The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-09

three men, one of whom was Capt. Hardi-
man. What shall | do asked the Cap
tain. Lie down and wait until oar men all
get Up here"
As this would give us tine TO rest, / locke ed
to our front, where the fire was. The light
] Of The fire showed from the inside of an I'M
/ finished log house-no chinking between
/ the logs, with room enough for dog to
crawl in anywhere. There was a bright,
roaring fire in the large fireplace. The rebels
could be seen getting move on them. They
had left the vicinity of the fire. When ouf
command was ready to move we charged
the hut with yell at fixed bayonets.
/ Some of the boys rushed in the house, and
were rewarded by finding cornhread left by
the encmy's pickets. At the house we imme-
diately faced TO The right, forcing the rebels
through gap in The river range of hills.
/ The enemy slowly fell back and scattered
/ from our front beyond the gap, where road
ran parallel with the ridge. Farther on
was rail fence. To the rear of the road in
the gap clear to the river was underbrush
and timber with small lodges of rock, ex-
cept where a road had been made through
tie gap, and during times of peace used as
a place of crossing the Tennessee River.
We learned a short time after the fight
that this was known IS Browns Gap and
Browns Ferry. Here. between The gap and
road. the Colonel called halt, and ordered
seven of our number to advance o the fence,
there to remain as skirmish or pickel-lIne.
The balance of the ODD KY. b ,ttslion were
ordered to build a barricade for our protec-
tion in case Of an attack.
OF course, this scattered the command
through the woods, some going here and
there in the dark, searching for logs and
feDce-rails. / was placed on the front at
the fence. We received no particular in
structiops Comrade Conley, of Co. G. was
on my right, and the head of our skirmish-
line Immediately on my left Within hall
ing distance was Hebe Tucker, Of Co. ID.
We could hear men talking on our right;
whether they were our boys We could not
say. Several boatloads Of soldiers in our
rear, possibly, had landed somewhere on
the line. Up to this time none but our
squad had occupied the gap. While hold
ing our front line the boys came out and
carried away the entire fence from our front.
The last rail had disappeared, leaving rs
uncovered, when Conley left his post on my
right, came to where L was standing, and
said:
You see that clump of trees about a
hundred yards on our right? 1t is full of
rebels. You can see them crossing the road
now
looked to the right down The road and
saw men crossing the read, but failed to
make out the color of their uniforms.
Being sure they were rebels, / suggested he
go back and have the Colonel gather our
scattered command. He did so, coming
back TO where stood, accompanied by First
Serg't William jackson. OF my company.
He also saw the men and heard their voices S.
Jackson returned 10 the rear looking Tor The
Colonel. in his absence | remarked to
Conley that he had better sneak back to
his station, where we could see good-sized
tree, and from the cover of that ascertain
something
After his departure Serg't Jackson re-
turned with Col. James Fay. Getting down