The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-10-06

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| The adventures of 81 Klegg and his tall
friend Shorty, both of the 200th Ind, were
numerous and interesting. The sketches
will appear in many issues. Their friends
have seen their graduation from raw
recruits TO veterans, and have followed them
| in their campaigns to Murfreesboro'. They
are now on the Tullahoma campaign. They
90 on a scout and capture some prisoners
Exciting Advance Directly Upon the Strong
hold of Tullahona-The Great Battle
That Did Not Come Off-End of the Cam
paign.
go, don't yo'uns crow too much over
gittin Shelbyville, +" the prisoners said to ST.
"Yo'uns couldn't never We got hit in the
world if Jinerul Bragg hadn't a-wanted
yo'uns to-"
90, come off, said Shorty "You tried
you r best to keep us from gittin' in. You
put up very pretty little fight, but our
cavalry JPSU GOtic over you.
THAR wuz nobody thar but 10 Wheeler
and his critter company" persisted the
prisoners, and they'd fout for anything.
They'd fout yo'uns for 4 chaw o terbacker,
and then gin the chaw back Ole Bragg
wuz jist a-foolin' with yo'uns He wuz
drawin' yo'uns on. lie made up his mind
that Shelbyville wuzn't the best place for a
fout, and he'd lay for yo'uns at Tullyhomy
He's got his whole army together down thar
and he'll wollop yo'uns till your hides won't
hold shucks. Ole Braog's smarter'n airy
Yankee that ever lived, and he's fixed up a
dead-fall for yo'uns at Tullyhomy that III
mash yous fatter'n pancake"
Let him 90 ahead with his mashin' fiat, f"
answered Shorty; we're some on the mash
ourselves, as you fellers found out at Stone
| River"
"We'uns ID "a weltcd the life outen yo-
'uns at Stone River, if we uns ID had Jest a
few more men; ez hit wuz we'uns run yo'uns
all over them 'ere ole cottOn-fieldS fur two
days tux all yo'uns's cannon, an more
million prisoners. Fust night done thought
we'uns ID tux the whole Yankee army. We
'uns done got tired pickin' UP prisoners in
them cedars an sink-holes, an concluded t.
leave the rest thar fur seed. We'uns jest
fairly wore ourselves out lickin' 'uns, an
an we uns Jest pulled back t. Shelbyville &
rest, spit on we'uns' hands an take fresh
holtn
How about the last day." inquired 81,
81 over the river on the left when we tore
you all to flinders with artillery, and run
You back over the hill and took your guns F."
80, that wuz Breckinridge's Division"
said the prisoners, negigently, as if dis
missing a matter of little consequence.
They'uns desarved all they 'uns got. They
! 'uns WIZ sent for t. come over an help we
'uns lick yo' uns the fust two days but they
'uns wouldn't come. Pm jest glad they uns
kotched hit good an hard Ell they 'uns done
got hit. But we'uns IS now got heaps more
men than we'uns had at Stone River, an
they're all together over thar by Tullyhomy.
Lordy, you Jest orter seed 'em ez l did. i
wuz OH the top of mounting on gyard,
whar ] could see for a hundred miles in
every direction, an / seed men marchin' to-
ward Tullyhomy till my eyes ached a-lookin'
at 'em. Yo'uns III stir up monty sight
wuss hornets nest at Tullyhomy than yo' uns
did at Murfreesboro.
Well, we'll knock seven kinds o. brim-
stone out o. your old hornets nest, big as it
may be-" answered Shorty. The more o.
you there is the better, for we kin finish up
havin to run you down an knock you on
the head one at time. We've more men,
too, than we had at Stone River. There was
enough of us before, but old Abe Just
gethered up the men in three or four new
States, and sent 'em down to us to help
make a clean, quick job OF it. All we want
of you fellers is jest to stand up and give us
square fight. We're no grayhounds, TO run
you fellers down. We came down here to
fight, not to trot races with you"
Well, youns'n git yer bellyfull o.
foutin' over by Tullyhomy,n shouted back
the prisoners as they were marched away
under guard.
1t certainly does look like we're to have
bigger scrimmage than we had at Stone
River, (" said ST, as he aud Shorty were once
more alone. "Our army is much larger,
and it's all been gathered right around here.
There's bin great rivers of men pouring
through all these gaps for days, and we've
talked with fellers from every division and
brigade in the army. There's entirely too
many men around here for the country to
hold. Something's got to bust soon, and
when it does bust there'll be an explosion
like that you read about"
Well, let her bust" answered Shorty
"The sooner the better. / want to see it
right off It's got to come before the war
kin end, and for my part l don't want to
march step further to find it. They can't
nohOw git up a worse time than we had at
Stone River, and we managed to live through
that; 50 that | guess we kin pull through
another. If we don't, this IS just rs good a
place to 90 to heaven from rs we kin find,
and we'll save a whole lot o. worry by finish
in up now"
"Well,' said 81, les git back to the
regiment as sOOn's possible. The battle may
begin at any minute, and we mustn't be
away. We'd never forgive ourselves rs
longs we'd live if we wasn't with the boys
when they line up under the colors for the
great tussle."
Getting to the regiment" was tedious
and hard. Shorty was still very weak from
his tobacco experiment. and ST had worked
| almost to exhaustion i'll helping his sore
footed squad along. These were us eager to
get back to the regiment in time for
the fight, and ST had not the heart to leave
any one of them behind. The roads were
filled with teams being pushed forward with
ammunition and rations, and every road and
path crowded with men hurrying to the
'front.' They were on the distant flank of
their colps when they started ont in the
morning, and did not succeed in reaching the
rear of their own division until nightfall.
Though worn out by the days painful tramp
ing and winding around through the battling