Arizona republican., 1892-11-08

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tsssOI ian boofs and whirlwind rush OF
s' y. y eavalcades were almost unknown.
~, first act upon promotion was to
aNj the troopers assigned to his lead
rs;lu' t,to a cavalry corps. One brigade
sSlP ,. , n his brother, Col. Jeffrey For
. s.,5 a regiment in that brigade was
seventh Tennessee cavalry, a body OF
,roncers In Forests camps except
X rputation' -, c...,
~ the Seventh bad grown up out of
NA, - companies Of mounted rangers
.nsbed 10 arms in 1861 to guard some
.or town. These separate companies
,,,, ioiped forces in order 10 swell their
..,,nce and roamed and raided as bat
a,.snptil il suited them to unite and
,egiments. Logwood's battalion,
~ four companies from Memphis
u Tririnitv, was the nucleus Of the regi-
~, In the winter Of 1862 Col. w. ii.
- --.' - 80 ~'.-N4 ~~~+t --i',-y
I'M Of Nlsv Tennessee troopers and
800 them with l.Ogwood's men to form
4. S4ysntb Tennessee cavalry. The first
.,5s1yous Of the regiment was Union
ST near tie kentucky border. The
s,,.b q tie Union armies southwark In
4, Fart D11clson campaign made the
~, too hot for troopers in gray, and they
=, away yOwing to call back one day.
"A thew made the promise good.
Mare than q year more was passed In
vo1,ing. diminishing aud raiding on a
Taethat gave the men plenty Of excite
nm. but never a taste Of real war. This
u the regiment that charged on the rail
ma train on tine Memphis and Charleston
4 Colliersville, Tenn, where Gen. Sher-
nan and bis staff were riding TO Chatta-
poga, Oct. Il, lsj3
/. was a special train filing the gap be-
tween the moving divisions Of the army
nj guarded bya battalion Of regulars.
NE Confederatas waited for the train to
NIL out OF the station, then called halt
nd demanded surrender. Gen. Sherman
answered Nor and ordered the train
srk to the station. The station house
vas Of brick and was loopholed, and 200
yaris away was fort. The regulars, with
Nns volunteers guarding the place, took
Asir stand ia the station and fort. aud
i0in railroad cut near by. The Con-
hlsate leader, Gen. Chalmers, with great
alteration formed his men for a clean
Erp The Seventh was placed abreast
dthe station and fort, and at the sound Of
tie bUgIe dashed CALAMITY up, seizing the
Whole train The supporting columns
al failed to do anything, and the guards
and garrison rallied to concentrate their
srng'N rro~ ne Seventh. which Rod 20
hl bssk iL-JIuJly Chalmers ordered
he regiment to again charge the train at
NJ haEarls aLl burn IL. The attempt
was more desperate than the first, for the
Seventh went in alone and took all the fire
q the dttniers. The leader, Capt. j. II.
lSBIer, was III, four times and made pris-
oOeE TIE relr cars in the train were en-
isred, and Crll horses, including Sher.
mans PCT ud'e Dolly, his sword and
aher Ltga9 0g-ers property, carried off
b was to- CO.. sided, however. and the
IsnntSeVn, again backed oT covered
With glC7y d bruises.
FcrrC',s 1t exploit wacl he got his
asVIy lrstc cavalry corp VII in ES.i
Ets to Lufe, an extensive rad OF Union
rools nom Iayhis to tie raiiy he.rt
! Mississippi It was in February. 1884
Ice .-..- '-r- lei ry sen. Scoy
smith '. -rS 70 work % hatass
'n''s's '@a'' s.H delay ~. co.rnn until
favorable 1Yl rUrity oG.r . snIite it.
% toe er Co. Ief. Forrest placed bis
'ns4g aL,. lie pathway u the euemy
l4l." n'a' WY keeping upsnanbush
ls-i la ASH, day Smith uugan TO re-
Ia. aud t3i. Forrest turned in pursuit.
" 'l' ST., ,aud young Forrest was
a97a.iy wcrnceI while leading charge.
oon 'i.ar.E'C the Union troops met
Asf p1T'uera on a hill near Okolona.
les annotated soldier than Forrest
'old have been slow TO charge the line
sye BIN without bringing up help or
, sung bis men, but he had just come from
DC sac OF Li, dying brother, who was an
SPECIAL '1vgllse, and seemed bent on
slssa1ee. He took the Seventh regiment
lsnl, sending its colonel off to replace
y Nten brigade leader, and dismounted
la Desperate work. As it advanced the
mon cavalry trotted down the hillside,
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