The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-14
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From the New Haven Register.
Major Lamar Fontaine, who arrived
in the city yesterday morning. is prob
ably one of the most interesting veter-
ans of the confederacy. He is the only
representative of Camp Sam Cam
mack of Koohoma county. Mississippi,
and during his stay in the city will be
the guest of Capt. John Milledge on
Trinity avenue.
Major Fontaine has been a soldier
nearly all his life, and the story of his
adventures in all parts of the world
sounds like fiction.
He served i'm the Russian army dur
ing the Crimean war, and at the siege
of S~ebastopol vas decorated by Gar
Nicholas with the iron cross of honor
for daring bravery during the battle.
| At the time of the memorable charge
of the Light Brigade at Balaklava,
Major Fontaine was 16 miles away, but
could hear the guns and see the smoke
of that famous battle.
After leaving the Russian army he
travelled abo the world in company
with an uncle, but was living in the
South at the opening of the civil war,
and enlisted as a private in the 10Th
| Mississippi Rifles. but was later trans
ferred to Company X, 18th Mississippi
regiment. While a member of this
regiment. in August, 1861, he wrote the
well -known poem "All Quiet Along the
Potomac" which has since been widely
copied all YER the world.
He began his war work with the
confederate army as scout and courier
for Gen. Stonewall Jackson. He served
in the same capacity with Generals
Stuart and Johnson, and briefly with
General Lee. He took part in q
pitched battles. 81 skirmishes and over
- ,AI.al fn1sNvfAflnl GliRp1tEhRE in
which blood was shed. Although he
was but a private in the ranks, he was
at one time intrusted with a carte
| blanche order on the treasury of the
confederate states. He was known in
all branches of the confederate service
as the best marksman with rifle or
revolver i'm either army. lie was
wounded 81 times, and IL times his
lungs were pierced. Five times in the
| course of the war he was reported as
dead. on two occasions he was able
with the aid of mirrors to look into
apertures in his flesh and watch the
beating of his own heart.
Major Fontaine has kept a complete
diary for nearly 40 years. and this in
itself is an unusually interesting work.
comprising a number of volume and
containing much luabl information
He has also many documents signed
by prominent officers of the confeder-
ate army, bearing testimony to his re-
markable craftsmanship.
Yes" said Major Fontaine last night,
'it would seem as though / a spent
the most of my life on the battle field.
Ny life has been rather eventful in a
way. and i think that ! have had a
few interesting experiences.
These documents / have saved all
through the war. and while they may
be interesting and valuable ! care foi
them only for the sake Of my children
II will be something to leave them when
I am gone and ! have managed to
preserve them in good condition for tins
last 80 years"
Major Fontaine is a man of distin.
guished appearance, and wears a com.
plete uniform, which was made espe-
cially for him to be worn at the rec
union of veterans. He is a civil en-.
gineer by profession, and is engaged In
business with his tgo sons at Lyon
Miss.