defending the eolors of their regiment. While in the sklrmish referred to the Twenty Indiana captured the colors, or battle lag, of the Second Arkansas. The battle flag of Cleburne's division was differ ent from that carried by any of the other troops in the Confederate service. All or the others carried what was known as the southern est. Andrew's) cross, While our division carried blue flag With white moon i'll the center, the name Of the regiment being across the moon, and the name of each battle in winch 1t was engaged was writtan upon the White border around the flag.