The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-01-19

We bgI~ANfA HtASfo W eaa~f0a - ~
Vile, and UnionviIle to COkeSbury--DnkSs
brigade and yAughn to msys BY ChesteFyile,
UniOnsyille and aurensVille--Fergnson TO
move by lower route, High water, burnt
bridges &C., uado US change cur routes and
We reached CokesbuFy after Duke, Vaughn
and Ferguson had passed through, thence we
moved to Abbeville, where all were cOncen-
trated BY noon Of May .. In the mean time,
runors had reached us Of Johnson'S Surren-
der General Bragg had dishanded the Sc
cond and Third South Carolina Cavalry
news OF Wilson's Cavalry moving toward
Augusta snd Lexington, Ga Stoneman croS.
sing the Savannah and moving TO Athens,
and Atlanta being occupied, thus closing the
entire line Of retreatto Taylor and Forrest
Of the defeat Of Forest at Selma; Of Foster
moving toward Augusta from the coast and
the utter Decentralization Of that part Of John
sons army that had not surrsndersd-bad
become rife through the commands The
men appreciated the utter hOpslesSness Of
reaching the Mississippi river and crossing II,
or of 0euerl Smith making resistance.
AT Abbeyille, late in the afternoon Of dsy
2, consultation was held-the last military
consultation 10 which the Confedersts Cow
ernment participated. II was historic scene.
Sir. Davis presided with General Bragg, who
had become, by the surrender Of Lee, JOhu-
son, BeaureguRrd and Cooper, the senior Gem
erAl of tIs OOnfederacy, on hls right hand,
and Gsaeral Brerkinridge, Secretary Of War
and Major General, on the ether aide Of him.
Next came Brigadier General O. W. Ferguson,
gallant and enierprising South Cafclinlan,
n West Pointer, pc. Of BsaxrcgaFd'S, and .
faYorite of Davis rsGs deneEa George O.
Dibrell plain, practical, sensible, miSdle-
aged Tennessee clerk and ussrrhant, who was
beloved by his men, and had jassiy won his
spurs by long, hard, skiliful, devoted services,
next on little sofa sattwo younger rneh--
Brigadisr BAIL " Duke and Colonel Willistn
@ p, BreCkinridge, we'll known among lse
TROOPS from Kentucky In che COHssdsSats ar
ny; aad then, HsAs General bragg Sas Gene
raj Vaughn of Eass Tsnnesses, o brave oGs-
Ger and earnest nan. Eoeh 6fieer was call
ed upon to state the eOAdislon ofhIS CON-
nand 9enerAl RergoSoS, sauguibe birusslfr
gave a too glOwihg aseoaRt Of bis @sn,
% the sequel showed, bat sin bsdf be
could count on one hundred men 6ghting
as we'll a Ssyer--aPOnsli for other duties aud
for skirmish. General Dihrsli eOuia net count
on any' fShting In hE own brigade .eEccPs TO
Sare Blr. DGyib nnd General BEeckiBriage,
aud every hour was Reskesiag his hold up
on tbtm, nad have heard that be declNrsd,
almOst with ttare he would net risk anoth-
er life among his Hobls naen szceP, for that
purpose, that the cAuAe aad Oonfsderacy
Bsre lost, and bis duty nov was TO take care
Of his men General Dnks thou CHS one haH-
drsd and Ghy Of hia men wOnlds follow hiR
apy where, aud that be did not bsliSVs the
caass los. If all felt As be did sad would In.
spirit ihsiE nsn. Colonel Brsckinridgs aa-
nouneed his oaa dsssrnnastiop act 70 Sar'
render until ordered by Mr.. payis or the Sec
rstary Of War, ba. that very few Of bis men
shared tina, feeling, and that be you'd COZ
urKs them 10 20 any furthsr. General VADEhu
aud his commend WVuld accept whatever
terms General johnson bad which were
then unksoWB TO US, Mr. Dayis said twas
tbsa sseisss to keep men under ernS who
would 20. SCAT; criminal 70 risk the lysS
Of lhs Ipen wso would 6ghl, 10 tue bravery
Of those VINO would avi. Therefore, the son'-
naLaI IausI be WianoWed That bo could
lave beea al stshrerspor. by thst day, but was
not wllling to leave tbs men who were still
ia the esld. Tha! he supposed General
JOhusoa had MISUNDERSTANDING all the srmy
lsft in that department Sste the commando
represented in lhu. ueetiaS-tha. Of them
not wote than l,u hundred could be dspsad-
cd upon any farther. That he would attempt
70 20 70 GeasrAI Taylor, and II that Amy
vent TO pises,, he Msuld ssoss the TiTsr, aud
II the cause 8ss finally lost, he would feel be
bad done his duty as ho best could. That
called 10 bis place without bis Intervention
he would eoatlnas to disebSfge It's du,isSA as
long As possible. That this contest nigh,
haze resulted di'aSlrOu'ly, but the cause was
not los, she blood shed during four ysart
va5 not shed in vain, and under other Suspi-
ess and ablsr leaders would Jet succeed.
Amer considerable discussion twas agreed
thOi Mr.. Davis, with smAli escort, should 20
immedia,sly 10 waShins.on, Georgia, and
then go on such Topts as seemed best that
Gen. Brsckiaridgs should take psr,oOal sou-
,mand Of the cavalry there, snd move that
night across the Savannah riSsr, At Vienna
where there was pSn.oon bridge, This was
carried out, and at daylight ws-eroISsd the
river ThA, day was sP,hs IN paying she
men Aetually prsssntPsr eepas--esn. Brect-
inridgs and the huublsii Priyats SHAKING
alike each Is.sivipg abOus sac 10 coin.
The s,alsnsnt that Al any tims upoa The
march from Charlotte % Washington am al
tack vas made upon the 'Psels train % 4, mis-
take. This GaiA wa6 guarded &c Abbsvins
by a detachment Of nidabipmen, Prsildens
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