, 1864-01-29

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Dece5nber g. 1sS.
To-day, for the first time since the memo-
rablc battle Of Missionary Ridge, m oppor-
tunity occurs for me to write the TR1BUNK.
] need not tell you how Glad should hare
been to hare described tic part taken BY my
regiment in that Immortal contest, to have
borne testimony to the cool ond splcndfd
1arins, of ,nr fmmed,nta connmsnacr T;ent
Co1 Chandler IN have ,,,id ;, daeo,rad tr;,,,fa
IN tnc ;ncomn,roh1o ancravt ~ 1,1Tct ~ +be
renI. md t71o ar1 ~ h.va srat..1, 1ra,d. ~ ~
scec1,od ,,ro1sa of III ~shcr,non commend.
inp onr br,rnde In whom m that ,,3or,ona
dav inr;nc1b1e ra1or AMI ,r;so nrn5cnco
rorct1ner on3 h,en7,nr il, bormon,ona npfsor
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"oa ~, neiu ~. oniS tne entuu7.a6ac pla"o-
lis oi LIS own oncefe ana men, pnt tne Geo-
erous admiration Of the whole line. What
pleasure it woutd hare afforded me to rescue
fron ol,1;v;on a fe,v NJ t1,a ,nnn,nara,,,a ina;
- ,,1s r,.;o,. a1,s. ~ 49, .usl,
seu'e u1cn ca''o unoef my o"n personal
oseefFauou, showing how, among the low
licst ns well as among the lof1icst, the old
kingly spirit still rules. still qufckcns md er,
abs the ner;s,,fnv f,esh ana how co.. -.
,,,u e,. - a.s- ,"],,,,,4r o' .atet ~ ~
MI ""s "on' tue s'efu lhplacap1l1ty ol Tue
soldier aggrip with foes gate place to the soft
human pity Of men dealing with Aclplcss
hro,1,a,s. apa ,r3th 1,.,,.+ n.ta,,.,,oa -,-a.5..
49, .s..,aa - 49,. 1S -Ss9eu :, "o1eet
LIE "o"toeo " .nc eaelns oenelo tne 1cnoef
rninistratons OF their SO late mortal antaSo'
nists-what pleasure I should hare felt In
lie relation of theae tl1ucs. I am snre need
M CIV n ,ror,,s nnt a. t1;a : 1,od M t;n,o %
~ ~ " a.r. ~ ,,,a. @ 4I1s t..a ~ ..ta
oca.se', Aao oef A'lntps oiooa u.ne ~ coot'
hasd1y nao IN aours 1es' enuceo our pas
s5ouatc pulses to- camer icrcl, and
caused tic splendid SILVER of supreme
.xh;1c W., | hegora 49, t. sn,s,da hsnaath tba ,,,ssssd
49, - ,.1s es.ss-,- ,:".~, e1
opaa'e ol. eicep' oe'ofe oner'aans DIVISION,
of Which VIC composed part, WAS ordered
forward In rnrsuit Of the fleeing enemy, And
SO, at midnight, We AMIN fell into line, and
through tue pitchy darkness Of the pino
woods rushed our way forward to tue front
Ii
capturing prisoners, guns, munitions. mate
riai of subsistence aud war. and in the eyen-
{nr 1yn rf,tnrned IN {,hnffnnonra T,hc fo1
loving day was passed In the sacred work Of
bur, if3p oi,r own and fhe enemy's dead-of
carinr 7or orr own and his wounied~and On
SherIdan'sl Of that {Grarper's1 corps. to whose
LOT fad fai}en Tie flcrctst and most success-
hi GcItinr at tie most imuract1cahle noint
1T assanit werr ordered ~ a5ranna IN Rnn1.
vile. for The purpose Of reJieyinr Burnside
Lnnf. aro tbe T1t1nTsr learned iii ahont #
and abont it's favorable issue: Int douhff
whether it has any adequate conception Of
cold thc snsnfficient M c1otfin~ and hsTa fset @
tn Th;c1, nnr ,.onr xrnrn 1o3n Heroes o Tsr.,
snh;ccfad md which fhaT en nncomn1a;n ,o.
1v eg5nred nfaii onr Infliforv ;1enaytn,cnts
fhat If Enet Tennessce is r. most iifficnif
and @ fmnractIcabIe for an army to % operate In In
America far, 10 far as it, nhysicaI charac-
feTistics are Concerned. It IL almost M tnrn
mud rarred, as FIJI Of torrents, tnT1snme
1nnnnfa3ns md sheer nrec;nifons descpnts.
ns lie home nf William Tell. Across snch
conntrr. throurh hoes and moors., ravines
and corces. over rivers without bridges and
without viii pontoons. on half:rations Al and m IN rasS @
sinkinn down hy the way. others streaE;re
( ,e 1rr6nni1 With the Blood Of their poor eash.
I'd .Eet Int iii .xho cnnld nracn henrinw m
through The exercise Of unconGnearablc viii
conneIiinp Ioupstreet to rnise the sfepe hi
Knoxville. and 70 flnd safety in ignominioua
and M not less here eth than in front Of Missienarv
RIDE lie services " If The sSft and Of Cai 6
SheEnanss ~ Nr,oSae were caf1ed ;nfo reanssi. i.
4,n,, T,i,a 1rsro i nreeea5 ), fntn +ha sarrira
~ n,cla sorn a,,d T,ros"nt1r H. II hIna caats
~ the hors Tho had rnrr;ei snch aread and
III, a fine cnotino NJ fIonr 66nnd the ner-T
,,,,,sic ~ wh;rrinT nhee1s 3yaa occomnon;a1
hs nnaccrsi n1neG sonwr md con1t-1 Tra;1
,9:fe 1rero' ;nh;ient wf7h foro1 Tcs-sins 7d md
honest fa1mer.f .fo1i,~ stared oncn-mnnthed 1T
Tie 1pxiide dexferIty of the aYanEees. y who.
ir ali straits and niier cfrcunstanees. wcre
eaually b]ithe-heasfed and at home Il wou1d
certainty 1rare amused fhe friends ut cn1oncl
Chandicr. conld tIcy have INV seen seen him IN h5s
erw c1.oTncter of Innstcr m;l!er' his 1,a,r now.
dcred viii, fonr like conrfier in tie lime nt
Oneor An1e. n ~, Sherman 1cnrdcd ri
cosf and Test. rau1kin,- lnstiIv nyyar at fleef
NJ innTn1;snd @ f1nthnafs nrcssnt!r ,heneaffe m ~ % ~
ard t,ootcd down the Ho'ston to onr hnnrIrte
aar +oSns ~ Ennv..;its few doVs 49, s.onf y
1bis nnSs1 ~ sa1r;ct. dHrfnr w'tcI; nv hesrt II
1.ae ann.tan+ir ,,s;,ea ~, occnrr7at},a ~
Scnces oF 1nat1srTne ref,s, har1,aritr tG3rard
~ Tin;nnists If thfs section 11nring conf,de,
,eto ;,on,7nonce end misrn1e AMI ennstan11s
a1 5Sarad ~ cn!n+arInri!;a,aeS 4 ~ s;,nni,
nnd stte5fast hero;sm m the neri
If the 1oyn1 neonlc. and then We
wore ordercI X renort at Knoxville
Il he,ne snn, osed TINT Lanrstrret. reinforced
from Ti1r{I1ia. was returni1g to this debate
able ground. From Knoxville to this point
n weetss inactigitv at which has suffieed t.
show that little Of The clear-heaaedness
wEich lave disIinuuisLcd recent ouerations
in he Denartmcnf OF lie Cumberland would
ff infnseff info affairs here rTsnIt admirahiy
alike far nnr conntTT and f3r onr cause
Christmas-the second mYlitarT Christina.
of tLc Mth-ca1ne to ns whiie lyine in thest
h1eat xroods :. and 'aithnnGh we Sould no
1a- reinic,nrs re ftid not fail. / trust to Re
ne,r 1nr feaftr to the sacred princip1es whicl
-,mony ofi1cr divine thiDeu, it symbolize
and for Which It sianda. We had some ludi
crous amusement. too. Col. Sherman hat
found a poor fotlorn mule, 50 utterly ems
ciated tlat, compared with it the lean Resl
nante of Don Qulxote, was as Hyperlon to
satyr; and feeling confident that 1t was i'm
| possible for q more melancholy or slower
| looted beast to exist, challenged Gen sher
! dan to mule race, the distance q few hur
| ired Yards. the starting point corn-crib, th
! brigade mule to be ridden by division nj
| gro, the division mule by co1ored attach
| Of brigade, and the G1oWest mule to win th
race. The contest which cnsued afforded
me Illustration OF the advantages whic
s.strategy" sometimes ensures. When th
competing steed vas produced, It turncd ou
to be as much 1eancr and impoverished thu
our own. as he had been over and above q
previous specimens Of bis class, and here th
"6trateeyh comes In. For several houl
before, our poor starved devil Of qnas
luped had been trained: TINT is. he ha
from the crib been fsd an ear Of corn, ie
away few yards In the track OF the rac'