The National tribune., 1897-08-19

| We could not understand what it meant
We marched at quick time, feeling
pretty mad that we had to go to the
rear when the rest of our division were
going into Atlanta.
owe passed the Sixteenth Corps lying
on their arms, back in some open fields,
and the wagon-tralns of our corps all
comfortably corralled, and finally found
ourselves out by the Seventeenth Corps
Headquarters. Two or three companies
were sent out to picket several roads that
seemed to cross at that point, as it was
reported rebel cavalry had been seen
on these roads but short time before,
and this accounted for our being rushed
ont in such great hurry.
1--WE had just stacked arms and we're
going to take little rest after our rapid
march, when several rebel prisoners
were brought in by some of the boys
who had struggled little. They found
the rebels on the road we had just
marched out on Up to this time not a
shot had been fired. All was quiet back
at the main works we had just left, when
suddenly we saw several staff officers
come tearing up to the Colonel, who
ordered us to Fall in! take arms |! ,
about face
"The Lieutenant Colonel dashed down
one of the roads where one of the COM
panies had gone out on picket. The
Major and Adjutant galloped down the
others. We did not wait for them to
come back, though, but moved right
back on the road we had just come out,
in line-ofbattle, our colors in the road,
and our TANKS in open timber. We
soon reached fence inclosing a large
field, and there could see line Of rebels
moving by the flank, and forming,
facing toward Atlanta, but to the left
and in the rear of the position occupied
by our corps. AS soon as we reached
the fence we fired round or two into
the backs of these graycoats, who broke
into confusion.
Just hen the other companies joined
us, and we moved off on double-quck-
by the right flank for you see we were
completely cut off from the troops up at
the front, and we had to get we'll over to
the right to get around the flank of the
rebels. Just about the time we fired on
the rebels the Sixteenth Corps opened
up hot fire Of mus kerry and artillery
OH them, some Of their shot coming over
mighty close to where we were. We
marched pretty fast, and finally turned
in through some open fields to the left
and came out just in the rear OF the Six
teenth Corps, who were fighting like
devils along their whole line.
"Just as we came out into the open
! field we saw Gen. Il. X. Scott, who used
to be our Colonel, and who commanded
f, our brigade, come tearing toward lis
with one or two Ads or Orderlies. He
was on his big clay-bank horse, Old
Hatchie, as we called him, as we cap
tured him on the battlefield at the battle
of Matamora,' OF "Hell on the Hatchie,
as our boys always. CALLED it. He rode
up to the Colonel, said something hastily,
when all at once welieard the all-fredest
crash of musketry and artillery way up
at the front where We had built the works
the night before and left the rest of our
brigade and division getting ready to
prance into Atlanta when we were sent
off to the rear. -,
Scott put spurs to lis old horse, who
was one of the fastest runners in our
division, and away he went back to-
wards the position where his brigade and
the troops Immediately to their left were
now 'ly engaged. He rode right
alolr- rear of the Sixteenth Corps,
paving no attention apparently to the
shot and shell and bullets that were tear
Ing up the earth and exploding and
striking all around him. His Aids and
Orderlies vainly tried to keep up with
him."
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