The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-06-21

takes the last dollar the government
can raise 10 do il with. Now, boys,
il you need pants, shoes or anything
allowed for the soldier, get after
your captain; let the captain get
after the quartermaster, and let him
get after the brigade and division
qusrtermaster general, and our needs
supplied; then, by the help Of God,
we will put down this rebellion. ="
The old saying that First impress
ions are lasting ones" proved true in
this case. "Old Rosy" was ever
loved and respected by the men Of
our brigade, and his orders were at
all times our law, and obeyed with
cheerful alacrity.
The weather continued cold for
several days, and our men suffered
for want Of overcoats. On the eth
OF December Colonel Barnes left for
Kentucky on leave Of absence, but
before he started be did a good act
in calling Chaplain Paul to account
for specializing of the men, by buy
ing up at a very small per cent all
Of the first issue Of greenbacks, or
demand notes, that were at all times
worth their face in gold. He soon
after sent in his resignation as chap
lain of the Eighth, and il was accept
ed. Timothy" mad not proved Of
much advantage spiritually to the
Eighth. But all the fault may not
have been his. He had preached
but few sermons, for the boys gener-
ally believed, from his general con-
duct, that he was not spiritually
minded.
The 9th OF December the Third
Brigade and fifty wagons went out
on Stone river, near Dobbin's Ferry
on a foraging expedition. The rebel
cavalry had on several occasions
attacked our foraging parties, and
Colonel Matthews had two pieces OF
artillery taken along with us. Pass
ing outside our outer videttes, we
were soon near the ferry, on what
we termed neutral ground. The
Twenty first and Eighth Kentucky
proceeded TO load the wagons from
full cribs of corn on two adjoining
farms. The Fifty-first Ohio and
Thirty fifth Indiana formed a good
chain Of pickets. We had been en-
gagged in loading but a short time
before regiment of rebel cavalry
made an attack on the Thirty fifth,
and for fifteen minutes the fighting
was sharp, the Thirty fifth being re-
inforced by the Fifty. first and part
OF the Twenty first Kentucky, caused
the Johnnies to fall back, leaving
three OF their men dead and several
badly wounded. The Thirty fifth
lost three killed and sixteen wounded,
principally slight, Adjutant Mullen
being the first to fall, with ball
through his fair temple. The train
was at last loaded and put in motion,
Colonel Matthews, with the Thirty
fifth and Fifty. first, in front, the
Twenty first deployed, marched
along by the wagons, the Eighth
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
May, forming the rear guard. A
few stray shots fell among us from a
body of mounted rebs on the oppo-
site side of the river; but we knew
that was done to attract our atten
tion while part Of their force en-
deayored to cut us of from the train.
The Adjutant being absent, Colo
mel May asked me to mount a mule
and act to him in that capacity. A
half mile from the ferry the road ran
through dense growth of low cedars
Here we were attacked by two reg
iments OF rebel cavalry ON our left.
We halted, fronted and opened a
deadly oblique fire, our front rank