The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-29

the liver by Turner's Station. thence aawn to Walker County. Georgia and into .McLemores Cove and Davis Cross much of the day and until late in the evening when we were ordered to make 2. raeid movement and cut ef, f posst- ele. Themas. Corps; we were onIy s,. seo. dark. The battalion was then In Bates ByiGade, istewaPt's Division, From pa. vis' Cross Roads the 6sth Regiment crossed oyer Dugcdown Gap to Fayetts.
 After remaining there few days the Regiment commenced moying towaras chIeamausa or crawfsh Springs. and on 1883. about three hours by sun we were moved forward in support of Pegues Cavalrv and were under fire for quite a while not being in position .S return enn se sse killed. viz. q. z. MIze. and few mere were wounded, Mise wss one of our
 The, Regiment hyeuaeed on the Geld Friday night. Soon Saturday morning 1t was moved forward towards the enemy and about noon engaged the enemy and was in the fight all the evening; and pieces of artillery and losing many good men in killed and wounded. The com. mand lay down and slept Saturday night .A shs s1sy ass dssa saS n se a SlSs 's sunday morning % September 10th iss) the Regiment, with the Brigade. was moved some half mile or more to our pcrary. breastwork. The command was held here, supporting line. in part atter the battle opened until say, naii past eleven o'clock in the forenoon nen ana Thnn s"n, fho H,giment. with the Brigade. was moved forward and engaged the enemy fer some length of time and then re- turned to the place which they ld;.d Left; La, q, the right and engaged the enemy. there in an oid held. and captured large num- Der of those who wore the blue. r. I can but touch on these matters; Ins as 5sth Regime nt entered the hattie with zhs muskets, and eame out on Sunday even ing with but g. in line. nj,
 The Regiment bivouaced on the neld until ordered to move on chattanooga. They. thought they were to take Chatta- nooga by storm until they arrived near the city. haired ana ana Wern sara dIespno,nt. dTee p menf to officers and men. There we r. maintd for a day or two when the Aegi, mcpt was ordered back and encamped near the foot of Missionary Ridge; there remaining until some time in October, when the command was again attached to Claytons Brigade and ercamped on the road from Rossyille to he eisy ,r, ana Rossville towards Chattanooga and in plain view of the Federal fort Wood. :,
 Al this place the RsglmSsnt ,sss sssmS,nns0 1ns0 it yes called 10 psrticipate in the battles | around Cnattanooga. On the A,d day ot November, and under heavy sannoasosiniS. l anssni l ." ] 1fr. Hnn o,nsrS, eoreO, ls oa, officers of the 5sth Regiment. The S2o 1 R s.Yasnt ut this tine, being without fcld cc'ftcer7 with the eomma;na. ;r.s whsn hsS some ;il5 rifles. and on that day received recruits from the camp in Tailadega oi some 100 men, thus giving the SZd anq 5Sth Regiments consolidated, say. TSo IT ments in the whole army Ia
 On the evening of the 24th day of Sa S vember. 1863, the Lt;-Colonel commana, | Mountain, reaching there after dark | The line being formed was, as to tnt | S2d and 18th, thrown forward an9 tn' skirmish lines of the enemy asraGnvHs ya,s, line of battle, we opened fire. which va, kept up until about l2:D a. m, Novemne' 18th 1863. and about l o'clock the sklr
 mish line was deployed and the Regimen
 quietly and undisturbed moved down th'
 mountain. leaving this brigade skirmisI
 line under commend of Major Tnorntoh
 About daylight the Hegiment m. moTea IoI, Sl
 fast, such breskfaEt as It was, but peln,
 hungry we enjoyed the meal quite WSu
 The Regiment was in. the battle of Ms
 sionary Ridge on the 18th day of No
 vember. 1883. whNe it lost many men Il killed and wounded, .,
 The Regiment. with the army, then fel
 back to Ringgoid Ga, ;,,n.an and e91scaampe 1sca ae
 1884. This Regiment was in the battle 2
 Rocky Fall Ridge in the winter Of lSba
 There recruited up and was in me trln
 for the Spring and Summer campalE
 Ot The he first fight the ssd and 5sth con7,Gol
 dated were engaged in. in 1881, was lt,
 seca, then at New Hope oS.1nr Church; crnee tnse'
 Atlanta; Jonesborough, and In a serle
 l sr>lI.fnisnes from Dalton to Atlanfa
 of 'whicN would have been chased
 battles, but for the fact that the ,,,s nas '
 .,s ot that war were of such great mag
 From Jonesboro the S2nd and 18th con
 soldated, Clayton's brigade. Ste Va division, followed Hood back through
 Georgia, and North Alabama to Middl
 Tenness, and into the battle of Franklin
 then on to near Nashville and were '
 the engagement in front Of Nsshvlllst {
 then back into Mississippi and down I
 South Alabama and the last regular en
 gagement the consolidated regiment Wa | io was at SDarir' Fort, near Mobile. an
 finally surrendered o"d parted at Aler' | einn, Miss, in May, 1S6S. | This consohdat q CoulTand lost heaVli
 in many or tha battles ahove mentioned md hut for the recruits 1t received Iroi
 time to time. would have been almost ar | initiated.
 At the surrender at Meridian the color
 bearer of the regiment, James B. Free | man. one Of the most gallant men eve
 saw. and vhN bore on his person Sever'
 severe wounds, snatched the colors or tf
 To mant om the flagstaff and thrui | the same in his boot and brought v flag hame with him, and this flag Is no' in the pogsession of tho Lieutenan -Col' mel of the regiment. It was pierced ! , mauy a shot and fragment of shell: an . . when on exhibition speaks for itself | ! this respect. ., This flag was. in April, lsti2, at Moh,' Ala. presented to the original sth Ala bama Battalion by Misses. Beulah ar , | Carrie Evans, the later Of whom, Ie nel Bush Jones. The flag was made l strong fabric hence it lasted so we'll When the men who followed this fla , now see 1t they behold 1t with tears
 their eyes. Some four years since 1t wa
 displayd at a large gathering at Sprini vi!le Ala. and in which there were to found as many as thirty members of tf , old regiment, and perhaps thero was nc a dry eye in the audience as they bt
 held those old gray headed warriors wal
 up and kiss this dear old flag. This wa a wonderful scene indeed.
 | There was not, in my judgment, a fine Regiment, in the Army than this. In a my life in the army, l never Knew, neNt heard of this Regiment failing to nov
 under the most extraordinary ana tryln
 circumstances, when directed to do s!
 Every man, as it were. was ready to d
 his duty and with alacrity.
 I could mention many men whose deed | were courageous and not surpassed | any soldier living or dead. would nk ' here to mention some, but will not do 2 In this short communication. You N1ske me to write about this command <aov ever and I will mention one incide,S. an
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