The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-22

Bugler Swain laid down his trumpet to
resume the keys. The song was more
sober then, for wounded and prisoners
were now being passed in ut the embra-
sures, and hearty ooh, Let Us BE JOY
fulv' poured from n hundred threats as a
pecan of victory and of thanksgiving
From Jackson the White Horse battery
hurried to Chickamauga, and in the initial
fight at Glass Mills on Sept. 20 drove back
an opposing battery, Bridges Illinois COM
pany, in the first rush of Breckenridge's
division upon Thomas line. When the
tide turned the battery took the punish
mcnt of eleven guns, including Bridges
and part Of Battery NJ, First Ohio artillery,
posted on II hill above it, and got ont minus
lieutenant and cannoneers killed. The
next day, ut the Glenn House, the battery
moved with Gen. Adams brigade in a
dashing flank attack upon Beatty's brigade
of Thomas corps. Adams men cut Beat
tys line i'll two, killed the horses of one
section of Bridges battery and captured
the guns. Then Gen. Stanley went to the
relief of Beatty with the Eleventh Michi-
gan, Eighteenth Ohio and Nineteenth ILL
nois, wounded and captured Adams and
drove his disordered regiments back alonu
the Chattanooga road. Socomb planted
his guns across the road and swept it with
canister. Meanwhile concealed Union
batteries were raking his position with
shrapnel and shell, cntting down his gun
ners and horses and smashing his caissons
and carriages ut every shot. The can
noneers stood to the guns until Adams
men had rallied in the rear of them and
fresh troops came to the rescue When
ordered to retire Slocomb found his am
munition chests empty and asked for time
to refit. lie had lost 4 men and horses
killed and IL men wounded. but he re-
ported on the line of battle again ready for
business within two hours
Chattanooga followed close upon Chick
anIauga, and the White Horse battery
met its first disaster there in defending
Missionary Ridge. The guns were on n
projecting cminence at the right of Bates
center division. TO the left and rear of
them were the guns of Dents Alabama
battery, and in the impctuous rush of
Sheridan's men up the mountain Dents
guns were seized and turned upon Slo-
combs. At the same time the Confederate
infantry stampcdcd, and the Louisianians
were compelled to sacrifice their pieces.
However, the valor did not vanish with
the loss of their guns, and on the retreat
they picked some cannon that had been
abandoned by their owners after getting
them out of danger. At the crossing of
Chichamauga creek the new pieces were
posted todefcnd the bridge, and Sheridan's
advance was checked by the very cannon
GERS that had been driven out of their bat
terry when Dents Alabama guns changed
owners
Slocomb rcfttcd his troop after Chat
tanooSa ana was in the thick of the fight
at Reshca opposing Shcrnan'S march on
Atlanta. There 3 cannoncers were Killed
and mt Dallas and New Hope Church 5norc.
AT kenesaw fell, ut Peach Tree Creek 3
and before Atlanta 3. Then the battery
turned mort Ia to follow Hood nm hn mis-
sion, lost more in cavalry fights between
Columbia and Nashville, spiked it's guns
and cut down the carriages after the hone
less defeat in the ice covered trenches. and
crossed the Tennessee river homeward 10
Alabama with but foriyfive ragged and
barefoOted c;nnOnecrs. This remnant stood
escaped and fittcd up u new battery lust in
The company lost - men Killed in battle
more than double the death roll of any
Union battery. Over 100 were disabled bv
wounds. The battery was under fire l2l
days and "a nights, which included twenty
three regular battles and fifteen engage
mcnts It's guns were several times
Knocked to pieces and replaced by Others
during fight, and li3 battery horses were
killed in acEion. In return for those dam
aging blows il hurled back COCO rounds
OF shot, shell and canister The Union
officers never failed To note in their reports
that the Washington artillery had been up
10 mischief when things went wrong with
their lines On tie battlefield
GtpAot l.. KlLMrE.