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Daily Texarkanian

Deupree, J. G.

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University of MississippieGroveClippings Civil Rights Archive7-21-1917ReminiscencesJ. G. DeupreeDaily TexarkanianFollow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/civ_clipPart of the Journalism Studies Commons, and the United States History CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Civil Rights Archive at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Clippings by anauthorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu.Recommended CitationDeupree, J. G. and Daily Texarkanian, "Reminiscences" (1917). Clippings. 11.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/civ_clip/11dmad,tul execution. Reminiscences "The Federals succeeded in crossing Harpeth River under cover of their artillery, by which our cavalry was I driven from the' t1fwn, after having collected a consi4erable amount of . Yankee plunder. B~ing Storie1 Told by Veteransof The War Between"The~States • "Had not many Federal infantry taken refuge in the court house and other brick bulldings and thence kept up a brisk fire of small arms we should have doubtless brought off J. G. DEUPREE. \ rI'hls w.eek's 1'e~niscenlce9 ds in the form of a letter written by Prof. J. G. Deupree. ot JackSon, l .. nsslil~ IIlppl. a cousin of Dr. T. J. De\lllree. of this efty. The c01DlIlluD.lcation Is a COpy ot a personal !.etter written ~y the former to his father, April 11 1863. and is a chroniefe of a battll between Confederate and federa, forces just before the battle of Frank,.. ffu. Prof. Deupree, who now is 13 year: of age, is a retired , professor and ir a; beneficiary of the Camegte Foun· dation which pays him a pesnlon. H( has i>een commissioned to write I history of the first Mississippi cav alry and especially of the three com mands sent from Noxubee county tl the Confederate army. At the outbreak of the Civil Wa' he was a member of the gradua.tln~ e'iaoSs of Howard College. Marion.Ala -bama, but responded to .the call fo ' V!llunteers and enlisted. He lacke' put two months of his graduatior Two years ago Prof. DeuPree. wit] .lJout thirty-five or forty other ex Q9nfederates who left the Howarc Colle.-" to enter the army, w.ere pres ent at the graduating exercises 0 Howard College. now located at Bir mingham. and was given his diplomf He also delivered tbe class oration. For a num.ber of years Prot. Den pree was the president of ·the Okoton ' Female Seminary, Okolona, Missis sippi. and In the later yars was pro--fessor of mathematics in Mississipp college. i I ~ Letter from J. G. Deupree ' to bit father, Dantel Deupree. pubUshed i tILe MacoR Beacon. Aprtl 29th, 1863 fonows: I "In camp. near SpringhUl, Tenn April 11. 186:! "Deal' PIl: ThlDklng you wil dou1JUess hea1' of the terl'lbl~ ll~ battle in which CosbY's Br'lgade wa' engaged on yesterday. and knowin, that you will be exceedfng~ uneas) ilutU ybli 1!&Il hear definitely of (m& lfar.ffes iil OIl}' regiment, ! 'WTUe B! once. To dissipate yOUl' une&sineslf I Villl state no one was seriously hur in the Nitxubee squadron. "About 10 o'clock yesterday mom ing. our brigade. ill advance, suppllef with two days' raUons and tort} rounds of ~unttion, began ttl marclv'towards Franklin. to matte· f. reeonnaisance, jn force. to determine 'Whether or not tb& enemy were reallJ ilvacuatlag 1:Mlr WONS on Harp~tt ri~, as reported by sCouQ and elU-zena. 1 I. U1n1al. our regiment 'was put lr ftlbtrt to drtve In the Federal picket! and outposts. Within two miles Of Franklin we' discovered a small forCf ot hostile cavalry strongly posted OD Winston HUla. We advanced on them t a ga.Uop; they ned precipitately. !thout firing, or being fired on. We u~ued closely tm within half a mlle f F'tankHn. There they rallied, sup-0Jrt~ .by two or more companies of ti.ntty, Ud cii8cked our further ad-c~ in that dlrectloa. , t tJils polnt, one Dian was kllled 7lOr"iI eom'pany and one wounded araven's. Col Pinson, seeing the many prisoJtel'8. 9trength of their position, and not be- "We remained in the vicinity of I lng able tb learn their exact num- FrankUn. lroeping the eB9DlY beyond I bers. concealed as they were behind the Harpeth till late in the day, when ~he brow b!""'tli~ hm. munedlately diS:- lVe withdrew into camp. pat"lled , a CQUI'ler , to , ~tate the facts "I will repo~t here lhe losses t!)f to the general and to demand rein- our First Misstsaippi ' companies: iHll ~orc&ments. Jackson. woundCd slightly in the cJUn; "Orders came to move to the rigkt , d J M-ontag'l1e's, Holberg's, Pagan s an . I ntl. '1( il)!{$1~.1e. to tum the enemy'~ Hudson's horses killed. Latt's and t lank and thus dislodge him. mine so seriously wouJtcled that they , "We bad gone one-fourth ot a mUe have since been condemned; Tom .lst of the pike. when we were thrOWlJ Brooks' hOl'8e slightly wounded; JeU, Ito ' Hne to receive the cbarge of a Sam Day, and BUly Foote all escaped'j' arty of Federal cavalry. But as soon gallantly and nobly leading the men s we began' to move towards. them, in ev.e,ry ch:l.rge; company A lost one I hey wisely "tumed taU" and moved me.n killed, two wounded by a grape-[f rapidly. I shot, and suffered in horse nesh "At this time. General Van Dorn, about as ours; Company E had one ,ttended by his own and General man killed; company C lost ODe man ackson's escort. al)peared on the kfIJcd and four wounded; companies leld. Our regiment Was here divld- 0 and J each lost four men wounded, d; the major part maving farther and their loss in horses not quite so last under Maj. Wheeler. being dls- great as ours; company F had J. J . lounted. and placed in position in the Hunter wounded in the foot. 'oods, .were briefly engaged. but "Starke's regiment lo!!t eleven men tthout loss. as each man was- PfO- killed ~nd forty-two wounded. Bal-,cted y a tree or slump; the....... tentiue lost none. 'ainder of the r8ctment, companlee "I aclmowledge my gratitude to God . D, I~ andt:,led by Col. Pinson l~ (or Hie I)reserving care In answer ,-arson. charged across an open fleicl, the prayers of loved ones at home. 10 yards In width, fer the PI1rJl9S&: -of "Affectionately, mUng the enemy, supposed to be in JOHN. nall force on the opposite ,edge of I Dr. T. J. Deupree, of 910 Eaat Tent ~e flald. street. this city. was the comme.noo "The Federals, concealed by B of this C'Ompany to which his cousin. light elevation of ground, awaltel' J. G. Deupree, belonged. and in the :11 we were within 75 or 100 yard! recorded 'Was struck in the r them. wben they arose. a~t 6(1( knee by a ricochet mime ball. For-rong, and poured a galUng fire intc tunately for him, no bones were brok-'II' ranks. doing dreadful exec1itlor en nor blood drawn; hence he was 'l regard to borses. not reported as one of the wO\lnded. "W& halted and calmly stood thl t\n ugly black bruise remained on 're, wUhout being able tt) return it for many days. s our guns had been discharged. Wf it 0 h.en retfr6d deliberately about 10( 'l.rds, when we were halted and aga;ir repared for another charge uPO}l tilt nemy. We ch4.rg~telY. bu' l1e result was as betore. "Pinson dispatched to Van Dorf ~at rt Waif impossible. when so out, umb&re4, to dislodge the enemy. anI 'lceived thIs teply. which I knoW t( , e true, as Latt b01'e the message ' loIit' yOlfr position as loilg as possi-lei you shall be reinforced.' "In order to bold tlle poslUon, Pin· )n apin charged but With llke r&-!lrts. As my horse was ra»tdl; 'rowing weak from loss of blood froD' wound he received in the first harge. I received orders from Jeft dntmanalng the company as we be-'an the third chaTge, to fall back tr he rear, and this order I obeyed witt lacrity. I was immediately ' joine( 'y Latt and others with woundef 'orses. "The loss In our com'Pany In thesl hree charges w&a: Bill Jackson .rounded in th.e chin. four horse lllad and as many wounded , Thf 'tber three companies suffercd abou '8 ours. "Soon Starkers' regiment. commanti-,d by Maj. Jones, came up In ga11an' :tyle to the support of Pinson, form 'ng on the left. Then BallenUnr 'ormed lefot of the pike. A charge waE mmcdlately made, and the Federal ' .-ere routed and driven into town '{aj. Jones and Col. Ballentine fol· ' owed them through the streets. doln .aATuaDAY, JUL.V 21, 1.11. -,--,",'_._. _ ...... _--""_ . l ' i ----. ___ ~ • L';"""'-IleIt that institUtion. and is now calI-t. ........................ II! ..... -! cd the ~8l" W.Bbelm II University." The G3l'man military 8Y8t8Dl is well B"t R it t " , calculat~ to- de:volop tbe kind of de- t n ~C f, 0 n s mons wbo occupy the trenches. are ~ being a.ttacked. and taken by the ~r-ero mJes of the al11es. PrlvatcB enter at t'ln ',r;) ,:ce of TjTO_ ey the age of 20. Men may woiunteer 1 ' j ., Yt' ~ as at 18. but wlren tbey do so they ruqst nd be the equivalent of high Bchool gl1ad- ' iii S ity uatos before they wJU be collsider,rl. men 78 ' 1"1ml'ne r e- "here is no aach thing as illiteracy U r- In the ranks of the Gorman DJ:IUY, It Even atter tho,,! ·have becn enrotlQd, G at evary day duriflg their period of I!~\'- :~"'men~. e. vice is a 1tChoo\ day. Every company .... ' i f, ~ .e has its tea.chers, cone!lpondin.g to oor-pOl'als In tho Unit041 Statea army, anJ cd th(!y 1D turD axe unllcr th:o direction ht of the company llauilmants. Th.~ sol-or dicl'lJ »ene ~lrree years in actual SOl''':' ad vice. !J.!hey IU:B obliged to study arith-e- motic. geography. pl1ysical gcagrs-ny .phr, con~ct language and penman-shtp, civil government, general his.-tory. chom.istry. physics and military tactics. There are mUitary academies, CQl' -It r.espWlliing to Wcst Point in this 3 1' country. at numerous large cities JIt 11-- Gl1rmany. Notable IIm'Ong these &rE} of those in Rerlln. Leipsic, Munich,. Hold-s.' clburg, Jena, Bl'eslau. Koenlgsburr;. 1'- etc Nautical .schools, comparing with Annapolis. am at HauIDurg, Kon-nig!lhurg, Ludwigshavon. DlIDtzig ,8n:1 rc Stett1n~ lJi After the soldier serves hi"" three :: years, he re'tires to the rer.arv s, ("·r I.andwehr, as they are known 1D ·.that f)OUlltry. For ten years they' are &ub-jllct to call, and once every thl'll3 years 01 this period tbey mUllt repo-t [or maneuvers. and t.hese exercises may continue from thirty to sixty days. Ther.e..is no rem.onstrance, alld aU must respolld. No one thinks of h contel!ting this rule. e Dr. Farher was aoked how it com,s e that civilized men, l!0 h!gbJ~ cducat-~ cd and enjoyIng thl3 bcnefite of a. ISUl1posed 1't!gl1/~r ~ifC'; could ~e $0 3 brutal os hjl.s becn manlfestod n i. tboul'and!1- of acts by Gennan soldl s ~ in ihe present carnage in which ~y; ]_ are engaged and havr: gone thr "It is l-,"'yond my com reh£>, ife ' re no· in of i -() l~ . is i o l To IlIIl h room for tlH' Nflw II'aU Hi-o'i'kR which will Roon begin to arrive, further reduction::; in price have hem illiude ou SUMMER DRESSES, SKIR':fS AND BLOUSES Thc ,'erv 111111S1Wl YHInes we will offcr MondHY wi\l lIJake thiH a shopping feature worth~' of the ill\'~8tiga­tioil of ever~' WOnUll1 in the (·it~-. Be on band early Hlul htlve first f'Iwj(,(>. Dresses Worth Up To $.25 Go at $9.95 Wash Skirts worth up tc $7,50 go art $3,50 and ... $4.50 Spqrt Silk Skirts worth up to $20.00 go at $6.50 aDd .................... . ............... . ... $9.!)5 New Ship_nt f The Wirtlllnor 51.08 Blouses lIIe Welwortb 52.80 Blouses Tlte nMiooally f-llVOl'ed $1 aud $2 Blouses, sold at just one good ::;torc in every city. he. name!; "\VirtllDlOre" lind "Welworth" llrc more than coined words. rrbev arc the RymlJO]1-\ of l1 new Hnd higher standard of ~aist YRlues: ,Just a limited Dumber-and no more of the same style15 will be ob-:uinablc. Nig~t GeWns· En'ehlte ~mises, Qidbiii,UOns, Drawtr~ Ch,_es Under-Skirts CtrPJeo.s Novelties The styles arc ncw, in surpassjng quantity and artistic concepUo DaIntiness is perhaps the m st usw word for Dove Undermuslin and our present stocks are the most beautiful garments we havi over soen in thIs line. Pl'lce~ aro on a very satl sfactory basis-Ill fact lowor th~n the ma-terials the garments 'arc made of call be bought fOl' today. Just come and see for y rself. $4 ARE YOU GOING ftAVELING? rim!'fl This Wee 

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