We received the following from Tom Ballou. Not exactly a press release, but you'll find it amusing. --RL "The work published at the South, entitled "The Land we Love," has this anecdote: "While A.P. Hill's division was tearing up the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in the fall of 1862 Lane's brigade of that division was ordered further north than the other brigades, where a live 'reb' was a curiosity. A this time the quatermaster had not procured new clothing to take the place of the worne, tattered and ragged relics of the campaign in the 'My Maryland,' and we were rather ragamuffins, that's a fact. Tearing up railroads is not a very pleasant business, and we had enjoyed about twenty-four hours, wend Captain K went to a house to get something cooked, and got into quite an interesting conversation with the good lady of the house: Old Lady: 'You is an officer, isn't you?' Captain K: 'Yes madam, I am a captain in the Seventh North Carolina infantry.' Old Lady: 'Thar, now Betsy Ann, I told you he was an officer. I kin tell an officer whenever I lays my two eyes on 'em. The officers they have the seate of their breeches patched, and the common soldiers doesn't.'" Ballou's Monthly Magazine Volumne XXVIII From July to December, 1868: Pg. 99 Back to 3rd Quarter 2002 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com