Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-29
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fas one OF the fes Instance NJ club
airr mlakeu and o. of hayones
arro. The works TIL o.ae o. The
entire brigade were H0r and tlt
FIGHTING desperate The action of
the brigade Ga ospecia commended
in me official reportE Gen Buck
ner Gen Preston aud Cen Oracle
Gen Oracle also con Ponds The ac-
nln OF Capt Harvey Jones hit
alatauf a1lufaut gem nYiug ho
was more exposed thar iHy one eise
.and chat he bad a nor Killed under
HIm am glad that GeH Jones ha.
been spared and O. fh us today
wood hrlsada or Cl..Irnes uivls.
I I0u passed over or nee This position
0u fbc goth crossed 'He rhuttanoo
90 uai to the Poe ho performing
efficient crricc. a. d.f .he 32nd 40
ALBANIA of hdamF Bum1c che asst
.o' UpIma and tho fNH Alabama Of
Ha'rr which also ga over o'
ne1f This position In .e closing cd
iFu.r of tho day a hanna alsr
'had two Uugldler generals aud ono
colonel commanding irradcs Boz thl.
Ierraenmout that wer not com
'maudIng Alalama troops Generals
iuorhlar and Gregg and COT John %
.fcIiy These were a natives o'
Ihahma and were among The most
.'r'r and capable officers Zoo th,
|s.rIrr Con Deshlor aa Killed bf
III fragment OF she'll pa sing through
DIS chest while IN discharge OF DTS
duty u command OF f.e Twsa HH
9a1o about 4 p m souum 200, 1863.
|aHout POO wards east and Boz sight
o fhis position Con John Grogr
.'s seriously wounded bout p. m
u. 'Hr ffth near the |u.1rI house
fhr head of bis brflir of Tenn.
$4,000 and Texas troop Va knock
.f from hl horse ami temporarily
captured Don't was Immediately rp
captured and recovered from DID,
wound only 90 sacrifice Off
ife Bon ihc discharee of Dis
duty or thp head OF Fields D.ys
bonn 600 from. OF Richmond Va. Octob
r. o.. INGi Col Kelly was promoted
.Hr heroic and efficient rtirc after
tho battle of chickauuurl. assign
go to brigade Of cnalry under
Grn Wheeler aud killed leading a.
division of cavalry m charge all
Franklin Tenn August 20. 1864
These officers were each of horoI,
mold efficient 10 a mHrknl degree
and lcft % record OF enduring re-
uoWu
The government has erected au
enduring memorial she'll monu
mcnt where Gen neshier was Kim
ci as % haa 20 the eight brigade
commander killed In the battle
Union aud Confederate. four each
lu connection with the battle OF
Missionary Ridge. November 1
fStt. Z desire 10 make q statement
ilui has mover been published OF
understood br The public or bv tho
Army of Tennessee Immediately ai
J.- ibo battle the impression pre-
vailed amoue the troops that oceu-
pied fhc l.np north oil the second oh
,rtai.0n tower belongs poIut
fhat tho brigade of Alabama troop
chat occupied this projection of t1e
ridge Wus tHc first 90 give way and
VB. thp immediate cause of The dis
a.ter of Missionary Ridge Nam
year before iho Park Commit siou
Rls ormulrd there vas a board Boz
scriutiou erected by committee oil
Chattanooga citizens and placed near
fhr crossing of the Birds Mil road
s'at.u- thl, this position was ocw
pied during NE battle OF Doa's Ala
% m1 Er..ade For year was OF
iho opinion 90 was this brieade thar
1E gave WaF and know q was Dee
|...rl h large portion o. The
'rWt Df tennessee Since mv CON
HrOf.0u with tn" park development
hl,r Hrcu convinced this opinion Is
rnt lwe The BRIGADE referred to iu
ibr BOARD inscription Was posted
nraris milo north of the Bird
NiIl road sing. aud never oecu
pl.J fhe position indicated at any
iiWe ues Brisade may have with
HrauH without becoming desperately
euea-ed iu front or apparently with
ouf sufficient cause but Il was not
th" first Co withdraw and did not re-
i.la from lbs position tin he line was
broken a two or more
points Boz plain view. and their nat
ual avenue of escape over the
ChickaWlugha by the Shallowford
road and bridge was dangerously
threatened uy q Tank movement of
che victorious column OF assault and
advance These movements were on
pan view from their elevated posi-
tI0H 1ud the same elevation ohscur-
90 tho view OF tho troops north OF
th.s point of thc fighting and
movements south OF Il. thus leaving
the impression on the minds or the
troops north OF This point that Il was
the BRIGADE occupying Il that first
gave way There are several rea-
sons that contributed 20 make 30
probable thar the first occupation 81
the ridge by The ruion troops was al
ana near iho crossing OF the Bird
Wil road The general trend OF
the ridge curves more to the west
ai This point thus reducing the dis
lance 20 De travelled by the line OF