The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-03-25
TAKEN FROM CIVIL WAR
NOTE BOOK OF JIM. LEACH.

reached the 25th of July, though 1t
was a very hard one and Through
poor piney country crossing the
Pearl River at hte station some
eight miles below Jackson and slept
on the south side of the railroad,
the weather being quite warm and
water scarce this march of $50 miles
was as much as / ever wanttodo.
Many became sick and were lett on
the road at some house TO be brought
up by wagon. They were sent back
after them. Many made themselves
sick by eating green corn and other
trash. such as green peaches and APP
pies, would take the collie and die
before and aid could be procured. We
reached camp in he evening, but the
command got there in the morning
after we got within twenty miles oil
Enterprise, myself and two Others
stopped to have some washing done.
which throwed us behind.
July 25.-Thls morning after vari-
Gus trials, l succeeded in getting
a fourlough for thirty days and as
[ had heard that my family had NOV
ed to Kentucky and as | wished to
see my parents anyway, also l knew
tia If 1 could get to fathers, /
could hear from them even If they
were still in Missouri and as q
had been TWEEN " months s!Gce l had
heard direct from them. | was told
in V.cksburg that | could pass
through the Federal lines on my pa
role and | concluded to make trial.
So about 10 O'Clock p. m, | got
on the cars for Mobile where ] ar
rived the next day about II O'Clock,
and got on a SEAN boat and in
few hours landed at Falls Land
ing and got on the cars for Mont
gomery, Ala, where We arrived about
one o'clock the next day and as we
were very much crowded our party
made a rush for the cars, but they
were soon crowded to their utmost
and before we started we had to give
up our car 10 the sick and sand
on the outside in a very hard rain
and had not slept any the two pre-
ceeding nights, and had no. eaten a
mouthful for thirty-six hours. | was
quite easily made angry and
said some very hard things about
the Fifty-Six;h Georgia and the Lieu
tenant took It up, but he soon found
out, although | was the only Missouri
an on the flat that | was not going
10 be frightened TO death by ham and
soon knuckled under. We reached At
lama, Georgia the next MORNING. at
daylight. soon found a hotel where
/ got good breakfast for which |
paid $500, but he host did not make
anything as was in fix TO eat full
value in any hing, biscuit, butter,
coffee and milk. While | was feast
ing he cars were rolling out and
left me bth:Gd, but l did not carr
for this as | had not slept any for
three nights, / was satisfied 10 wall
for the evening train. | spent the
day walking over town looking az
various things. This Is pretty place
and i'm time of peace was business
place. At six O'Clock l got on the
cars for Knoxville. In passing through
Tennessee / was very much surprised
TO See such a coed country. The
CORN looked fine, wheat was harvest
ed and 81 urding in the shock. This
Is good country, at least Tennessee
Valley has plenty of good cold water
gushing out the side OF the hills, the
brooks running briskly over their
rocky beds is clear as crystal. Happy
people, were these, but this cruel
war has made its mark in their peace
full mountain homes. We reached Kno
Vile about two O'Clock, July 20.
), (THE END