The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-12
Valuable Hints ON the Coming BattI

t6IuaOlC hthtS on the coming Battles.
A captain of Miss;ssipri company in the army
of Tennessee, wiring to the Atlanta Register
throws out some excellent suggestions on this i'm
aaftant matter, which We hope will 20 the rounds
Of the press
/ have triel 10 write an article and have f,iied
suw sk you ia sgfias aud isset, IL In yonr val
uabia paper, and sign Il - coming from a company
commander OF the alisee brigade, asking the es-
operation of all the Company commanders of the
army OF tennessee o" 'aa following points: Teach
lag the men III bati'. tl' aim their pieces with more
accuracy, and the great Importance of being cool
and collected, aud wa unit the enemy arc within
easy aage. Exh0Ft them all TO act together In the
next battle, and go ta;o It with that idea prominent
in their minds, aud try for impress Il upon
the mind of each nan to deliver his piece as II
he was hiring al target. feel the greatest ne =
cessly Tor this, and an, confident tina, If we
get even one voey fired In this way we can " hip
any number the enemy can bring against us
II you were never In battle you would not
guess that there were half the random shots fired
that there arc. Why, sir, 1 have seen Who'll. rrcf
menis and brigaaas deliver their fire when was
sure that they did not even wound a single man.
such firing, besides wasting the ammunition does
not iatmiiase the enemy at all; on the other hand
II makes teGi fec! that there Is but little danger,
consequently he Is more bold, and delivers his fire
! more accurately. Besides, Ii men are allowed to
make those random discharges, 1t seems to became
habit, and they bt come so excited AT IL that they
would ottener miss man at ten PAGES than they
would hit him. Just in that why battles are often
| iost. while the company commander, Ii he would
!. only p t., and show them that they were doing
| no good. thly would soon become collected, aud
| a!lef they OEec knew their folly would, Of their
own accord, tire d :libcratciy, aud probably save
| the day after ii had been comparatively lost.
| Why, sir, Ia bate you often see company
commanders charging around with their
swords ffOurishins above their heads, cry
| ing out, give it to them boys, give 1t 10
them, ranifestng in themselves, and creating in
others, all the excitement possible; now a second
thought would shsw to iheis better judgn INT that
| they were doing more harm than good, for meu
! become SO excited under such circumstances that
| they would miss an elephant Ten steps. You oitea
! see the above clustering around when the enemy
arc 1t least off At distance OF one thousand yards,
and to hear the roar of muskeiry and the excited
COME TO a hand to hand contest. what Is it that
excitcs man In bai,les Why, Ii IL the danger.
|; II you shoot at man once he Is very much cx-
| cited; shoot at him hundred times and miss him
/! every time, and all his fear and excitenleat -
! gone; but your IRE until you do sOme
execution, and wien thoy come FIRE into them, cut
| his clothes, wound his bcighbor, Kill the secOn1
man from him, and let him see it, and tell you
| seventy live Yankees out Of every hundred will
break and run. and then CHARGE with 0ar infer
| nj yell, aud the day Is Ours.
| Another very important point, after we have
whipped and routed the enemy: Let Us all resolve
To keep each and every man la his place, ready 10
f1livw up our advantage and secure the fruits OF
the victory; not such things we get from the
dead and wounded hut first OF all, prisoners, and
| then his artillery, wagon trains, sc, &c.
| Gh. let US do II, by nil means; we can do It
and ict Us all daieMilae 10 act together, and the
| result will be (nOt as il was at Chickamauga, and
the army scattered over the battlefield, pillagiae
| the dead aad Wounaed) but victory such as never
was ka0wn 10 cur arms, and may give Us bach
Tenuessee he glorious Old staicl Ia place Of (er
/ greenbacks, haversacks, old pocket kaIves, ana
| just such trash was the fruits Of Chiekamsuga
/ where the bOaes Of SO many Of 0uF noble and hsays
J! boys lie tlsaching on the plains. Iwtsh Z cOuls
| command every company scpotateay In tAa ne1
aa M m
| recent hattie order from Gen. Hood coasaan,
| the following Instruction
Another point to be observed In making IN At
tack Il, thai the troops, when a1vanclng 10 ine q
| battle, should Eot BIZ moved at ths s-Q1iet
step, OF be In any way unnecessarily fatgued, ~
fore engaging the enemy. that they may be o ~
best possikie condit on for presslas him, aAa m
pmvias any advantage which may b sained.
I.ls certain thar II the nssa ara fsAs pssssifhllJ
inst before going into hattie, the deaths from ios
os blond woaads ara reduced from terrible pro
posiIoa Down 70 almost nothing. Daras dieestt .,
you N ~ take quantity Of blood ftoaa man wtl
I safety, the haif al watch taken hoaa Aia whis
| fasting will he cettaln death Tha knOWleaxe u
ihis fact IL also iaiercsttnx % saree0As whO ~
called aPon y pef6orA opsfsti,ss easaas Usa
i A RsAl Yxxxsl TACK --1hs SalssbsU N. g
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piaycd q shs psisoa there, whicht b esiisssg Yss
kee
a pasuled Yapkce, having gAIaeA the eonetsNel
of the E0mmsndant Of the pfts0n, wae enpl01c.
thnr as = quad. Whllc 6iiiag thl1 pnslslea heac
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