The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-26

MISE Cr0cheron sang the beautiful hymn dedicated to the ~Boys of the South," by Miss Julia Tutwiler. She sang 1t with much sweetness and 1t was very much enjoyed by all. Mrs. w.. A. Hammond told of the personal influence of Lee over his men. Mrs. Col. A. ". Lee read a beautiful paper on the death of Lee. after which an. unusually pleasant and interesting meeting was brought to closeI with the benediction pronounced by Rev. Grim of Alexander City.
 Mrs. J.. B. Smith,
 Historian of Gadsden Chapter. .. D. c. The sympathy Of Alabama Division is extended to our Assistant Editor. I of her mother, Mrs. Allen, and we are glad to know of her improvement.
 Her hosts of friends wish for her | speedy recovery.
 Historical.
 l Columbus Miss, June go, 1907. l Hon. Charles E. Fenner:
 My Dear Comrade: am pleased to get your letter of June 2sth. referring I to my article on the battle or Nasn- vile, in the June number of The Vete- | ran, and further going into detail ana | recalling the, important and gallant | part played by theSEufaula Battery in | | command of the battalion of artillery of | that division. s tT l While the. incidents of the lorna | ton of the rear guard are still vivid | .n my mind; as also the rallying of the troops about a battery. and Its being l formations in retreat, are well remenl- bered. T cannot at th.s distanct date state positively what battery 1t. was. | have no douht--with your own state
 ment--being present and in direct com- mand of the artillery, that the Eufaula battery is the one entitled to: the credit | of sts imp portant work on that eventful evening. in, checking pursuit, and. in 1 my own judgment. in saving what was l left of Hoodss army. You would be running no risk of historical accuracy l in positively stating the fact. .s. I mail you also the advance sheets 1 of tho. July number of The Veteran. in | which Comrade Louis F. GarrArd .de- scrsbes the rallying of troops and the use of the battery.
 This ssconfirms. your own statement as | to the battery, except in name. Your | own statement is conclusive, with my
 own version and that of ,Garrard.
 If you have never read my official re- l port of that ,campaig gn.s I want you now
 to refer to 1t. on Page es0, and on last page see the handsome compliment battle. ,s ls
 l T assure you, my dear comrade, 1t has given me genuine pleasure to get 1 your letter, and find that you are the l same true Confederate soldier once knew you, and in spite of your onaroub duties, you stsIl have time to look into the record and bring out truth and 1 give credit where it belongs. Garrard
 wrote the priece many years ago. and held t, being too modest to give 1t out,
 but at last sent 1t to The Veteran, and l they, by cutting, reproduced 1t in brief With kindest wish es,
 Your comrade and friend.
 I if Stephen D. Lee.
 My Dear General: IFhave received letter from lady of EufauIa who is Chapter Historian of that town. requesting me to furnish her with some information as to the
 service of the Enfaula Battery. which served under my command in the Geor-
 gia and Nashville campaigns.
 In reading your report of the battle
 of Nashville, published in recent humber of The. Confederate Veteran, I am reminded of an incident in which
 a conspicuous and useful service, which I desire to, recall to your memory.
 The battalion of light artillery com manded by me was composed of Fem ner's Louisiana Battery, McCall's Mis-
 sissippi Battery and McKenzie's Eu-
 faula Battsry. and was attached to Clayton's Division of your corps. A few days before the battle of Nash
 vile, Fenners Battery was detached on urgent service with General Forrest in his operations around Murfreesboro. I was left in command ofsthe batteries.
 McCa1rs Battery (formerly Stanford's. of Grenada, Miss ), was stationed on -..p.. Al very centre of the desperate assaults
 which were made by the white and
 negro troops of Woods and steedman's diviisons of the Federal Army; while McKenzie's Battery (formerly Oliver's. of Eufaula, Ala was stationed at the extreme right of our army, and was
 but slightly engaged. As you graph
 icaliy relate in your report these
 charges were trinmphantly repulsed
 with great slaughter of the Federal
 troops, whose dead lay thick within less than thirty yards of our works one white ofilcer of colored troops hav- ! ing been killed at the very line of our IbreAstworks.
 I Our men thought victory was near
 and were on the works shouting ana
 waving their caps, when a glance to the left showed the whole Confederate iline broken and giving way in utter
 manic. with the Federal troops swarm ling after them in. flank and front. # became at once a. case of sauve qui neuf+ Desperate efforts were made to save the guns of McCalrs Battery. which had been so gallantly and suc- cessfully served. and the men suc- ceeded in running out the guns from
 the breastworks. but in the mad rush the horses had been stampeded and 1 only enough were secured to carry on perhaps one gun and one caisson' My own horse had been stampeded with I the rest. and after exhausting efforts to save the guns. I retired from the field on foot. On emerging from the woods in rear, of. our works into the open field beyond. l discovered the
 snectacle of a. verttable rout, g mass of fleeing troops without yestige Of I organization. \ Al this moment you and General Randall Gibson. with your staffs, dash ed Ip to where I was, and one of you said 10 me: Captain. have you ser- vIckable battery?" had Just observed 1 NIcKenzie's Eufaula Battery, moving to the rear in perfect order. without the loss of a man. a horse or gun. ana nointed 1t out to you. You said:
 "r3rinK that battery here at once csihson dismounted one of his aides and gave fae his horse and galloped to Mckenzie and conducted his battery lto won. You said: This battery must ha used- to rally our troops" and gave
 oraers that 1t should at once ,unlimbeg l and commence firing. This was
 nrornntIv done, and you. Gibson. your | R-4 odararu ifnOnediataIv