The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-04-22

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breastwoIks. and an abatis made a.
the limbs; this chevaux- de. frise-ol
'shiver and freeze" as it was called u
the cold weather-was made with Ill,
outward points sharpened, and all ,rers
fastened together with telegraph vire.
making an obstruction that il Sc lied
impossible TO get over.
Telegraph Wire Spiked.
l have heard. but do not myself re-
member. that telegraph wire was
spiked from stump, so as to trip any
advancing troops; this was Yankee
Invention that had been first used
at Knoxville Just a year before. and
which saved that city from capture by
Longstreet and Hood. In 1862 the
Federals under Gen. Negley had made
a small intrenchment ON West Market
street at the corner of the Female In
stitute lot. which was only intended
to be sufficient for attacks from Dune.
Cooper's and other similar bodies of
Cavalry. This was now enlarged into
strong redoubt, occupying part of
the lot afterwards sold to George L.
Thomas, and right ON the bed of the
Old Military Road to Florence. A
smaller intrenchment was made Just
across the street where g. T. Hughes
now lives. and about fifty feet west,
the street was cut and intrenched.
leaving the usual turn out for vehicles
these works were connected with Fort
Miner by ritie-pits and abatis. The
artillery in his redoubt commanded
the street west to the junction of the
Mt. Pleasant and Hampshire pixies, as
well as the Old Military Road.
Good approaches were prepared for
the pontoOn bridge at the Santa Fe
pike, and the railroad bridge was
fioored over for the passage of troops
and teams.
Intrenchme nts at Riverside
The Federals and impr ossed negroes
also dug strong intrenchments and |
rlt1e-pits in the peninsula where s'Riv- |
is now, especially to guard the |
town ford and bridge. But there was
still so much timber there, and the |
peninsula being commanded by the |
utfs on the south side of the river
rom above Ashton s Mills down to
Whites Spring, that another and
stronger line was built by Gen. Cox
IN the higher ground about a mile
lorth of town, which the Brown resi-
lence was near the centre.
The rain and cold did not stop this
york, night or day, and those soldiers
nd darkies worked on in the rain and
mud like beavers; the soldiers with
uns stacked close at hand ready to {
eturn to the intrenchments in case of (
n attack, and the negroes badly scared s
t the prospect of battle. {
hoe oh %o1 | =
onnected with the Civil War, but
ONE of these intrenchments yet re-
lain, and are silent reminders of the
times that tried men s souls. Fort y
LINER, with its underground maya
ines, which was considered impregna- :
lie from any direct assault. has given
'ay to the reservoir which supplies q
ne city with water. But the redoubt
ear the Mooresville pike east of the :
resent Fair Grounds the breastworks
a the hills south the intrenchments :
Col. Allen Brown s; the fort at the =
Iilroad bridge these and many
hers, are still plainly visible. 7
The Contederates Invest Columbia. +
Owing to the hard rains and the o
'ndition of the roads, it was the 9th a
fore the Confederate forces were all t.
position in front of Columbia. On
at day Cheatham S Corps was sent
st to the right wing, his headquar
RS being moved from E. H. Hatcher's q,
John M. Francis Stewards head re
larters at Nimrod Porter's (now Mrs. n
ajor Joe Dobbins') while Army D
had been moved by Hood hi
ON Andrew j. Polk, at Ashwood, to w
Is. Cornelia Warfield's. hi
The Federals Ev lcuate. sv
Most of the Federal forces had been r.
thdrawn to the interior line in Co "a
mbia on the night of the Goth. leav- OF
e however a strong force Of infantry IN
d some artillery in the outer works. IN
/ Sunday night, the 9th, all were llt
iced on the north side of the river, 20
> outer line being quietly abandoned SO
the Federals after midnight. The W.
TT and Magazine were then fired, III
the destruction was only partial;
, pontoons were taken up or s:uttled,
! the town bridge burned; the rail he
Id bridge was fired at both ends, but wi
e the magazine in the fort, was not I'M
.irley destroyed. bo
Burning OF Citizens Houses. of
hat Sunday afternoon under orders II
m Gen. George ID. Wagner, the nv
mes of Col. Trotter and Col San sh,
d, at the intersection of the Camp brl
lsville pike and Shun street; and wa
residence of Rev. John F. Hughes poo
Judge VIM. S. Fleming, between see
Pulaski pike and Campbellsville rol
e, were burned. These were large, e
minent houses between the picket I
IS, and their destruction was deemed sen
Military necessity by the Federals. ant
officers notified these people an bel
r or So. previously, and permitted u
families to remove such of the con- ryl
IS of the houses as they could; but boa
h no conveysnces at hand, and none tina
he men at home, but little was con
ID. The whole community suffered the
he loss of Judge Jennings library OF
historical data. nor
G )nfe1erates PiIlage Columbia. ,no
efole daylight of the 2Sth. he Con era
rate pickets discovered that the forl
,rworks were abandoned, and Col. reb,
r. Buffers Tennessee troops eral
sed in. hoping to secure the ford Bro
bridge, but were repulsed by the was