Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-27
"reminiscences Of the Second Tennes
see Cavalry.
BY LIEUT.. JNo. W. ANDES.
NO XVIII.

/ out the raHRiln PIKE he next ua9
we passed through Franklin and on
to Spring Hill. .
On the 20;h we reached Columbis
crossed Duck River, and on 10 Linn
vile. On the 22nd we crossed E k
River, and on the 23rd remained in
camos at Pulaski On the oath we
psssed through Athens, Alabama.
The Tnird Cavalry remained at
Athens, while the Second aud Fourth
went on to Decatur. We had a
rough road to travel from Decatur
Juno ion, about three miles before We
reached the tennessee river. We
crossed an extensive swamp. A pr
! ton of the road had been "cOrdu-
! rOyed, while other portions were not,
! but was full of miry places. We got
Through safely however. When We
! reached the river we fOuDd the rail-
road bridge had been burned. Oar
troops were occupying the place and
we crossed the river on pOntoOns and
relieved the Tenth Ohio Cavalry. We
went out the same afternoon and came
in contact with the enemy, on the
CORTLAND road. We had one man
wounded in the mouth. We remained
here until the 9th, when we went
b5ek to MoOresville, Alabama,
a beautiful little town, about
eight miles up the river
from Decatur, in the center of a fine
country. On the 18th we went back
down TO Decatur and then out on the
| CORTLAND road, travelling mostly after
night. We went as far as Pond
| Spring, where we attacked the enemy's
| falr nd in
dawn in the morning. We dashed
right into their camps, surprising
them while asleep, capturing several
| hundred prisoners.
Among the casualties we suffered
was that of our young and popular
Adjutant l.. W. Marshall, who was
MORALLY wounded He and Msj. w.
II. Nc Bath were standing near a large
tree several PAGES IL the rear of the
line. a miDie ball struck him in the
thigh, crushing the bone and severing
the main artery. AS he was in
the act of falling, he was
writer was only a few PAGES distant |
and distinctly heard the ball strike |
him, when he exclaimed, II an |
killed !" / ran to him as quick as |
possible, when we spread some blan- |
kets OH the ground and laid him upon |
them. There was a house near by, |
where We seized yoke of cattle with |
which to send him to the rear, there |
being no better way of sending bim. |
a wagOn-bed was filled with straw, !
upon which we spread blankets and |
upon them laid the suffering man. A |
squad of men was detailed TO accom-
pany him, and they started on their |
weary and sad mission. 1t was very /.
hunf knl "A lnn 10 rrA1., a
very slow. The distance back |
to Decatur was fifteen miles,
and it was eleven O'Clock at
night before il was reached.
he was there properly cared for, but
too late to save him. and he died at
noon the following day. He was orig
inally from Sewer county, son of
John Marshal. His mothers maiden
name was Wear. His parents had
moved TO Georgia before the war, from
where he enlisted in second Cavalry
when about 20 years old. He was
gallant boy aud bid fair TO become a
brilliant officer.
This portion of Northern Alabama
is good country, but at this season
we suffered great deal from heat.
From Decatur We went back TO
MOOresville. During our stay in Ala
bama We had the Seventh Alabama
Cavalry. Col. Patterson, to contend
with. General ROddy, of Confederate
fame, was also here with a COM
mand made up of detachments from
several Commands. The 4th Cavalry
was with US, gallant regiment,
officers and men. We remained in
his rich and beautiful country with
little to do except Craze and feed our
stock until the 9Th of July, when we
orders to turn over our stock
TO the Sgh Indiana Cavalry and the 4th
Tenn essee, after which all the cavalry
except the 2ud Tennessee was sent
down in Georgia to join sherman,
who was advancing on Atlanta. For
some reason that L never understood, 4
We were left here dismounted, doing
in this warm climate, and
some of our men took the chills. On
The llth of July Capt. Easily, Of the !
Ith Tennessee Cavlary, died On
he Goth of July we went to
Decatur, where we were TemOunted.
On the seventh of August Capt.
!. w. Cannon with his company OF {
bout seventy fl re men went out on a {
cout He dashed into q squad of the
nemy, captured several prisoners,
bout twenty horses and large c
mount of arms and equipments. On
be SIh about five hundred picked :
nen started to make tour il the di-
ection of CORTLAND, one of the love.
lest towns we had the pleasure of
eeing. We travelled all night through
he mountains, over rough roads. The z
mountain gorges and laurel thickeis r
we're full of bushwhackers, and nearly
III night they were firing from their
,laces of concealment upon cur NOV
ng columns. At daylight we found f
urselves at Pond Spring, about five
niles from CORTLAND. We also
Ound about five hundred
ebels there. We ran into and 1
them, capturing fifty pris- q
ners. We continued our charge into II
driving everything before
8. The town is on beautiful slope,
nth streets well laid eff, curbed and c.
God sidewalks, and shaded with
,alawba trees, well pruned and cared
Or, Everything wore an air of COM
,rt. The country surrounding is
opulated with we'll to do formers, all ! =,
Z whom were Southern sympathizsrs.
We remained here on the 10th, and n
ent scouting parties out all over the
ountry, for the purpose of gathering 4
p stock, while headquarters were Z
ept in town with a guard sufficient T,
D guard the stock. The writer. ce
nth q small squad OF men, was bl
snt out on picket at night at the ford
little creek near town. A squad !
f the enemy got in behind Us aud I'M =