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Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, May, 1863. (search)
e, I couldn't help remarking to the Judge, with regard to the most obnoxious man who was occupying the centre seat to our mutual discomfort,--I say, Judge, this gentleman has got the longest legs I ever saw. Has he? replied the Judge; and he has got the d-dest, longest, hardest back I ever felt. The Texan was highly amused by these remarks upon his personal appearance, and apologized for his peculiarities. Crossed the Sabine river at 11.30 P. M. 8th may, 1863 (Friday). We reached Marshall at 3 A. M., and got four hours sleep there. We then got into a railroad for sixteen miles, after which we were crammed into another stage. Crossed the frontier into Louisiana at 11 A. M. I have therefore been nearly a month getting through the single State of Texas. Reached Shrieveport at 3 P. M.; and, after washing for the first time in five days, I called on Gen. Kirby Smith, who commands the whole country on this side of the Mississippi. He is a Floridian by birth, was educated