The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-06
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spy, but only as messenger or run
ner
OF the records" the following
was sent to General Shermans A. A
G., and will show that Sam was moi
q spy.
Headquarters Left Wing, Sixteenth
Army Corps,
Pulaski, Tenn, Nov. 20, 1858.
Mai. r. VI. Sawyer, A. A. G., Dept. Of
the Tennessee:
| herewith inclose a copy of dis
patch taken from one of Bragg
spies Samuel Davis). He had a hea
Wy mail, papers, etc, and Capt. Cole
man is pretty well posted. l think
will have him in a day or two.
also forward a few of the
most important letters found in the
mail. The toothbrushes and blanl
books I was greatly in need of, anC
therefore appropriate them.
/ am, very respectfully, your ODE
dent servant, G. NJ DODGE,
Brigadier-
Enclosure No. H.
In Front of Chattanooga,
. November II. 1868.
Ito Mrs. Dan NJ. Nelson).
Ny Dear Mamie: ! have writer
over and over and still receive no re
ply. Don't know whether you evel
receive any of my letters or not. The
underground mail" is so uncertain
them. | would keep you pretty wei
posted if all my letters reached you
AS it is, would have to reiterate
great deal to keep you well Informed
as to passing events. Nothing direc
have | heard from you since June
however, | hear indirectly occasion
ally. | am well at present, with eX
ception of cold. We still occupy oul
same position since the battle o
Chickamauga. Don't know how Ions
we will remain here. There is {
move going on in East Tennessee
which may materially change affairs
in a few days, unless the enemy is
reinforced sufficiently to give us bat
tie. General Longstreet will operate
from this way, while General Jones
VIII cooperate Will MN lLOlh w
yond Knoxville. Here | will give you
a little news; perhaps you may hear
of it before this reaches you, or gel
the Yankee account of it. Genera
Jones captured a day or so ago S5C
Yankees, 1000 head of mules anC
horses and $50 wagons. (This is Of
fcial) | am fearful the enemy has
been so heavily reinforced we will
be unable to gain and hold any per
manent foothold in Tennessee. Ny
opinion is we will fall back as SCOT
as Sherman with his reinforcements
reach Chattanooga. We have beer
reinforced since the battle, but moi
as the Yanks. Lack of harmony
among our generals at present ant
ever since the battle. All are doWr
on Bragg; want him removed. | car
see for no other cause than to be
promoted themselves. | am no part
of a general nor judge of one; de
not consider Bragg a No. ! general
but think he is the best in this de
partmant. Generals d. H. Hill anC
Polk have been relieved of command
since the battle, also General Cheat
ham. | understand that General b
X. Johnson is made major, anC
will command Cheatham's division
Gen. Breckenridge commands Hills
corps. l went up on top of Look
out mountain yesterday to take
view of both armies and the sur
rounding country. 1t was the mos
sublime scene | ever Witnessed: coulC
see the whole Yankee army and ours
almost at the same sight. My eyes
had not grown weary of such mag
nificent sight when we were greeted
by a shell from a Yankee battery OF
Moccasin Point, just across the river
They shelled our battery on the
Lookout Point about one hour. They
soon shelled my old friend ALI Davis
and myself off the point. l remarked
to him when we heard the whistle o.
a she'll, did he not love to hug the
ground better than his wife? He re
piled, Them things would make any
one get down on the ground" Oar
White was sent from the hospita
near the battlefield day or two ago
the first time he has been movot
since wounded. He went to Ring
gold, Ga He had not improved
much, was perfectly helpless. 1t will
be long trtds, DSetaoishrdcmfwyr
be long while, if ever, before he viii
be we'll Low Weakley died in At.
lanta. in hospital, from wound re
ceived in the knee in the late battle
He died on the 2rd of October. Fer
ril Edwards left us week or so ago
| expect he is at home ere this.
1t seems all the Middle Tennessee.
ans are going to desert. Have yor
made my clothes yet? You must
make them great deal larger thar
any you have made for me. for tight
clothes don't last. Have my over
coat cut military style, to come be
low the knee. and cape as long as
the arm: frock some larger anc
longer than the jeans one you haC
made last fall; and pants a goot
deal larger in the body and legs
than my old pattern boots. No. 10
You must have my clothes ready tt