The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-12-16
One a "Yank.n One a "Reb. -

One "Yank,' One a "Reb.V
Standing in the lobby Of a hotel
during the visit to Richmond of the
Pennsylvanians who attended the I'M
yelling of monument at Cold Harbor.
several days ago. was Capt. E. d.
Christian, a we'll known veteran of
the confederate service, of t~ 41st
Virginia Regiment, who was enter
tanning number of the visiting fed
duel he had in 1862 with a Pennsyl-
vanian near what was known as the
"Cowpens." now the Mechanicsville
pike, Richmond (Va) dispatch to
the New York Herald says.
I'm some way" said Capt. Chris
tian, I'VE were coming through field
cut apart by long line OF rail fence.
AS we approached the fence we saw
coming toward us line of blue-coated
soldiers. Before | knew it | was face
to face with a Yankee who was send
ing balls at me, but luckily. aiming
wrong. l loaded my musket time and
again and we had it there face to face.
Presently the Yankee mounted the
fence to get a better whack at me, for
| was as bad a shot as he in the ex-
element of that duel. Well, gentle
men, down came the rail fence and
down came the Yankee, spawling on
the ground. He managed to get up as
my old musket banged away, but the
ball never touched him.
wait a moment" interrupted one
of the visitors, and I'll tell you the
rest of the story" All eyes turned
toward the military form of Capt. W.
H. Rauch, a Philadelphia, who was
the center of the listeners to Capt.
Christians story.
Well continued Capt. Rauch. "the
Yankee just took to his heels at that
and you after him. You fired as long
as he was in sight and he ran as long
as his legs would hold him up. The
only reason he did not fly was because
he was a man and not a bird"
That's about right" said the con-
federate, and then the two men faced
each other with eyes glued on the
faces that had seen the changes of
nearly half a century.
H, man." Capt. Rauch cried.
finally breaking the intense stiffness,
ARE you the Johnny Reb that had
that duel with me and came near max
ing me prisoner or putting me out
for good?"
If you are the man who jumped
on that fence and fell and then got up
and ran, while a confederate soldier
sent bullets after you to help you
move, | guess we have met before
IF any other man had been in my
place and had not put up a good run. ."
replied Capt. Rauch. -he would have
been a fool. Why, that old thing
you were handling looked as big as a
cannon and sounded like two or three
of them"
Following this the veterans shook
hands and Capt. Rauch took Capt.
Christian in tow to introduce him to
his wife. Then Capt and Mrs. Rauch
had to get into Capt Christians auto
mobile and the end was that Mrs.
Christian got telephone call to have
dinner ready for two extras. The
party spent the evening in the hand
some home of Capt Christian. who
had to promise a visit to the Rauch
home in Philadelphia.
Before leaving Richmond Capt.
R1uch declared that he would not
have missed meeting Capt. Christian
| for all his worldly possessions. Il have
never forgotten chat REBEL" said he,
"and I see him now in my minds eyes
with his big old-time musket plugging
away at me as though l were of no
more good to the world than an ordin
airy animal