The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-02
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brigade. 1t rained in torrents all
night long and we had nothing to
shelter US, SO we had to take it,
Gen. Gregg appointed detail to
gather up the dead. There is moth
ing that smoothes over the rough
ness of war so much as to have a
wounded enemy fall in your hands
We did the best we could for the
poor fellows, forgetting for the time
that they were our enemies and the
invaders and despoilers of our
homes. Many of them were Ger
mans who could not speak one word
of our language, yet they had sold
themselves TO the federal govern
ment for gold and were driving men
and women from homes won by
the blood and treasure OF The men
! who won the battles of the Cowpens,
Gvilford court house, Eutaw, New
Orleans, etc.--who had carried civ
llization in the wiids of Kentucky,
Tennessee and the whole southwest;
yet fOrsooth because they were
obeyipg the noblest of all human
feelings, love of home, they must be
subjugated even if the slums Of
| Europe had to be hired to do it.
But no more of this depression. AS
before said, the rain poured IN tor
rents but above the bowling of the
storm the prayers and
| ORGANS OF THE DYING
could be heard. There in the wa
Ter and mud they lay, the dead
with their sighlless glazed eyes
turned up to heaven. Some of
them were young and only few
hours before life was before them
studded with brightest hopes, and
while they lay here in the cold
|embrace of the great enemy of man,
perhaps the prayers OF mothers,
sisters and wives in the far cold
north, and even acr IS the great
waters were ascending to heaven
in their behalf. We buried them,
performing the last rite that one
soldier can give another We
fought them while living but we
honcred the courage that brought
them to death. The enemy had
but recently been paid off, and many
Of them had money in their pockets
which our boys took care Of and
used afterwards. We went upon
the principle that to the victor De-
long the spells, and everything they
had that was of use to us we
took. Our regiment armed itself
here with new Enfield rifles taken
from the enemy; in fact our whole
brigade did SO. We threw out our
| pIckets in orr front after dark,
and there in tue cane we stood and
stood and took the rain all night.
Tip Stone of Co. A was standing
near small patch of cane, through
which ran gully, and in this gull
| ly dutchman had taken refuge
from the storm of confederate lead
and when the rain came al. night he
| was afraid 70 move for fear OF be-
| ing shot. So he laid ais bead on
the bank and let the water run
over hip. When daylight came
Tip thus found him, the sapd and
mud had buried him completely
save bis head and arms. He could
oot speak one word OF English, 80
when Tip told him to get mp be
| did not move bpt be had to be
pulled and dug out. In Go. B.
there was dutchmaD, Giesler by
name, in whose charge we placed
This raw fellow. Giesler told him
that we hung all the yankees we
caught but we would spare him if
he would tell how much the yanks
had suffered in the battle, how
many men they had and all about
them. He told the most wonderful
story, saying we had killed nearly
ali Sherman's army and that those
not killed were in full reu eat to the
gun boats. Poor fellow, he was
sent to the rear and to some prison.
In this battle we captured
Corporal Jack who had accompa-
MED us from prison as one of our
guards. ] did NOT see him but
some of the boys cid. l expect
Jack soon found that 1t was more
pleasant to gusrd than 10 be guard
ed. On the lst of Jan. 1863, the
enemy re embarked and we fol Lowed
them to the river. The End Texas
depioyed as skirmishers. They
threw great many shells but as
We were below the top of the levy
they did little or no harm. Our
skirmishers shot many of them
from the stage planks as they were
getting on the boats. AS soon as
Sherman had his troops on board
he steamed up the river, having
met with inglorious defeat in the
attempt to capture Vickburg. He
captured one brigade of confeder-
ates at Arkansas Port, near the
mouth of Arkansas river, after
leaving Vicksburg. After Sherman
left our front our brigade was Or
dered to Port Hudson, Louisiana.
The morning we embarked was one
of the proudest in our history. 1t
had gone out tina tGregg's brigade
heldathe salient point, in the line,
and by their heroism and soldierly
conduct had saved the city, and
when it was known that we we're to
pass through the city the whole pop
| ulation
TURNED OUT TO DO Us HONOR.
Col. Clack passed down the line
and told the boys to keep we'll
dressed and we'll closed up, and
show the people of Vicksburg that
we could march as we'll as fight.
| never saw better marching than
the Bird did that morning. The wo
men were waving their handker-
chiefs and cheering US, while the
old men were speaking words OF
cheer. Even the children in their
patriotic fervor were clapping
their hands and cheering US. We
felt proud OF the tribute paid as,
for nothing cheers the hard life OF
a soldier so much as the cheers OF
appreciation Of those for whom he
, fights, and nothing hurts him
I more than naltreatment at the
hands of the same class. / doubt
$ not there are people living in Vicks.
burg now who will remember with
! kindness Gregg's Brigade and the
! happy morning of Jan. End, 1868
! We left Vicksburg on the steamer
fl DR.. Beatty for Port Hudson. Oul
b trip down the river was in the mair
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