The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-22

Colonel S. performed one OF those
bold and skiiltul acts which mark him
as the nan for great emergencies ito
succeed where others would not dare
attempt), 1t looks more like romance
than trutl--but the men Of the 9Th
aud 10Th are the witnesses. We clip
the following from the Union and
American of the 9Th Of November,
1861, and the facts are set forth in de
tail bv DR. j. W. Gray, G n. Donald
sons Brigade Surgeon, in n communi-
cation to the same paper Of the 9th Of
December, 1861:
A BOLD CAPTURE.
A correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, writing from the Army @!
North western Virginia, the 22a
ult relates the following remarkable
capture by Col. Savage, Of Tennessee :
After marching about three miles
from Tiger river, Col. Savage, Of the
10th Tennessee regiment, desiring to-
make some reconnoisaDces, sailed of
from his regiment at least q quarter OF
d mile, and while alone be suddenly
and unexpectedly came up to where a
company OF Yankee pickets were sta
toned.
Both he and they we've considerably
surprised, but the gallant Colonel
changing not a color in his countenance
in a bold and defiant manner, standing
erect in bis stirrups, looking suddenly
in his rear, and then quickly facing the
pickets, exclaimed in a stcntorian
voice: "You damned r~ascals if you
don't g"ound your arms and surrender
Immediately, my men shall surrounc
and shoot you to pieces in a minute J
TAey did surrender and he made
them prisoners without the firing 0
a gun.
The company consisted Of three
commissioned, four o commissioned
officers and sixty ~privates."
The 10th Regiment commenced th'
fight at P%erryville, on the part o
Cheatham's Division, by a charge lie,
by its Colonel, whose horse was sho
in trent of the regiment. The enemy
line was broken, the 18th Ohie driver
from its position, and its Colonel, o
F. Moore, an old Congressional &C
Quaintance and friend of Col Savage
was captured, 1t was some twenty o
thlrty minutes before the regiment wa
supported, and it lost in killed ant
wounded many OF its best and braves
men. The Colonel was sevcrel,
wounded.
Col, Savage was not we'll OF tn
wound at Perryville, and had not re
ported for duty, hut took command o
the regiment at Murfreesboro, whicl
was the extreme right of the line Of at
tack, and was subject to fire from tn
left Of the Federal line. The Sth regi
ment. commanded by the brave and la
mcnted Lawson Moore, was On the lief
Of the 10Th and was almost annihilated
and the 18th lost about halt Of its mum
bers killed and wounded.
Col. Savage at the commencement o
the war, although the oldest soldier il
Tennessee offering service, did no
ask promotion then nor afterwards
nor was any rendered him by the pow
ers at Nashville or Richmond. Will
the army was at Shel5yyille, Gen Don.
aldson was made a Major General, ant
q gentleman without much expcrienc
as q soldier or a commander in til
army, but q personal friend of Col
Savage. was made a Brigadier Genera
and placed in command over Colone
Savage, the senior officer. This wa
considered by Col. Savage and hi
friends Il violation OF military law an,
the result Of malice in high places. ant
he resigned his commission, and hi
conduct was at the time almost uni
versally approved by the army. II
filed n letter in the War Office pro
posing to accept service whenevcrJus-
ticc should be done him. He Wen
South, and did not return until afte
the passport system was abolished il
July, lS65-having lost everything
including his fine political and miscel
l%aneens Library, saving only a few
works, which he procured a young MAJ
to hide in the woods, and who, t,
save his life, was afterwards forced in
to Stokes command, but remained true
to his trust.