The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-11-06

CAMP OF THE 2lsr RgG'r o. V. l.. ]
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. ID, le63. I

[ Ir'end LoCko II have seen no ac-
count Of the doings of the q lst in the
late "Battles of Chickamauga'' IN
/ any of the daily or home papers, and
am sure that an nec0unt Of her ac
tionS during that terrific engagement
will prove interesting to many friends
1 oi the 2Ist who read your paper
: shall not enter into an extcnded
account Of the battle. | shall com
mence with the 10Th ult.
: Early that morning (thc 10TH we
took position on the extreme right of
y the line, on the brow of hill which
completely commanded the valley for
Irearlv hsce-tourths OF mile in front
where the enemy lay. We threw up
n barricade Of rails and stones, he
hind which we could have deAett any
body. About . A. VI. Che ball open.
rd on our left. Gen. Beatty, command
4 ing lst Brigade, being first engaged.
After banging away at him for an
hour OF more, they gradually opened
further to the left, until the whole
! line to ourleft was engaged. We lay
here until about 8 T.. NJ, when we
marched To- the left some two or three
miles, until we came to the battlefield
We were dcploycd in line of battle
and advanced into strip of woods
on the right Of the road that we lrad
been marching on. When about one
| fourth of mile from the road, we
were saluted with vollcy from ten
or twelve guns, killing = and wound.
ing three We returned The vollcy,
but the enemy had fed, throwing
down their arms and "scally boot
ing to the rear on doubIc-quick. We
advanced a short distance further,
threw out skirmishcrs, and, after pill
ling up few rails for barricades. laid
down Our skirmishers had little
work to do. and occasiouly shot or
two whistled over our heads. until
about dark. when Col Sirwcll, our
brigade commander. threw few can.
Mister in the woods, completed Y "dry-
ing the thing up We laid down to
rest, not covering ourselves with any.
thing but gum blanket, and it was
very cold. We did not sleep much.
TIE morning of the 10Th of Sep
tcmber broke clear. and cold Every
thing was quiet until 9 A. NJ, when
the sharp rattle of musketry and the
loud roar of cannon announced that
the battle had again opened on oul
immediate left Some sllirmisning
on our trout but no heavy firing Al
10 \. II, we were silently withdrawn
and marched TO the left, taking NJ
several new positions in quick sue
cession. when ut last Mt half pas
eleven We became engaged. w,
were then detached from our brigad,
to support one OF Gen Bramuon''
batteries. The enemy advanced il
heavy force on our front but were re
pulsed every time; the five shooters
enabling us TO pour in a continau
volley. But regiment after regimen
would come up, deliver their fire, anl
iile of to give room for another.
j About two p. m. the troops on on
E right gave way, and the enemy got ol
our right and rear, and were deliver
ing heavy cross tire on the righ
wing Of the regiment. The regimen
gradually changed position until i
formed 2-3 Of triangle. In this po
sition we Tough till about three p. III.
when we were relieved by some o
. Changers Reserve Corps, who charg
ed them, driving them some IA of
mile. We then fell back to the brov
of the hill, where we threw up bal
ricadc--a very slight one, Of logs
Col. Stoughton rode thro' the reg
nent. and told us if we were engage
again, to give them vollcy and the
charge hayoncts. At 3 IL ocloc
the reserves in our front gave way
and we were again engaged. w
. fought them untii ) O'Clock, when W
were relieved by the 9th and Bot
;, Ohio---wc being entirely ont Of ami
T. milton. We fell back TO the brow {
. the hill to rest, and get ammunition
> possible About II u. NJ. the en-,
my sent mp word that some 5000 {
them wished TO surrender, and +,
II qucstcd our troops to cease ririn!
- which they did. They came marcl
4 ing up in good order, with arms, DC
Il when short distance from our trool
they were summoned TO lay dow
their arms if they wished to surrende
Hardly were the words spoken, whe
they ponred in II terrific vUlley, an
then charged--they had the hill I'll
9th and 25th fell back where "
: were, and requested us to charge an
~ recover the hill. We scraped up OF
~ round of ammunition for each ma
from the killed and wounded, an
=. charged--wc were driven back. W
ID charged twice, but in vain After Il
third charge we lay down to await ii
- rallying of the rest of the troops, il
= tending to make one grand charge
one final struggle for the hill. Viii
we were lying there, We observed
n body of troops filing up a ravine {
our right, They had dark clothes o
and we thought they were our me
So After filing in they faced toward
and advanced on us q short distanc
- when they lay down. On being rs
n ed "what troops?" they replied sic
y Davis" We thought they were Je
in G. Davis division, and were comiI
up to relieve us. After laying still
re- moment, they got up and advance
~, on MS at double-quick, yelling, 81
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