The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-03
"reminiscences Of Co. &C." First
Tennessee Regiment.


Editor Home journal:
II you think the enclosed communi-
cation will interest your readers. you
can publish, 1t will simply be some
facts and "reminiscences of Co. "C,'
Capt. lobe Turaey's company,) LIST
Tennessee Volunteers, Confederate Ar
my, 5 called"
This company left Winchester for
Virginia on the lst day of May, 1861,
with 81 men rank and file. or the
tour commissioned officers who went
out with the company three of them are
dead, namely Capt. Turney, Lieuts.
Frizzcli and Brannon. You, Nr, Edj-
tor, only, survive. Out of the SO non
commissioned officers and prlvates
about 40 are ne more, nearly all Of
whom Gil soldiers graves. A majority
Of them were killed in battle
We must here mention one remarlia-
BILE fact: That Company &c" has no
onc-armcd orone.legged survivors, nor
TO we new remember Of amy one of
them having Il limb anal utated. "Old
Brit narrowly escaped.
There were Is killed dead on the
field, and about that number died from
wounds received in battle. We ven
ture the prediction that no other com
pany in the army whose casualties
were SO Great but what has some one
or more onc-armed OF onc-iegged sur
%viyogs; and we are certain no other
company suffered more than the "color
company" We will also state that
there were but few of the members but
what received wounds,
Company &c" furnished the follow
ing acknowledgements and staff ::
Captain }, W. Custer, Qnarlelmaster,
and W. G. Brooks, Commlssary. They
having resigned afterwards, Capt. W..
II. Brannan was appointed Quarter,
mastcr, and Capt. II. W Newman
Commissary. W. E. Watson, who
went out as Orderly Scargent, was
made AdjuJant. Thomas EstiIl was
made Captain in the Engineer Corps.
L, &. Miller was elected Major Of the
list Tennessee Regiment, and after.
wards lost a leg. John G. Brazelton
was appointed a Lieutenant and En-
sign after that office was created by
the Confederate Congress.
The winter of 1862 was spent at
Camp Fisher, on tne Potomac. Who
Of the old company does not remember
the pleasant time we had? Whonow
cares aught for the few hardshIps he
endured We drilled n little, ran
dowa to the river often, thinking the
Yanks were landing, but il invariably
proved a false alarm. Yes,
"Wc marched up the hill,
And Their marched down again"
1t also KEEP; us busy to eat up the
good things sent from home for our
enjoyment, and those boxes generally
contained u sufficient amount OF "old
Lincoln 20 wash it down.
Bully for you, Capt. Brooks" IL
that became rrovelbiai, occur
red in the following manner: George
l~lrxtrr, who joined Company I'll" at
BRISTOL, was in Capt. Brooks winter
quarters. Now, Capt. b. had some
to sell, and among them was a
boxes of sardines. iIcxter con.
he'd try and slip u box or two
n his pockets, which he succeeded in
Now, the Confederate Gov
.rnment being scarce eli goods, made
he pants tgh AMI the pockets small
ShaAOw, in consequence Of which
he shape of the boxes were quite vlsi-
Die. AS Capt Brooks discovered his
oss and saw where il had gone. lac be
IN his most emphatic Saxon, To-
'omn the man who had stolen his sar-
lines. llex;er promptly stepped up, !.
nj pattins Capt. Il. on the back, said l
Bully for you, Capt. Brooks; Id I.
use the man, tao, who stole my sar. ).
ines. | say, Bully for you, Captain !
'roeks." ilexter was afterwards I
'ansicrrcd TO Co. &C." aud afterwards i
, the Navy. We hope his Ii c boat is I
i'll adIift. He was kind aud accom- II
to all. V
During the war soldiers would not 0
I'VE been offended to have been ac. II
lsed of stealing, but the man would i
we fareh badly who wouli have init. $
a,ed that they had the "kleptomania,'' I.
TIAT HoG If
Company &C" was detailed to 90 e
It on picket duty several miles from Ii
mp, and n couple Of the boys con. la
ldcd they'd have some fresh meat eC
Il that night they killed a hog, but tn
they got done With that hog it ,c
Jyed to be a considerable bore. Ar ~
packing it two or three miles they so
ne to their quarters, heated water, be
| began ~ clean him. but lie was en-
nix. and smclt TO Heaven" The clC
not being of a pleasant nature, &c
I ppnsIttln,l IN na..E him pul,r ,h. f,,