The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-30
Gen. Woodward Writes of His Quarrel With General Jack son When They Were Serv- ing Together in the Seminole War of 1812-They Were Friends Afterwards.

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 The accompanying tnstallment or the "reminiscences of General Thomas $. woodward form a part of a long letter written to Editor J. J. Hooper, of The Montgomery Mall. from his home in Winn Parish, La, December 20 1858. The long letter reviews Tn general terms some of the adventur- ous and picturesque incidents of the old soldiers life.
 A special significance attaches to the part of the letter printed tooay ot General Andrew Jackson with whom General Woodward served in the In dian wars It recountstoo character tstic incident of "Old Hickory when he cursed General Woodward in dif- ference they had in the Seminole War os ISIS. The incident which was dan- gerous for a time did not interrupt their friendship, for a little later Jackson offered Woodward a commits sion in the Regular Army. which was declined As comrades In arms they corresponded in later years.
 Woodward. nevertheless was not an admirer of General Jackson in poll teal life for he remained true to the traditions of his family and voted the Nnig ticket as long as the party of &1GnLf Stdy nda d tAOhSb Ah shS AA~~' HIS COMRADES IN THE
 SEMINOLE WAR
 I will here state that I had, be- lieve, as resolute a set of men for the number. as l ever saw. Among them was Captain John Curry from Washington, Lieutenant Steel from Hancock, Ensign Clark from Morgan County. Ga. I recollect yet many or their names. CatIe J. Atkins. who dv- tv. County. Ala. and two brothers by the name of Elm erson-Ben and Uriah-who were living 4n Montgomery County when Iett there in 1s41.
 remained in Fort Gaines but a few days when was relieved by Majors Twiggs and Muhlenberg. Major Twiggs Is now the distinguished ofii- cer of our army. Major Muhienberg was the officer who had charge or that convoy Of boats. on one or whicn Lieutenant Scott and his party was massacrsd. I marched my men to Fort Hawkins and discharged them.
 there met with three letters. one from General Glasscock. requesting me to accept an appointment on his staff; one from General Gaines requesting me to get as many Indians as l could and join him at Fort Early: The was an order rather than request He wanted me at Fort Scott with as many Indians as I could raise. I paid a short visit to Ebert and Frank lin county Ga. and to Pendelton Dis trtct s. C.. after some negroes. of which have heretofore made men, tipn. l passed through Twiggs Coun- fy Ga, got Captain Isaac Brown and went to Fort Early. Flint River was very high which enabled me to take large flat boat down to Fort Scott with ammunition for the troops. At Fort Scott I met with e portion of my Indians which I had sent to talk with. I was placed at the head of the Indians and crossed the river.
 This was in March 1918. We occas- tonalIy fired a few guns at struggling Indians. and they In turn would fire upon us; now and then, one was kill cd and prisoner or two taken. There was nothing that could be called a light on our route to the spot on the Apalachicola River where General CIinch had blown up Fort Woodbine, C year or two before.
 The army at that time consisted of khe Ath. and 7th. Regiments of United @tates Infantry. two regiments of Georgia Militia. under General Glass; neek. a company of Kentuclkians under Captain Robert Crittenden and a company of Tennesseeans under Cap tain Dunlap. this last company being ehe body guard of General Jackson. and some i've hundred Indians. under the two half breed chiefs. Kinard and Lovet. and myself.
 We set about building Fort Gads- den. on the site of Old Fort Wooibine. And st that place General Jackson and myself took our first split and as a the matter has often been talked about and misrepresented by some. I will here give you the particulars Of that affair. as there are those yet living of Columbus, Ga. Major J. Samuel and Captain Isaac Brown, all of these are all familiar with the ctrcumstan- ces.
 THE QUARREL BETWEEN
 THE TWO MEN
 Captain Dunlap was a gentleman and good officer, and his company was mostly composed of men of the first families of Nashville. and some of them were very young as well as very mischievous. They performed no duty than to ride along the trail Of our march, and when in camp strolled when and where they pleased.
 had noticed them. or some of them. on our march from Fort Scott. to where we were then. making fun and cutting their capers with the Georgia Militia tried to put a stop to it as often as I could. told them that we were all engaged in the same service and should be one people. It did no good One day while we were at work op Fort Gadsden. I had a parcel of In- S