Midnight
`` Because that was the first name he ever knew , '' answered Hesden , with an amused smile . `` The first name he ever knew ? I do n't understand you , '' she replied . `` My brother captured him at Appomattox , or near there , and named him Midnight , and Midnight he has been ever since . '' `` Very true , '' said Hesden , `` but he was Satan before that , and very well earned this name , in his young days . '' `` In his young days ? '' she asked , turning towards him in surprise .