Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-31

terSVllle-tlll early In september. Inc
weather being very damp and cold,
and the location of the encampment
being exceedingly unfavorable to
good health, many of the men died
of malarial and typhoid fevers, The
large and fearful daily increase of the
sick list in the Regiment caused the
commander to seek some method of
ameliorating the condition of his men.
Accordingly Col. Savage applied to
Gen. Donelson for authority to re-
move his encampment to a better pO-
sition, on high and dry ground, and
as an inducement, presented the re-
port of the Surgeon of the Regiment,
showing the rapid increase of sick
ness in his regiment in its present
encampment. Gen. Donelson refused
to comply with Col. Savage's request,
either through a belief that his COM
mand would be moved to the front
in day or so, or through a desire to
exercise his own pleasure in the mat
ter. AS sanitary measure in behalf
of his regiment, Col Savage proceeded
to remove his regiment to better
encampment on his own responsible
ty. On the 23d day of August the
tents were struck and the regiment
was removed to a hillside about three
quarters of a mile distant, where the
men were more comfortable. The
Sth Tennessee regiment, seeing the
wisdom of Col. Savage's course,
changed its encampment also, and in
a few days Gen. Donelson moved his
headquarters to the hillside, near the
headquarters of the 10th regiment.
The wisdom of the move thus inau-
gurated was self-evident. The sick
ness of the regiment rapidly abated,
and the men remained at their hill
side encampment until the 9th dAy OF
September, when they were ordered
to Valley Mountain, together with
all the troops of Gen. Donelson's Bri-
gade.
The sick and convalescent of the
regiment were left at Huntersville
with DR.. G. X. Mauzy, and on the
morning of September 9th the regi
ment was in line and on the march
to report to Gen. Loring, at Valley
Mountain. The march on the 6tl
was pleasant, though it lay along 6
narrow and fertile valley, bounded or
the right and left by lofty and almost
perpendicular mountains, the valley
merely in the shape of trough, anC
the mud was deep and disagreable
On the evening of the 9Th the regi
ment encamped in tributary valley
at a place known as Camp Edra
Here the men received fresh beef 0
the very best quality, but had no salt
Rich, fat and juicy, the men ate i
with their bread, and on the mornin,
of the 18th the column moved onward
and arrived in the evening at Ri,
Spring. At o'clock on the mornin!
of September Sth, the regiment tool
-, up its line of march through fertil
, region of country, wading the mu'
and leaving behind the tents ant
heavy baggage, proceeded onwar'
through the day, arrived at Vale,
Mountain in the evening, at tn
headquarters of Gen. Loring.
The commissary wagons arrive
at late hour Of the night, and tn
= men were ordered to prepare fiv
> days rations and be ready to marc
at daylight of the following morning
=, On account of the scarcity of commits
sary stores in that quarter, resultin
from limited transportation and ba
= roads, the men were not encumbere
!, with heavy rations, their five day,
V supply being scarcely sufficient to d
l. them two full days, yet it was tn
e best that could be done under the eli
n cumstances, and the soldiers, wit
IS their rations in their haversack
l. with forty rounds Of ammunition i
II their cartridge boxes, and their SUI
:, plus baggage left with the trains, al
l. peared in line on the morning of tt
it 10th, on the summit of Valley Moul
tain.
J. At this place Donelson's Brigat
Is was joined by the I'd Tennessee Br
d gade, under Brig. Gen. S. r. Ande
II son. This Brigade was composed
IS the 1st Tenn. Regt., under Col. &c
le Nancy, the 4th Tenn. Regt., und,
a Col. Forbes, and the 18th Tenn. Regt
', under Col. Robt. Hatton. The fly
Y Tennessee regiments were thu
Y. brought together on the morning
S the 10th, in the face Of defiant al
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