Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-03-03

timely arrival of Hills Division,
would have been lost. The day
following the battle of Antietam,
we remained in position, holding
the ground from which the enemy
had been driven. AT this point Dr.
d. +. Wright resigned the office OF
surgeon, and was succeeded by Dr.
Emery. On the 18th OF September
the army slowly retired across the
Potomac. Arriving on the Virgin
ia side, the Regiment had not set
tied in camp before it was again
ordered out, and took part in the
battle of ShepherdstOwn, (the enc
my having followed US across the
river). In this battle the Regiment
as in other engagements. acted with
conspicuous gallantry, driving ev-
erything before it. The enemy was
routed, driven into the river, and
to their list of killed, was added the
names of numbers drowned. After
the battle of Antietam and Shep-
herdstown, the enemy changed his
base of operations, appearing In
force on the Rappahannock river
opposite Fredericksburg, Va.
The army of Northern Virginia
was still in his front, occupying the
heights in the rear of the town. In
this position we remained compara-
lively quiet until the 18th of Decem-
Der, when the enemy under Gen.
Burnside moved across the river
and attacked our forces. In this
battle fredericksburg the Tennes-
see Brigade, commanded by Col. T.
Turney, held the extreme right OF
the infantry line. The enemy adj
vanced in three lines of battle,
across an open field some half mile
in width, with lines as evenly
dressed, and step as regular as
thoughOn dress parade. Lieut.-Col.
Lockert, who commanded the Reg
iment in this action, ordered his
men to hold their fire until the word
was given.
In breathless silence we waited
until the front line of the enemy
reached point not fifty yards dis
tant from our battle line, when, the
command being given, the work OF
death began. Line after line was
hurled against the Tennessee Brig
ade, only to be hurled back again
broken, disorganized and routed
, In this action the loss of the l4tf
r Tennessee, though severe, was small
when compared with the terrible
punishment inflicted upon the enc
: my. Col. Lockert, aliOdys 61dUe, OF
I this occasion won the admiration o
the entire command by his gallant
ry in the fight. Col. Pete Turney
: commanding the Brigade, was Sc
8 yerely wounded early in the action
e 1t is proper here to state, that il
# his advance, the enemy effected
g breach in the line to the left of tn
e Tennessee Brigade, taking the lat
o Tennessee in rear, causing for atm
some confusion and resulting in tn
capture of some of our men. Tn
d enemy, however, was driven bac
s. with great slaughter and the breac
y speedily closed.
e With the battle of Fredericksbur
/. the active work of the army close
d for the winter. In the spring {
T. 1863, the I4th Tennessee again foun
\. itself confronting the enemy on tn
n field of Charlottesville. On tn
@ lst day of May, 1863, it moved wit
le Jackson's corps around the flank
d Hooker's army, and took an actiN
n part in the battles OF the I'd and 3
n of May, fighting gallantly and losin
1t heavily in kille'i and WOUNDED
n When the Regiment was witt
50 drawn from the lines in front
Sc Charlottesville to participate
r this movement, two of its comp
I'd nies, to wit: Co. "H," commando
IL by Capt. w. S. Moore, and Co. 81
ne commanded by Capt. A. p. ColliI
~ and Lieut.. Thos. Herndon, we
IN left on the skirmish line in front
to the enemy's works. These tv
1g companies remained in this POI
h, ton, skTrmishing with the enem
IT. until o'clock p. M, when th'
Sc were relieved by other troops, al
ok ordered to rejoin their Regiment
n now several hours in advance
he them-with all possible haste.
IL executing this order these comp
at nies were much retarded, the ro
mt being blocked with artillery al
tie wagons, and there being much co
Dr. fusion in the trains, as the enen
In was pressing and threatening th'
MS capture. They moved forwal
on however, with great difficulty, a
he after marching several miles, we
,as requested by some officers of ART
as lery (who had hastily unlimber
he their guns), to halt and supp'
i'm their Batteries, and assist in drivi
we back the enemy. "a Regiment
eat Georgia troops which had accom-
of MED the trains for their protectiC
eg- had been completely rousted by
re, enemy and were flying in dism
civ and confusion.) The two cOmpan
rye quickly formed their lines on
vas left of the Batteries, and after
Or stubborn fight of nearly an hou
len duration, succeeded i'm driving bf
Ic- the enemy, thus saving the ent
on train of wagons and artillery VIII
.ris otherwise, must have fallen into
at.- hands of the enemy.
lel. The train having been reset
cen from danger, the companies
ced sumed their march and joined
H. Regiment in bivOuac at II o'cl'
osi- that night, being just in time
at move with the Regiment, to its
an sstion in the line, and to particip
Der, in the general engagement VIII
iers took place on the morning foll'
mia ing