The National tribune., 1899-10-12
listen to the roaring of the small arms and

listen to the roaring of the small arms and
artillery.
On the morning Of the Sd we moved
down the river opposite Calhoun. Shortly
after we arrived there the rebels commenced
Smelling the skirt of woods we were in. We
diSlnounted and got behind trees. stumpS,
logs, or anything we could find for shelter.
About this time there was a Sergeant
appeared on horseback, riding at full speed.
Our Colonel saw him, and called to know
what was the matter. He stopped short,
and cried
Il am looking for tree there is no man
behind"
The shelling was terrific, but that was
more than the boys could bear. Five
hundred of us yelled at the top of our voices
closely himself.
The shellirg ceased. Pretty soon Gen
Sweeny made his appearance, and told
the Colonel he wanted a couple OF volun.
| teerS to go to a certain mountain below and
get the position of the enemy. The Colonel
asked Capt. Smith if he could not furnish
the men. Smith replied that he could
Smith returned to his company and made
known the Generals request, and quicker
than / can tell it two young men offered
their services.
| | had had some experience at such bust,
| incompetent, so | commenced guying him
and picturing the difficulties he would
have to encounter. Several of the boys
joined in. Capt. Smith remarked:
"'Parke, if you, scare him from going
I'll make you 60"
would back square out, / would go. He
said | could go; he wasn't keen for the job
So James y. Garman and | were off tC
General Headquarters, and received a
feldglass, pencil and paper, and orders to
go on top OF the mountain some two miles
below us and make map of the enemy s
position. We also received pass through
our skirmish line, this being the first in
| formation that we had received showing
that we were going outside of our lines.
When we reached the pickets they told
us there was cavalry in front of us. II
was then about one and n quarter miles
| to the foot of the mountain. 1 asked the
Sergeant of the Guard how long since he
had seen any of the enemy's cavalry. He
said apout 80 minutes before.
We put our horses to a dead run, and
made it to the foot of the mountain without
seeing the enemy, concealed our horses,
worked our way to the top of the mountain
on foot, and selected good place for OBJ
servation. '-9+ ---
Garman was the first to look through
| the glass, and was looking at him, and
he jumped like he was scared, and said he
could see the buttons on their coats. /
laughted, and said: Hand me the glass. u
rebs too close for comfort, and jumped as
badly as Garman did. We both laughed
heartily. then proceeded to draw our maps
We were on the mountain about an hour
and a half, and while there saw the rebel
cavalry pass up the road toward our pick
cts, and then turn back. We went back,
and reported to the General, and soon saw
preparations to cross the river. Before
night a large portion of our army was
across.
In Gen. Sweeny's report he makes men,
ton of some information from the cavalry
in regard to the position of the troops at
what always termed the Calhoun cross
ing. This information Garman and l
furnished. This is the part took in the
battle of Resaca. How the rebels drove
us back that evening the boys who were
there will remember, and how they re-
treated tae iaer gmt ana "a cam t I'M thas ahs
Resaca.-C. c. PARKE, Co. c, 5th KY.
Cav, Dudley, Mo.