The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1921-06-09

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some to join their own parish COM
panies. even for a whole term. wh1ie
there are none but who are ever ready
and willing to go again when they are
SO imperatively needed as to justify so I
long sacrifice.
"Capt. Butler, throughout the whole
affair. acted toward his company only
as a chivalrous and gentlemanly officer
would do under the circumstances. tie
did his noble best to have us see ser
vice for the term we had been received
He no doubt felt chagrined at the cast
affairs had assumed but 1t was beyond
his or the Governors power to rect1fy
IT. He knew he had the confidence OF
his company: and furthermore. that
they applauded and sustained him in
his every effort.
AFTER having seen us properly on
our destination hOmeward bound. and
feeling that his obligations to his COM
pany had been performed, Capt. Butler
left us at Baton Rouge, for the purpose
of leaving Immediately for Virginia,
where he no doubt is at this time.
"Thus ends the traditional history OF
| the whole affair"
Recently we have had much to say
/ in this department about the Bossier
Boys, the first company to leave the
| parish, and so named because of the
youthful age of its members.
/ There is in this community but one
i survivor of the company-Mr. John
NJ. Arnold, of Brownlee-and it hap
pens that he has several times visited
us this week. In the course of a con-
j versation with him we learned that he
came to the parish to join the members
Of his fathers family, from Coweta
County, Georgia, arriving about the
middle of December. 1860. and was
then eighteen years Of age. 1t seems
that he at once engaged in deer hunt
ing. week in and week out, but sus.
pended his hunting long enough to &C
over to Bellevue to attend military
gathering. To quote him: There was
hellufa big meeting barbecue, ane
one Of the girls pinned blue cockadt
on the lapel of my coat And we ex
pect that made him more patriotic thar
he had ever felt before. Anyway, h
at once volunteered for service.
Mr.. Arnold, being almost a strange
in the parish sixty years ago. remem
: hers but little about the Bossier Boys
: He calls to mind that on the way t
> Shreveport Levi Franks rode a larg
:, horse that was fast PAGER, which en-
$ abled him to lead the crowd. Afte
8 the company was mustered out OF sci
q vice Mr.. Arnold and four others Pre-
: ceeded to other states to join Othe
II commands. He went back to his oil
t home in Georgia and joined the New
II man Guards Company A. First Geo
IT gia Regiment). practically all. member
le of which company were his old schoo
e. mates. This company was also mac
'e up Of young men in their teens, excep
le ing its captain. George M. Handy, wh
n was a veteran Of the Mexican Wa
Z The company served out Its twelv
y month period of enlistment and !
Dr. members returned home and r
IN organized as an artillery compan
10 However. Mr.. Arnold joined the 30
Or User Cavalry. so that he might he wit
sc his brother, Sam Arnold. He proceeds
81 to Corinth, Miss. and joined the col
IS pany the day following its fight !
e. Pennington, that state.
ms Mr.. Arnold served the Confedera,
until the close of the war. and is know
Nv to have good record. In fact Y
ne think the same may be said of all Il
re :. Rossier Boys Of sixty years ago.
III Some few who will see this in pri
III will remember the young lady W
ng pinned the blue cockade on Mr.. 4
na nold's coat when we say that she W
re- none other than Miss Mollie Jones. L
pe owner of the Banner informs us til
- she was not belle of her day, but til
DC she was exceptionally vivacious u
* friendly and had many admirers s
'ef resided at Fillmore with her sist
Up Mrs. Elias Cornell. 1t was duri
ny 1864, or about that time, that her dea
eo. occurred.