Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-07


might be well 10 notice. GA one oc'
ca~i0U, for come purpose. the regime III
! was sent cut to Triune. AT noon
/ halt was made FOR dinner, feedihg
/ horses and rest. This was at iarm
/ h,u.a where there was considerable
f,rspa for the horses, and quite lot
OF poultry. The fowls were provided
with a house for roasting made Of logs,
while the door was quite small, just
Urge enough for agoodsized man 10 get
through end foremost. Soon after The
halt, some of the boys made an attack
on the chickens. Ad. Wilson, who
has been mentioned before, was close
after hen. The lady OF the house
could not bear this, so she got out
after AID. The hen sought refuge ia
the poultry house, and Ad., close after,
just got his head and shoulders in at
the little door, when the woman
caught him by the cotton knobs on
the back of his cavalry jacket. The
scene was ludicrous in the extreme.
Wilson was not the man to yield, ara
the woman was evidently one Who
was determined. He would force his
body partly INFO the house, when she
would renew her force and jerk him
back, and thus they remained for sew
eral minutes, first one pulling and
then the other jerking, while the boys
stood off cheering sometimes one and
then the other, and all almost
bursting with laughter. But Al.
didn't get the chicken-the first and
last Time he was ever known to fail.
On another occasion the Second and
Third Tennessee and Fourth Indiana
Cavalry were sent some distance on
the country, across Stone River, of
course, since one crosses that river on
almost any road leading from Muir
freesbOrO'. There had been q heavy
rain, and the river was swollen. Just
above the ford there was a mill aud
dam, while just below there had been
q bridge and great rock pillars were
yet standing. The stream being very
rapid, the water poured over the dam
with an angry, roaring sound, and
gathered in heaps, then, as if piled on,
It's pent up fury burst and dashed
along with great force. AS dangerous
a. IL was, the soldiers plunged their
horses into it. The crossing had to oe
made very slowly and carefully to pre-
vent the horses being washed down
the stream, and with all the care sew
ersl were carried with their riders
down around the stone pillars. 1t APP
peared that ii would be be impossible
for lie to last through the angry
suges around those pillars. The force
of the water threw horses and riders
apart. Some three or four of our boys
were struggling in these angry bill
lows, their comrades who were on the
bank stood in b.eathless silence, men
tally bidding adieu TO them, whom TO
help seemed only TO perish. Just a.
this jUncture one of the Fourth In
diana, wearing 8 long OveTcOat, having
his sabre belted around him, leaped
into the river with all his accouIre-
20, saEsd --ri 80 -.aine q the eIro
ing men rescued every one, aud
brought them to the bank; then,
his horse as if nothing had |
took his place in his regi- |
nent
The railroad from Nashville to Muir |
ressboro' had been torn up, so cOur- |
eT line vas established, with stations |
few miles apart, at which places d |
lOr-e was kept saddied and q soldier
eady, so that when courier was seen |
coming the horse was mounted and |
lOthIDg was TO do but pass the dis.
JaIch from one hand to another, and !
he fresh horse went away at whatever
peed was written on the envelope.
n this manner communication |
ould DE sent through in q TemaTka-
'ly short time. 1t was q dangerous
erVlce, on account of the guerrillas
aiding in on these posts. a portion
4 our regiment was assigned to this
.usy while at Murfreesbnro, and on
he 9Th of May, 1863, the regiment
tarted from MurfreesboTo' back to
last Vile, there TO make headquarters
While il had charge of this line,
'ivouacing at Lsvergne and the next
lay arriving at Nashville. Camps
we're pitched on the slope of the hill
below st. Cecilia Academy,on the side
leXt the city. Supplying the corner
tatiOns reduced the number of men in
amps considerably, but enough was
eft 20 make expeditions against the
,ueTTillaS and wackeIs around in
he country. They continued TO make |
aids upon our courier stations aud |
capture our boys, some Of whom
we're taken 10 Libby and other prisons.
n this connection it might be well TO
tale that prior to this time Captain
). t. Harris, of Company ID, and Cap,
ain Anderson +. Carson OF Company
;, had each returned, but separa ely
Iud at different times into East Ten
Iessee, each were captured, and, il
Vas reported, placed in chains. Capt.
iarris, after so long . time and
great suffering, was discharged,
Jut not in time to Join his
Company. Capt. Carson never
'eturned. The manner Of his death
for he certainly came TO his DEATH was
never known, except stray reports said
le either died or was executed in
Libby.
On the z2nd of June, 1868, the regi-
nent was stricken with sorrow at the
Heath by drowning of Sergeant John
4. McCullOch, of COmP8ny b. While
)athiDg in Cumberland river, not
understanding he was q good swim mer, |
lie suddenly fiOundered and sunk.
His body was not found until .he next
lay. He was an Elder in Eusebia
Church, and one of the
ew taen who took his religion into
amps with him and Kept it there in
lis daily walks. The whole regiment
Is pected and loved him so that his
Iuimely death brought universal sOr-
ow and mourning. The boys of the
egiment contributed very freely and
fought metallic coffin, then had the
emains temporarily inferred in the
cemetery at Nash vile, until they could
re sent home W hen the war shOuld |