Page 185 - Arkansas Confederate Women

A HUSBAND HANGED FOR HIS MONEY.

By Mrs. 0. M. Maslibum, of Saline County.

I am now 78 years old. I was born in Georgia, but moved
to Arkansas in 1856. My husband's home at the opening of the
Civil war was in Saline county. Our little children and my
brother, Tom Ball, made our home a happy one. My husband

and brother soon joined the Confederate army and went through
the war in safety.

COMING OF THE FEDERALS.

When the Federals came to Little Bock scouting parties
raided Saline county. The havoc and destruction cannot well
be described. At that time we had plenty of stock, horses, cows,

sheep and hogs. They took everything,, even cutting the cloth
from the looms, taking bed quilts and all clothing, except what
the family was wearing at the time. Bread and water were our
diet for many long stretches of time. They set fire to the house
and cursed us for putting it out. It was a dreadful time.

HUSBAND HANGED BY FEDERALS.

My husband came home on furlough just after the Federals
had begun their raids. On one occasion my husband was not

watchful enough and they caught him. In some way they had
heard that he had money hidden in the house. They hung him
with his own bridle reins, leaving him half dead.

HORRORS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.

The only battlefield that I ever visited was Hunter's Cross,
on Hurricane creek. The wounded, dying and dead were all lying
in heaps here and there. The moans of the wounded and the

groans of the dying remained many long years in my memory.