The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-09
Capitol City Laundry.
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 the general officers. of being one of tho best Brigades In the army. No troops bama Brigade. In this battle the 18th Alabama. under Lieut.. Col. Hardwick. sustained q loss of tthis blank Is left by
 the 'writcr) killed and wounded.
 A short time after this battle General Jenkins South Carolina Brigade was as- signed to Hoods Division. and General Jenkins. being the senior of General Law, at once assumed command or the Division. though it was against the wish of large majority of the Division. both men and officers, and in consequence of which Law used every effort in his power to have his Brigade transferred to some other field of action. But all to no spur-
 Division. as. 1t then stood, was one Of the best In the whole army. It consisted of Laws Alabama, Robertson's (forn.- erly Hood's) Texas Brigade, Anderson's s and Bennings' Georgia Brigades, ana Jenkins South Carollnians. Consequent. ly the War Department at Richmond. or the Gerefat commanding the Department
 would not listen to any proposition 10 separate permanently such choice brig ade from so gallant division;
 On or about the 10th of October. Laws Brigade, or rather a portion of 1t, crossed the foot of Lookout Mountain and took up position as corps or observation or picket some ten miles from the main army. Here that portion of it suffered no little from privations and exposure, and remained here performing the most arduous outpost duty that any part or the command every performed. During the eraI wagon road from Chattanooga to
 Bridgeport, their supply depot. completely biockaded On the 25th of October, all the Brigade. except the 4th and 18th Ala bama, was withdrawn from the east side of the mountain, and on the morning or the 27th the 18th Alabama Regiment was attacked by an overwhelming force of the enemy and was compelled to aban- don Its position and fall back to Lookout Creek. In this little affair the 10th Ala bama. lost more than twenty men. killed, wounded and captured. Among the wounded was the gallant Col. w. C. Oates.
 tie of Wauhatchee occurred in which the 18th suffered severely. In this action the iamented Thomas !. Euhanks foll morf- ally wounded and expired the next day. tNote-Eubanks was native of Georgia was a resident of Marshall County, where he edited a newspaper, The Marshall County Eagle. and practiced law. He first went out as Sergeant Major of the the 18th Alabama. and became its Adju-- tant He was a gallant and talented young soldier and his memory has been always held in peculiar veneration by now the wife of P. A. Barnard, one of the most prominent citizens of the coun- ty, still lives. He was treacherousiy siain by some Federal prisoners who had the everlasting disgrace of men calling themselves Christians. he was the victim of the treachery of men whose lives he had saved.
 After the battle of the 18th. we per- formed various outpost duties and much labor up to the 9th of November, when we, together with the remainder of Long streets Corps. started on what proved 10 be the East Tennessee campaign. con ducted by General Longstreet. Laws Brigade bore an important and honorable part in all the fighting from Loudon t2 Knoxville. and did more fighting around that city than any other one Brigade m the whole Corps On the 18th of Novem- Der. four days previous to the final as- sault upon the enemy's lines. part or Laws Brigade. consisting of the 4th and 18th Alabama Regiments. was warmly engaged upon the scFh side of the riy, for the purpose of extending. our lines; Ill this little affair the 18th had several men killed and wounded. as did also the 4th Alabama. On Sunday the 2Sth when the order was given for the whole line to advance. Laws Brigade and the old Texas Brigade were the only two brig ades which fully carried and held the points they were ordered to assault, and that. too, with the loss Of scarceX man. But in consequence of the failure of General MeLaws to carry Fort Sand CTS, these brigades were ordered to fall back to the line from which they moved to the charge. This they did in perfect order, aud there remained until the order was given to retire across the river. preparatory to the march through upper East Tennessee For. ss General Bragg had been defeated at Mission Ridge. near Chattano oga. 1t enabled General Thomas to send large endorsements to Burn side. whom we had closely her,med in, and but for this timely succor we would have compelled to surrender within very short time. Consequently there was but one thing 10 be done under the circum- stances. and that was to get away as easily and speedily as possible. There fore. the troops were all withdrawn be- fore day and the line of march taken up in the direction of Rogersville. Laws Brigade bringing up the rear and the 18th the rear of the Brigade. We con- tnIIed the march for several days tne weather bitter cold, the roads rough ans frozen and about 5000 men barefooted The writer hereof has been many Of his own and other regiments march for whole days upon the frozen ground without shoes, and never heard from them mur- mur of complaint Yes, thousands of them left their footprints stained with blood. When you read that Washington soldiers left tracks of blood in their wake; remember that Confederate soldiers dld the same.
 The little fight at Beans Station Law Brigade was not engaged in. as 1t did not come up in time. After this fight We renamed near that place for severa! daya recrossed the river, and on the 2ith of December commenced to put up winter quarters, which the men finished and occupied ten or fifteen days. And then, in one Of the coIdest spells of weather that came that, winter We marched to pandridge. there defeated the Federals and drove them into Knoxville. Then we retireG to Bulls Gap. where We remained for some time performing much labor and out post duty. Here and at Thomas Gap a few miles south of Bulls. We remained until the 26th of March. when we again resumed the march. and first drew np near Bristol. preparatory 10 taking the cars for Virginia 10 rejoin General Lees army at OrInge Court House. Here we remained until the 2nd day of April. when the 18th Alabama. by dint of good iuck. was placed upon the passenger train for Iynchburg. Va;, where We arrived the