The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-02-23
baTHRrLbING ADVENTURES
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HORRIBLE ADVENTURE on TIIp SoRgH foEK RIEEl
4 Two days after the battle of Stone River
Janaary eths 1853. - received orders from
General Spears, commsbding the Tennes
sec Division, 10 proceed 10 NicholAsyile
Kentucky and report to Colonel Felix A
Reeve, who had received authority ID
raise and eqaip tic sth Tennessee Rsgi-
ment Of Infantry. I proceeded to Nashville
on horse back and took the train thence 70
Louisville Kentucky. nnrt confess 7 did
not feel altogether pleasant in this pdrt Of ny
Journey, as twas reported q large body Of
rebel cavalry under th cir cslebrsted leader,
General Morgan was tearing ny the track
Throughout the whole line, The excitement
became much more intense among the pas
sepgers ou their learning that the telegraph
wireshad been cut. But, all speculation Of
this eharacterprorsd incorrect and we reACh-
ed Louisville in ,afetyy From this point,
proceeded by rail to Lexington thence to,
Nehoiasyillc, reaching that plaes on the 9th,
whersl met Col. Reeveand reported for duty
He Immediately gave me the following orderi:.
3Gtl 'IiE4D QuARfEni, NJFHoLAsvELE, III Aggy
ell -. .y7...,.--. JaunAry TO- 1863, I
AnGrsyn procesd % London, Ky, and II nccessary,
through our lines into East Tcnhcssee f0r tile pur.
pose OF raetoiting for tie stb East TenleeAe In-
i[stry nAs report = these Head Quarters ponAyor
ny order u Wooded ji FEtl1 A. lEEVI, gg Z
..r. .Il Ia .tt.-.l. Colonel Commanding"
IN obedience to this order | proceeded At
once, in company with Green, to London, Ky,
where We met with squad Of East Tennes-
see refugees, whom Immediately recruited
orthe rcgiment, numbering tweniy-siI, for I
wardiqg them 70 head quarters At Nicholas
vile under command OF Green, sooo s.i..sI
Several days now espged without meeting
Nithsucsess rscruiiingr and getting some-
what impatient at the monotony Of the place,
! resolved to proceed At ouce through our
lines into East Tennestse,, for the purpose Of
plotting a company Of my oppressed Union
brethren across the CumberlGsd mount ntalns,
ofwheu ! new there were hundftdS rsSdj
waiting fOrs guide 10 eoaduot them through
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With this resolution | provided my bsvei-I
sack with gsod supplI Of rAtiOnS and set
out for Harlan county, Anef travelling thrss
days IN .hs most Intense cold and Disagree
bic weather, | reached the residence 0f. Nr,
Estep, in The above named county, WtefS |
wag astonisbee 10 meet up with my old ffisHd
and ftlow-seouter HI former days, JlheI Or
ton WHO proposed 10 Eceom pAny NE on my
expedition, provided ! would idlYias Iesruils'
With hlm, 70 which proposition ! accsedsd /;
and ef'gr two days rest We as oEtfor CrAnk'I
Gap in tic Cunbsrland mouniAiLs, saking
all bye paths through the forest and asding
up creeks almost % thcir Iourcc to prevent
bsing tracked BY any pro Slitg bands Of gusr-
rlIas. Two SsyE outys met farmer ear
ryins jug Of5rsGGy, and lhS weather bsl
ing seyegs Rnt feeling much fallgued, we
concluded 20 accept the kind eAer Of Tie pro-
prietot Of the jug 70 partaks 81 il eohtthtS,
but wbick ahersarts proved guitS uhibNI!
nate to us. ldr brc mai'0iIfq I'D dlol
orton INDUCED IA the jhteFicaiine bsyer4l
Ags too freely, and GsOa became Ike . nadr'l
man. In fact we had both TAX en- mQrr ihaa
was COnstitptiOnslly proper for Our safety =
Ortoa propo,si to press gind host " lido !
lefyice, I" and told him he ma.t .arH bach
,rd accompany vs. on our journey. pro
'esttd pi.eOusy-bai all to no purPoSsr--
Sooa Esi rtaehrdt dths TOP Of the noEalalYi
bat ty. this siHis lbeeAme sensible Of The d4a-
ytr We were ip, Wills orton weHt railine and
,lgi.eriag s.5ag In A'efy saeoutG and iEl
ii,ertis nGBhet. 7 was fully aware that vet
rould not go mush furthef till We come near
be susnivs lines, Rnd 70 fist % igpre., this
act upoa ;hs mind u 0rlpa who paid but
title EilenliOa 70 ny tdnositloG I,
Upon The Top tfths noddtaih was aabk,
Il Stieh point visa IiAaoned febel picket.
,os,, and At the time We aSsended tbs nouns
ain ihsfs was there stationed saa cattle fsb-
! lsomPAuy, who had observed tpy eoHipE,
md lscrsIea eathsrsslTs, among lAs rocks, APs
Az iu ambush.
Wien We rsaetsd the fsbtIesnp {, hsdtSst
PpsAranes iOf having bnl been deserted,
nd ortozpo sIprsassd hinfelt- sayipS shal
hey had ,aE Us eonigg, and .biRkiag Asts
rai bsSYy fores, 70 back ", had led % "
main body sf their army, which could oct b.
n, d,.,an,l lIi Ii DuA n iIl-llf lafuialD ~
Dut oor dOubts~,rs 'oonpa, to- hishtbyl
keen Jea from behind tbt toebJ dseliFiiVs
lAsiag hfough the dslOlals mogn,ainp liks
death kusll--End the \ gusl .ef sOHesri'd as'
ioA on the part Of enemy. Twenty mus
ish Slaiea ,Beit eontsntsfandpoAdf fhs
ariutr EhoishA was 'Johts, zen n he stse
Irs 70 OHon vAs Sbtsss hAa, boz upon lhli
'esAdon hstnsdsdahd asi la,disnaJ. Sen.
ag ny lsyolTsI 4 hSsd 10 Ne disse,iop lei
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