Uncle Daniel's story of "Tom" Anderson and twenty great battles . r. Jackson, ofMemphis, Tenn. He sailed the following day and had a pleasant on board the vessel crossing the Atlantic he madethe acquaintance of one Capt. Redingson, a jolly, gentle-manly companion. They were very suspicious of eachother for some time, but finally Capt. Redingson gave himthe sign of the Golden Circle, to which Jackson friendship was then at once established. Jacksoncarefully felt his way,—as you have seen, he was a cautiousman,—and finally discovered that Capt. Redingson was 2G4 UNCLE
Uncle Daniel's story of "Tom" Anderson and twenty great battles . r. Jackson, ofMemphis, Tenn. He sailed the following day and had a pleasant on board the vessel crossing the Atlantic he madethe acquaintance of one Capt. Redingson, a jolly, gentle-manly companion. They were very suspicious of eachother for some time, but finally Capt. Redingson gave himthe sign of the Golden Circle, to which Jackson friendship was then at once established. Jacksoncarefully felt his way,—as you have seen, he was a cautiousman,—and finally discovered that Capt. Redingson was 2G4 UNCLE DANIEL S STORY. well acquainted in Memphis. This rather placed Jacksonin a dilemma, as his letters located him at Memphis. Finallyhe turned the conversation in the direction of buildingrailroads, and finding that Capt. Redingson knew nothingabout railroads, he mentioned that he had been employedin engineering work on the Memphis & Chattanooga Rail-road. He said he lived in Ohio, but claimed Memphis,Tenn., as his residence, inasmuch as he was a rebel and. JACKSON STARTS FOK EUROPE. would have nothing whatever to do with the North whilethey were making war against his friends, as his peoplewere all natives of Virginia, he himself having been bornthere. This statement made all things right, and the twohad a jolly good time together the remainder of the voy-age. During one of their conversations Capt. Redingson, inrelating some of his war experiences, made mention of thefact that at one time, not long past, he had met a younglady from Michigan in search of her sweetheart, and that UNCLE DANIEL^S STORY. 265 he had been her escort while she was at Richmond, andthrough their hnes to ours. At this moment Jackson toldme that he came very near spoiling everything by his agi-tation, but by rising and taking a glass of water had timeto recover, and then listened to the story with great inter-est, asking a question occasionally. Capt. Redingson finallytook a small book from his pocket a
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