REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4098, 30 December 1887, Page 3

REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE.

During the late war, in Ihe battle which waa fought near Kwim* Mountain, the first Ohio Cavalry made a charge upon some Confederate troop*, which brought on a hand-to-hand conflict between the two command*. Xo the shock ol battle two soldiers, a little separated from their comrades, locked sabres and engaged in deadly conflict. Neither getting the better of the other, »nd foaling no personal hostility, they stared one another in the face, and mutually agreed to stop the fight. Tbe parties named were Calvin Dagan, Co. H First Ohio Cavalry, and Henry Divis, Co. E Forrest's Battery. The Latter was a Welshman, and detailed M scoot for General Forrest. Davis, in broken English, addressed bis enemy: "You let me alone, I let yon alone.' Dugnn reolJed, with an army byword, " Jnst as I had expected." They both passed on, and the battle ended, bnt the soldiers did not forget the circumstance. The war ended, and Dugan emigrated to Carroll County, Missouri. Davis worked with General Forrest on his farm for some time, aid then commenced roaming tbroogh the West, and during a portion of the year 1881 waa in the employ of General Joe Shelby. One day last week, in passing through the county, be stopped at De Witt to spend the night, and went into a saloon to take a drop. Dagan also happened to be in the same house, and recognised him immediately. Going np to Davis he slapped him on the sbonlder, and asked him if be remembered crossing sabres with an enemy at Kenoaaw Mountain. Davis replied that he did, and proceeded forthwith to give a detailed account of the time, place, and circumstances. The old enemies took a friendly drink, and passed the night together, the greater portion of which was spent in talking of the ops and downs of soldier life, and their adventnres in the terrible conflict. Truth is stranger than fiction.