Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-11
"reminiscences of the Second Tennes-
see Cavalry.
NO. XXXVII.
BY LIEUT.. JNO. w. ANDES.

BY LIEUT.. JNO. w. ANDES.
The regiment remained at Vicks-
burg on post duty, the writer being
on duty at the Provost Marshal's office
at the Court House, until the 3rd day
of May, when, with Capt. Fetch.
Wallace and sixty mounted men, we
were SEN with Col. Jackson, of the
9th Indiana, and 200 men, on the
steamer Z. II. Fairchild, down the
Mississippi river to Rodney. From
| there we went out TO Port Gibson. On
the 4th Of May, in company with Capt.
Owens, OF the Ninth Indiana; Lieut..
Still, of the Fourth Missouri, and
Capt. Fletcher Wallace, of the Second
Cavalry, VT went with a scout of 200
men to Galiatin, Miss, fifteen miles,
and returned 10 Port Gibson the same
day. We remained there until 3 %. N.
on the 5 h. when quite a number of
COnfederates, under General Taylor,
came in under a flag Of truce and sur
rendered. We left Port Gibson and
returned TO Rodney, while Col. Cook,
with 800 |dismOunted men, went to
Fayette, sixteen miles away. On the
7th of May hOstilities ceased, and or
ders were Issued not to bring on an
engagement.
GA the 8.h, We were ordered on the
boat to go up the river, but met
another boat before we had gone far,
bearing special orders for US TO remain
at Rodney, and We returned and dis.
embarked on the Oh. The writer
with twenty-five men PAS sen out to
a little town called Greenevilie, with
orders TO go 10 the residence of all old
gentleman named Scott, about five
miles from the village. We reached
our destination ana my men were
halted and ordered to get their din
ner and not to disturb private prop
erty. In company with James SmIdGy
L went TO his house and found the Old
man very bitter. l told him we had
not come to harm him, but simply to
tell him that the Confederate forces
had laid down their arms, that the
war was over, aud that nothing was
left but to yield allegiance TO the Fed
eral Government. His daughters
came out aud turned loose a perfect
1ood-gate Of abuse upon US. When
We tO1u ALEEl ALCS "CiS HUN HaSI
Tennessee, their anger appeared 10 in
crease. Not satisfied with heaping
abuse upon Us, East Tennessee Union
soldiers, they denounced the COnfed-
crate soldiers from our part OF the
State as being 10 account, and even
abused the women of East Tennessee,
who, as they said, degraded them
selves by work. As for Themselves,
they boasted that they had never done
a days work i'll their lives and never
intended 10, they said. They said the
coppeTas~bFeechgs Iennesseeans Of
neither army would ight-.hat they
were As Ignorant as hogs, and muc0
more of the same sort.
We bid them adieu and returned to
Rodney. On the lob, Captain
Wallace was sent out scouting.
On the 1lth, the Niuth
Indiana returned from Vicksburg. On
the Il h we turned all OuJ stock over
to the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, and
then plSc8I our little squad on the
steamer e. II. FaiIchil0, bound for
Vlcks5urg, at which place we arrived
at s a. N. the next day, accompanied
by the Fourth Missouri. The sane
day George Nc Butler died in the
city hospital. He was a gallant boy
and belonged I o Company K. The
writer entered on duty again at the
Provost Marshal's headquarters.
On tbs l5.h General War
rem assumed command Of the
post. o the Is b, q Texas brigade of
cavalry came in aud went into camps
near Us. They were poorly clad and
destitute Of rations The latter were
supplied. They were a fine looking
body of men physica ly, and showed
evidence of hard service. They cursed
j fl Davis and the Confederacy as the
source OF ali thei: woes. On the I7.h,
they Were furnished with rations and
sent up the Red river on a govern
ment transport, OF their way to their
homes. On the IS h, We turued over
our ordinance STOKES. Oar stay here
Oegan 10 grow irks0me, but We were
kept lively By myriads OF gnats and
mosquitoes that kept Us fighting ali
lie "a Mil a-y discipline b; gan
10 relax somewhat and I'll were
anxious to get home.