Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-09-27

arms the words resounded.
S.tor'cord, nag old Bsroade.n
and from that moment victory
perched upon our standard. At
. O'Clock the enemy were routed
and flying back 10 Chattanooga.
Our line of battle was reformed,
arms stacked and our front
covered by a corps of observa-
ton. A prisoner, a commits
stoned officer, being sent back
reported to the acting Adiutant-
General, saying, chad we only
taken that 8 gun battery the
battle would have been ours"
Upon being questioned he said
their instructions were to take
the battery, turn 3 guns upon
each flank and 3 guns upon the
retreating column and with this
success the day would have been
theirs. This battery was sup
ported by this regiment.
Perhaps a more happy set of
men were never seen than those
OF Johnson's Brigade command
ed by the lamented Col. John S.
Fulton. The words of Lt-Col.
Watt w. Floyd of the 18th
Tennessee Regiment were, Gthis
Is oar first victorious .feld,"
shaking hands and embracing
the leader at the time. No CLEAN
Of warriors sword in noon days
sun was brighter than the eyes
of this brave officer as these
words were uttered. The Brig
AIDE after q fierce conflict with
a confident and able foe,
were resting and arms stacked
as only veterans could do. The
next morning we were confident
that Chattanooga was ours and
only until VIC reached Roseville
was it generally known that the
enemy were cntrenched there.
After this battle the 18th Ten
nessee Regiment was consolida-
ted with inc 44th and 55th Ten
ncsscc Regiments. Our next
field was that of Knoxville
where we joined Longstreet's
forces in an attack upon Fort
Saunders. The campaign which
followed in upper East Tonnes
see was among the seyerest of
the war. The lack of supplies
of shoes, clothing and frequent
Iy provisions and the severity
of the season, a hard winter,
told seriously upon the zeal of
some, but there were trac men
and patriots, who proved an en-
durancc equal to the men of
& Valley Forge" 1t was in this
winter campaign after the fight
of Beans Station the writer
saw an officer marching bare
footed and leaving in his frozen
tracks blood marks upon the
snow from his bleeding feet.
This was Lieut.. Randolph of
Co. e, ole Of the best soldiers
of the war.
Being cut off from the army
of Tennessee, the Brigade was
ordered in the spring of 1864
t o Richmond, Va. The writer
having been wounded at Knox
vile wac placed on detached
service under orders from the
Secretary of War. In the spring
of 1864 a letter was received
from Col. John S. Fulton, then
commanding Johnson's Brig
age, at Bristol, a part of which
letter | will read:
CAMP NEAR BRISTOL TENNESSEE,
Adjt. r. G. Cross DEAR
FRIEND Gen. Longstreet has
left for Va. Gen. Buckner is
now in command of the Depart
ment of East Tennessee. Gen.
johnson is still commanding
Gen. Bucknel { Division.
1t is thought that the next
and grandest battle Of the war
will be fought between Lees and
Grants forces in Va. Both
sides are concentrating their
forces. | am in hopes this is
so. If VIC could whip them in
one grand fight | think peace
would soon follow. ] think our
Division will be in it, if the
fight should be a protracted one.
We have no enemy in our inn
mediate front; the Yankees have
not followed us. learn that
there is a small force at Green
vile. / do not think the en-
envy have much force in East
Tennessee--it has either gone
to Chattanooga or Virginia.
This command is enjoying
excellent health. We are now
drilling as hard as we did at
Tullahoma.