Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-03
GUERRILLA EMMERSON.
The Death Bed of Noted Confederate
Who Once Raided Chicago.
fSt. Louis Republic.)

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capt ;. l.. EmnersOn, formerly OF
Dallas. died in Denver Col, on Tues
day last. capt. Emmcrson was one OF
the most noted characters produced on
the Southern side by the war between
the states. A native Of Kentucky. h.
had strong Southern inclinations. and
when the war came on nc raised and
commanded an irregular" Confederate
force commonly known MS suerillas.
Many of the exploits Of Emnerson s
command were as daring and scnsa :
tional as those Of Quantrcll, Morgan or
Mosby. In one Of his raids he was
captured and imprisoned III Kentucky.
but made 4 bold escape by cutting
through the prison roof. H.. was soon
In action again. and. in 1863 or 1864.
had command OF the force Of about 100
men that rode into Chicago with the
intention Of causing an uprising that
should capture or destroy the city. In
this hope. Emmcrson was disappointed
He escaped capture. as he often rcia-
ted. by stealing horse and riding be-
yond the lines III danger. He then
turned the horS. loose and hoped it
got back to its owners" as he always
expressed it.
Capt. EmmcrSon was n friend of
Frank James in war days, and also
of City Marshal Pulliam of Ardmore,
I. r. These men have often spoken
highly of him as man and soldier.
Capt. Emmerson lived for many years
on his Dallas county farm. near Rich
ardson. He was old bachelor and in
clined to reticence on the subject Of
the Civil War, particularly in regard
10 his own part in it,. He never got
got over his grief for the Lost Cause"
Before going to Denver, when his
health failed him. he called on Mrs.
Kate Cabell Currie of Dallas. former
national president Of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, and now at the head
of the local chapter OF the order He
said TO her:
When the Southern Confederacy
persisted / lost what stood TO me in
my affections the same as do q wife,
children and family ties TO other men.
When | am dead. which will be soon.
| ask that you see that | am buried
among my own kind OF people desire
that a plain suit of Confederate gray
be my burial garments. l want none
nut FORMER confederate SOluleTS 10 ACT
as pallbearers, and to place me in the
grave. i desire the Confederate flag to
be spread upon my coffin. desire that
a plain monument, surrounded by a
life-sZe Confederate soldier. and that
on that monument shall be carved this
epitaph only: Here lies man who
believed in the traditions and teach
inGs of the old South
In my will l shall make provisions
for my burial expenses.
Mrs. Currie promised Capt. Emmer
son that she would do as he had re-
quested. When notified. last Tuesday
of his death, she made the arrange
ments for his funeral. The body was
met at the railway station on its ar
rival from Denver by Il squad of for
menr Confederate soldiers. who bore it
to the residence of Judge Ed. S. Lau
derdale, from which the funeral took
place. The grave was in the middle
of the burial lot owned by the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. Camp Sterl
ing Price. United Confederate Veter-
ans, attended in Il body and their old
battle Scared Confederate flag was
spread over the coffin.