The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-24

purpose of proving that what has beer
charged against the rebels, in regard t.
their treatment of the Union dead, il
literally true. Comment is unnecessary.
ED
From the Mobile Advertiser, Nov. :, 1891
MISSIONARY RIDGE, NEAR CHATTANooGA,(
Sunday night, Oct. %, 1868. {
have just returned from a ride to the
battlefield with party of officers. II
is just five weeks to-day since the battle
and your readers may wish TO know
how the field looks now. The aspects OF
the field have greatly changed. Where
it was dry and dusty, now it is
wet and Doggy. The changing season
has changed the aspects of the woods,
but these are the slightest changes. The
ploughed up earth, the broken and cap
tured cannon, the piles of ammunition,
the guns and accOutrements, and
clothing, and most of the dead, have all
disappeared. The only memorials left
to msrk the scene of mortal strife are the
hasty intrenchments of logs and rocks
the torn, SCARED and Tiven trees, bear
the marks which a CENTURY will net
effsce. Here and there knapsacks and
scraps of torn clothing, broken and per-
forated tins, few shells and round shot;
the graves of cur Oonfederates, and most
revolving of ali, the heaps of yet un-
buried Yankee dead. All of our dead
eqcept two, were buried. These were
overlooked by our burying PAR
ties or mistaken for Yankees. One of
these, who was killed on the hill where
Gracie's brigade fought late on Sunday
evening, was very handsomely dressed
in fine blue pants sad dark gray cassi-
mere jacket. be was !all, and spDa-
Fently q young maa. His hand seemed
q smsll aud handsome one, but he was
almost 8 skeleton, and his mother would
not have known him. The entire field is
yet numbered with heapg of dead and
unbaried Yankees. In most cases the
flesh had fallen from the bones, and the
mere skeleton remained. The leg bones.
from hip TO Eoot, held together, and so of
the upper bones of the body, but the
back bones generally were disjoint-
ed from the hips. In some cases
the flesh had shrunk rather
than decomposed, and the muscles
of the leg were still distinct. In many
cases the skin was still whole and pre-
served, and parts of the body had much
hesh on them. The heads were some
times only bald skulls, In others, skin
vet covered them and few nairs re-
NAMED. Here and there some cruel
mOcker had severed the head from the
body, and set the head upon 3 stump,
whence it "grinned horribly = CHASTITY
smile" Some Of the heads contained
fue, beautiful teeth, and my unsentimen-
tai companion remarked that . dentist
could make = fortune by getting those
teeth. Years hence, children now unborn
in their sports upon this field will find
q skull, or bone. Of these poor victims,
and wonder and ask what it is. And
then some grandfather viii tell them OF
the great battle Of Chickamaugs.
Our own dead are buried upon the very
spot where they fell In most cases their
names, company, and regiment are writ
ten in pencil upon = headboard. Thus
is shown the parts Of the field where the
various regiments fought Heavy details
were made 10 bury the Yankee dead, b,,.
Il toas only partially dane. suppose our
men grew tired of The offensive and seem
ingly endless task.
/ hear that Hills corps alone buried
1,1O0 Yankees, 5ia vast Numbers he IN
barred.