The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-17


stance was known Of = man who had th'
courage 70 face death and the fee boldly
who was found guilty Of such petty lar.
csny as spprOpriating the glory Of th'
brave acts Of others to himself or biz
friends.
The great prize eOntended for by the
Union soldier is the unity Of our country
and the freedom guaranteed to all man,
kind, which we uphold but the wreath tina
shall encircle his individual brow, is the
appreciation Of bis fellow citizens, and
the fond consciousness that bis efforts to
perform 10 bis country his duty fsithfaly
and well, are acknowledged and appre-
ciated.
"YOuDg Soldier" in letter from this
place dated the both alt, and published
IN your Issue Of the 9th inst, gives to Gen
3. W. johnson, and his Division, the
credit Of having made The successful and
gallant assault on Lockout mountain on
the Oath ult.
Ia this SO Will Gen. r. W. Johnson
or the members of his Division, thank Mr..
eaffnsy for thus apptOpriating the hon.
ors due our brothers from the Army Of
the Potomac, and bestOwing them upon
the brOws Of those whom they have come
to succOr with heart and hand, but whS
Eers Hol he Victors Of LOnksla Mountain
am afraid this SYoung Soldier" would
have 3 miserable time in producing the
1900 prisoners and the cannon taken in
that afternoon and midnight fight by
Johnson's Division.
And the " Young Soldier" calls upon
rs 10 witness the I'd Brigade, 81 Division.
4th Corps, take the heights of Mission
Ridge, with no end of prisoners, and 20
pieces Of cannon-the Division capturing
60 pieces-and that the 9th Indiana and
9Th Kentucky regiments of "Chieks-
manga heroes" captured 8 pieces alone!
BE invites Us to stand with him at F.rt
Wood, some two miles of, and see this
"big thing" done. There were many who
stood or walked much nearer, who
couldn't See it, especially the go can
non eve captured" That is a much
greater number than was taken in the
i've days fighting by the three armies Of
the Union.
remember TO have seen . letter from
this same Young Soldier" soon after the
battle Of Chickamaugs, in which he mod
sstly claims, after landing the vslorous
acts Of Johnson's Division Of "Chicka-
manga heroes" on that bloody field, to
have covered the retreat of Thomas
Corps from the field on Sunday night.
was with the second Minnesota rsgi-
ment, which had fought nObly for two
days, opening the fight on Saturday
on the extreme left Of the grand
line Of battle, and leaving the field, the
last organized force on the most distant
part Of the field, Sunday night--3d Bri-
yade, Sd Division, 14th Corps, now %
(yandeveer's,) Sd Division,
,Baird'i,) 18th CORPS, according 10 my
observation and official reports, after
leaving 15S out of S7e, officers AID men,
On the field killed or wounded-nearly
one half-And not ore missing.
This regiment never yielded an inch
81 ground during all that fierce fighting,
excepting under orders, and then in per-
feet erder, and that third Brigade Van
deTeer's) received the name of the "Iron
Brigade" from General Brannan, COM
Division, because Of its great
steadiness under FIRE and fercsness in
the charge.
In the late bzttls of Chat anoogs,
Woods Division charged the weakest
part Of the ridge, and few moments in
advance Of BGird's Division on its left,
10 that BEird's Division had to fight the
men who fed to the left from Woods as
Iiuling column, and the hand -to-hand
contest Of . most stubborn and sanguin-
Try character was maintained by item
With the rebels until darkness settled
lPOn all around, snd they had driven
he last Of the enemy from the left of the
'idge . full mile north Of where they had
IsOsndsd its steep sides, under the muir
isrOus fire Of artillery and muskstry
rom the infEntry.and batteries lining It's
Ortifisd tops.
In this assault the Cd Minnesota regi-
nsns had the advance, deplOyed as Skin
nishers in front of the brigade, in which
Inc they charged q! full run and car
led the frst two lines Of entertainments
4 the foot Of the Ridge capturing many
and driving out two regiments
{ rebels, then charged up the heights
nd fought with all the long Winded
lembsrI Of tbs other regiments forming
be LIST and I'd bFlgadss that had struggled
head Of their comrades and organiEa-
ions, in the struggle to first reach the
op aud gain the long line Of Ridge, with |
e ten cannon, by fighting for il inch By
leb, and foot BY foot . regular ptomis.
Gus free fsht," every nan his own
ensrAl, until the top was cleared. Had
hey waited to organize and form line,
be rebels could have rallied and swept
1at narrow ridge with grape and caais-
Or, so that no force could have lived |
here.
I viii make no mention here Of the
olOrs aud prisoners captured by them,
ssides the ten pieces Of artillery, nor
ls individual acts Of daring performed,
J il would trespsss too much upon your
Aluabls spaoe, bat will mention that the
d Minnesota lost thirty-seven officers