Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13

frightened horse. I never NV q panic st1kks
an army before. but for q short tuE IL
seemed ~ though nearly all had@cn their
heads ct once; many Of the wagon drivers
jumped on thsir mules and started on trot for
the bridge, but the road was narrow and in q
minute the wagons were jammed together. men
we're screaming and swearing. officers were
shouting orders and the coufu ion was terrible
Some OF the teamsters cut loose their saddle
mules and abandoned their wagons and the rest
OF their teams. while many infantrymen went
through our camp on . run aud plunging into
the stream nearly neck deep continued run
ming on un7l they reached the other shore. and
some OF them did not even have their guns.
But this did not last long; our bugle call
boots and saddles" brough, Ms i,.to place. the
long roll and shouts Of Fall in lively, men.
sounded through the lines Of the infantry and
they quickly rallied Our general had mounted
at the FIRST alarm, galioped across the bridge
and ordered the neareft regiment TO a x bayonets
and form q line allowing no one 10 cross. A few
more shells came, but the rebel dash had failed
20 our captain, our bugle called. DRIVERS
mount Cannoneers, mount Forward trot
march,. and we started for the rear a. fast as
we could make our WORKOUT horses go. One Of
our drivers being cut Of camp l had hitched
and mounted his team. We soon reached the
place from which the firing had come and
passed a number OF dead or wounded rebels
whose retreating companions had been COM
PEELED to leave them. We left the road and sal-
ioped through some high grass. and nv team
suddenly jumped TO avoid trampling on a
wounded man. When il was certain that the
rebels had gone We went back and gave him
some water and put blanket under him. He
naid his name was Atkins and that he was from
tennessee. but our surgeon said he would only
live few hours. as he was shot entirely through
the head. We did not unhi.ch that night, but
the drivers slept by their teams with the reins
tied to their wrists and the cannoneers at their
posts and the infantry in line, each man living
on his musket. Each day as we marched to-
ward Memphis the enemy's cavalry followed us
closely. and although nearly every siay for a
week we formed line OF battle no attack in
force was made. When we reached the place
from which We started we were a sorry-looking
lot of fellows. very unlike the ones who had
turned mp their noses at the men Just in from
Louisiana few weeks before. We had lost one
OF our comrades in battle, two were wounded
and a number worn out and sick. Our sleek
horses, of which we had been so proud. were in
very bad plight For days at a time they had
not been Embarrassed: several times they had
been twenty-four hours without water and at
all times forage for them had been scarce. and
all this in the scorching heat Of July. Every
day some of them had given out and had 20 be
taken from the team, and the deep. hot sand
through which much Of our route Law had caused
disease of the ankles, and few of them could
walk without difficulty. We learned that our
object had been accomplished. Gen. A. J.
Smith and his second in command. Mower,
we're promoted to be major generals and one
or two colonies were made brigadiers. We new
recruits had gained considerable in experience
and were not quite so sure that We could han
die the rebellion alone: in fact, we were quite
anxious to let some other fellows try it while We
took q good long rest f. j. Youxa