The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-09
Our Military Correspondence.
FROM BATTERY O.
PULASKI. TENN Nov Is. Il

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g.. let o v. A. and this being but tho iuI |
fllment OF an old promise, will venture to !
address you, hoping YOU will excuse all or.
rOrs.
The doings ,f this Battery will Gin this
Summers campaign) be of little or no in.
terest 10 you. untii the last Of August, when
we were ordered to report at Atlantis -
When about l2 miles from Nashville. were
ordered back to the latte" place, to take
position on College Hill, in the eastern
part Of the city. IL was then We found
that Wheeler was making raid on the
Nash vile and Chattanooga railroad.
On the Dght of the last day of August.
we started after him. under command Of
General Rosscsu. tours being the only ar.
iillc,y) with about ten thousand cavalry.
We had proceeded on the pike towards Lo
vern (Which is Is miles from Nashville but
7 miles. when We ran into the rebel pickets
! A sharp skirmish and the rebs tell back
We then laid down by our guns till day
light, when we continued our march, drv
ing them from the railroad at about noon;
still iolosing them till midnight on the
road across tho country to Frauklin. on the
Tennessee and Alabama railroad, stopping
only TO feed cur horses. starting again al
soon as daylight. The I'd Of September
we received rein nforcements Of infantry; but.
when We arrived at tho Nashville pike. it
was found that tho infantry could not keep
up with US. so section t2 guns) OF our Bat
,ery with tho cavalry. were ordered forward
on double quick to franklin. Whom we
arrived thcro. Il being sent with the section
as Buelrr,l We found Wheeler was already
/ tearing aud burning up the railroad about
! 9 miles south OF tho town. Wa hurried
our guns INTO position as last as possible.
but, before we had got one gnn into posi-
ton. the rebels opened upon us with their
batteries. the Grst shelf striking and burst.
ing within 20 ieot forward of our guns
throwing the dirt in our faces, 1:v
: horsn rearing 80 as 10 almost throw me ttf
So | concluded 20 get off, and iie down on
the ground; but all the rest of the shots
went about ton or fifteen feet over our
ncads.
, II was theio that the bravo Col Brown.
= low was wounded through both legs. his
cavalry being in the lhickest of the fight.
& | had good CHANGE to see him. for holp
e cd him off the ficld He is q fine looking
q Young man. about twenty. ono years of pgc
n aud perfec, ''chip of the old block" HI
: has as good fighting reg gment as apy cav
| airy in the service
Is But. after two hours hard fghting, w
e succeeded in driving them from the rail
ST. road, following them up, fighting theu
twice more between thore aud Florence
Alabama After seeing them safely acrost
- the Tennessee River. we took our bacl
' track 10 Nashville. where we arrived on the
18th of September. having Travelled ovel
/. Ave hundred mlos of the roughesi countr,
I ever saw. But we were not destined u
. lie still long. Tor then came Forrest tearing
and burning up the railroad within tw,
;. miles Of Pulaski, which town is 1S mle
y. south Of Nashville. on tho Tennessee ant
- Alabama railroad 3 ...
Our Battery, with Rossoau's cavalry. va
4 hurried on hoard tn" cars, and arrived jus
y. 10 tina to save tho town. When we arrived
o' mon. women and children were loavinl
y. /, town in q hurry. carrying what little the
:, could of their effects on .hoir backs, snyin
"a y Forrest was only two miles south Of tn
a town. with 90 600 men. Suro enough. W
~ found that to no tho case. Capt. Marshal
- sent ono section out with the cavalry iha
}, night. and took q position about mil
- south of tho town. Noxt morning the bal
opened. II was fire ard retreat with ou
men, nntil We had drawn them on as far q
we thought hest 10 let them come Tn
Il balance of our Battorv took position on
u, hill Just in tho suburbs of tho town, tn
right section returning aRt taking n pos
ne t!pn along with us. we covering our Batter
10. with groen boughs to conceal it from tn
- enemy ill the limo to open on them arrived
N, When il did come IL would have dono yo
n, good 10 hear those little Rodmun bull dog
h. bark, and then 10 SEQ tho rebs light out wa
RI a caution to all Srcesh. And here let m
10. say that we have ns brave n set Of officer
ON as ever commanded n Battery Move
H. fiinching from duty. strict and perfect ger
nv tlomon arc Captain Marshall. Lieutenant
ia Bills and Newell.
,s. But to my story. Forrest. finding h
h, could do nothing more on this road star
h, I'd double quick for tho Nashville an
h. Chattanooga Railrond. Rosscuu. guessin
,er his intention. starts next dav after the Rei
,s, (,he &c h OF Sept.) back to Nashville. up o
sa. tho Chattanooga road TO Tullahoua, hoa,
M ed him of ,hore. and drove him back tn
,xt way again. Forrest managed to got bac
I'D first. and destroyed some moro Of tho roa
,r, We finally headed him off, and succeedt
ho in driving him back across tho Tennessee
n, Ryer to Florence, Ala, whore we cncam
In ei abont a seek; then marched to Athcn
he Ala; took the cars at that place, and woI
IAN to Chattanooga; staid thero about tv
ior weeks; heard Hood was iu those parts; h,
nd orders to pull up and go to Nashville; ero
,st Nashville wero ordered back hore 10 Pula
,ph kl. where we have been about two week
,,al We did not see tho inside of tont, fro
np. tho last of August ill a lew days ago. v
.r. have now good, comfortable quarters, OF
ia; tho boys are all we'll. and ready for NJ
ON Hood any time no sees ft TO come here.
his Tho 4lst Obi" is here. and We arc haym
an, nice times visiting back and forth,
ion would ike 10 giyo you history of
ar, scout l had, with five others, in Alabam
,u,. between Lawroncoburgh and Florenc
ant through what is called Shoal Crock yalle
,oh We travelled the distance of l25 miles
mi search OF mules and horses; captured
can horse and mulo the first day out; ran in
", sVs"' " WV '""' "p'c 'h ihe bhWh Ou