Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-16
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES


 drawn supplies from and held his army there until at the battle of Mis- sionary Ridge it suffered itself to be dislodged from an impregnable posi- uon. Then Bragg was removed from active command in the field and taken to Richmond to become the right hand of President Davis in deciding upon what movements should be made by the armies in the field Magruder de- tended the Virginia peninsula against Mcclellan until Joseph E. Johnston, then commanding the Confederate ar m,, came to his relief, and immediate ly retreated to Richmond He failed was sent to Texas as the only part of the South ill which time did not count Whether he was a West Pointer is a matter concerning which the writer cannot speak with certainty. That when he was a young man he was gay. gallant hOspitable and eXtrava- tlllt- oilltl q I'l Illle IdNO OlIlt aIlii Ills associates is shown by the fact that he was usually spoken of by them as Prince John, and by the following anecdote. When but a lieutenant in rank Il ewas stationed on the Niagara river. Crossing the river into Canada one day he became acquainted with a ,,,;, ,;,,i, It. come over the next day into the Unit ed States and dine with him, But as it happened, not only was his camp larder at low ebb, but he had over drawn his pay, exhausted his credit at the commissary and borrowed eat ables from his friends until their pa tience had become exhausted also. All his cook could scrape up for the din her was a large dish of rice and a bottle of mustard
 Let me help you to some rice, Ma jor, said Magruder. when they were seated at the table
 No, thank you. lieutenant. said the major. T never eat rice, sir.
 Well, then said Masruder appar- ently nowise abashed, help youresIf to the mustard please.
 Speaking of Magruder reminds Us of a story that is told on q citizen of Galveston, who, while Magruder Was in Texas, was a member of his staff One warm summers day. when the aide sat alone at headquarters Sm0k ing cigar and lolling in a rocking chair, with his feet elevated high above his head d plainly dressed and most unassumingloo gentleman entered the room unann0unced, and ia a rather subdued tone asked if Gen. eral Magruder was in.
 Lifting his huge feet from their perch, removing the cigar from his mouth, and blowing a ring of smoke in the air, the aide faced the intrud- CT looked him over from head to foot, and. sizing him up as a noncombatant, replied:
 Can't you see for yourself he is not in?a
 Yes" said the visitor, his tone still mild, now that you have mentioned it. l do see that General Magruder is not in When he comes in will you please say to him that I have called? am General Kirby Smith.
 That excuses and apologies were numerous on the part of the now startled and repentant aide goes with out saying.
 Dick Taylor made little reputation even though by disobeying orders, he whipped Banks at Mansfield, La, and thus saved Texas from invasion.
 Forest, Wheeler and Stuart are noted cavalry leaders, but of the three Wheeler is best remembered-not, however, because of the service he rendered the South, but because of his after career as general ill the United States army John B. Gordon, though noted during the war as brave and skillful commander, gained his fame as member of congress and as commander Of the United Confed- crate veterans. Of those named at the outset there remains only Lee, Jackson and Hood, Lees place among the immortals is assured, but Jackson, brave and true as he was and great as were his services to the Southern cause, will il another fifty years be remembered oaiy as an er- ratio genius. Of Hood it is proposed to speak in length in the near future.
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