The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1896-07-04
WAS EVEN MORE DESTRUCTIVE TO THE
BOYS IN BLUE, WHO FLED,
|yING THEIR DEAD AND DYING PILED UP
FOR THEIR ENEMIES TO BURY.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF A FAMOUS BATTLE E
AIT MANY SENTINEL READERS REMEMBER.

\ NJ the mO4aeuVOus oVoute
;inc during tne troublous times
|rr' and that time when occurred
Irh Of Gen. Hood and the Con-
rforces into Tennessee, with
pouent battle OF Franklin on
n 1854, after a lapse Of three
causes a tax upon the faculties
s.tiye memory, and is q .grue-
II, AS we lift the curtain of
ion from the almost forgotten
ia flood of memories rush
and pass in panoramic review
ID, What scenes Of sorrow and
ne are recalled, and are de-
Ia the retrospective the
forms OF friend and foe alike
We see the forms Of those who
nth brave and gallant hearts,
nv. and eyes brightly beaming,
ramp, tramp onward ut the
thai they will coon clasp in
riug embrace their loved ones,
m, sisters. sweethea"ts and
-vbo had SO long and patiently
heir coming, and whose pray.
tup 10 vain to Him on high
var might end and the absent
p.hAm covered with glory and
But no more will you come.
vii! you greet them with
bles and clasp OF joy. You
~ 10 the mystic realms Of the
uhere there will be no priva.
he march, no pangs OF hun
Blsep on in your windowless
,he grave, needless OF life's
storm, regardless of the bick :
I'd contentious Of those who
you.
tory Of the battle that bears
mol this place IS an Interesting
iHling 0ne. but it canhot be
rillen. 1t was a wrestle by the
kbtween two determined foes
PsiOu between two moving fu"-
(which neither stopped long
bs,udy the result ur clear
wreck. The Incidents oi and
auents in the Struggle followed
er in M'ch rapid succession
ne was. after it began, little
thought. and less for observa-
Both armies were marching
Nashville, when an accident
lhem face To face, and they
lust loug enough to cliuch and
nj one oossd i $ hold, and then
toward the capital OF Ten.
There we're onl, two hours
NfO' daylight hurne d in the
and when night spread its
ask over the face of nature.
Glars refused to furnish light
70 longer continue the har-
Hlh. Assaults and counter
lsre often made. however, in
las darkness. and wnen the
easa both sides got tired Of
IL was vel! onto Il new day.
% iarces TO our regret) won.
e'o'e midnight they slipped
ssy from their position, al
TIE muzzles Of the enemy's
lelr dead and wounded iay
Yell, and when the morning
over the field the Confeder-
sdIy cared for the victims
safnered, and then moved
another and still more
ue'eat. The events OF the
ea' Of November 80, 1864.
'e'e " the armies OF Hood and
rss !ss a rapid rowing rano-
salle they were fresh the
70 was hot, and the balm of
aecessary to cool the mind
s'sal statement OF the .des-
slons Of that memorable
y y maxim as old as the poe
.usan can never be a histo-
.. Mush OF the adage has been
lss.rated in almost all the
nave been written on the
n, union. A vast amount OF
y, ", may be useful hereafter
Mered into these books.
aaraly be called history.
s,spt to be biased in war as
s.a .aslr friendships and en-
,s'e'ore = 1t is that statements
0e accepted as history
" ". depend upon any one
VA ~ great event SO long as
.dsracters who saw it from
,mps, ,.mapolntsare living. So we
mup W. all these conditions
H. %s'lole in a review OF the
N. NY ~, ol which the whole
n nv sae e, lacts. The field Of
nreaa1 ,~e afternoon Of Novem-
djss;e dRjsssented the most impos-
n'p1ay E; that occurred dur
M Eighteen bripades Of