Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-26

No.. xxYIII..
/. By LIEUT.. JNo. W. ANDES.

O0r last Ieft US on the ralfr0ad near
Ala, on the 3rd day of De-
1884, We remained in camp
there until the 9th, when we were or
dered back to r. occupy the line OF rail-
road between Stevenson and Decatur.
Wegtook up our line of march and es-
tablished our posts. Six miles back OF
Bellefonte we captured Elk men. On
The 9Th or December we went TO Lar
k,usyille and on the 7thto Paint Rock
Bridge. a short time after arriving
there tle enemy ran a train to the OPP
posiee end of the bridge from
wlaefs we were posted, but
their mistake, reversed
the engine and returned faster than
they came. On the 9Th, Lient. Webb,
Capt. FISHER. OF the 10Th Indiana
Cavalry, and the writer, with a small
of men, went out ten
miles in the direction Of Huntsville,
came in contact with the enemy,
captured twelve prisoners and killed
and wounded number. We returned
20 camps without loss. On the b a
company of forty of the 10Th Indiana
went out, were surprised and captured.
Maj. McBath, with two hundred men ,
went9in pursuit OF their captors the
next day, but failed to find them. On
the morning of the 18Th. COL Prosser
sent o company Of tue 10Th Indiana
out scouting, who soon returned anu
rox1 oh hn swrcp
In force. Boots aud saddles" sound
ed and in o short time every man was
in bis saddle and in line of battle. The
writer was ordered to report at the
Colonels headquarters, where he, with
q detail of one hundred men, was or
.dered out On,the Huntsville road to as
certain the strength of the enemy. IL
possible, and-report back. A Captain
in the Tenth Indiana.s with his conn
pany. was ordered to report and obey
my instructions. / called the Colonel's
attention TO the fact that the Captain
ranked me, but he replied he had been
sending = those Id fellows out and
he believed they had been reporting
iies-he wanted to see whether it W as
that way or not" He told the Captain
to fall In the rear OF the Second Caval.
~. subje TO my orders. We started
at aquEck pace, and after riding at ful
speed for two miles We came upon the
enemy's pickets. charged and
drove in their videttes, and
came within three hundred yards
Of the reserve, which was stationed Ia
q little ravine. The command was
halted, and the Second being in adj
waited for thes. Indianians to
come up, Z Presently they came up,
the Captain awearing that we would
Ill be captured five went any farther,
and that, we had already come farther
thana Waswere ordered. The Tennessee
boys cried, FsCharge7 them, -Lieuten-
ant, and let the Captain and bis men
go back If they whit Soon we were
going iike birds flying, and yelling
every jump. We were in the enemy's
camp before he had time To form his
lines aud they were flying In every
d Erection. About half the Indiana
troops had been left behind. We
charged the enemy about five mile,
forty prisoners and killing
and: weundingseverai. - - E
: Before we returned the Indiana
boys, VINO had preceded us, reported
hat we were all captured, and Col.
Prosser was-co coming out with
1isscommand To- see about
t. They met US all right,
almost every man guarding prisoner!
md then cheer after cneer went up
,long the lines. Tue Colonel was too
angry to do anything but swear at the
lDdianains for making false report.
We were not troubled after that. H
In the mean time, Gen. Thomas
had attackep Gen. Hood at Nashville
and on The 18Th and 18th had gained
me of the most decisive victories of
he war. A portion of our regiment
vas In that fight, which will be writ-
en- up by Lieut.. John Murphy, one of
he participants.
On the 10Th, Gen. Steadman arrived
It Paint Rock with 10000 men and
,amped here that night. o. the Goth
he entire army started out for Hunts
vile. We ran on regiment of Con
cavalry in the head of the
tennessee river and they escaped only
Dy swimming the river We remained
d camp at Flint river until IL O'Clock
1t night, hen we started and daylight
Fonndi Jus 10 ,Huntsville,2 where we
six prisoners. The weather
nadF become cold aud stormy. We. re,
% aiped at Huntsville until the 22nd,
when Lieut.. John G. Hale and myself
we're sent out on the Athens road, 10
miles, on scout. We captured Capt.
Cooley, a young Confederate officer of
he Engineer Corps. He was an in.
elligent gentleman. We came upon
linn at the mouth of q lane, neither
party knowing anything of the other
lntii we were in ten PAGES Of each
,thsr. He surrendered without resist
.nce. He had been home to see his
was on his way to rejoin his
He was we'll supplied with
money and clothing aud was riding
splendid horse. When We turned him
over to the authorities at Huntsville,
ne was cordial In his thanks to us for
our kind treatment. Afterwards, in
July, 1866, while on the street one day
in front of the Commercial Hotel in
Nashville, he slapped me on the shout.
der. turned and recognized him.
He told how he bad been exchanged
and had laid down his arms. never
again to take them up against
he I'd az OF his country. He
was again profuse in his thanks
10 myself and Lieut.. Hale. for
bur treatment of him. He was
hen residing ia the city of Nashville
md was engaged in the banking bust
Jess. He, together with great many
,ther Confederstes, appeared to have
he idea that If captured the Yankees
would maltreat and perhaps kill them.
Ny next will give an account of the
Engagement at Indian Creek Cave, be.
ween the Second aud guerrillas on the
I'D of December. 1864.