Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-04
Letter from the Army,

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who have friends in the 9th, and other East Ten
nessee regiments in the dcld as weihas by those
who have extended admiration nnd sympathy tothc
noble men who, driven from home ly rebel oppros-
sion, joined 80 swell the ranks Of the defenders Of
the country,
oS THE ROAD q MILES EAST OF REsAcA, Gro,
May nth, lo6i
after leaving Knoxville womarched to Calhoun
without delay, There We rested two days, and
marched to Blue Springs, six miles below Glove
land thut day, The next we moved to Red Clay
or State Line AS it is sometimes called. We stop
ped there, fifteen miles from Dalton two night, and
one day, During that time We inspected arms and
ammunition, and drew four days m:ions, On the
1th We moved toward, Catoosa Springs to II point
about five miles from Tunnel Hill The next day
We proceeded TO four miles to the left Of Tunnel
llill and at the upper end of white Oak Noun
tain, and thonce up and along the top Of the noun
tain, towards Dalton, to support General llurkcrs $
hrgHds, of the Ith corps in it. assault on BuzGard
Roost. We lay all night on the mountain The
next day, the 9TH We moved down into the valley.
TO the LEFT, and moved on the rebel works. We
marched within about three quarters Of ms ~
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East Tennessee were wounded Our guns soon
.iicnccd their battery and We moved 70 within hyd
hundred yard. # the rac-pits, and lazy all night.
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i'''''''' was III '"p rear Oh ''' 81 I'"uo''"e hitE
N"r''' ana 'ho 'o'" hoH1"cA! inc Same distance IN
'He roar o' '"' +''h Nl'AE"H' brig Gen. Mclean
''"'''""'"S '"o o''s"'e' we moved Nh"n' a
quarter o' m'Ie' with the'I every few yards
"h'h We come 10 We top o. "esp' ~o"del ridge
ana "a" te ruoel "orGS' ihey saw US, too and
oPo''p WIN grape ana eur" III AoHndah'e Down
the tlaSe VIZ went 'h' reocl nFc increasing every
hs'''' AZ the loot "i the rdge We reached an open
mat ABOUT -oo y"f"S "lde' Inc nrst hne moved
rapnIy 10 "lhlh hundred \ariS of the foot and
'"ih' |" deep race "hl'h the r'hcS had damned
up ms was N some places ""lstdecp, and about
ten steps wide The rebels had cut brush on the
bank nearest them This broke the first line,
ana they ana not form again. Cannon poured grape
ana canister INTO them AT about seyenty-hve yards
III 'front.' ana from ths right ana LETT enhioded them
with grape ahd smell, While nfrs' without number,
sent thoir uhWclcomc contents INTO them Tho Sec
ohd l'he moved up rapidly uhtiI the hrst was mrcd,
nhd was th'h moved BACK I" the edge OF the woods.
h'Se men were under CALLING hfe from three di-
r'ctIons All stood lirm until the first line all that
could moved BACK past U.s. and We were ordered
back 1h' men declared that they would rather die
than 60 back But back We vent up the ridge
grape and shell and m'hnlee furnishing music TO
keep 'tep to. Every few stops we turned and fred,
until We renched the top of the rldg.. There We
met the I'd brigade, (fiaiesllal and looked at my
watch and it was 2 80 p NJ, two hours and half
from the time the command forward was given.
suppose we were under fire about two hours. We
had no support right or left, and no artillery, save
two pieces about mile snd hal to the left and
rear, .helled them before we started, and for some
time after we came back. Hascalls first line stop
ped where our second did and that brigade came
back in hurry, and lost but few men. Our loss
was between third and half Of our brigade Strange
TO say, not field officer was hurt in any regiment
The 9th had no officers hurt. The Sd had Cap
tain and Lieutenant killed, and three Lieutcnants
wounded. The loss of the 9th is six killed and
IS wounded, aud about ten not known, as yet
whether killed or wounded. We moved back about
three quarters of milo from the works, and one
brigade Was reformed and when i; was done over
one half were missing; but that night, after dark,
good many of the sOth Indiana and Sd Tennessee
crept out of tho morass and came up. All day after
ollr charge and until ahou, nnon nf the 1tth tk.