The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-10-30

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men were very weary, and yet there wal
no complaining. .
Directly East Of us and running from
South to North, lay Pigeon Mountain
along the base Of which meandered qpi
etly amid dense foliage, the Chickamau.
ga River which events have since render,
ed as classical and imperishable as that ol
J Brandywine or Stone River. Along the
; the thickly wooded gentle slopes OF Pi-
geon Mountain, the army Of Bragg which
we had so often met in battle and always
conquered, and driven before us, was
said TO be in force, and large additions
from the armies OF Lee an johnson. No
doubts were now entertained as TO wLeth-
er Bragg would fight u.s. True, he had
given up Eastern Tennessee and fallen
back from Chattanooga, but it was only
that he might draw us into position, where
with his greatly superior numbers he
might the more easily oyerwhelm and
destroy, us and thereby not only gain east
ern Tennessee and Chattanooga, the key
of the Confederacy,bu the whole ofmid-
die and western Tennessee. with all Of
Kentucky.
AT the extreme right of the line which
we now occupied some demonstration had
been made, with view, doubtless, to di-
rect us from the real point n attack, far
to our left in the direction Of Chattanoo-
ga. During all the night Of the 18th,
troops were being pushed to the left
AT daylight on the morning Of the ever
memorable 10th Of september, and be-.
fore we had time to take of our "hard.
tack and Coffee" the order came from
head quarters, to "inarch Immediately"
and away we went, quietly but in unusu-
al haste. The faithful company cooks
might be seen bearing away in large cof.
fee boilers, the ready made coffee, snatch
ed from blazing camp fires, determined
that their brave companions should have
it the first time the words ''halt and rest"
should be heard from their commander.
AS we advanced the cannonading grew
more rapid and distinct, giving evidence
that terrible battle was already in pro-
gress.
By IL NJ. we reached the field Of the
contending armies, where we were met
by General Thomas, and our Division
which had been detached from MeCook's
corps and attached to that Of Thomas,
was ordered TO form line OF battle and at
tack. The Division was formed by its
commander, General johnson, by placing
Willick's Brigade on the right and Bald
wins on the left with Dodges in reserve
Willcks Brigade was formed with the
Bed Indiana Volunteers, Lieutenant Col
Erdelmeyer commanding, and 49th, Ohio
Volunteers, Major Gray commanding
protected by skirmishes in front and
the l2th Ohio Volunteers, Lieutenant
Colonel Askew commanding, and s9lh
Illinois, Lieutenant Colonel Hall com
manding. in the second line, with Cap
tain Goodspeed's Battery in the rear 'of
the infantry. Major Gray 49th Ohio,
deployed companies A. and b. Captains
Ha-tsough and Nc cCormack as skirmish-
es to co;sr his front, and companies F.
and G, Lieutens2ts Woolf and Pool as
supports. In this orde. the several com
mands moved forward amid the deslen-
ing roar aud terrible crash Of mu,ketry
and artillery.
The skirmishers advanced but little
distance when they engaged the enemy,
aud the companies in support were
brought up in fine style. The fight at
once, became general and ragged with ter,
rifle fury along the whole line. The en-.
envy with his superior numbers intended
by the firceness of the attack to over
whelm us at once,but the heroes OF Shiloh
and Stone River understood their work,
and on they moved without waver dri-
wing the foe as they had always done, un-
til they had reached position where the
ground descended, when the enemy open
ed a battery upon them directly in their
front Din close range. No sooner was this
condition of thing discovered by the quick
perception OF our skilful regimental com
mander. Major Gray, than he ordered his
men to lie down, when up came the brave
Goodspeed with section of his Battery
and opened upon the enemies guns A
brief but spirited artillery duel ensued,
when that able and experienced comman-
der, Gen. Willick, ordered his whole
Brigade to make bayonet charge. A.,
way tho heroes dashed on the double
quick, while their triumphant shout was
heard far out above the roar Of battle
This charge was executed with skill
characteristic Of that noble Brigade, and
the enemy was driven panic stricken for
more than mile, and five pieces OF artil.
lery captured, two Of which were taken
by the 49th Ohio. This was proud
hour to our noble men. There they stood
victors far in advance Of the troops on
their right, which unfortunately did not
move up. The result was, that after
holding their position until near night,
they were sorely pressed on both flanks