The National tribune., 1901-06-13

SS; sugar, per pound, S25; butter, per
pound, $50; chickens, $50; -four, $500 4
| barrel.
Early the morning of Dec. 81, we re-
ceived orders to join our brigade, one mile
out of the city, where we made our camp,
there to remain until Jan. 4, 1865.
While at Savannah our regiment lost
some Of its valuable officers By reason of
| expiration Of term of service.
Meantime a large number of commits
sions were received, and the 6Sth was
supplied with Il fine corps of young and
enthusiastic ofiicers-men who had seen
service in the rankS-to take the place
of those whose term of service had ex-
pired.
Dec. % the Seventeenth Corps was or
dered out on grand review, but a heavy
storm coming up, the order was counter
manded and we returned to our camp.
The next day we marched in review
through the city. The Fourteenth, Fif-
teenth and Twentieth Corps had previous
ly marched in review, and the grand dis
play by Sherman's legiOns must have
deeply impressed upon the minds of the
citizens of Savannah the utter hopeless
ness of the Southern cause.
They could not understand how it was
that Sherman's army had retreated from
Atlanta, and its broken columns rapidly
falling back across the Tennessee River,
and then that same army laundering at
the doors Of Savannah, and Gen. Har-
dee hurrying off into South Carolina to
get out of its way.
why, torment their lying hidesr said
an old Union man of Georgia; "they tell
us Sherman's army is falling back; at the
same time the burned fool rebels are re-
treating so fast that you could play check
ers on their coat-tails."
Early one morning the men in camp
around Savannah began firing their mus
kets, and for time it appeared as though
warm engagement with an enemy was
taking place. The noise and confusion
extended to all the camps around Sayan-
nah, from which the crack of small arms
was heard ushering in the year 1865.
THROUGH THE CARoLINAs.
Soon after reaching Savannah Gen.
Sherman began to map out a plan to Join
Gen. Grant, and assist him in the battles
against Lee at Richmond. Gen. Grant
thought it best to have Sherman's army
transported to the James by water, but
Sherman preferred to march. So, on Jan.
}, we received orders to be ready to move
on the following day, destination Beau
fort, s. G. We left Savannah the next
morning, and marched to Thunderbolt
Bluff, FIVE miles below the CITY. where
we camped for the night.
Early on the 9TH we embarked on an
| ocean steamer, the whistle blew, the great
wheels began to revolve, and we started
on our voyage. We moved out on the
| smooth waters of the bay, and in due
time reached point where we noticed a
radical change in the color of the water
from 4 dirty yellow tG that of the deep
green of the broad Atlantic.
We continued on our course all day
and night, and as morning dawned upon
us we saw nothing but water, water And
upon that fateful morning few of our
comrades felt like calling for rations A
favored few of the boys engaged in sing
| ing "A life on an ocean wave" while
others, between n spasmodic effort and a
groan, declared they were going to die
| right there. A heavy fog hung over the
water until about noon, when it lifted,
| and soon after we landed at Beaufort
CTo be continued)