The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-25

Taiving their caps and swords in iile- air,
shouting Onward could almost hear the
yilIailons bullets plough ths earth and splinter
the tTigs about me, and instfnctively looked
Earound for a. conservative tree. What glo-
rious thing fighting would 10 II nobody was
lhurt. Perhaps the inventive faculties Of Che
blue lip pilritans win trump up some pIessa1t
little device as : Substitute for.steei and salt.
pere before they deal the cards for another
war. p s t- - -,,s-- r..-l-
/ But the masses are drifting toward a6oihsrI
par, o. the field. aud Ike Paul Pry 4 win just
X drop in to see what's going on" A hollow
sauars is formed; Gents Johnston. Hardes.
j d6reckinridge and Preston are there with their
Irrespective stats carriages filed with bright
leged girls have drawn near Gov. Harris is
There and his face brIghtens into smile like
old times. edgedry way through the crowd
| ike q small boy with a basket OF pies. A Gag
lis being presented to the 10th Tennessee Reg
lirhentl by Col. Q .Hara. General Breckinridgs's
ChiefIof Staff, aud I will furnish you With
such portions Of his remarks as my memory
reseryed as pleasant little reminiscence of
the W ar The flag was formed of be autifnl
white and red silk, made in triaugles. the
lpSihts meeting in the centre and -.elskping a
large shield =
| = have duty devoIving upon me today.
which esteem an honor. and perform with
pleasure am deputied to present to you q flag
wrought by the hands of lady Of Kentucky
The inquiry may suggest itself: Why the dis
ltibguished gentleman charged.to bestow tliis
banner, has not chosen to present it to regi-
ment from his own State. The answer think
| is tod obvious to need expression. I might
add that the noble .KentuckIans who have re-
IiipquEshed all the ties, and almost all the
hopes of home to devote their lives and
/ their all to tliis cause; are c9ntented with the
assured appreciation of their ilInsfrious con
m4nder and couhtryrnen, and with the proud
lconsfiousness Of having nobly done their du-
lty.and their constant and quail devotion to
the common cause leaves no criterion by which
their General might distinguish among & them.
He and they feel that it is to regiment of sone
iOtheE State that the honor Of bearing this flag
will be more appropriately ccfiided. And TIE
General has felt the delicaey and difficulty
I Of making selection among the various regi-
ments which constitute his command. and
Ir~a ~ rraIr y
- = - ---'' T 'o'' y
'nf'1 sa''An' oonuues unusr MS own eye ~
many 48s'FicAen nsiu' Ai'sl mature consin
slffI'0H II n9~eSs.' in sisW Of lls unliefn g3'I
'A1'ly ann 'sng'P OF service unaer ms com
| nl fnr, ne mas concluded maj II Is upon Inc
2sth Tennessee Regiment that these colors
~ be most properly bestowed. 10 the hrst
uiOFable battle on the soil OF Kentpcky. in
tins war, the zOth Tennessee was signalizsd
by rs devoted patriotism and disciplined vaior
AT n tsfiag Greek when the sternest We're dis
mayed. and the timid yielded to the panic,
the gallantry Of the zeth Tennessee shone
forth with conspicuous lustre At Slsiiph. when
the Keeling batialions Of the enemy confessed
the superiority Of Southern F2lor, the ban
nefs OF the zotni Iennesses were among The
Foremost m that bloody struggle At the
bo1s9ardnlenf Of Picksbuyy throughout the
IsnIphurOus carnival that ragged 80 many days
and nights around that heroic city. the z0th
ITehnessee stood barring its Scared front 10 tiie
storm of shot and she'll At BatO4 ROnge
when our Southsrn chiyalry rushed upon the
insolPnt invader of. their country. she 10th
ETepnessee was again seen in the van Of the
battlf- At 1fnEfrsesboro. whether on The
left pr Stone River. among the bloody esdzTr.
or on tie right in the fearful sharge of The "a
lof January. which laid low reDy a noble sPir-
E't me 7O'h tennessee maintained lIF bright
sslSYn ana ps4oiHFe r = 'alress 'lonilhe JAWS
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