Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-04-29

were riding in among MS. and shooting
and cursing and yelling like Conan.
ches. and capturing our men, some OF
whom were yet asleep; but 1t Is IN
vain TO try TO describe q mounted at
tack on a sleeping camp. 1t has many
times bsen attempted, but it Is beyond
tha mower of words to picture the
nandemonium that reigns and must
he exuerienced in order to be under
stood Cant. Stacy tried hard to raj
Iv his men but found there was no
time for it. He then shouted for the
man TO abandon their horses and run
10 the courthouse with their arms. A
gallant CAPTAIN, with his lieutenant
1Evansl and most of his men were
surrounded and captured. 1t was a.
bout DAYLIGHT when the alarm came,
and by the time / got to the court
honse could see very we'll. Most OF
the officers were soon on hand and
working with a will, and order soon
came about.
The Courthouse stood in an open
square, which was pierced by three
streets-one, the main street OF the
town. was q broad thoroughfale com
ing in from Chattanooga and racing
the courthouse, and one leading ont
of the square on the opposite, south,
aide. while the third street entered the
suuare at the first right hand corner
a. Won enter on the Chattanooga road,
and on the east or southeast size OF
the souare there was an open lot OF
some extent, which constituted part
of the square and was surrounded by
buildings except on the side toward
the courthouse, and had no outlet ex-
cept the three streets above described.
Into this cul de sac we turned our
horses loose, and, as many OF the
horses of those who were captured ran
in there with the rest, we found at the
end of the fight that we were short
only a few horses, but quite q number
were without saddles and some had no
brides. During the fight the enemy
couId easily have killed all these
horses. but they thought they would
CAPTURE us easily, and they wanted the
horses in their business.
The rebels followed us pretty close
and made q dash for the courthouse,
but the charge was not driven nome
with force enough to succeed, ano
gave us the impression at the start
That we. would not have to deal with
first class troops. They now f1lled the
houses all around with sharpshooters,
and made ii quite uncomfortable Tor
us. but we piled sacks of corn In the
windows of both stories and the cellar
of basement, and punched some holes
in the wall and defended ourselves as
we'll as possible. They soon formed in
the main street and made a charge IN
mass, in column by companies. which
was made with some vigor, but was
also repulsed. This formation is very
hard to stop If we'll sustained, but such
mass of men, affords fine target for
the defenders, and such charges gener-
ally prove to be costly even when
successful The sharpshooters were
now reinforced, and for sometime
perfect hail of bullets was rained-upon
us-mostly centered about the wind
ows ana portfolios. We had to keep |
constantly putting more sacks In the
windows, as the heavy fire cut them
to pieces 40 that the corn ran out |
Occasionally charge would be made
down the main street and would be
as at first, and 80 the fight
continued for about three hours or
more, The enemy had no artillery
and we believed that we could sus-
tain ourselves indefinitely, but sure
enough terror now arose-the ammu-
milton was running low-and we'll
enough we knew that if it failed we
would speedily be dead, or on the way
TO Andersonville, and most of us
would have chosen the former. They
were a long time in reforming after
each repulse, and by saving our cart
ridges they held out until we heard
the ioyful sound of firing in the rear
of the enemy, and they began to scat
ter, and the 4th KY. Mounted Infant
ry--recruited to about 1,e0O strong |
and newly mounted charging |
down the main street at gallop in
column by platoons, and we knew that
our troubles for the time were over
We ran and secured our horses and
Joined with our rescuers in the pur-
suit. The enemy made no further
fight worth mentioning, but scattered
in every direction. mostly 1t seemed
in small parties We pursued for sew
eral miles and captured many prison
ers, but failed to recapture our men
who were prisoners. 1t was after
ward learned that they were sent
away rapidly as soon as captured. and
most of them persisted in Anderson.
Vile. We picked up 80 dead men on
the main street and buried them, but
| never learned the total loss-many |
were wounded.
This ended our dances with the
ladies of the South. We had nothing |
against them and appreciated their |
company, but It was the unanimous
verdict Of our party that if another
dance should BIZ given the invitations
would not be sent out in time to
reach Roddy. and his men.