Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-01-20
Of the Third Tennes-
see Cavalry.
BY ADJUTANT WILL. A. M'TERR.
SABRE CHARGE AT HILLsBoRo', OF
POND SPRINGS. -

OF hiiisooro' or roma opripg" we met
a cohsiaerao'e iofce OF Inc enemy.
Our advance guard struck thelr PICK
cts ana drove them some distance
Here 1 hope L shall Do pardoned 10
giving another adventure OF my own.
Inc road ran straignt FORWARD 20
creek wherelt was iorueo then DIVIDED
one oranch ruihnnning uown on Tue ospA !
or the crseK, WnHe the other kepI
straight forward over q steep RISE st
the TOP Of which the ground recede ed
6ok ~, ,,.s,, snao eo,,,o
s s 80 - - 80 -.
nIty yaras, wnere psgan one Oh those
marshy swamps 30 common In parts OF
Alabama and Mis,Issinpi. Through
49,. . oad h.d ~, ,h,ow,
'his swami Pa ioau na'u osen 'nioN
up, oeing something near quarter OF
mile In length and to all appear
ances nerfectIv strajyht. On either aide
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IL was oossy WIN "'nioA uhue'sio~'h
80 that II was about impossible for
ANYTHING, and entirely so for a horse
80 vi, ,ha auano ,.r,. 40,
-,
UP a~keen nlinS auu Euhhins Aght
Just before they came to this creek. l
mt spurs ana al arted to ioin them. Oae
~ o,r man a,a bts horsa wara down
49,
IN Inc ioru OF the CREEK anu rom my
hssty observation, both appeared to be
dead, Another one of our men and
his borsa wera sleo dawn In a o,,iv
aoous naii way up We Steep fise ~
front. This misled me 80 that ] did
not notice the road running down the
creek, which our advance had taken,
but surprising they had gone straight
forward 1 Pressd 10 that direction
Coming up near our man down with
hls horse In the gully, he extricsted
himself, ami rising to his feet
neld up his pistol before me with the
cylinder out OF It. AS he did so he
exclaimed, {" They have ruined my
pistol, killed my horse and shot me,
but d-n them, they have made moth.
ing" 80 II was. a ball from the enemy
had knocked the cylinder from his
pistol his morse was dead ana ne hs1
hesh Woubo ~ tne snouldeI. 4
spent no time with nim' put ga'ioped
TO the Top OF the riuge. 10 my great
surprise there was not olue coat To be
seen; whiie ABOUT thfee h9pdreu fentis
stood IN froLt CT me. L nIeu AT tbem
and called al the top OF my voice,
FORWARD Ihey ulu nov even re,
turn the nre out began retreStihg.
thoagnt ~ was olg thins 70 chase 30
many OF the enemy, ana surprising
S1i. frosser was oiose psh.nd me, l
followed them as last as my morse
coulu carry me, ali tue Time nrlng ana
calling out, FORWARD Forward 4
followed them through on that thrown
up road, until they were about TO
emerge from the opposite side OF the.
swamp. here about twenty OF them
halted, turned facing me, raised their
guns, taking aim at me! L looked
around FOR help. Ihere was not bluS
coat In sight! 10 run was utter foily,
since the roao was perIeclIy stralght
and they would nave iair aim at my
pacK as lar as their guns Would hoia
up. The situation appeared desperate,
and there was no Time Tor discussion.
MY horse appeared to take In our con-
dition as quickly as qua, so turning
on the relns ana touchIng MIN with
the spur, he iesped as ! never had
morse toIeap before or since, stopping
penlnq clumpoi uense unaerglowtn
ana there az uatteo raopit.
was thus pretty well concealed, out
they hFed at me ana the balls cut the
twigs around me at lively rate. AT
length Capt. Meade, or the Tenth ln'
diana, with his Company, came 10 my
relief We then drove them again Tor
some distance, when they enueavoreu
to make a stand. Prosser thereupon
ordered charge. and away went the
boys In blue. They could not stand
this, SO another precipltous retreat on
their part followed, while we pressed
them close. 10 this light, Capt. u. Il.
Wallace again Killed some three or
four men with MS pistol whiie the re-
doubtable Lieutenants, john W.
Andes and John Y. Hale with their,
sabres, gave bloody wounds TO many
as was their custom IN every engage
ment, Oid captain meade, OF
the Tenth Indiana, too, ala
gallant service: he cnanceu 10
get after hoddy nlmseii ana sue
ceeded In getting MS nat. That
night we stage In about one mie or
Courtlapds EHE.b B5.fF Il
1t will perhaps not be considered
amiss here to refer to an incident OF
battle in a sadder train Of thou ght.
The ground had been hard frozen, but
the sun had come out and tina wed the
snrfana nntii thara waa ahnut a half