The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-10-08
AFTER A DAYS HARD WORK
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AMONG THE GUERRILLAS.

Adventures in Tennessee IN the stormy
Days of 1868, '64.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have read
the account as given by Comrade w. w.
James, of the capture of five men IN Lincoln
County, Tenn, on Dec. "a, 1863 by band
OF guerrilas. His account in the main is
about as remember 1t.
The company to which / belonged &c. 4th
Tenn. Cav. WAS on detached service at Gen.
Slocnm', Headquarters, at TuilahOma, In the
Winter of 1863, ga, and about every time the
forage wagons went out for supplies detail
from our company went az guard, and was
generally one of the number.
On one occasion, about the time the COM
rade writes, / was with the wagon-train,
which had been down into Lincoln County,
near Fayetteville, tor forage, and when re-
turnin. to camp, a mile or so above Null
berry village, the train came to halt, and
being little IN advance of the rear-guard,
rode ahead TO gee what was the cause.
When / reached the front wagon team
ster there told ME the guerrllas had captured
some of the men. Immediately rode back
and informed the Lieutenant or Sergeant in
charge of The detail of the cause OF the stop,
and we all rode 10 the front and started in
pursuit.
The place where the capture was made was
at ravine, which came down through the
field on the north side of the road, where
there was a gate that opened into the field.
The road came around a rather abrupt rise
which extended back into the fed and
entirely Obstructed the view of the front
wagons from the rear-guard. We at once
found the trail which the horses made in the
| field, aud followed it.
On our way through the field we found
several articles the men had thrown away to
| prevent the guerrllas getting them. They
| soon came to the fence which they had laid
down and entered the woods. Their course
was northwestward, passing around Null
berry village.
| We followed them some four miles, as we
supposed, when we lost the trail, and, dark
| coming on, we abanOned further pursuit and
returned to the train, which we found only
| little further on from the place of capture
| on DR.. Whittaker's farm, holding high carni-
val at the Doctors expense.
| The Doctor had killed number Of fine
| porkers few days previous, and his smoke
house was we'll filled with backbones and
spareribs and sausage. The fence-rails
were making blazing-hOt fires. The next
| morning the pursuit was continued, but our
| detail returned to Headquarters.
| "A
| us was sent with an ambulance to
bring the men to TullahOma. This is
as l remember the incident, and 1 vary
from the comrade only slightly, and
| like the comrade, I write from memory
only, but l remember the circumstances
very distinctly. Our company had many
rencontres with those scoundrels in Lin
coin, and, in fact, all around Tullah0ma aud
| MurfreesbOrO.
My recollection is there were two men
killed outright, one MORALLY wounded, and
the Lieutenant 80 badly frostbitten he had
| to be sent home on iurlOugh.
One incident well remember while
camped at Whittaker's that night. The
Doctor came to camp and asked for guard.
He was informed that the sooner he got
back to his house, and the closer he stayed
indoors, the better it would be for his health
He took the advice without much persua-
sion.-ALEx. ECKEL, Knoxville, Tenn.