The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-21

venge for that deed, the country for miles was
laid waste by the Infatuated men of his COM
mand.
THE BRAGG AND BUELL. RACE.
After remaining at Winchester fortnight,
they were ordered to Pelham Gap, to intercept
Bragg. then making his celebrated ''raid" into
Kentucky. From here they made to Murfrees-
boro one of the most terrible forced marches
known in the war. The heat and dust were
fearful, and water very scarce. The men suf-
fered intensely, and many died from the effect
of the march. From Murfreesboro they started
at midnight for Nashville, another forced
march of over thirty miles, with scarce an
hours, halt on the way. They remained OF
Ma hville some two weeks, busily engaged
with the spade, when their legs were again
called into action, to chase Bragg, who was
threatening to take Louisville. 1t was nip and
tuck between him and Buell. who should reach
it first. Buell. came in winner, fortunately,
BY nearly marching his men to death. For q
number of days the Second made thirty miles
per day, sleeping on the bare grouud, their
tents, blankets and haversacks having been
thrown away, and being on hall ratlons all the
time.
At Louisville they washed off their four
weeks dust, and were again sent southwark to
Perryville on which march they suffered fear
fully from heat. dust and no water. Numbers
of the men were actually killed by these forced
marches. They would fall dead and dying by
the roadside. ...,.. .... 49,, ..... .H
TIN BATTLE OF rERKYv1LLE. u,r
On October 9Th they again met the enemy In
line. The Second was under hre TOR three
hours. but did not draw trigger. The rebels
pursuing them by forced marches a. lar IS
Crab Orchard, the Second again went to Lebs-
non. They were still without tents, and at
night slept in the snow, which bad fallen.
They got tents at Lebanon, however, and from
thence went via Bowling Green and South
Tunnel to Cunninghams Ford, where they
got rested by months guard duty and watch
ing for John Morgan. ,s.- -.-
o. A REST.
About January 1, 1868, they went to Galls-
tin. where they remained about q month.
From this point they went to Nashville, re-
manned week or two, and proceeded to Tn
une, Tenn, where they remained hye months.
Their stay at Triune was regular holiday for
the tagged out soldiers, and they enjoyed their
light duty and good living wonderfully. New
alarms summoned them to the field, however,
and they started for another chase after rebels
Just a. Q rainy season set In, which made tho
whole country perfect swamp. Through
mud and water, neck deep sometimes, they
skirmished to Hoover's Gap, thence to Man
chester. and ON to Tullahoma, wet to the skin
continually. They finally got to Winchester,
Tenn, where the sun shone once more.
THE MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGN.
On August 18th they started on march over
the Cumberland Mountains-one as terrible for
dust and heat as their Tullahoma campaign
was for rain and mud. The men suffered ter
ribly. Their march led them through Look
out Valley to Trenton, Ha., from whence they
proceeded over Lookout and Pigeon Noun.
tains, into NcLemore's Cove. On September
18th and goth q
rHD BATTLE OF cHICKAMAuGA -
brilliant laurels, but at the fearful cost of $50
killed and wounded. A number of her officers
and men were placed on the Roll of Honor for
gallant ard meritorious conduct on the field.
After the battle they were sent to Rossville,
thence to Mission Ridge, and finally to Chatts.
nooga, where they worked hard at intrenching
and subeisted on half ratiOns.
BATTLE OF MISSION RIDGR.
On November 25th they attacked the enemy,
who was strongly entrenched, at Mission
Ridge. Here the Second Regiment again dis
tinguished itself, and left some of its bravest
men dead on the feld-dOiug good execution
on the enemy, and remaining firm under q
dreadful fire Of shot and shell. -
.,s,. i..7 THE REINSTATEMENT.
After the battle, which ended the mountain
campaign, the Second returned to its old camp
at Chattanooga, where the call for re-enlist-
ment met them, to which 290 of their number,
undaunted by the fearful hardships aud dam
gers they had passed through, responded.
Their return home on veteran furlOngh, and
their reception ON Jan. 25, 1864, need not be
recouuted here The non veterans had in the
meantime transferred their camp to RinggOld,
Ga, where the veterans joined them on the eX-
piration of their furlough, in April, 1864.
THE BATTLE OF REsACA.
d The Rosaca campaign ensued, commencing
on Nav 4, when the Second broke camp, and
started on . series of marches, skirmishes, &C.,
resulting on the 14th in the battle of Resaca.
After which the marching to and fro was con-
tinued until June Is, when the
K ~ BATTLE OF KRNEsAw MOUNTAIN
occurred. in which the Second lost several men
killed and wounded. They were exposed to
fire while skirmishing and intrenching, several
DAYS Their loss on this campaign, which end.
al Aug. 6. by their being detailed for Provost
duty ct Marietta. Georgia, was, by casualties
81 by sickness, 81; by discharge Got non vet
eransl. Is; leaving. with 176 recruits, 422 men
present on duty. During the campaign, an
average of no rounds to each man had been
fred. '5-s - s .I-
TIE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
commenced ON Aug. z, and was continual
series of ekirmiehoA marches ano cOuntef
marches, In which the second bore its full share
of hardship and danger, and participated in the
movements and battles (of Atlantis and Jones
boro) which finally gained Atlanta for the
Union arms, on Sept. Z. During all that month
the regiment remained near Atlanta inactive
except drilling its new recruits, until Oct 8,
when 1t started in light marching order on
3T sHERNAN's GREAT RAID,
Hero it's history. becomes merged into the
history of that most memorable campaign OF
the war. We need not recount, for it y too
recent and too familiar to require repetition,
how, with their commissariat furnished only
with salt and coffee the army marched TO the
sea, capturing city after city, and subsisting 6y
foraging. In the noble science of hummer
ism" we presume the boys of the Second be.
came adopts, and supplied their larder abun-
dainty,
On March 2sd the Regiment reached Colds
boro, where they rested from their tolls few
days, thence proceeded to Richmond, Va,
thence to Washington, and after the review
were ordered to Louisville, where they were
mustered out. - $500 a-a =
In reference to their closing campaign, one
of its members writes: ~
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