The National tribune., 1901-01-10

| THE SIGHT OF CHASTITY FACE
making things ely" One fellow was cry
| ing out, Here's your fine dresses" as he
| flung out bandboX full of clothing, and
| in this manner was scattered everything
belonging to house, among them a half
dozen nice quilts. l secured one, as / was
without blanket.
Barrels, boxes, tubs, etc, were set out in
| line and covered with dirt for our intrench-
ed line, and logs, boards and stone for q
| like purpose. In an hour nothing was left
OF "once happy home" The poor people
will come back and find nothing left for
them. Such things ought not to be, but
! can't be helped in the army. =
| UNDER A HOT FIE-.
| Evening, before dark.-Our regiment
| was relieved from its work by another,
| and we came back to the lines we first &C.
cupied. The Smelling has continued all the
afternoon in a most dangerous manner, ap-
parently, but by Gods will it has been al
most harmless. Our men have Rugged the
trees all the time, they being the only pro-
lection afforded; but a shell will go
through tree when it hits one.
| The shells come from two guns directly
above us on Lookout, and come at the rate
of about two per minute, requiring 10 sec
| onds to make the distance-about two
miles. The guns can be seen as we look
| up dSdlIisl the SKY, uut the hlcu dit uOb
| discernibie. When puff of smoke is seen
word is given, Here she comes" and all
| lie close to their shelter; in 10 seconds the
report comes, followed by screeching
| shell, which bursts among us any place
from the treetops to the ground. Some
/ tunes they burst before they come half
way, and sometimes they don't burst at
all, and often they pass quarter of mile
beyond US. The rebs have got our range
nicely.
The nearest one to the Major and my
self burst opposite and within 10 feet OF
| our position, and produced crash equal
to the loudest clap of thunder l ever heard.
AS it burst we were enveloped in smoke
and ''smelt POWDER" fragments of the mis-
sile few around in every direction.
The next remarkable shot struck in
front of where Capt Mitchell and Others
were, and buried itself in the ground, and,
bursting, it threw up a mass Of dirt and
smoke, which rained down on them. An
other burst in the air and sent n piece
which struck the toe Of Albert Brown 5
shoe, cutting his foot enough to make II
bleed, tearing the sole Of the shoe off. As
it daFkens the rebs are stopping theiT
| work. We all feel grateful for our preser,
walton.
Friday MOrning-I.ast night, after a
supper of raw fitch and crackers, as We
dare not light fires to make coffee, made
the details for guard, and lay down tc
sleep in my new quilt. At II O'Clock haC
to get up and get the men together from
scattered sleeping places, at the roots OF
trees, etc, to take position in the trenches
as Gen. Geary gave notice that he expect
ed an attack.
The moon was shining, but the air fel
as though it would rain. i went AROUND
| through the woods, awakening every one
| | he'd to pass the dead bodies of seyera
+. | hole bo SIGHT ~ fhair nhnSfly face
in the moonlight was not an agreeable
one, About / o'clock this morning 1t be
} gan to rain.
4 In my wandering last night ! noticed
. wagon with the tongue shot away. Re
a Numbering this, ] went to it and got tn
: cover off, so that / am now writing in tn
=, dry, while others are shivering in the wet
. Providence blesses us in one particular
S the damp weather brings the clouds down
!. obscuring the top of Lookout Mountain
: and the rebs can't see to fire at us.
ARRIVAL OF SUPPLIES.
I Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. Z, 1s63.--Th
n past week has been a quiet one with US
d and fine Indian Summer weather has pre-
: vailed. Things are improving in mil
- tary way, and since the arrival of Ger
S Grant and the movements OF Hooker
j men, rations are coming in rapidly owe
the new route opened up. Boats bring u
o supplies 10 Terry landing, some 10 mile
l down the river, and they are then Wagon
= ed across great bend in the river an
II thence TO Chattanooga, crossing the Ter
d nessee River twice on the trip. A lan(
e ing Is being made near the bridge, an
&c boats will soon come around to a place jus
l. below our camp. The army can get alon
&c without Lookout, you see, though il W
o had it, boats could come clear up to Cha
a tanooga.
e Before the last movement Of Gel
e Hooker, the enemy held the mountain i
n the bend where the road comes TO Brown
~ Ferry, almost effectually stopping OF
l trains. The rebs throw shells from I'll
n point" on Lookout every day, whic
T. reach the pontoon bridge and also Hooker
e camps. Sometimes they shell the tow
to-day shell fell into one of our hospit:
IS camps, passing between two wounde
d men.
FL All sick are being sent away from tow