Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-05
R4m DisCncsS of the Third Tennes-
sea Cavalry.


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we ptrHr,l up ready for ibe MA ch.
VAS evId, Ia -uas- o. l,u. opes sc,
b 4-led For over month we IA
beeu her, whsrz, by climbing 20 81
top Of the mountain, the alley OF uu
own East Tennessee, the III tce al gu
homes, the desrest spot on earth, ~.
spread ont before the eye, ana many
soufn. from home for the first time
from those lofty peaks Looked viii
longing and tearfdi eyes over the val
lev where he left a dear mother, low
ing father, AMI, perchaDce, another
whose n ame he was 10th o speak, ye
the fondest iiol of a tender heart and
MANY father would com fort himself
in day-dreaming of his loved wife and
1 hiz precious liCtla ones, whom he could
/ hear in Imagination prattling the word
! Papa " in their childish plays So
| the homesick heart was ready to faint,
but for the bright anticipation of
marching in a few days, with a tri-
umphant and victorious army, to the
rescue of home and country from the
armed hosts who had driven us by
night to seek shelter under the prOtec-
ton of The flag of our Country.
But now LuiS last comfort is to be
taken away. The picture grows dark
eT. The time for the family reunion Is
placed farther in the distance. So -
longing look with fearful eyes il
cast over that valley, the mountain
homes of so many patriots who
fOTs bOk their families, friends, homes,
property aud left all in the hands aud
al the mercy OF an enemy rather than
fOrsake their country aud the flag of
the Union. The 18th of September
was spent in getting everything in
readiness for the evacuation. How
many that day gave last, lingering
look toward home, never 60 return.
NJ any found their graves far away aud
among strangers, sUme doubtless now
"Uuknowu,' while others
-ieep beneath he ,uTbid waters of the
Mississippi, with not even a hIliock to
marx their last resting llace!
We had exchanged the Harper'5 !
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been dCsl'iu% tue Infantry drlll every |
day -iuCe the attack Un the Gap, as |
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