The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-17

.anx,,e-iaeks by some means. get very
: a,,3 an the return had faiien
nv, store river and been nsarss
5-nwnexi. After they had csvn
! she3 frory, the water, in the pFocsss
~ -rSsrS.;taffon their sex was dlsciosea.
Though an 10 this time il appeared ~
~ knowr only 10 each other. Tue
Ssorv WAS straight and the cffruuus-
stances clear so. convinced OF tohfau :
ecntinue.i sanity, directed the pro-
vost-narshal 10 bring IN arrest 70 my
HEADQUARTERS the two di>tnreers o.
ronrsdss peace OF mind After some
iitrIe search the East Tennessee woman
was found in camp. somewhat ,lls
worse tor the experience OF the DAY
before. but awaiting her fate content
exily smoking \ co5-pipe- Sne was
| brought TO me. and put IN cures
an.ser the division surgeon Until neI
companion could be secured. 10 'ne
doctor she related that year before
she had 'refugeed from East lennes-
see. and on arriving in l.ouisyisis a.
suined mans apparel and soagnt -
obtain employment As = teamsie, ~
| the auarsermaSteT' : department. ir1
| features were very large, anu 20
| coarse and masculine was her genera
| appearance that she would rcaui1s
have passed as man, and IN nsr csse
the deception was no avuot $3.50
praeticed. Next day the she dragon
was caught and proved 10 he rslnel
1 prepa<<eSSinr yOUnt wenan, ana
| fho1,sh necessarily bronKed and hart
| ened tx exposure. | doubt II, even
| with these marks of campaigning, she
cor,Id have deceived as readily a. DID
her companion. How the two got ac-
aaaintesi never learned, and though
/ they had Joined the army lndepend-
emily OF each other, vet an intimacy
had sprung up between them long be-
| fore the miShaps of the foraging expe-
ditien. They both were forwarded 10
army headquarters. and, when pro-
videi with clothing suited 70 their sex,
sent back 10 Nashville, and thence
| bevond our lines 20 Louisville.
RATTLE or LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
The battle OF Chickamauga busted
Gen. Sheridan. where hedistinguished
himself as usual. but takes little credit
in his writings. After this he went
TO Chattanooga with his command,
and took position in the lntreneh-
ments. Gen. Grant arrived there on
| October %, and at once began plans
for opening the 'riyer-road' 10 Bridge
port. BY the middle of November
Gen. Grant had concluded his ar
rangements for big plan OF opera
| tons. A few days later, while SheTi-
dan was holding Lookout mountain,
orders came TO carry the line at the
foot of the ridge, attacking at signal
of six guns:
| Placing myself in front OF Hark-
| er's brigade, between the line OF battle
| and the skirmishers, accompanied BY
only an orderly, SO rs not 10 attract
the eneIny's fire, We moved out.
Under terrible storm OF shot and
shell the line pressed forward steadily
through the timber, and as II emerged
on the plain took the doubie-quick
aud with fixed bayonets rushed at the
enenv's first line. Not a shot was
fred from our line OF battle, and as il
gained on my skirmishers they melted
into aud became one with il, and all
/ three OF my hrigades went
| over the ride pits simultaneously. They
| then Law down on the face OF the ridge,
for breathing spell and for protec-
| ton from the terrible ire OF canister
and musketry pouring over Us from
| the guns on the crest. At the rifle
pits there had been little use for the
| bayonet, for most of the Confederate
troops, disconnected BY the sniden
rush. lay close in the ditch and sur
rendered, though some few fed up the
slope 10 the next line The prisoners
were directed TO move out to our rear,
and as their intrenchments had now
come under Ere from the crest,
they went with alacrity, and without
guard or escort, towards Chattanooga.
After a short pause to get breath
the ascent Of the ridge began, and |
| rode into the ditch Of the entrench-
meut to drive cat few skalkers who
were hiding there. Just At this tine
| | was joined by Capt. Ransom. who,
having returned from Granger, told
me that we were TO carry Only the
line AZ the base, and that in coming
| back, when be struck the left OF the
division, knowing this Interpretation
OF the order, he in his capacity as an
| aide-tle-camp, had directed Wagner,
| who was up on the front OF the ridge,
| to return, and that in consequence
Wagner was recalling his men TO the
base. j could not bear to order the
recall OF troops now SO calamity
climbing the hill step by step,
and believing we could take it, i'm
mediately rode to Wagner's brigade
and directed il to resume the attack.
In the mean time Ilarker's and F. Il.
sherman troops were approaching
the partial line OF works midway OF
the ridge, and as | returned to the
centre of their rear, they were being
led by many stands OF regimental col
oFs. There seemed TO lie rivalry as
to which color should be farthest to
the front; first one would 20 forward
a few feet, then another would come
up 10 ii, the coior-hearers wing with
one another IS 10 who should be
foremost, until every standard was
planted ON the intermediate works"
~ CHARGE uF THE CAVALRY CORPS.
Soon after this battle Gen. Sheridan
was ordered TO Washington. for what
purpose he knew NOT. When he
learned that he was to be assigned 10
the cavalry corps OF the Army OF the
Potomac, he says:
The information staggered ME at
first, for / knew well the great re-
sponsibiiities OF such position:
moreover, was but slightly aequaint-
Ell with military operations in Vir-
ginia. and then, too, the higher officers
of the army OF the Potomac were little
Known 10 me, so az the moment ! felt
10th 70 undergo the trials of the new
position. Indeed, knew not a soul
in Washington except Zen. Grant and
Gen. Halleck, and them but slightly,
and no one in Gen. Meade's army, ex-
cept few officers In the lower grades
hardly any OF whom ! had seen since
graduating at the Military Academy"
The plueky general describes a pep
perry interview with Gen. Meade at
which the former insisted that he had
not been given scope enough 10 ac-
complish his best work. The discus
si0a waxed hot, and ended by General
Sheridan declaring that heuceforth
Meade could command the cavalry
corps. Tor he tShendanl would not
give il another order.
The acrimonious interview ended
with this remark, and after ! left him
he went TO General Grants headquar-
tiers and repeated the conversation 20
him, mentioning that I had saa that
] conld whip stuart At this General
Grant remarked: DID be say s0g
Then let him 20 out and do t. This
Intimat]0n vas Immediately acied
upon by General Meaae"
MS EsrlgATg oF HAsc5cK.
By the dr-t q June Gen. Grant hal
determined - continue the movement
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