The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-08
TENNEssEEANs IN nnssIssIPPI.


PuLtsKI, Tenn, March 2, lsbs
believe that you at all times welcome accounts o.
Middle Teunesseans, in this war. Therefore, have
concluded that on account Of the doings of the 80
Tennessee since It's exchange the sd Of septem
Der 1852, would interest your numerous readers. We
drew our arms on the day that Gems Price and Vans
dorm were defeated at Cornth, and were Immediately
ordered 70 Holly Springs then the point Of concent
ton Of the broken fragments OF lie brave army thai;
bad been unfortunately led against the Yankee strong
hold. From the sth Of October, until tn. 25th OF De-
cember We were in all the heavy marches andretreats
that took place in North Mississippi and near all the
time without tents or shelter When it became appa
rant that Vcksburg void be attacked, brigade was
ordered there, consisting Of tbe-3d 10TH SOth flst
5Oth and 5lst regiments and LIST Tenuessee battalion
commanded by Brig Gen. Jno. Gregg, of Texas a
brave and chiyarous officer. We arrived at Yieks-
burg the Goth and on the goth, went out to meet
the enemy None came in sight that day, though they
were Smelling the woods all day, On the isth they
brought their batteries in range OF u.s. and sheed
from o'clock in the mouing untlS at night-tneir
infantry not coming up all day. This is the most ulN
pleasant of apositiOns that soldiers occupy, that
Of being in range Of artillery and not have the chance
to use small arms
About o'clock on the night of the 2Sth, that gal
liant officer Gen. Stephen D. Lee, discovered that the
enemy were concentrating his whole force excepting
sharp shooters on the extreme right Of our position.
And he sent to Gen. Gregg for his best regiment, he
sent the 80 and SOth, Tennessee then consolidated
consisting Of about us men Of the SOth and 500 Of
the Cd. We arrived uEt before day. and were thrown
on the East side Of Chckasaw Bayou, sheet Of wa
ter that ran tight angles with position, at the
foot Of the bluff The enemy occupying the bottom
in front Of We held this position and skirmished
with the enemy until 70 O'clock, at which time Cen
Lee discovered the enemy was messing his forces Tor
a furious assault on the West side of the Bayo. He
ordered the Sd ane 3Oth to the exposed
positions. They moved under one of the most terrs
BILE artillery fires ever heard it seemed that the air
was filed with missiles of DEATH flying in every di>
rectioh. They arrived in time TO meet the charge Of
: regiments of Yankees, made in gallant style. The
Sd and Both Tennessee held the favored positions under
The command OF that brave, kind and chiVarous OH
GER Lieut.. Col. Calvin j Clark. On they came
through an open deld with a perfect yell-our men
lying down in the road answered them with a yell,
and perfect sheet OF MIME balls They at first stag
gered but their officers rallied them, and on they
came, looking If they would carry every thing be-
lore them But the brave Tennesseeans never ceased
10 pour their fire into them, and when they came in
range Of the old inuskets which majority Of us were
armed with, it seemed that they wee literally lifted
rom of the earth. No men can stand the buck and
,ar at close range. From II o'clock, until q, the
iring was perfectly terrific, at the end of that time
he Yankees broke and fed in every direction. The
r LaNtl ~ had
thousand men, did have the I'd and Both Tennessee,
supported by the gallant 2Sth Louisiana, and two
batteries of artillery The visible fruits of the vcto
y we're five stand oil colors 200 Of small arms
100 prisoners, and $500 dead and wounded Yanees
We perfectly annihilated the 29th Missouri, 3lst Mis-
ouri 6sth Ohio 4th Iowa, 18th Illinois, and got oil
heiy flags That of the goth Missouri was the finest
,yer saw, It was captured by private in Company
ID Tennessee. They will never see IL again, unless
hey 90 to our Capital after the war Is over there they
win and it, among hundreds Of others, torn from the
oul invader, since this war began. While Col Black
vas in middle Tennessee recruiting he appealed to
}oy. Harris, to have the Sd removed 10 bragg's army
aid in holding the State against the Yankees. Gov.
Harris told him that he would use his best efforts for
is, but in any event, etus be where we might TO re
member that we we're Tennesseeans, and sustain
he honor of the old State. How well we done So
ct the battle Of Chckasaw Bayo on the 10th of De-
,ember 1862 tell Aitor the battle was over and the
Yankees gone, we asked for the colOrs we had cap,
ured but Gen. Pemberton told US that he wOnld send
hem to Richmond, where they would be preserved
or US.
To Brig. Gen. Jno. o. Brown more than any other
nan we are indebted for our care. While the bate
vas raging Gen. Lee rode down the line and exhored
he men to keep COOL he had not gone far before he
you are cooler than am. Gen. Lee
from the army Of the Potomac, and was In all the
errbo engagements there and he says that he never
Jaw greater gallintry displayed.than by the Sd and
10th Tennessee at Yicl1bnrg.
A PRIyATE IN THE 81 TEENEssEE.