Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-06-28
First District.
Special to the News.

We then had to lay out in the rock
houses in the mountains until General
Rosecrans run them across Tennessee
River. We suffered no little AZ we dare
not have any fire which WIS two or
three months, Sometimes we would
show ourselves to some Old Union mon
but not often for men in thoso days
were so W Id that il a screechOwl popped
its teeth they would swear 1t was cap
bursted, and then general STAN ped"
took took place. One night l thought
| would have some fun with my broth
er, Hiram Curtis. Iln then lived on
tho mountain where James Campbell
now lives and had hurt his knee and IT.
was stiff. / know he was at homo chat
night and his house stood in corn
pa tch and the stalks were dry. He had
"a big light in the house and was lying
out to keep out OF the rebel army so |
went up STAN ping the ground and slam
ming the rails of the fence. Of course
he broke through the field gathering
the stalks with that stiff log and run off
some ball mile before we could check
him. We then agreed to never surprise
oncanother again as had got even
with him Hiram and Jerry Pryor then
lit out for the Yankees through Ken
lucky. started to pilot some con-
scripts through, and we also went TO
Kentucky. Two weeks after Curtis and
Pryor left, we crossed the Cumberland
River at Roeny, while they crossed at
Somors t. Gen. Wheeler run into
Somerset and captured a Kentucky
regiment that was making up there and
Curtis and Pryor went 10 L banOn, Ky.
Andrew Harris and | went there. As
we entered we found tho people mighty
confused on account of Col Hoskins' 9th
Ky, Infantry Federals having to leave
to beat Wheeler AS we began to
tramp thu street ! saw my brother and
Pryor stlnding on the street talking
some hundred yards ahead OF us. The
streets were full OF soldiers and citizens
walked up to their backs and took
my brother on the back with my open
| hand whiah sent him off the sidewalk,
! Ills eyes sparkled at me and soon he
greeted me and guess there were tears
| shed by us both to see each other safe
and sound again. Then l went to
, Louisville with Andrew Harris and by
! some means the guards that had con-
| troll of some desorters slipped Mr.. Har-
! ris into the guard house with some Do
| SrrterS. | went to the Lieutenant OF
| the guard, showed him our pass and
! trans spOrtatiou to Nashville and got
| Harris out. Next morning We left for
! Nashville. There were near one hun
drod desertprs on our train aud III q
guards gobblrd Mr.. Harris again, PIT
in the zolaeuffer house with the dcser =
ers. Next morning | won't and got
| him and took h m to tie 10th Tenpes-
see Infantry whrre he Unlisted. My
regiment was at Murfrcesboro. | went
and found it iovial, singing, cook ng,
laughing and play ng cards. Presently
the bugle sounded for us to saddle hors-
es. We reported at the Coils tent, and
away we went twelve or fifteen miles
nearly east of Murfreesboro to rescue
one OF our infantry regiments that
! Wheeler or Morgan had surrounded on
one OF those potatoc hills as VIC called
them. Just before VIC got there wo met
our wounded with all that were killed.
One follow had the ond of his nose shot
OIL. | said to him Are you shot In the
| nosa?" lie said; Yes tho blankrd rebs
can't shoot at 4 fellows body, and what
in blank good does it do them to shoot 4
fellow in the nose?'
Our regiment was kept along the
railroad 10 k ,ep the bushwhackerS from
burning the bridges As our regimen
was made up from all parts of Tennos
sce you see we had a pilot for any di
rectiOn. A part Of our regiment 4S il
number were guards at Tracy City
while and six hundred JOhnnies on
raid came by there to burn the place
but they got somo of their number kill
ed and wounded. Lieutenant Brysol
of BatLle Creek was in command of on
forces think Col Williams was il
command Of the Johnnies. They lef
without burning anything. Wo hat
two stockadrs there. Carter and Cha
} my Ferguson came by Tracy City while
we were there, but passed by dow
} Battle Creek and mot two Gillian boy
and killed them both on the side 0
the mountain, both Rno boys. Tue
then went up Sequachee Valley robbin,
everybody they saw.
june 23, 1865, our regiment was order
ed 80 Fayetteville, Tenn, to he muster
ed out. Cold Wave had gone HON
, without pass. Whom / got back mex
morning the detachment had left and
had to make my way by myself to Fay
ettevilIc, but you bet got there.
, didn't have time to say howdy for th
I boys were falling into limo to be mus
tered out. tell you Cold Wave neve
y hankered after enlisting again. / &C
r enough. May God prevent anothe
war with our good people north, soutl
I east or west. COLD WAVE.