The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-10-22
Fairfax Courthouse in the latter part

bed eduTeSaTu anu IeneTdi JOuIStOH III
/ Beauregard's office discussing the kind
| of flag that should be adopted.
General Johnston's flag was in the
| shape of an ellipse; n red flag with
! the cross (white) TO represent the diff
ferent Southern States no white
borden of any kind was attached to
this crOss.) General Beauregard' s
was rectangle; red. with blue st
Andrews cross and white stars SINH
lar to General Johnston's. Both were
discussed and thoroughly examined by
all Of us.
after we had fully discussed the
two styles. taking into consideration
the cost of the material and the care
Of making the same, it was decided
that the elliptical flag would be harder
to make. that it would take more cloth
and that it could not be seen so plain,
ly at distance. that the rectangular
flag, drawn by and suggested by Gen.
eral Beauregard should be adopted
| General Johnston yielded at once
when the reasons given by Genera
Beauregard and myself were so good
and substantial
"Noone else was pres mt but We three
No one knew about this flag but we
| three until an order was issued adopt
ing the Beauregard flag. as II was call
| ed, and directing me. as chief quarter
master, to have the flags made as soor
as it could be done immediately
issued an address to the good ladies OF
| the South to give me their red and blu,
! silk dresses and to send them to Cap
| tain Collin McRea Selph, quartermas
| ter at Richmond. Va.
Captain Selph was living in New Or
leans, where he was assisted by two
elegant young ladies, the Misses Carey
| from Baltimore, and Mrs. Henningsen
| Of Savannah, and Mrs Hopkins. of AL
| ALBANIA. The Misses Carey made
battle flags for General Beauregard
and General Van Dorm, and, think
for General j. Z. Johnston. They made
General Beauregard's out of their OWL
| silk dresses. This flag is now in Me
mortal hall, New Orleans, La. with q
| statement of that fact from General
Beauregard. General Van Dorns flag
was made of heavier material, but
very pretty.
Captain Selph had number OF
these flags made and sent them to
me at Manassas. They We're distrib
uted by order of General Beauregard
One flag had made and gave it to the
Washington artillery. They have il
yet My wife. who was In Richmond
made beautiful silk flag out of hel
own dresses and sent it to a cousin
of hers who commanded an Arkansas
regiment. This flag was lost at ELI
Horn, but was recaptured by a Mis-
souri, division under General Henry
Little
1T being impossible TO get silk
enough to make the large number OF
flags needed, l had number made out
of blue and red cotton CLOTH l ther
issued circular letter to the quar-
termaster of every regiment and brig
ade in the army to make flags and tC
use blue and red cloth suitable that
they could get. Generals Beauregard
and Johnston, both being good drafts
men, drew their own designs
Picket Trading.
1 will relate 4 few incidents that
took place on the Chattahoochee river
20, 4 LOFT laI n
squad of soldiers to go on the picket
line. We relieved the other pickets
who were stationed on the banks OF
the river. and the Confederates were
dark, but we were fired on, as was
usual at such times. 1t was intensely
dark, and 1 saw by the flash Of their
guns the Confederate pickets We're
not very far away. The river was not
over eight or ten rods wide. The night
passed quietly, with but little firin.
through the time. Morning broke
bright and clear, and the least move
about our rifle pits caused us to hear
the ping of rife halls or feel .heil
sting. But the firing soon ceased, and
all was still save the heavy boom OF
the cannon farther up the river, where
Sherman was cf;ccting crossing. We
had our trenches all completed len.
before day, and We grew less wary.
Soon the death-like stiffness was
broken by the sound of a Confederate
voice, and the following colloquy en-.
sued:
81 say. Yank; you are digging over
therev'
mo. We haint."
Eyes. you are; and if you don't stop
we will fire on you"
"Well, blaze away"
A moments silence followed, when
comrade Mike, one of the company's
recruits, n tall, lank, awkward fellow,
sung out:
81 say. Johnny, have you got lots of
coffee?"
81 reckon not, Yank."
"Well. have you got any good to-
bacco:"
ION, yes; right smart or II. More n
we know what to do with
"Send over some"
At this the Confed and Mike began
to get quite talkative and emerged
from their rifepits. A conversation
sprung up on both sides of the river.
Mike thought best to have n little
trading done. 1t was warm day in
August and Mike stripped off his suit
and took his ration Of coffee in his
teeth and, plunging in, swan for the
other shore. There was great wonder
ment as to what would be done with
Mike, but as he began to near the
shore all was quiet. Mike walked out
and shook hands with his former
enemy and did his trading. II.