The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-10
HE DIED LIKE A MAN.


/ cannot of course recollect all
those kill, but one of our company l
will mention as he was SO well
known in the whole command. /
refer to Tom jackson, Stonewall as
we called him, and while l sit to-
night and write about him and his
heroic death my mind runs back to
the many hearty laughs l have en-
joyed at his wit. Tom was loved by
the whole command. No one could
have the blues when Tom was
around. The 3rd, 10th, and It'll
Texas were the greatest sufferers.
Col. Randall NJ. McGavock of the
10th was killed. He was splen-
did soldier and very popular off,
Ger and his death was lamented by
the whole brigade. And here let me
say of the 10th it was as fine regi-
ment as ever bore arms in any
country. McCauley has said the
irish make the finest soldiers in the
world, and the 10th was the peer
of sthe celebrated Black Watch
Scotch, or Fog a ballas Irish in
the British army. The adjutant of
this celebrated regiment was Lieut..
Rob't Seymour, who was in charge
of the six hundred at Balaklava,
and was wounded in six places. He
wore a large silver medal, presented
by her majesty, commemorative OF
that memorable occasion. What
our cavalry reported to Gen. Gregg
az one brigade was McPherson's
corps of Grants army, numbering
fifteen thousand infantry and artil-
Iery. We had fought them all, with
about twenty five hundred men, all
told, and while we were defeated,
yet the morale OF the men was splen-
aid. We fell back to Mississippi
springs near the battle field and
formed and the enemy did not fol-
low US, which showed they had
enough. We afterwards learned
from some of our men who were
captured and made their escape
that the troops in our front was Lo
gan's division, and on either flank
was another division. Gen. Logan
questioned one of our men very
closely about what troops he was
lighting and when told that it was
only one brigade he became very
wroth and said no brigade of rebels
could break his division and that.wt
had driven his men from two lines
We left our worst wounded in the
hands of the good people of Ray
mond who treated them nobly
Lieut.. Ridgway of the 3rd after
ward married the lady who nursed
him while suffering with shat
tered arm and shoulder. This no
Die woman now survives him, living
in Elkton, Tenn, loved by all who
know her, AS before stated the en-
envy did not follow up their victory
and we moved back to jackson
Miss, when we met
GEN. 10 Z. JOHNSTON
who took command of Greggs' ani
Walkers and Gist's ,brigades o
Georgians and South Carolinians
We had enacted the second seen,
IN the acts of Pemberton's follieI
which was to result in the fall o
Vicksburg and the capture of hi
army. DO not think in all the his
tory of warfare there can be fount
aimistake equal to Pemberton's
When Gen. Bowen fought Grant q
Port Gibson he only had part of
division while Pemberton and hi
whole army was close by and un
trameled, ,and when Pembertol
ordered Gregg to Raymond b
should have sent sufficient fore
with him to crush the McPhersol
corps. He ought never to hav
fought the battle of Bakers cree
and should have kept out of Vicks
burg even after he was defeated a
that place. The fight should hav
been made when Grant landed an
crushed his army detachment at
time as it landed, but to walt unit
the whole army was safely lande
on the east bank of the river beloy
Vicksburg and then to run agains
it brigade at time was utter non
sense and could have resulted i
nothing but disaster. Gen. Penn
berton was one of Mr.. Davis pet
who, like many others of the sam
kind were utterly incompetent fo
the positions they held. All {
Pemberton's moves were failures
He had ruinedi the spirit of hi
men and they lost confidence in hil
and when such is fact an army
of little good. Had he obeyed Gel
Johnston, Grant may have been de
, feated, at least his own army woul
have been saved from capture an
humiliation. The government {
Richmond seemed to think tn,
Gen. Johnston should have pr
vented the investment of VlcksburI
1t looks very we'll on paper whe
you read it but there are many fac
connected with that campaign tn.
remain yet untold. There is I
manner of doubt that the only ws
to defeat Grant was directly oppC
! site to the way resorted to. Ge
, Johnston's orders were ignored
not carried out. Pemberton sea
tered his army instead of conce
trating it and striking while Graz
was unprepared. After the bait
of Bakers creek Pemberton shou
have done as Loring did-save b
command and move in the directit
of Gen. Johnston and not COG
7 himself up in Vicksburg to
starved out. Gen. Johnston
blamed for not attacking Grant
, the rear and relieving Pemberto
This was utterly impossible wi
: force and means at his comman
r He at no time after he came
1 jackson had more than twel
= thousand men tor duty. Grant b.
a sixty thousand men with lar
t fleet at his command-besides reil
: torcements were pouring in all t
: time. Gen Joe Johnston was
TOO GOOD A SOLDIER
. to take his gallant little army al
4 dash it to pieces against GRAM
breastworks, and history tells he
this same little army turned t
tide afterwards that won the bait
of Chickamauga. But to the INN
r diate movements OF our commal
G as before stated the spirit of t
S men was splendid. Gen. Johnsto
:, when the federal army reach
r jackson, moved out north towar