Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-18
"reminiscences Of the Second Tennes-
see Cavalry.
BY LIEUT.. JNO. W. ANDES.
NO. XI.

When We arrived at Kingston, We
were in great glee, and hoped We
might go home, if for only a short
time. Blu. lhis was about the time OF
the siege at Knoxville. The country
was in q good deal Of uprOar, and
every man was needed az his post. A
/ few went home wilho4G leave. When
we received orders to so 10 Nashville,
! il was with sad hearts and great dis
aDpointment. Bat "tne boys" were
/ to faithful to the cause in which they
/ had enlisted 10 falter, even in the face
| of such sore disappointment, and they
again turned their backs on their
long sought homes. The majority of
the regiment were in one days ride Of
their homes. but it was not time for
d0iging. Determined 10 prove true to
cur obligations, we struck camps on the
Sd day Of Decem Der, 1868, bid King
sjon and the kind people of tina, VI
entity adisu aud took up our line Of
march for Nashville. We crossed
Ciuch river and went by way Of Dry
Cove, across Walden's Ridge and the
head of StquaChee Valley 10 PikeyilIe,
near which place We crossed the Cum
berlsnd Mountains and arrived at
collins river December 10Th, where
we remained two days.
On the second night, the writer, in
company with Capt. w. w. Mon =
gomeTy, Capt. r. n. Wood, Can't. E.
NJ. Wynn, Lieutenant J. A. Mont
gOmeTy aud Lieut.. r. r. Locket, staid J
a. the private dwelling house Of a Mr.. |
HUI. he was strong Southern man, |
but treated US very klndly-gave Us |
plenty TO eat, good beds to sleep IL |
and good stables for our horses. Dur |
ing he night our horses were stolen,
except mat of the writer, and |
but for the fact that he was crippled |
he wOHld have been also. We had |
been caught in trap, and were about |
as badly sold as any set Of officers |
have ever en-. We were - mile
from camps aud before we gOt word 10
he cOmmsnd had started
fOr McMiunvilie. We took after them,
carry log Saddles on cur backs, bat
soon mounted again. We passed
through McNiuuvIil= December 18th,
anu then Oh via SmijnViiie, Liberty
aud Alexandria 10 Lebanon, where
We aITIed on the II n. We remained
here uutll The 2ls., hen We went ou
10 Nashville.
Here we were mounted and equipped
for the great Mississippi Taid, 2uo,
3ri, and On Tennessee Cavalry |
being put ia the same BRIGADE, /
cUmmauued at the time by Col. |
ID. NJ. Roy, Colonel Of the
second. All the cavalry was well /
mounted, indeed il was given = that |
the Tennessee Brigade wa3 the best
mounted brigade OF cavalry that had
ever gone out OF Nashville. On the
27Jh Of December, our brIgAue march
Ell Ou- on the Hulsboro' pike. Ga the
25.n " passed through Hui bOrO', and
on 10 COlumUia, The centre Of one Of
the finest agricultural regions of The |
state or Tue South. We remained in
camp near here uLtu January 3, 1864
" hIIe here he Wtal her ue came III
teuseiy cold. On the 3IaJ o. Deem
beF5 III the morning, the 10 was
=. arm aud raining. Ia the afternoon
the wind commenced blowing, and the
ar Uegau 10 tuTu cold, III al nOur IL
was showing, aud % 5 p. m, every
taIug wa- IL. ZaI s,I1I. TIE storm was
very violent. Our dog Jgu.sn were
ulowu oUan, iius we're oiJwH cue
auG na ~.te let expo, u
.u .L- f.,sZ..- Storm. Mex
o. ,icArs, were found Fuzsu 10 DEAN.
a ially II MUeT OF troops were III auu
stouuu Columbia, and jne storms auu
-uu,leu ne H,.u I,fa ine iutuuIkes
eiunus. Iu4 .sa--aO e. O. ,uuday, the
q 81 ) ahusit, tue euliTe DBs4de
;iUssSg DaCh River 1910 Columbia, ,ur
b, ,a,hsr cautiuuta : extremely cold,
.se WtBd D3OHiug auu snow faIllHk.
sa.. U1gn1 We ToacneG 1ne village ui
u PigasanI. ne next day, ~ t wvnl
80 W - IL UuTo, aud i,uln tuege 10 s.
unt.au, uu tu- lruuesar~ River. lie
mp tTu4u Nashville here was "a
I4s,ss aTaUio o.e. Ca uccDuGL OF the
g r,. ht.i AID ii { 30 z Il Iuats. o. Iut
',r If 81. IS, w crossed lue It>zI
- "a steamer aud passed over tny
.lme presented Z. gln,my Appearance.
Iue Uyuury round aD u. Iur miles
p.esTeu 4. be laII waite. We weot
- COM. a, W iSS., anu could hardly |
g. cue Iced iOr our uuTsts. COIlnu.
= as = sinai llaEs OF NOT more tnaH
our ar hundred inHatILau3 s.
most Ut Juem not nome w e re-
. AIMED nel, uutl January 1l-h.
, iru we went Oh sue Gals 10 Middle !
3., Iruu., "A -it5'anc- OF LpvHty-
aTee mites. Ga tne L IA ue marched
% l. GTauGe. At tuIs place We were
r.ueJ by Jue y d IndIaga, ) n Ken
ucKS auG d Regular Cavalry Ga
hs I4.u we vent t. C#l!ieTviile Oy
suS 4 Nolj Hytr. The weather hau
.gEuH 10 moderate by Tins lime aud
~ encountered :, 0Tia ur Hud. Col.
Ray Ier, Us az Columbia ana went
Dsck To Na-hsille, after u uich tns
arf gade wa commanded 10y Col. J i
NJ. Inarubur-n, OF Gle 4 Ii Tennessee
Cavalry, lu J!I- place. H~ry CI. ,
D., cCr-IIs, Of tue u Illinois GALAXY,