Forwarded by permission of submitter. Phyllis Campbell ----- Original Message ----- To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Van Buren Press, May 2, 1908 > May 2, 1908 > > EXPELLED FROM HELENA DURING WAR > > After an absence of more than 40 years, Mrs. Emma Morris has returned to > Helena, which she was forced to leave in her girlhood days because she dared > to wear the colors of the flag she loved upon her hat, after the fall and > capture of Helena by the Federals in the Civil War. > > It was Mrs. Morris, then Miss Emma Rightor, who presented to the gallant > Captain J C Barlow a silk flag, worked by the ladies of Helena, when he > mustered his battery of guns and marched away to the front. She was loyal to > the flag which her hands presented, and it was this unwavering devotion, > coupled with brilliant daring, thought brought on the command which drove > her from the city. > > Mrs. Morris was presiding at the organ for the Baptist Church on a Sunday > following the fall of the city, and she showed her spirit by donning a hat > bearing the colors of the Confederacy. A lieutenant from the Federal troops > was in attendance at church and after the services he notified the daring > young woman that she might consider herself under arrest and requested that > she report at headquarters Monday morning, General Beauford, who was > commanding, upheld his junior officer, and Mrs. Morris was compelled to > leave the city. > > She went from Arkansas to Kentucky, where she met the young man whom she > afterward married- Benjamin Morris- and in Kentucky she has lived ever since > the day that she donned the hat trimmed in the stars and bars of the > Confederacy. > Fran Alverson Warren > http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/ > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >