The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-15

1 Confederates gave him a soldiers fun
J. real. After the lull in the fight. d
: late enemies dug a grave among ii
I rocks and cedars; Major Luke v
r Finlay. of Gen. Stewards stat
g wrapped him in his own military cloa
1 and read the impressive service of tn
dead over his remains; the militar
$ salute was fired; taps sounded b
the bugler; and all seemed over.
But the private soldiers, especiall
3 of the Eleventh Tennessee. wanted I
show their respect. Their Colonel
George w. Gordon, had been danger
ously wounded. and their Brigad
Commander and former Colonel. tn,
; noble Gen. James E. Rains, had bee
killed, both of them in that sam
furious fight in the cedar brake 81
they brought large smoothe stone
and placed it on Colonel Roberts
grave; and on this stone they had
laboriously scratched and Clipped al
inscription, with a baoynet.
This courtesy to Colonel Roberts
probably influenced Gen. Rosecrans, tC
permit the remains of Gen. Rains snd
Gen. Roger W. Hanson to be removed
to Nashville week later, but these
were denied a military, or even a
public funeral
The Retreat to Chattanooga.
On April LIST, 1868, in the reorgani-
zation of the army before the TuIla-
homa Chattanooga Ringgold campaign,
John A. Wilson was Colonel of the
24th; Col. o. F. Strahl commanded
Stewards Brigade; Maj. B. F.
Cheatham still commanded the Divis
ion; and Lieutenant General Leonidas
Polk was Corps Commander.
Before the opening of the campaign,
and while the Twenty fourth was
stationed at Shelbyville, Sidney Black,
of the Duck River Riflemen. was dis
charged TO disability.
The command participated in the
various minor engagements incident
to the withdrawal of the Confederate
forces from Middle Tennessee, without
suffering any losses killed or seriously
wounded
Although actively engaged at Chica-
maugua none of the Riflement were
killed, and only two wounded Martin
V. Hardison, who was struck in the
foot by piece of SHE'LL and T. Ander-
son Daniel, slightly.
An Interesting Document.
Before me lies the Muster Roll and
Pay Roll of this Company, made March
1st 1854, at Dalton, Ga, covering the
period from October LIST, 1853, to Feb |
ruary goth. 1864. Capt. Tindall has
preserved this Roll for forty |
years, and in memorandum by him
it is stated that this was the last Roll |
made for the Company.
Both Rolls are on one large sheet OF
paper, % by 35 inches, of a quality
that would now be regarded as good
grade of wrapping paper, and. the
printing and ruling are good, consider
ing the facilities then possessed in the
The Company Officers were then:
Captain, R. N Herbert.
1st Lieut. David NJ. Hardison.
(absent on furlough.
2nd Lieut.. F. M. Hill.
2nd Lieut.. Brevet, r. W. Tindall.
LIST. Sergt. T. H. Burk.
2nd Sergt r. W. Cunningham.
Bird Sergt. j. r. Beasley.
4th Sergt. George w. Rummage.
5th Sergt. Jasper N. Dillehay.
LIST. Corp. j. A. Dougherty.
End Corp. John K. Hardeman.
Bird Corp. VIM. A. Collins.
18th Corp. j. II. Roberts. S
Col. John A. Wilson commanded the 6
Regiment
The Roll shows that all the foregoing {
we're enlisted at Camp Trousdale, 9
August Gath, 1861, for an origina ]
eriod of ten months.
There was total present and absent
56 officers and privates at this time.
yhich included those that had been =
dded under the ConscrIpt Act. t
Had No Money.
TIL pay roll shows that the soldiers $
ere about four months in arrears for )
ay The private soldiers were due II
even dollars month. in Confederate a
loney that was then greatly depreci Il
ted +; the United States soldiers were v
aid $l3. 90 and later $500 in green I
acks. II
There were five, r. d. Clark. John l
. Derryberry, George w. Hardison, =
f. Roberts'and II. d. p. Hogan, Il
no were in hospital, and entitled to o.
for clothing. averaging n
,out one hundred and twenty dollars A
Ich.
Four privates were entitled to a ca
,unty of fifty dollars each for re-en W
the various State and Gov W
-. Il.