The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-23

and feeble, but let us nope and pray
 that they may live to pc with us at ami Smith was then, as now, noted for | his Kindness of heart and the general courtesy and politeness with which he ofiicers. While at Pensacola the ladies of Prattville presented our entire com pany with a fatigue uniform, made with their own hands. and made of the best and most serviceable cloth, and also a most handsome dress uniform. l Thomas Flynn, an Ir'-H boy, mem- | Der of our company. and tailor by
 trade. was detailed and sent back to | Prattyille, with our measures and to aid the ladies in cutting and making | these uniforms. In a short time. donned in our new uniforms. either on fatigue
 duty or dress paraae; pshax we cony were most Tsa coat of this fatigue uniform was worn by many of us throughout the entire Iwar While here at Pensacola, Robert young men of our company, died, but oh. how different was the caring for
 the bodies of the dead soldiers
 then 70, tS flown wsas Ssep into tSe was eay when nf of war. The dragoons, with sabres | reversed, marched to the hospital. took charge of the bodies of these boys. es- corted teem to the railroad station, de- | tail tha. accompanied them home and
 aided in burying them in the family
 graveyards. In after days when from common, it became the custom to bury the dead in shallow graves and with out coffin or shroud. The lombard ment of Fort Pickens by Forts Bran
 cas and McRae and the shore batteries
 with Colonel Billy Wilson's Zouaves.
 were the most important military
 arur or with stsv 9nr ,6s
 coast. Early in the spring of 1862 the movements of the Federal armies call | ed for the greatest activity on the part | having been taught a serious lesson by l the disastrous defeat of Mcdowell at | the battle of Manassas. abandoned the
 idea of advancing directly from the chose the Peninsula, the James river
 route. with Fortress Monroe as basis. and with an immense army he most same time Generals Grant and Buei with more than 100000 men and the rivers filled with ironclad gun boats, cane came, sweeping sws PI down through Ken federate soldiers possible were hurried into Tennessee. The Dragoons, with were hurried to the aid of General AZ Al. bert Sidney Johnson. the unhappy sur render by General Buekner of the army at Fort Doneison had left General
 
 oppose the large Federal army now sweeping down through Tennessee. We were concentrated from all points amons tse s arrve Snt Sv sss way of Chattanooga and Mobile (the only two railroad routes then in all that section of the country) with all possible haste our troops were pouring Into Corinth, and as is usual in great wars in the rapid concentrating of troops from different points to a fixed establishing camps and yetting all the soldiers with their respective com mands. The streets of Corinth were filled with men without permission to the commanding general Sergeant James Wainwright of the Dragoons, with detachment of our company. cieareI the town of all strasglers and did excellent service in the organza- ton and strengthening of this newly assembled army, a beardless trooper of this detachment attempted to arrest Lieutenant Colonel; member of the court martial of the army as he was crossing the street. The Colonel be- came very indignant and seemed to be much pleased when Sergeant Vain pass on. The orders given by General Bragg demanded the arres:ing of all officers or private soldiers found in the from their companies or regiments. Sergeant Wainwright was an intelli- gent gentleman and good soldier. At
 ss the .epns d ssa of S the in First Lieutenant, but being detailed by the the government for different separated frames. few ' days ns after Mes our arrival at Corinth Robert Roper, bright faithful young dragoon, was killed while out to the extreme front
 with a scouting detail. Prior to the
 battle of Shiloh the dragoons were de-
 tailed as an escort for the infantry
 division then commanded by General
 Rugles and acted in this capacity at Shiloh. Adam Clonnlger and John Stalnaker were killed. both of these boys were brave. true soldiers. The
 escort and galloping with messages and orders all along the lines of bat
 tie, not only performed most se- rious and important duty. but had most various movements of the army throughout>. the two days of this bloody engagement. The first days
 fighting was grandly beautiful Gen
 miles to the banks of the Tennessee river at Pittsburg landing. Late in tho evening while General Sidney Johnston was rushing his army against General Grant. General Johnston was killed. General BeaureRard assumed the command: he was not equal to the occasion. he halted night came on and ended the contest of the first day. As Napoleon at Waterloo wished for Grouchey or night, so did Grant wish for Buel or night. but fortunately for Grant the unexpected happened, at the fatal mo- ment. General Albert Sidney John son, the great Southern commander. fell and was succeeded by a general who was not the man for this all- important occasion. That night Buel came with a fresh army greater in number than that of Johnston at the beginning of the battle. The con- fiict reopened with the coming of morning. but opposed as we then were not only by the army of General Grant, but by the fresh army of Gen eral Buel, opposed by an army moro than double ours in numbers, we slowly lost the ground we had gain ed the day before, but the invading army was checked in It's onward rapid advance. few weeks after the bat tie of Shiloh and at the beginning of the battle of Pennington a detach- ment of the dragons consisting of Sergeant Thomas Ormsby. A. Henchen. D. R. Booth Benjamin Haynie and Thomas Hill were ordered to move for ward into a thick woods and find the position of the enemy. It was a most hazardous duty and well performed. resulting in the mortal woundinR of Sergeant Ormsby and the serious woundinE of A. Henchen and D. B. Booth OrmSby was our orderly ser