Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-22

By c. ". H.


Once in the army, always asOldierT--ola
Every soldier feels that the particular
corps to which he is attached has rendered
great and distinguished SERVES. snaring
iu this very natural feeling, ;he writer
will be psrdOned for his belief that, in
the eharaetsrs of the service performed,
the brigade commanded by General W B.
Hazen has been to the army what the
Tenth Legion was to Cesar. Some Incl
dents Of the late campaign, terminating
in the great battle in Northern Georgia,
may be interesting to the friends Of the
41st Ohio.
The 10th Of August we left Manchester
3 place long to be remembered for its rO-
mantle surroundings, its caves and water
falls, and its fsiry-like encampments, en-
b,sOmsa n outrageous groves, shall
always leok-back upon our sOjourn in this
locality as the Ishnaelitish Arab looks
from his sandy biVOuac to the smiling
oasis behind. ItfOrns bright spot in
our soldier life. Green be the memory of
the friendships formed and fostered there
The divisions comprising the army Of
General Crittenden moved simultaneously
from McMinnville, Manchester and Hills
boro across the first ridge of the Cumber-
land range, and dsbouchsd from the noun
tain roads in the Seznatchie Yolley. Like
Napoleon, -Rosscrsns seems to. have de-
creed that there should be "no noun
tain )" for the army moved over roads ut
terly impracticable save in the most ia.
vOraBls weather. In this delightful val.
ley We found many objects of interest.
Just above our encampment lowered 6
sugar-loaf peak. Near lis summit, darl
gray rocks resembling pillars, stood on
from the mass of foliage. Imagination
could easily transform it into ruined cas-
lie, locate it in a feudal land in the day
Of chiyslry, and people it with such gal
liant knights and fair ladies as exist only
in the misty records Of the middle age
and fhe brains ofmodern QuixoteG. But
nearer view would soon dischant the be
holder for the bare rocks and scrub-oaki
Of our mountain bear but a faint resem
blanoe 10 the dmoss-groWn pillars ant
"ivy-msntled towers Of chi7slric 70
nance. Aud, instead Of the Haunting
banners Of the Eerld-defying feudal lords
huttered from the forest-croWned SUNNI
the quaint hsgs Of Crittendsns sigma
corps. 1a q ID
The army remained here short tim
when curtain Of troops was thrown for
ward scross Walden Ridge to guard th
fords Of the Tennessee, threaten the enem-
from shove, and cover the movement Of til
main army, which passed swiftly down th
valley to Join the corps of McCook an
Thomas, already crossing at Bridgepor
Shell Mound and Falling Waters. Tn
troops thus demonstrating along the rive
were commanded by General Hazen, an
comprised the infantry brigsdes Of Haze
and Wagner, and the cavalry command
Of Wilder and Mintz. The utmost oircun
3 speotion was necessary and in order
4 impress the enemy with an exsggerate
: idea Of our strength, sll the buglers an
: drummers made repested journeys to ii
river bank to sound H tattoo" and reyeiIIe
: The 4lst Ohio encamped st the foot
Walden Ridge. From q point two mill
above, the view was magnificent. STAN
ing Tennessee sixteen hundred -fe,
above the river, one could overlook Do
tons Of Georgia, Alabama, and North Ca
olins, while citizens asserted that Il
dim en- mountains, scarcely visible U
the valley were ct Cumberland Gap, {
the Kentucky border. Directly East, vii
their SUBMITS apparently lost in Il
clouds, lowered the great central range
- the Appalachian system, known here /
: the local names Of Smoky and Iron Mcu