The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-16

and We were in retreat toward Altoona. Wo were never n.ors eurpris>a. Tor General Jonnstons orders were ktneraily
 executed. It was often heard tne even ing Detore, boys. We have got to hga. tonurIOW, for Old Joe mas sald sV. lie naa saIu we woutd i,snG and pea. the enemy. put now we were leaving tn. .neny D enind ~lrnout the leSr O. strength. :, An explanation was afterward had through a report of Generai Johnston |. tne W ar Department. ne sS.iu |. was h.. full intention to ngnt, and ne nrinly pt ueyea ne would peat the enemy. ant l De able to reap the Ifui,s ot .., sISlory by destroying nim in tne vpei country between Cassville and the oostanau.-, for the enemy would have that formid- able stream In his rear to prevent n.s l successful retreat. lie further sad he | had not risked general engagement l aoove taar point fIom a.ly ioS..a success, but because success would De
 rendered IfuI,Aess owing .J tn. iii-..iJ , ranges of mountains running nsar eAch otAsr and parallel, behind which the enemy could sneiter himself against | pressing assaults. lie saiu .a. same "Ae true ot the topography of the country | from Cassville 10 the ChatCaaoocnee, so | ne oio nol propose pitcned battle uh- | til he should have ara~n tn. enemy | across the Cnattahoochee and above the mouth of Peach tree CreeE, and iettlns | part cross, he would strike that part, i deInohshing IL. anu lne uthtr portloiis l as they should be brought forward 10 1 its support. lie said his purpose to nghs at Cassviile was thwarIed by the ex- pr essions of his feutendnr5 in counci' | of war called the night before the ex- pected battle. In that council. to his | surprise. General Haruee Was the o..y | one who took his hopeful view or ti-e results. General Polk expressed great doupL as to his ability to pefiUlni "iI--. | line. General Hood said positively he | could not. This compelled him to aban- | don the fight in which he had confidence | of the victory.
 marching by night, updl we had crosse, | the Chaltahooohee, though always with | out confusion or loss of army storeA. l The 18th did we'll its part In the fighting
 Lost Mountain, Marietta. Powder spr,ngs
 and guarding the passes of the Chatta- l toochee. Many of its officers and mer were killed and wounded, but its soi
 attempt. by bad management on the par' 1 of some one, to turn the enemy's flank
 on the Powder Springs Road, the regi-
 ment suffered severely; Amoas s0 ! its ,ts losses I
 1utant. A. J. Brooks, whose ankle was
 shattered so as never to be able for duty
 again, and finally he lost his leg He
 had been associated .,s,a wsn fron aae fas eary
 history of the regiment Though put 2 l youth in years he was full man In good soldierly qualities.
 The regiment was enjoying few days
 of fine religious interest when ordered | Into the trenches at Atlanta, and there began its second siege. While this re-
 uuired good fighting qualities. " with POW POW pared wi.h Vicksburg that thee W
 hardly comparison. Finally Sherman tianked HeSd out of nis iortinca.i.hs
 his Hanks of cavalry. to send them to
 sherman's rear. When the whereabouts of the enemy were discovered, he was
 making for Hoods rear at Jonesboro.
 made . forced march at night, sno early on the morning Of August 3lst 1864, we were in front of the enemy at | Jonesboro. The 18th fought bravely. a.
 The regiment suffered pretty severely 1 and among its losses was tho fata woundins and early death Of Lieutenant
 Mcfarland. acting adjutant, and Perry | CT. These were both noble. brave off cers. Maxwell was but boy in years, being only 15 years old when enlisted but more manly boy or braver soldier | the writer has never known.
 The battle of Jonesboro was followed | by short cessation of hostilities. ano truce of ten days At the expiration From here, he started in October, 1864, I upon that long. unprofitable and disast- | rous march through Georgia, Alabama
 and Tennessee to Nashville. There wa.
 Columbia, on this march, in which thl l 46th actively participated. It was part
 of the force that under General Pettus | pressed its way under galling nre acros.
 Duck River. at Columbia. driving away | the enemy's pickets on the opposite side,
 making the way open for laying a pon. | toon bridge ever which the remainder of
 cross. For the gallantry of this. deed | complimentary orders were issued. l The following official report of this af-
 fair was made by Major General Steven | son:
 | "On the night of November 2. 1864, l General Hood. with Cheatham's and
 Stewards corps and Johnston's divisions | of s. D. Lees corps, crossed Duck River , for the enemy's rear, leaving General l Lee with Clayton's and Stevenson's di- | visions. to occupy the enemy in front un-
 til he should have reached his position, l and then to force crossing of the river | and attack the enemy as he attempted , to extricate himself. The greater part 1 of the next day was spent in prepara- l tions for this movement. The bank of | the river was quite steep on the side | held by the enemy. pontoon boat in
 charge of Captain Ramsey engineer wa taken down the river under a galling ire. | launched. and could then. under the cover | of our artillery and skirmish fire. b
 used without much exposure in ferrying | our troops. This was done with all prac-
 ticable rapdity, the troops as they crossed forming under the cover of th
 steep bank to which I have alluded | About an hour before sunset had sue
 ceeded in crossing three regiments oi | Pettus' brigade the 18th, 31st and 2S' l Alabama Regments), Brigadier-Gener;
 Pettus In command. The 20th Alabama l (Col. J. M. Dedman). of his brigade, had
 previously been sent up the bank of tn | river to obtain a fianking fire upon tn
 enemy and the 30th Alabama Qieutenani
 Colonel J. K. ElliotD was retained or
 the Columbia side to cover the ford i
 case of my failure.
 Everything being made ready, I di-
 rected Gene al t'CLIas to aus-.lce,
 his command dashed forward at the woo
 driving the enemy before them by 8
 charge which eicited the warmest admi
 ration of all who witnessed it. Thei
 loss was slight: that of the enemy s
 considerable that to explain the affair tn | commander of the enemy saw fit to attrib-
 ute to an entire division an attack mad
 by one of it's regiments. Having driver
 the enemy within their main line, Gen
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