The National tribune., 1902-01-09

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attacked us early. / never heard sucl
firing. it seemed to me that cverythin.
was being torn to pieces. The very eartl
trembled. You could hardly see you
hands for dust ard smoke. We fought al
day. The COnfcdcrates would charge us
and we would send them back with crap,
and canister. The troops on the right anC
on the left were driven back time ant
again. The rebels surrounded the -Four
teenth Corps. Gen. Thomas was in com
mand. The rebels thought they had us
! was lying down near Gen. Thomas anC
Gen. Turchin. 1 heard Gen. Thomas
say: "fake your brigade and cut you
way out" The 3Gth and 92d Ohio anG
the 18th Ky. Were the lucky boys. We
captured 800 prisoners on our way out
The General in command had his horse
shot from under him. | was struck in the
keeping up with my company, which fcl
back on the road to Chattanooga. We
reached the city the following day. The
rebels occupied Lookout Mountain. The
night of Oct. %, 1863, we crossed the
Tennessee River Mt Browns Ferry. The
rebels shclled us rs we We're crossing the
pOntoon bridge. Hooker's army came uI
from Bridgeport in n few days. and then
we returned to Chattanooga. Gen. Sher-
man soon arrived with his army. Hook
er took Lookout Mountain on Nov. %
1863. We formed line Of battle and made
the rebels think that we were about to
charge. ] saw HoOkcr's army make the
famous assault upon old Lookout. The
clouds often intervened between us and
the fighting on the mountain.
The next day, Nov. q. we captured
Mission Ridge. Our orders We're to take
the first brcastworks at the foot of the
hrt tan nd ton
of the mountain. The shclling was fear
full. The bullets flew 50 thick that it was
a wonder that any one escaped. They
would cut the fuse off the shells and set
them afire, and then throw them among
us. Our fellows would frequently pick
them up and hurl them back before they
exploded We stOrmed the brcastworks
and captured their cannon, turning them
on their former owners. They tried to
rally. but could not. We followed them
to RingGold, Ga. -Four killed and 10
wounded WAS the damage done to my
From RinggOld we returned to
Chattanooga. where we remained until
the following Spring. My regiment re-
enlisted for three years more in January,
1864. We went home on Il 3O-days' fur
lough.
The regiment was sent to Charleston
W. Va, thence on to Meadow Bluffs, and
later to FlOyd's Mountain. We then went
to Meadow Bluffs, thence 10 Lynchburg
on n raid, then on to StauntOn. and thence
to Lexington, Va. A doctor at Lexington
had said he would shoot the first Yankee
that he saw. Our regiment had ad-
vanced guard some hundred yards, and the
doctor shot one of our men through the
heart A lady told us who did the deed.
doctor He claimed to be Il Union man.
The guard brought him to the Generals
head0uarters. The General sent him with
n guard back to the place where ne had
shot our comrade. The woman was asked
if he was the guilty one and she replied
that he was. The boys shot him and left
him there There was a big college in
Lexington. We camped there for day
or two. We burned the home of the Gov
ernor while there. We next went to
Buchanan. on the Blue Ridge, thence
across the mountains to Liberty, Va,
where we burned the depot and tore up
the railroad from there to Lynchburg June
II and IS, 1864. As we We're returning to
Charleston the rebels charged down
on our cannon. cut the spokes of the car
riages and spiked the guns and set the
wagons on fire. We were in the rear, and
rs we came up the shells We're bursting.
Several of our men were killed. That was
the hardest raid | was ever on. We
every day and night for n month,
with scarcely anything to eat. We went
to Meadow Bluffs, and from there to
Gauley Bridge. thence to Charleston, cele-
brating our Fourth of July at our old
We went by boat to Park
ersburg | secured permission to go home
for one night | walked all the way from
Gallipolis. l reioined my regiment at
Parkersburg We next went to Martins
burg. The rebels had been there and had
torn up the railroad. | saw the place
where old John Brown was hanged. We
went to Winchester. | was captured July
"a, 1864. The rebels took everything |
boots, and money. We were
taken to an island close to Winchester.
There we were kept Il few days. We
were then taken to Staunton, and there
kept in an old tobacco factory one night.
We were then taken to Lynchburg. loaded
in cattle-cars, and carried to Danvillc,
where we were imprisoned. I remained
here till Oct. 10, 1864. They gave MS one
third ratiOns, corn bread of meal ground
cob and all, without salt, and black-eycd
peas. The rebels asked us to volunteer
in the Southern service. We told them
we would starvc first. They offered us
double ratiOns, but all refused except one
man. We agreed that if asked again. to
20 and work on the fort across the Dan
River Next day 90 of us went. We
plotted to capture their guns and escape
Mt 8 O'clock p. IN. Our plan was success
full and all but three got away. l and
three others Travelled by moon and star
light. five nights. We were chased by
We got into swamps. where
the brutes could not follow us. We had
nothing to eat for five days and nights,
except few apples. We came across
some colored people making sorghum
We We're very hungry and they
old us to go to the house and they would
give us something. When we got there
me of us knocked at the door. A man
came out. He had his hands in the bosom
If his shirt. He said few words and
erked ont big revolver and command
I'd us to hold up our hands. There were
hree more rebels in the house.
Next day they took us to Franklin
county Jail. We were tied together
ibove the right elbow; we had to keep
tep and go on double-quick a distance of |
8 miles. We waded the Elk River. The i