The National tribune., 1894-04-26

more remarkable was the ludicrous ac-
count of the capture of our "Sis," as
given by some of these rebel prisoners,
which was to the effect that ISIS" had
gone into the house in quest of butter
milk, and finding woman ehurning,
had sat down to wait for the coveted
beverage, when the Johnnies suddenly
appeared, and ISIS" being stranger
they took him in
We remained at Bolivar until Nov.
8, when our division broke camp and
marched for La Grange, Tenn, where
we arrived next day, and remained there
until the 2Sth, our company Cd doing
provost duty for the division, under
Lieut.. D. L. Houston as Division Pro
yost-Marshal.
While at La Grange great numbers
of ou1 troops we're shipped there by rail-
way from other points, until well sup
piled and equipped force of about $4,000
men was concentrated there.
On Nov. %, 1862, this whole force
left La Grange and took its line of
march southwark, toward Holly Springs,
Miss. Our progress was very slow, and
frequent stops were made, repairing
bridges, ETC., so that when night came on
we were only nine miles on our way.
Early next morning we resumed our
march, and making nine miles by noon
reached stream called Cold Water
Brightly named), where we got our first
supply of water since leaving La Grange,
the weather continuing quite warm and
very dry.
Resaming our march, after a short
rest, we reached Holly Springs about
midnight, and at 8 o'clock next morning
we were again on the move, our advance
encountering and whipping quite large
force Of the enemy, who fed southwark,
leaving in our hands 80 prisoners
captured by our cavalry. One of our
cavalrymen was killed and several
wounded.
This force of the enemy retreated to
their main force, strongly intrenched on
the opposite side of the Tallahatchie
River; but before they reached there our
cavalry pressed them so closely as to
compel them to make stand at Water
ford Station, where the Johnnies were
again routed, leaving two pieces of
artillery and more prisoners In our hands.
/ did not learn what loss, if any, our
forces sustained.
That night the rebels
EVACUATED THEIR STRONGHOLD
on the Tallahatchie, and retreating
southwark barely escaped coming in
contact with large force of our troops
sent out from ether points to intercept
them.
Leaving Waterford Dec II, we
marched south TO point 10 miles south
of Oxford, Miss, from which point de-
tachments of our army were sent out in
various directions for several days to
ascertain the location of the main force
of the enemy. We remained In this
region until Dec q, when learning that
force of rebels had swung around in
our rear, and had made raid On Holly
Springs, capturing the troops guarding
the place and an immense amount of
army supplies, which they destroyed, We
were put on short rations and started on
our return march over the route We
came
The rainy season for that country
seemed to have set ID, and the roads be-
coming bad our progress was necessarily
slow, and as the weather became colder
a snow storm came on, with the mercury
down 10 the freezing point, adding greatly
TO our discomfort, and it was not until
Jan. 3, 1863, that we reached Holly
Springs and beheld the wreck and ruin
TEE REBEL RAIDERS
had made.
On the 10th of January our whole
army withdrew from the place, and
marching toward Memphis reached Mos
cow, Tenn, on the night of the 11th.
This place is on the Memphis & Charles
ton Railroad, about 45 miles from Mem
phis. Here the Fourth Division went
into camp, and during the Winter did
scouting and picket duty with other
troops at points along the railroad
between Moscow and Memphis until
the 9Th of March, when our division
marched for Memphis, where it arrived
On tie 11th, and went into camp about
one mile from the city on one of the main
Travelled thoroughfares leading from the
country.
Here, in addition to our duties in the
various routine Of camp life, picket duty,
drilling, etc, we had to maintain the
utmost vigilance in guarding and patrol
ing the picket-line and roads leading
into the city to suppress and prevent the
smuggling of supplies through our lines
to the rebel army. The principal COM
modify (and that which the rebel army
stood in dire need Of was quinine, and
Of the devices and schemes resorted to
by rebel sympathizers of both sexes to
smuggle this precious and much-needed
article through our lines / will mention
only few.
The inhabitants in the country were
permitted TO come through our lines on
the usual thoroughfares with marketing,
and were also permitted TO procure and
carry hack with them a limited amnunt