Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-11-28
sToRlEa OF TIE DAY.
Colonel wstsons Telis sea49 Confederate
War Stories.


Colonel wstsons Tells sea4s Confederate
War Stories.
Tho commander f thecagta4n DEPART
msnt Kentucky division Of United Con
feoefate Veterans IS Meier James 81
Arnold. a prominent railroad MaH of
+ Newport Ky, and Cincinnati There
4 was q meeting of freight men ia Mil-
wauRee, Arnold was pfasent and a Gen,
erai fayerite There were several mem.
bers ef the Loyal legion among the Wis
iting freight men. The Loyal Legion
had Il meeting one eff theeyenihgs while
the freight men were IN town / hap.
pened to be the committeeman author.
lied to send an invitation to them to
attend the meeting ! uotieed chat the
man they called Majer Arnold was not
lining up to 80 over TO the hail and
asked why. a captain leaned over and
Whispered, " He WAS in che Confederate
army Then he must 20 anyway.
We can always find plenty OF you folks
Int it is net often that u Confederate
soldier is around ON tie night of our
meetings
On the occasion Of that visit Major
+ Arnold told several stories, two of
which recall for this column. When
the Army ct the Tennessee, under the
command OF General Braxtou Bragg,
occupied q line at Wartraee and Tnlla.
| hema5 seon after the battle ef Muir
freesboso, cur division (Pat Gle.
burne'e) had q heavy slirmish, the
fight listing hree days. with the dtYi.
sion OF General jefferson c. Davis Il
was on the si5io of one OF the spurs Of
the Cumberland mountains. heavily
covered with trees aud underground
f.At the time CT which | speak I had
charge of the slimishers Of our regi
ment, and my little captain, now Judge
Reginald H. Thompson OF louisville,
was in command of the brigade slsir-
mishers. The other fellows had dfiY.
en- us some 200 yards down the noun.
4 tain side, and when / rallied ] found
myself holding q very s1png position
behind a magnificent broad branehqd
oak tree aheat four feet III diameter a
little IN my front and extending 30 the
] right about goo yurds there was an
opening Tho other fellows were ON
the other Size Of the opening. just after
had rallied, my little captain cane to
me and after catching breath used very
strong and emphatic adieetiyes IN speak
! ing of the situation and eourdgenusly
proposed that we Sc back to where we
came from; told me heWas going to the
right, aud that when | heard the yell
should start back up the mountain.
said all right ard suggested TO HIM
that he go to the rear and get i'll the
underground, rs the other fellows were
just across tho opening and behind
trees. Rot muehl he remarked. |
am going to that tree, pointing to one
some ii yards from us ont ON the edge
of the opening, the way to It being exs
posed He had gone only little dis
tance when one Il our men bailed him
and said, look out c1ptainl
THE captain cast his eye up the noun.
tain side and saw that u Union soldier
had stepped from behind his trce and
had dead aim at him. The captain
stopped Strengthened np, faced tie sol.
der and yelled, Shoot, and be quick
about It. The other fellow apparently
was struck with admiration for Che
dauntless little captain, and, instead Of
firing and killing him. as eeeftainly
could have done, brought his gun &c a
present anu stepped back behind his
tree, That, sir, WAS n display OF bravery
and courtesy-brayery on the part of ouE
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other fcllow-that is pleasant to con.
template at this day, when both sections
j of our country are 1T peace aud steadily
gaining i'll their respect for each other.
During that same skirnish, late one
afternoon, while my regiment was OF
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. ! think the latter regimen
was organized with General jefferson
! G. Davis as its first colonel. at the bat
tie Of Shiloh these two regiments Tough
each other, and each had warm recep
ton During the fierce contest the Sec
! oiid Arkansas captured the colors Of TN
: Twenty second Indiana You know tina
: that is serious thing a regimen
would rather lose almost anything il
the world than its eolefs. Thousands o
men have given their lives i'll defendin;
: the colors of theirregiment While th
slsirmish referred to tho Twenty -seeonl
:. Indiana captured the eolofs q battle
!, flag, Of the Second Arkansas The battle
flag Of Cleburne'B division was differ
: emit from that carried By any Of the othe
troops in the Confederate service Al
8 of the others carried what was KNOW
It as the southern tSf. Andrew 50 eres4
while our division carried q blue aa
with a white moon in the center, til
name Of the regiment being across til
p moon, and the name Of each battle /
4 which it was engaged wasNfrittan upo
4 the white Doitler around the flag
y at is easy to imagine how delighte
L and hilarious The 4yYellty=s second Indian
n men were upon capturing the flag of th
= regiment that had captured their flag
few months before at Shiloh. Early th
next morning our boys heard the Of
familiar call from the other fellows
t. which was Hello, Johnniel Did 70
It have some sassafras tea this morning
How would you like SOME of our goo
= eoffen5a Then g513 folks would ca