Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-04
FORWARD, MARCH
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the ground he occupied.

the ground he occupied.
Three miles below Rcsaca, on tho Costa
nnula, was Lays Ferry or Tanners Borry.
Here, during the fight ut Resaca, May u,
Sherman had detachment OF men busy all
day long laying pontoon bridge This was
to facilitate tho speedy crossing OF the river
On case OF pursuit OF Johnstons army.
Such. then. was tho situation OF affairs a.
night closed in, May "a. Mcpherson had
gained a decided advantage on tho Union
right On the Union center tho troops had
gained Camp Creek Valley and lost 1t again
Early May Is the battle was removed
Sherman had CLOSED In on Resaca on the
north and west and was investing it closely.
All day long again May Is the cannon echoed
among the great mountains about Resaca as
IL tho world was engaged In warfare Nc
Phersop, following up the advantage OF INC
day before, moved forward his whole battle
line, till his troops occupied a height com
manding tho railroad bridge across tho Oos-
tannula.
A little nfter noon Hookers mon succeeded
In driving the Confederates from q portion
of their intrenchmenta There was desperate
fighting here. Hoods corps threw them
selves valiantly against tho stream u Union
soldiers, but vainiy.
A constant fro from Confederate ri1e pits
assailed the soldiers ms they strove to enter
the intrenchments. They waited till dark,
then dug out the earth from tho end Of tho
works till they reached tho guns. Tying
ropes around these they dragged them away
by main force under n murdcrous fire. In
this way they captured four gun battery
with It's gunners, rushing in the moment they
had made the breach.
Yet the Union general was disappointed
once more IN his hope OF capturing Johnstons
army. Sherman had sent, besides tho CIV
airy column between Kingston and Calhoun,
another in tho same direction, Of infantry,
under Gen. Sweeny. They wero to get In
tho Confederate rear II possible.
Johnston, ever watchful, got wind OF these
movements After dark May 10 he swiftly
and silently crossed tho turnpike bridge and
the railroad bridge across tho Oostanaula,
under the very guns of his enemy, aud IS
capped.
His mel set die bridges on fro behind
them. On the morning of May 10 Sherman
entered Resnca. Tho railroad bridge wns
burned to wreck, but the Union troops were
in timc to save that from the turnpike. Tho
beautiful new bridge OF the Western md At
lsntic railroad now occupies the site Of that
which was burned.
Tho Confederate Gen. A. p. Stewart COW
cred the retreat Of Johnston army as II went
southwark. Stewart himself was tho last
man to cross the turnpike bridge Sherman
captured thousand prisoners nnd eight guns.
Sherinan's loss In ii.lel and wounded dur
ing the campaign thus far was over 1900.
AT Resaca tho dead were buried where they
fell Other soldiers were buried here later
on. After the war, when tho bones OF the
Union dead were gathered from all over tho
south to be relnterred In the national cenio-
teries, the bodies OF LOO northern soldier.
were taken from the bloody earth Of Resaca.
Confederate soldiers bodies, 40 of them, wers
removed at tho same time. There Is now =
Confederate cemetery at Resaca-
At once on the morning Of May 10 Sher
man set his army In pursuit Of tho rctreatine
Confederates The pontoon bridge at Lay''
Ferry, three miles below Resaca, which Sher
man had ordered built May II, was now utii
lied. McPhersons army crossed the COSTA
naula upon 1t and hastened after Johnston
Thomas crossed by the repaired bridge a
Resaca, Schoneld by an old bridge higher VI
tho river. 40
Tho pursuing army took two directions
Gen Kenner Garrard's cavalry division ans
jeff C. Davis infantry division hastened In
southwesterly direction towards Rome, Ga
This city Is at the junction OF the Oostanauli
and the Etowah rivers The rest OF the army
with the thrco commanders, took genera
soutberly route towards Calhoun. Adairs
vile, Cassville and Kingston.