Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-23
AT TER WHEEIER--CAPT RE OF CAP
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AFHER INTERNATIONALLY BE OF CAP
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Our brigade started ont early again
on the morning of September 6th.
1854, and the advance came up with
" hesleFs rear at Lawreneeburgs
Ten nessee. A sharp fight followed. IN
which several men were killed and
Wounded. sHeres imposing along
rapidly from our coium a. PIP to the
scene Of action, CHANGED to pass a
yeang a eafedesste, iR@the bloom Of
youlfl-s fnesiooking bog, strnggling
10 he agenies Of dsAth a0nl wound be
had onIy 81 few ndlnenta before re-
ceived. Near his body there was a
Feoloreds mac lespipgsnd rejoicing over
Che sad aspectsc'e before him. Ffom
what, could learn in passing, the ool-
ored man knew him, and felt that he
had received .. great injury at the
haads Of he young mkas J Ih wasS .
touehing and sad scene, and the more
so. beeadee such bitter hatred was
manifested towards one whose soul
was tax ,ng it's fight to appear befose
the Great Avehger of all wrongs.s
20 Passing Eawrenceburg, Wheeler be-
came so stubborn it. required Q svhele
fegimens 90 the sklrmish line IN trent,
the regiments Of our brigade taking
| thsspiaesEaltefaatelyNs -. nj
en- thts TN we passed through Lex
tin gton ana n geisgiAsf Alas,ama. w It'll
tbub little skirmishing. On the 8ih
4 we9wens intoAAihens; and there meet
ing General Rosseau. started out
4 again. the Third. Tas gsent ION ahead,
sue. on the .9Sb, ak-Shoal Creek came
up with the Febels, strongly barri-
eaded snd shoE iag d dltm determine
| ton TO give battle. A not fight fol
foYed and JfUrssonle tins the regiment
cSufd not aavaAce because or Superior
numbers aud The great advantage ia
the ground. AT length the battery
cane p ps and fence rails don't make
much of fort to stand bshild when
the g - astilieIyatO face, 30 the rebels
moved on again. On the 10h the
Command artiged- III El0reEce, a lively.
pace Gesr lhe Tennes. ee River. Maj.
Pickehs with his battalion went gu,
towards Sthe river, conhoiteriag
They were getting along finely until
the rebels fred salute of several
gans from the southern side of the
flEer, ahdsSdnfortunately had their.
guns pOinting towards the Mai r's
bstts hon: The balls passed right
| over fheir hesds, and continued to get
closer and 9eiosef while our boys hot
farther and, far,hsr away. until they
Ic1uId not he reached: HThe cAfbines
RCu ID mob hold up TO the rebel guns,
TIE river was bslseen them, so The
rebels bad ALI the flp teathemselEes.
Here an incident occa red on aee8n6t
of which it swsssv always hard
for the Third TO, forgive. Colonel
5paldlng.E J lust as we were.
about ready to leave Florence Col J
Spalding ordered Captain aud thir-
ty men from our brigade TO report to
him. Capt. w. A. Campbell, of com.
pany'"G,n aud thirty men from the
Fhird, wss detailed aud reported. The
Colonel ordered him 10 proceed down
as far asPrIde,s Ferry and see what he
could leaEa~of- the eHemy.-Cek Thorn
Ourgh remonstI ated because it was
siseless for d Captain and thirty men
20 try TO Fl ekt SUCH force as would be
likelyz to guard Wheeler's rear in
serpssfi3g TO Ever. To this Spalding
replied That he didn't want him to
fight, but learn what he could of the
enemy" Thornburgh only answered:
''Sometimes men are compelled to
fight" Col. Miunis sscer.siued the
mission on which Campbell had been
sent and was very angry that his men
should be sent as q sacrifice in such
manuer. We were ordered then to
mount and march back the way We
bad ehnne, leaving the brave Captain
with his little squad below the town,
no one knew where. MtUnis, for
Time, threatened 10 take his regiment
aud bring Campbell out or perish in
the attempt. but bis orders were per-
emptory. Campbell passed down the
road; the rebels saw the small fQuad
aud PLACED regiment In, ambush, 70
sallowing out mem To- peaeeabsy and
quietly pess by them, go as far as they
desirsdg and then, enf their attefn pit to-
reiufh, theyopened fire upon the brave
Captain aJ,ths-same time el0sing the
road around him. Campbell was not
tie man to tlmidly surrender. He
fought with desperation, but f1naily,
being overpOWered and losing his
horse, was compelled to surrender,
aud with him one of ms men, while
Serseants Pifkle and Williams vera
seriously wounded, falling in the
hands Of the enemy. Tns remainder
of the squad succeeded in cutting their
way cut, AID after several days Te-
ported back TO the command
A word Is due TO the women of
Florence. While waiting here in
town one Of our boys, tired and sleepy,
walked out into u garden, laid down
and went to sleep, and did not wake
until the command was gone. He
then supposed that he was "a goner."
But non ESQ! The lady of the house
told him to have ne ( aTl; so she con-
CT aied him In q room in her.house I'M
I'll some1 weeks afieF another Federal
command went to Florence, when she
lsfeluc antly bade him allen TO fejoinl
his company. These wounded men
" ere tax en- eareIofT asif they belonged
TO the families. Ole Of them was
watched over and nuTsed by good
lady day aud night, untiPthe Federals
went there again, And when the
wounded man was put in the ambu-
lance she furnished pillows and black
cts, aud would go along herself IS
far as Shosl Creek to see that he got
along with as little pain ss possible,
then wept when she had to see him
start without her. Whether his was
The movings Of loyalty. magnanimity
or philanthropy, / am not advised: but
be what 1T may, it certainly was com
mendable, aud in this they rose