Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-05

resuuected by the memories Of those dav5
of hardship, peril aud starvation when We
fought for Dixie; the blue still marches o.,
though a brotherhood exists, without ell
nifty, between all good and brave men.
whether Of the blue or gray.
Ia the spriug of 1868, Gen. Morgan s
command was eEcamped near the rolling
river, the Cumberland, in the county If
that name, and nearly opposite a
little town called BGrkesvilie, up
in TIE mountainous regions Of Kentucky.
Il was JUS the week before we made
our celebrated raid iuto Indiana ami
Chic, and then our weary march through
the prison pens Of the North. One nigh,
dark and rainy, 1 was directed BY Gen.
Morgan to cross the river alone, 90 rs far
as Lebanon, Ky, disguised as citizen,
and find out where our Union friends were
situated, their health and condition, and
then to return and report. l viii not speak
Of my journey 10 Lebanon, where | found
HansOn's regiment, and another. which we
captured a few days subsequently, 9Th of
July, after q hard fight, in which peerless
young Tom. Morgan, brother Of the Gene
raj. laid down his life-but il IS of INV r.
turn adventures | speak. Near GLASGOW [
found Col. MOore's regiment, with whom
we had a skirmish on the 4th of July. This
Col. Moore, when the bearers of our flag Of
truce demanded his surrender. bravely re-
piled: at is the fourth of July, a glorious
day, and | will not disgrace the flag | bear
by such an act," and he did not. | had
the honor of pointing the first shot which
struck their bTeastwOrks, standing by the
side of Gen. Morgan. MOOre's
regiment retreated to another
breastwOrk, surrounded by an abattis, and
there the gallant Brent was mOrtally wound
ed. We captured about fifty prisoners, but
as time was precious we flanked them and
marched on to Lebanon. But forgive me
this DEPRESSION from the subject, but il was
the cause and effect of my
INTERVIEW WITH TINKER DAVE.
l had gotten within sixteen miles by
turnpike of Cumberland river, having at
tendedto the Instructions Of Gen. Morgan,
and was returning to report, mounted on a
splendid horse that l had borrowed from a
citizen. was just in the act Of turning a
curve in the road-On either side of which
were dense woods, when l saw some of my
blue-coated cav Try brethren coming toward
ME. l Immediately retreated down lane,
when l heard a sharp firing, then the
rapid trampling of a hOrseman
evidently pursued, and looking back.
l saw a young fellow, Walker by
name. belonging to a Tennessee regiment
Of our command, coming down the road at
a terrible gallOp. He caught up with me;
we made a short halt, and came near being
surrounded. Shots were sent after us in
quick tipe by our pursuers. Negave them
a return vOlley, and tumbled one from his
horse, then beat a rapid retreat. Poor
Walkers horse stumbled; over his head
went Walker in the lane. The enemy
being very near, did not halt. Another
volley was poured after me. My horse,
after running a hundred yards, fell wound
ed and dying. took 70 the woods, came
into path, escaped through deep ravine,
and, following its course, L emerged into a
beautiful valley, about half a mile square,
surrounded on all sides by a mountainous
country. | came across a citizen who was
riding a fine horse; persuaded him to dis
mount by presenting pistol to bis head;
then mounted the horse, commanded him
to show me the nearest way to - ford.
on the Cumberland TiYer. Just as We en-
tered cOpse of woods, | saw some blue
coated cavalry, about fifteen in number,
emerging into the valley through the path
by which had entered. Immediately dis
mounting my horse, and making my citizen
friend do the same, for fear Of being dis-
covered, L watched the enemy. The cit-
zen cried out to Inc, "My God, sir, that is
Tinker Dawes band, and they never take
prisoners only to kill them Afterwards
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