The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-07-09
July 18th. 1864.

AS this anniversary approaches my mind
naturally reyerts to it. From near
/ Clinton Miss, q day or SO after the bat
tie. there. We were sent to jackson.
Something over one hundred were left
i behind under command of Col. w. L.
j Lowry. and arrived ON tile train in Ok
] olona the evening Of July Ia. Author
i tiles would send US no further, SO Col
4 to Harrisburg that night. We saw
/ Col. W. L. Dubbs at Okolona who had
been detained at Harrisburg that
/ morning. Col. Lowry turned the COM
mand oyer to Mr.. Ahnnt, who, after it
was dark marched us to Verona. Rail-
road officials promised to send an en-
take us to Verona If they could hear
ter we had marched shree or four miles
to Verona, arriving there about mid
might. We slept in yard just west Of
depot. We started west and had gone
about mile as daybreak was just
was just opening. We were halted by
a mounted officer who commanded us to
halt few minutes while he would ride
| ahead and notify one of the batteries
west of little creek not to open fire on
US as they were not expecting soldiers
from that direction. After passing
the battery we arrived at the residence
of DR.. GaIha4n. at that time being US
ed for a hospital. DR.. CALHOUN told us
| that he wanted twelve men t0 be LEFT
as guards to keen off stragglers. He
| was required to give me written or
der, and after doing this | picked him
out twelve men. After breakfast we
marched on and Joined the brigade in
line of battle Very s8en several Com
manders were advanced toward Ellis
town Road. A skirmish line Of yam
KEGS had been marching in our direct
ion but fell back at first fire. We return
! ed to the line of battle and remained
thepa until three or four o'clock tn
! eYeni1g. ueh. Lyan,. commander o.
our brigade, or1ered us to advances.
Our brigade was little to the north of
the Pontotoc and Tupelo road. In pas
sing by old Harrisburg Isaw Col. Is
ham and saany ether dead and dying.
bodies laying in the heat OF the torrid
sun. We passed the Hill house, then
occupied by Mr.. Lamper. We tore
down the garden pailings to hold our
alignment Some horrid sights were
seen among our wounded This place
IS nesr or At the public school building.
We then ADVANCED iRt0 THpela;
| The Frank freeman house where
Mrs. Blair now lives was the Yankee
hospital. They had trimmed tree
ne4r the front gate and had a yellow
lag on it. late that evening Gen.
Forrest had an engagement with their
rear guard at crossing Of Town Creek;
was wounded and REPORTED dead, but
was soon back on bis horse riding
around among the solli6rs. The de-.
pot at Tupelo was smoking ruin.
The first time ever had an opportu-
nifty of speaking to DR.. Calhoun after
the break fast at. Calhoun place. wassat
the Richmond reunion in 1907. He is
one Of the grandest looking men ever.
saw. | asked him Il he remembered
the incident at Calhoun place: He
said he did and II remember you, too.
The men you left me were good ones"
OF course we had to have meal or so
together at Jefferson Hotel. i met
his young daughter lRst year at Rir-
mingham and also at Memphis rsuAian.
She told --e the Doctors health was
poor. asked her if he ever forgot
anything, and she said, ''lo-not even
the most trivial
Lieut.. Anderson, French of End Tenn,
Cav, was supposed to be mortally
wounded, was at Calhoun Hospitat
His fiance, Miss McCallistep Of Aher=
deem came, they were married. He is
living at Birmingham Ala, She died
many years ago. In conclusion will
say the Is, of July. 1864, was intensely
hot. As We crossed Kings Creek on
our advance into Tupelo, water was
in holes saw soldiers dipping their can
teens under the green scum to get it,
sew pne soldier laying in sun near
dead tree in a field. Think he had
been overcome by heat as he was in a
dying condition. Mr., William Rains
an old man there told m. he helped
bury the dead the day after this found
several who had ppal eHtly died from
oyerheat. Several of nay old comrades
are still living In this SECTION who were
there that day, If this article inter-
ests any of your readers, have ae-
complisEed all | wish.
G. F. KAHLHEIM
Late Captain, Co. 6. II Mississippi
Cavalry.