The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-08-10
Written for the Spirit.
A NARRATIVE OF THE HISTORY
- OF THE-
I I q t h q. ". T.,
Personal Adventures of c. .Eberle,
OF Co. G. During the War of the
Rebellion, as Cleaned from His
Personal Memoirs.

oioO tuiuiUzs uNtCTSu muco ouu
camred near Germantown. 10.h, chsn 2.
ed camp. ll'h, building Fireplace 10
our tent. l2ih, heavy firing jr our front.
18th, lying idle; l4'h. very cold 18th.
living idle; 18th. cut fnrsRing snd trav,
eled 16 miles; 17'h, lying idle; 18th.
marched 18 miles and camred Of Ope.
quan station. also raining; l9:b, moved
our camp; 20,h. huilding aoor and Ere
place 10 our tent; 2ls, raining I'D, very
cold, also sn,mins; 23d. very cold. 2ltb.
Thanksgiving Dsy. We were able to
celebrate the day in good old fashioned d
Northern style. % the folks at home had
heen ,houph,tsl enough % srnd us come
fine poultry 25'h, building log cabin j;
26th, working at our cabin. and uoticin.
troops passing 90 the cars; 9Th, lying
idle; 2Stb, moved into our ssaDtv 29th,
sent box oil nicknacks home; 30th, frs,
passenger train moved over the rpsd to
Winchester, since the commencement Of
ths war.
Dec Lying idle; ID. out forsging
for turkey; 81, paseing OF the 9Th army
corps on cars; 4tb, passing OF another
squad Of troops; 5,h. lying idle; 9Th,
went on the grand round last night 7,h,
lying idle; S'h, very windy; 9 b. more
troops passed to-day 10th. heavy snow
storm; ll,b, very cold; 18th, 18th, 14th.
and 18th, lying idle. 18th, saluse fred
in honor Of The victory OF Gen Thomss
over Gen Hood This Was . victory
achieved by Thomas while With Sherman
m their famous march to the sea. When
Shtrnsn cut loose from bis base OF sup
plies, and left Atlanta Or the 14,h OF No.
re'nher. be assigned The absolute com.
mand OF large part Of bis army 10
Gen ThOmas Gen. Hood was in com.
mand Of the Confeders'e army q, that
lime and in accordance with Shermsn's
pushed across the Tennes.
see River, With Forest and hi. cavalry In
'front.'. who ra;dei in lower Tennessee for
some time, elud'ne the national troops
sen, sgains, him He assisted Hoods
srmv after its raeasge of the river ard
at louisville, he DESTROYED national
stores valued st 81, 500. 600. Hood had
been reinforced BY Gen. TAYLOR, from
Louisiana, and pushed vigorously on to.
ward Nashville with $4,000 troops
Thomas was at that place with 10000
and had an many more under his com.
pand .cs,,ered over Terne..ee and Nor.
theru Alabama, In active eervice against
the invading army Scho6eld frst ad.
vaneed and encountered Hood. and then
felI hack to Franklin where be took
stsnd and fortified the position. Hood
came up 10 the afternoon OF that day.
and desperate battle ensued, lasting
until near midnight. At the drst onset
the Contederates drove the Nationals
from their works and captured oh their
guns; but in gallant counterobaree, all
that hsd been lost wss recovered. with
Ten battle nsgs and three hundred cap.
live insurgents. Hond lost one.six,h OF
his available force IN the fight. Scho.
field retrea,ca to Nashville, with all bis
guns. closely pursued bv Hood, who in
vested that post With 40. 600 meu at the
Of December In the mean.
time Thomas had bean reinforced nv
troops under Smith. Hoods cavalry was
superior TO tbs, oi Thomas iu numbers.
and the latter KEEP, the invaders 10 from,
O. Nashville % long ss possible to ena.
BILE him 10 collect horses and means OF
Finally the Na'ionsls
advanc d in December. The fourth
corps. led by Gen. T. J Wood, st,scked
them vigorou.lv md drove them back to
The foot OF the Hsrpeth Hills. On the
next day the same troops and others I'D.
vsnced, and after severe battle. the in.
vaders were cent diving sou,hwa,d Hnod
Iu'ned To fight occasionally, sltbongh
,losely pursued and with much confusion
in hi, ranks. AT ,be close OF the month,
Hood With his shattered army, covered
BY Forrest's cavslry. crossed the river
md made bis escape. In the course OF
our montbs. Thomss had made IL 500
prisoners and captured 70 pieces OF ar
iilsfy His own luss wns about 10, 900
men, or less than one.balt the, of his
opponent. This 10 description Of the
,atles snd their glorious results, in
,onor OF which, Ne fired our sslu'e. On
be l7'h, the troop. ., Hsrper's Ferry
lnd Winchester fred salutes in honor OF
he same event 18Th, inspection of
roops. l9lh, struck tents, ami went on
,osrd the cars. 20tb, we rode q distance
" 100 miles. through the cold. and then
Irrived at Washingt, n CITY. We here
ef, the the cars, and going on hoard the
rsnsports. started down the Potomsc
River. not knowing What cur destination
vas 10 be. 2l-', We remained last night
|, Point Lookout. The distance We had
rsveled wss $50 miles, and some OF the
boys we're very eea.sick owing 10 the
'oughness Of the hsy. 22l, travelled rs
niles further down The haY and landed
or the night Kt lbe mouth OF the Rap
,ahannock River; be bay was still
'ery rough. 23d, we laid over last nigh,
miles below City Point. on the James
River. We bad gone Is mllea To-day
ne arrived snd landed below Dutch Gap
Canal; distance. 30 miles. We then
miles and halted q, what has
since become known a. Camp Holly
24'h, ] went down to the landing snd
bought q s.ove. 25ih, Christmas; made
\ change, in our camp; 26;h, great re.
oicing over the capture OF Savannah;
l7th, lying idle. 28 b, excitement in
camp over heavy caBnonading In the di-
rection o: Pe'e,sburg; % b, building
block house: 0ih.s'i.l working on block
house; a par, OF Gen Buffers forces ar.
rived to-dsy. 3l.', raining and snow
Ing.