Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1878 — Recognising the Confederacy. [ARTICLE]

Recognising the Confederacy.

An old soldier at Omaha prints this recollection of Col. Bob Ingersoll in action: “CoL Ingersoll fought manfully until overpowered and compelled to surrender, but not until one of Forrest’s men had him covered with a gun and had drawn a bead on him. Ingersoll Bang out: ‘ Hold on there ! What do you want to shoot me for ? I have been recognizing your old Confederacy for the last two minutes 1’ When Ingersoll was exchanged his horse was returned to him by the rebel General, with the remark that he was the man that saved his life with a joke.”