Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1913 — Loved the Old Flag Still. [ARTICLE]

Loved the Old Flag Still.

After the battle of Mill Spring, when the Minnesota regiment returned r to Its quarters at Camp Hamilton, they marched past the colonel’s marquee with banners flying, and their splendid band playing “Hall Columbia.” Standing in front of the tent were Dr. Cliff, Zolllcoffer’s brigade surgeon. Lieutenant Colonel Carter of the Twentieth Tennessee (Confederate) regiment, and several of the federal officers. It was observed that “Hall Columbia” affected both the Confederate officers to tears —they wept like children —and Carter remarked that: "Although com' pelled to fight against the ol<F flag, he loved it stm.”