The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-12-31

Ienn., ana cOmpelleu tueln 10 reIlro
with heavy loss. Saw Joe Dillaha
[originally of Hurricane Switchl at
Water Valley, forty-seven miles
from Holly Springs; he's railroad
ing. Country along this road is
very poor. Corn on good land is
tolerably good; on poor land very
sorry.
Arrived at Holly Springs, tired
and worn out, just before dark. The
boys made their supper on roasting
ears obtained along the road rather
than wait to draw from the COM
missary. Bivouacked on the side of
the road. At ten o'clock we were
walked and ordered to get ammuni-
tion and march two miles to rifle
pits. After putting out guards ana
making all arrangements we lay
down upon the bare ground at mid
night and slept soundly till day.
There are a thousand reports on
the streets about the Yankees being |
near here and approaching from
different quarters. There is a good
deal of activity amongst the mill
tary. Citizens are closing up ana
leaving the place, ladies' on box
cars, evidently much alarmed. l
learn that the place has been twice
occupied by the Blue Bellies but
that they stayed so short a while
they did but little harm.
Oct. 8. Went to Judge Mills this
morning and got some washing done
and my breakfast. l was taken for
a Mr.. Roberts until near the door.
Met Col. Reynolds there. Returned
to the trenches and received orders
to march back to our bivouacking
grounds. Met some refugees from
: Paris, Tenn. Bridge burned Monday
night between fernando and Cold
water. Two hundred and fifty
Yankees brought in from Corinth.
They are selling their guns,
, blankets, ETC., and appear to be very
hungry. We again bivouack UPON
e the ground. Ordered at eight
O'Clock to cook four days rations.
+ Cool sleeping in the open air!
, Some troops arrived from Texas.
Oct. 10. Went to the hotel and
= got breakfast. Gave four dollars
for bird bag to carry provisions in.
Y Ordered to move and raise camps on
opposite side of town. Commenced
'f raining as we started. Pat up tents
j.. in the rain. We and our baggage
Z, got wet. Got the sick into a house
near by. Rained all evening ano
Of turned cold. Armstrong; ano
Jackson's cavalry pass by in the
S, rain going out to meet the enemy
Saw a good many of my neighbol
TO boys. Thought they would have
20 hard time of it for the night.
Late in the evening we received
orders to strike tents and report OF
,e, the square. Started ut dark, takln!
,e. nothing but what we could carr,
els and about half enough tents. IN
darkness and mud, the movin
20 of artillery and troops made tn
no. march an awful one. We couldn
tell sometimes whether we were u
dy with the regiment and In line
Stopped four or five miles 1roI
~, town and lay down on the we
lii ground without tents or fire. sur
o1 nerless and very cold and damp;
~ misty rain falling and wind blow
nd, ing: | slept with Capt. Love a
lst, night at the foot of black-iac
the tree near where my regiment wa
to form in case of an alarm. L Ina
nv on an alpaca coat and shawl ar
W. my arm was too sore to carry II
raj knapsack.
oct. IL. Walked up this mornil
ted feeling bad. Hunted around al
found spring, very difficult to Z
ter to, and then we got half sand. III
sod country is very scarce OF waite
90" Got piece of meat and cornoret
or's from DR.. Hanslaw, Of Mlssou!
Our four days rations are runnl
the short. We live on potatoes, sho'
peas and chickens which we b.
rev around here. Remained in car
lyo- to-day drying our clothes
YER bankets Hear no news whatev
rms Jno. Gracy Fountain Creek, Tenr
to Doc Rentfro and Lee Henders
iso- came out to see us. Learn I'll
and Hockaday and Jerome Kerr were
we're Maury's division, which Neal
ling up so in the late fight at Corin
Made my dinner on potatoes a
nm, middling meat. Was very huns
i'd is and ate too much.
the Oct. II. Slept last night along
sun door of tent on hillside so ST.
that that every time l turned owe
would roll out of the tent. 81
the cold. Made breakfast on cup
bag tea, cold cornbread and meat.
ould ceived yesterday about half eno'
ruck tents. AS we have been moving
t at much / mended up my clothes
fed day, Sunday as it was. Wrote nc
;cuit to-day by ]. 7. Leneave and to
ions: M. Glenn at Grenada. Good m
hem, of Wheeler's cavalry have been
Saw to see us. Grapes are plentiful.
n to Oct. l3. This morning l made
the some very coarse unsifted IN
into cooked pone of bread and m
are breakfast of that. Ordered to
,. port to Col. Baldwin of the
cars, Mississippi. The boys went out
leep. bought some shoat at zoe a po
BADLY and cup of salt at 6Oc. Ha
t. splendid dinner on shoat and G.
5 Sta bread.
R. r., Reported in Holly Springs
d, at Bragg has taken Louisville and
: my 5000 Kentuckians have joined
lpres- Price, Lowell and Van Dorm arr
vas a Holly Springs.
ing of Our encampment is on the r
road, side. The country is rough
tor or covered with bushes and b
orces, Jacks. The boys hunt all over
t the country for eatables. Fruit is
lough inferior. Drew bacon, meal
lpbell molasses this evening. Our wa
/ the which had been hauling US W
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