1NCCAV
Sergeant
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2016
There was a sharpshooter of renown in the 15th Arkansas at Port Hudson known to his fellow soldiers as "Old Thous'n Yards."
"Here comes Old Thous'n Yards!' said they, as a broad, tall Arkansian, with a beard heavy as Spanish moss on an oak, and a quick dark eye, came swinging down from the parapet. They all made way for him with some deference. He was 'Old Thous'n Yards' with every one, and turned out to be the great sharp-shooter of that part of the works. I inquired about him, and found he was a famous backwoodsman and hunter, who, with a proper rifle, was really sure of a bear or buffalo at the distance of a thousand yards."
I've only seen him mentioned in one book and it did not give his real name. Does anyone know who this man was or anything else about him? Perhaps some of the Arkansians on this board may know?
What say ye, Arkansawyers? Any of you know the obscure bits of your state history well enough to put a name to this man?
"Here comes Old Thous'n Yards!' said they, as a broad, tall Arkansian, with a beard heavy as Spanish moss on an oak, and a quick dark eye, came swinging down from the parapet. They all made way for him with some deference. He was 'Old Thous'n Yards' with every one, and turned out to be the great sharp-shooter of that part of the works. I inquired about him, and found he was a famous backwoodsman and hunter, who, with a proper rifle, was really sure of a bear or buffalo at the distance of a thousand yards."
I've only seen him mentioned in one book and it did not give his real name. Does anyone know who this man was or anything else about him? Perhaps some of the Arkansians on this board may know?
What say ye, Arkansawyers? Any of you know the obscure bits of your state history well enough to put a name to this man?