Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-09
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!. Eleventh Corps returned toits canton
mem6s near Stafford
5 Here it remained until the opening
r OF the campaign Of Gettysburg, afte
: which, IN conjunction with the TWelftl
{ Corps 1t was sent to REINFORCED rthl
, western army.
] Ehe command reached Stevenson
; Aaabama, on the Sd of October afteP
} Weartsone journey frOm washington
4 by rail, part Of the route exposed in
T open cars to the worst of Weather.-
The Brigade of General Hector Tyhdale
to which the Eighty-secondn now belong.
ed was Immediately assigned to severe
> labor in constructing q t8te dts DORt on
the south bank of the Tennessee, al
the same time guarding the bridges and
making heavy details forscouting SER
wee. The Army of the Cumberland
beleaguered in Chattanooga was "A sore
need Of help, and especially of sup
plies, which could now be had only
by long dVtour over the most
Villainous mountain roads, To
open up communication with Stew
enson by river and rai was the most
pressing work on hand, and was ac-
ieordingly undertaken by the Eleventh
and division Of ti1s Twelfth Corps
which forces commenced advancing np
the lett bank of the Tennessee on the
| 18th of October, The command having
passed the blockade" OF rebel BATTER
les on Lookout Mountain, raached
Lookout Valley on the 28th. During
the night Longstreet's Corps sailed
from It's entrench hmeBts on the noun
talns and soughg BY a desperate attack
TO surprise our forces in fllelf Camps.
and drive them into the 1enDBsse6.--
BuG our troops had met LOnRstreet be-
style Of lighting. TyndaIe's Brigade
! was hurried to the front a. the first
| alarm, receiving in its march Yollev
| from the ambuscaded rebels. Arriving
/ at the foot Of the Wauhatchie Hights
| che Eighty Second, under Lieut. ICol
Thomson, led the advance up the steep
I cliff, a portion of the regiment being
/ deplOyed as skirnishers. The enemy
was driven from the hill which was
held until morning, Longstreet having
meanwhile Withdrawn his baffled and
1 discounted forces. This success is fol-
| lowed by energetic efforts TO fortify our
| position in the Va1ley, and for many
days, and so8ae nights, the troops work
lncessanl1ys slashine timber and cOn-f
strueting bTeastW0rks and Hbattis.-I
Ihus three weeks are passed, when the
arrival ef Gen. Sherman's command
from MeHaphis is the signal for new op-
eratI0ns. On the 23d of November. |
Bragg's army is attacked, aud on the
24th, lookout Mountain is carried by
General Hooker. On the 25tb the nr1s-
my is driven back at all points. Then
followed that midWinter march to the
relief of Knoxville, in which the
Eleventh Corps is ordered to join.-
Three days ratiOns are dealt cut to the
troops who are ordered to make them
last six, but in fact get along with them ]
for seventeen days, the time consu med /
in the expedition. We readily recall |
that terrible march, when scores Of sol- /
dters were compelled to pick their way
along, mile after mile, over the frozen /
ground, with shoeless feet. But especial
~ shall we never forget that awful 1
night o: the 10th of December when,
after being Wearied with a long days /
march, We broke up our evening camps
and, IN che midst of a frightfuI winter
storm pursued our way until mid
night, and then, from inability to en-
camp, stood in the drenching rain until
the dawn Of morning. That was enough
for the Wel1-clad and hearty 20 endure.
to say nothing Of the sick and barefoot
ed.
Returning to Chattanooga, the repi-
ment almost Immediately veteran
lied, y there being only q few who de-
clined to re-enlist fer an additional /
three years service.
The following Spring found us again
at Bridgeport, A4abama, whittier hav-
ing returned from veteran leave, we
g Woke one Qnormlng, bright and 11aInly. p. II
Part and parcel of the old Twentieth Corps
The bulliest Corps in the grand old army"
That knightly hero, Fighting Joe
Hooker" T" who hunted the Te1oe1e from
a
Lookout, was once more our leader.
Of his command the FtRed Star Divf-
sion,p under that splendid soldier,
:, OId Zap e6feR. A. 81 Williams, in
cluded the cold Third Brigade, - which
was commanded by Colonel, afterwards
Br1gadler General j. S. Robinson, oil
our regiment, and to which the Eigh-i
ty-second, under Colonel, Afterwards
General David Thomson, belonged. /
Sherman was now at the head
of the and fcf Z
and directed by his matclasss skill, I
swept down upon DaltOH.- You re-
how the great a9zlay, obstruct-
ed in its course by the fortified barrier
Of Rocky Face, plunged through Snake
Greek Gap; nor have you forgotten ,
that magnificent dash of the Third
Brigade, few evenings afterward,
when it rushed to the rescue of STAN
ley's routed Division and snatehsd the 4
5th Indiana Battery almost from the
grasp of the triumphant rebels. Equals
ly memorable was the splendid VIC
tory of the ensuing day when Hood
three successive times flung his COrps
against the Red Stars on the extreme
left, and as often saw it repulsed and
Then followed, on that very night,
J JohnstOn's retreat from Resaca, then I
our pursuit to CassYille, and then thar
daring march across the AllatoOnn
TO Burnt Hickory, followed
Church. Then we 20, hand over hand,
to the Twin Mountain near which, on
the 22d of June, we baYe the affair OF
Kulp's farm, followed a fortnight after
ward by the captured Of ChattahooChee
Hights from which our soldiers who
to the tree-tops can see Atlatn-
Ca plainly in the distance.
On the Goth of July we are across the /,
Cbattahoocbee and closing in upon the I
Gate City. Hood having superseded y
Johnston in the rebel command, makes y
q daring sortie, and his concentratbd
masses come plunginR down upon Ehe +
Twentieth Corps. Our uuexpactant
troops have scarcely time TO spEihR ;
to their places before the enemy /,
is upon them with frantic determifla-
tiOn to break their line and fOrcs them
into Peach Tree Creek and beyond :
the Chatta hoochee. The struggle .is
long, bloody and doubtful, and the car- !
mage terrific. From the beginning the :
entire Third Brigade is in the very
hickest of the fight. The brave Nc Z
3rOarty and his colleage BOWn are =
stricken down, the one with a severe, N
The other with y mortal wound, and the Y
veteran Sixty-firsB is almost destroyed 4
BY the terrible fire. For time the y
Eighty-second is engaged in a hand 10
hand struggle with the desperate foe 2
and the ground is piled with che bodies
1f the slain. Our soldiers almost TAX I
sn by surprise, have no parapetto to pro-
ect, no support to reinforce them
rbey stand, the only barrier to ire L
.rievable disaster, and their heroism 10 I.
sublime. Our line hangs to it's place, y
strong as adamant, ana as the sun goes
iown upon that scene of blood the | Z
snemy retires slowly and reluctantly \
rom the field.
General Hood now sbandons his out y
5r line, and the long and tedious invest
nent of the city is begun. at length :
t falls and It's capture ends q campaiqn 2
lasting through one hundred and twtn- 2
y days Of almost incessant marching
and fighting.
But this great achievement does not .
satisfy or quiet the restless brain o. :
'Old Tecumseh," /" With his great army y
he proposes to sweep on to the sea, =
eaVing what remains Of the ono' / A
proud rebel citadel 20 Its taGe. InelI9 roe ~ q
mail Is received, the last train despatch o
ID northward, aud the railway track n
which is the Cnly connection with I +,