{"id":2157,"date":"2023-03-25T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/2157"},"modified":"2020-01-18T23:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T04:08:52","slug":"the-military-traveler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/the-military-traveler\/","title":{"rendered":"0"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 25, 1863, Arkansas<\/em> True Democrat (Little Rock)<\/em><\/p>\n

Batesville, March 15th<\/sup>, 1863.<\/p>\n

Mr. Editor:\u00a0 The military traveler sees many thing in this patriotic State worthy of preservation in the history of these eventful times. . . .<\/p>\n

Yesterday a prize drill came off in Shelby\u2019s brigade.\u00a0 It was exciting and beautiful.\u00a0 The reward for the best drilled company was a three days\u2019 furlough for officers and men.\u00a0 The emulation was high and manly.\u00a0 How proudly the brave veterans bore themselves.\u00a0 These men have learned in battle<\/em> the importance of drill<\/em>.\u00a0 After much deliberation the judges decided company of Col. Gordon\u2019s regiment, (Col. Shelby\u2019s old company,) and company Col. Thompson\u2019s regiment, Capt. Jerry Cravens, equally entitled to the palm.\u00a0 This gave general satisfaction, and the “boys\u201d are enjoying their furlough.\u00a0 The judges who have all seen service east of the Mississippi, remarked that they had never seen a company better drilled than these in any army.<\/p>\n

The Batesville belles honored the occasion with their presence.\u00a0 By the way, Mr. Editor, Batesville is a good place. \u00a0 Its young men are in the southern army, and its genuine hospitality greets the southern soldier.\u00a0 Its young ladies (bless the charming creatures!) in the absence of their brothers, beaux, and sweethearts have learned to take care of themselves, and I verily believe, they are the most graceful, dashing equestriennes<\/em> in the world.<\/p>\n

What is prettier, any how, than a pretty woman on horseback?\u00a0 These dashing, pretty, witty and sprightly girls have cost many a fellow his heart, who will fight the harder as he thinks of them.<\/p>\n

When Curtis\u2019 Yankees occupied Batesville, they were treated with scorn by these contemptuous little beauties, and although the place was held by an army of occupation, the people<\/em> were never subjugated.\u00a0 This fact proves the LADIES are really the soul of the Confederacy.\u00a0 A true woman always dares assert a cause she loves.\u00a0 Their spirit is invincible.\u00a0 Their quiet influence, their cheerful sacrifices, their noble grief, their generous sympathy, form the palladium of our liberties in this struggle.<\/p>\n

Even in its distress our country has cause of congratulation.\u00a0 The sons of the South march to glory on fields crimsoned and consecrated by their precious blood, while our homes are honored by women, patterns of patience and fidelity\u2013models for the noblest in any age of this world, or even a much better world than this has been.<\/p>\n

A. W. S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 25, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) Batesville, March 15th, 1863. Mr. Editor:\u00a0 The military traveler sees many thing in this patriotic State worthy of preservation in the history of these eventful times. . . . Yesterday a prize drill came off in Shelby\u2019s brigade.\u00a0 It was exciting and beautiful.\u00a0 The reward for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":84472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-civil-war"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Arkansas-True-Democrat.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}