The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-12
THE GALLANT DEAD.

AT the late attack by Cent Wheeler upon Fort
Donelson, that gallant soldier and noble gentleman,
Lieut. Col. n. II. McNARY;fell and IN his fall Tens
nessee lost noble and gallant son, the COnfedemcy
daring and ctyalrous soldier, and humanity agen-
erous irieRd. Alas. poor. frank, kOew him well
and to know bin was but TO love him, and loved
bin well, a,,.fa 1ea u
he took command Of the lat Battalion Tennessee
Cavalry on the 18th Ialy iGdi as Lieut. Colonel, hav
ing been mustered in TO- service Bs Captain Of the
Tennessee Rangers, on the 23d May previous. At
the head Of his Batthlion. he opened the campaign
for the lanlented zolHsofsr, who had che most i'm
plcit coBadancs in his co0rage and Judgment, and
named hinthe most gallant officer OF his command,
AT Wild Cat le drove in the out posts, and opened
The fight and was then sent to make the circuit Of the
browning mountains, and watch The enemy In the
rear. $780,
Through all tho tfiaIs, to troubles, and The sad
negects to which the brave zolliccaer was exposed
he wasswlih him up 10 the last sad one. AZ Fishing
Creek ID was his misfortune TO be absent sick, thus
leaving the command OF his Battalion 70 others caus
ing much to be said 70 moriiy bis pride as an Officer
and soldier, ss,ss ,rs a,ass sstaiare8 srn
However 10 six deadly conflicts. dIdhelead hIR old
Battalion and no man can say he ever saw soldiers
better stand thus 1t ever was wien under The gall
liant leadership OF their own COMMANDER. At Boon
nie, Mississippi at lhe very close ofhis Mississippi
campaign, with sixty,tyo o. his old we'll worn veter,
ans, be hurled himself like an Avalanche, npon i've
timeshis own nahber, and matched from tho jaws q
loathsome northern prison. four thousand Of bis
fellow soldiers who had been lett 81 that place sck
ana worn out. or this aci Of daring, 80 rapid, 20
well planned and 80 soldisry executed, have never
seen ihe stroke OF pen, he had no mouth 70 tell bis
own Deeds no money to spend, to have them spread,
aud many sailqHt leafs win remain untold, naEy nor
bic deeds remain unFung.
AT the reorganization Of bis Battalion he refused
taeecmtnand, and returned % the vicinity o. Nash.
tilie bis own aWeet home y and from that time, un>
Ia bis DEATH WAS engaged flom time, IN the various
cavalry excursions IN that neighhorhood At the
tine of bis death he had authority 70 raise mounted
fsqiment, and wasah engaged when attracted 70 The
aeht II F6tt D@elson near which place he was 70.
olaalne, and wnAatlracted by the shril note Of the
buge The sharp crackof tho rifle and the thunder 81
tbe cannon, knew hiB countfys canse called him.
and ike gnflapl Knight, mounted bis old war
horse, and With sabre red With blood drawn by The
sIds Of his own nobls little band 10 raised Il nigh
above his head and among strangers IN The ranks
sOash 10 ia his halas, his own, s DAZZLING Tsnnes
see, Of the hated foo. Bsiollat me canneuu mouth
with words Fl nDble encouragement on hls lips, aud
aes gone TO meet tBa reward ofa blg manly, honest
hbazi.5 Ist him oamly sleep upon the banks oFtho
nohs siFcam thAtawaepa Hiabosully Ny the Aom6 d
bic boy hood thr hcms asd lhU ptOpIelfoF NAich is
lived, ier which heinoghl, iof whloh hsfnoAly died.
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