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Show Cain. rtwaUiam'a Cseap. . The following story waa told by Oan. Cheatham of the manner in which ha escaped es-caped capture at tha battle f Ualmunt, Mo.t " Just as theopposing armies approarhad one another flan. Cheatham dtsrovaired squadron of cavalry coining down road near bis position. Uncurtain as to which force it belonged, accompanied only by an orderly, ha rodn tp to within a few yards of it, and inquired: "What cavalry is tliatr "Illinois cavalry, sir,' waa tha rply. "Ohl Illinois cavalry. Ail right; just land where you arfll" Tha cavalry oUyad tha order, and unmolested un-molested by thani, who supposed ha waa one of tha Federal officers, tha general rode safely buck, directly under the funs of another Federal refluent, which bad by that time ooma up, but who, seeitifc him coming from tha dirai'Uon of tha cavalry, also supposed that ha waa ona of them. Anucdotea, I'oetry and Incidents Inci-dents of tha War. |