The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-08-31
In the efficiency OF an army and are espe-
ciallx in fha nuryiaM of the aurgaon.

In the efficiency OF an army and are espe-
cially In the purvieW Of the surgeon.
"July 81, (lS82) Regiment encamped
las, night near a pretty church and pa.
yilion. X. X. Station, called Germs ntown
eight miles from Memphis. Men have
borne the march better in the last two
days; evidently due 10 starting at daylight
long rest In the shade In the middle OF
the day, and encamping In good season
thus getting abundant rest. Also greatly
due to the atmosphere having become
dryer and lighter"
"In order for march at 9 a. m. moved
at 5. Had q terribly hot day; but men
bore II we'll from having had an all night
rest In cool atmosphere, undisturbed by in
sects or other annoyances. Also prospect
Of more or less permanent encampment
In or contiguous TO a city. Some did falter
by the way, but the march was leisurely
IN ade, ambulances not crowded, and strag-
glers soon caught up"
1t was interesting to note special effects
Of the great heat. The thermometer,
shaded but otherwise openly exposed, noted
lO5 degs., fairly showing the general tenn
perature. The hands and face when ex-
posed would be blistered shaded, the heat
was endurable. The pnenominelly pro-
fuse sweating, was the safety of many,
probably, from fatal results from 80 called
"sunstroke." The sensations some expe-
rienced were peculiar-cOntradicto All
garments were saturated spaces In boots
and shoes filed with Precipitation, which
also poured from the face and hands. there
was yet sense of lightness and buoyancy,
and freedom of respiration quite remarka-
BILE. heard 1t said I'm asOak through
and through and II Is streaming from me,
but never felt better nor lighter In all my
remembrance"
arrived In Memphis by way of Pop
lar street, from the north, about 2: 80 p. m. (;
halted; stacked arms and broke ranks on
Main street, between Poplar and Madison
streets, bringing portion Of the regiment
directly In front of the Park, the buildings
on the south side of the street atfordng all
an agreeable shade. DismOunting from
our horses-a constant habit with all
mounted officers whenever practicable, In
order TO rest them-no difference of rank
was apparent throughout the command as
all had been through the same dust heaps
together and we're dirty, disreputable
looking crowd.
Some stores wePe open as If for business
| believe Topped down on the side of an
open door way OF one through which was
a pleasant daft of air The attendants and
their friends were grouped about, curious
ly specializing concerning us, and con-
corning our appearance:
"Hard looking crowd! en-"
Scaly set!"
"Will look worse before they get
through the job"
May lock better when they get cleaned
up"
'"Some of the faces that can be made
out through the CRIME on them look as
though they knew what they were about
Through it all, a rough crew reckon,
though"
Withal, In undertone remarks were the
terms the Yankees" and the Ganks"
and "invadng u.s. and they'll get enough
of it before we are done with them and
the like-were notable.
From our first advent into Tennessee and
Memphis,as one of its chief cities, notwith
standing the long cherished delusion that
a strong Union sentiment prevailed and
was only repressed, it steadily became
more and more manifest that II was an in
tegral specimen Of the aggregate of seces-
siOndom.
And believe the secession spirit Is as
strong there today as ever it was, only 1t Is
not the purpose of the people to let II
openly appear. 1t is doubtless somewhat
overgrown by general new order of
things over the country, but large size
element Is still left; buried perhaps but
not dead.
The entire 4th division having come to
occupy Memphis, the disposal over the
city of so large body of men, the ''stock"
wagons, artillery, and all appertainings,
was by no means matter at once effected.
Col. Cushman and his staff were absent on
the business of determining the locality to
which the SD was to be assigned long
enough to afford all refreshing rest.
When at last he returned, the regiment
was conducted easterly, until about abreast
of Fort Pickering (the river here runs In
direction about east and west to another
stump pasture!-a vacant but fenced lot,
occupied with many stumps and overgrOwn
with grass, weeds, and an ENHANCEMENT OF
thrifty bramble bushes, where we made an
encapment; which, however, proved but
Temporary. For soon we removed to a
rough, uneaven position on the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, reached most read
lily from the main part of the city by way
of Beale and Causey streets.
Here we were destined to remain for
about six weeks more, and to have many
new and remarkable experiences,
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