The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-11
N and A. M. Rule exFederal
 Tennessee Insurgents, Who Were in the Civil War

There are two civil war veterans with
 the insurgent band of legislators from
 Tennessee, Confederate and Federal.
 They occupy the same room at the Jef-
 ferson hotel.
 In an engagement on September "A,
 1864, Col F. N. Moore. the Confederate,
 captured his present associate, Capt. A.
 M. Rule.
 They are thinking now how sweet 1t
 is for brothers to dwell together In unity,
 and lie down each night as docile as
 lambs side by side fighting the battles
 of the sixties until they fall asleep.
 By the merest chance the two old sol
 diers came to know each others identity
 after the lapse of 47 years.
 Strangely it happened that they unrav- elled the incidents of the conflict in which |lthey were once trying to kill each other as they were passing the identical scene of the capture.
 Several weeks ago while on their way to Decatur from Nashville they passed little place named Sulphur Trestle, near Athens. Colonel Moore and Captain
 Rule were sitting together at the time. Says Colonel Moore, pointing out of the car window: q remember when I was fighting the Yankees in this part of the country nearly 50 yeahs ago. We cap tured a scouting party right out there in that old field late one evening"" Right here Colonel Moore's narration was interrupted by his fellow legislator, who corrected his speech with reference to the field.
 'You are wrong about that open field" said Captain Rule, 'it was covered with a thick clamp of woods then, and I'd swear to it, because was with scouting party that was captured by Confederate regi- ment stationed here to guard Sulphur Trestle."
 Their conversation, begun in this way,
 was pursued with the greatest animation. One by one the two civil war veterans
 compared the details of their story and found them all conciding. They were not so sure about the facts of the affair to begin with, because they were picking them out with a memory of nearly a half century's rusting. There was an undeniable truth in their
 story. though, and there was no possibil-
 
 ity of missing it.
 The date of the engagement was finally established and Colonel Moore and Cap 1 tain Rule were absolutely certain of each other. but they didn't whip, out their l guns and fire.
 l In the month of September, 1864. Gen. | Nathan Bedford Forrest was conducting operations in northern Alabama. Under his command was the Third Tennessee cavalry, led by Col. James Wheeler. On the 2Ath day of that same month the Third cavalry was stationed at Sul- phur Trestle to keep the federals from destroying 1t and thus cutting off sup plies.
 The federal army. under the command
 of General Campbell, was encamped at Athens. Among his forces was the Third Tennessee cavalry of the federal
 army
 | On the evening of the 24th of Septem-
 Der scouting party composed of mem bers of the Third Tennessee cavalry l of the federals was sent out to recon noitre the country in the direction of Sulphur Springs
 The scouting party was somehow cut off from the command by a.detachment | from General Forests division and wa s captured shortly afterwards by this detachment and the Third cavalry guarding Sulphur trestle. With them