Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-07

A Mysterious Movement.

! and retreat from Grand Junction, l
will give an account of a movement l
! have never been able to fathon. The
| Fighting 4th, Hurlbut's Division, was
/ encamped at Bolivar, Tenn, with Rose
! Grams, with part of his Army of the
| Tennessee at Corinth and the 10th
t Corps scattered from Memphis to
Jackson. l remember we received or
lers to march, we knew not where, but
supposed to form a junction with Rose
Grams, possibly on the Cold Water. AT
| all events we moved at early dawn,
taking everything with us, wagon
trains, fully equipped, and as we filed
out past the camps of the other bri-
gades of our famous division, they saw
! that our brigade, the Sd, was the only
! one moving. With very little delay we
/ left Bolivar in the rear and Wended
| our way to the South and on the
| Grand Junction road. 1t was a mild
day in September, 1862, and our move
ment seemed to us of Importance. We
had a camp and garrison equ1page,
and if we were not going to form the
| junction with Rosey at Cold Water, as
was first expected, we must be going
to join him at Corinth. At all events,
the meager numbers, so heavily equip
ped, caused a great deal Of specula-
ton. But speculation soon gave way
| to actual work, and we marched on,
leaving La Grange to the west, and
when night came we bivouacked by the
roadside, within six miles of Grand
Junction.
An early breakfast and on we went,
until orders to halt and load were
passed along the line next to tear down
| the fences. Some Of the I'd Illinois,
who were with the expedition, had
! brought word to Lanman that the
enemy was in force near the Junction
and he had better get away to the left
toward Bolivar. This was done with
will, for we realized that we were
| about to be fanked, and if we would
save ourselves from the clutches of
Old Price. Van Dorm and Villipigue, we
must hustle. The brigade Immediately
aOout-faced, fiankers were thrown out
and we were ordered from quick time
to that of double quick, and a general
run was the final order. To this we
found no end until Wolf Creek was
reached. The wagon train was terribly
III the way. Water was out of the
question, for the natives seemed to full
ly understand the plight we were in
and had removed the we'll buckets, and,
to complete the destruction, everything
loose was, by us, thrown into the wells
and, upon reaching Wolf River. we
formed Il line of battle masking sec
ton OF artillery covering the road.
Here details of men were sent to the
stream with our canteens. and while
the teams were crossing we lay in
wait. We had not much time to lose.
only enough to get our breath, when
the Rebel cavalry came dashing along.
And such reception I never learned
how many of them bit the dust. but my
regiment being in support, and on the
right of the road | could distinctly
! hear the commands of the Rebel off
GERS, and know that our line was soon
! covered, or where our line had been.
but, in the meantime, our wagons. and
the OLD reliable 2Sth Illinois, bringing
up the rear, laughed at the disc0mfit-
ted Johnnies forming their lines and
getting left. On to Bolivar was the
! cry, and if you ever saw a hungry.
tired and thirsty brigade, that one was
the Sd Brigade, 4th Division, 10th
Corps. The report reached Bolivar that
we were captured, and when, instead,
we marched in by our comrades, such
a welcome | have never witnessed be
fore nor since. The 10th Illinois bows
fairly rushed to our ranks and shook
us by the hand. We were saved. and
not long after the division made a
more Duslness-l1ke maneuver, and after
Price and his gang were whipped and
driven from Corinth, he fell into our
hands on the Hatchie River and got a
second thrashing in almost the same
| tWenty-four hours. In other words, we
cut off his retreat and sent his scat
tered forces up the river to find a
crossing and escape. Gen. Ord was in
| command, but was wounded, and orr
| old commander assumed command. and
to his memory is due the success of a
second time routing the defeated Reb-
els.-Christian Stolt in American Tri-
| bune.
| The Last Charge of the War.
! From a posthumous paper by Gen
| ip fl1o Do