Report of the proceedings of the reunions of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee Volume 37 - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ... the captured. It was with great relief that we saw a man wearing a blue uniform come out of the house, and we then discovered that the party we had proposed to capture was a detachment of Sherman's signal corps. Later on, trying to get back within our lines, we had some difficulty in convincing the pickets that we were entitled to pass. The next day, as I went over the battlefield of Raymond, I saw again the horrors of war, the wounded and the unburied dead. Two as gallant soldiers as ever drew sword had fought the battle of the day before. "Fighting Jack" Logan was the senior and M. M. Crocker the subordinate commander. We spent the night at Raymond, and then started for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi. While passing through a dense piece of woods on the way, the enemy's sharpshooters opened fire on us. One of the staff shouted to my father that they were firing at him. His answer was to turn his horse and dash into the woods, in the direction whence the bullets were coming. Colonels Wilson and Lagow, I, the orderlies and the escort followed, and in skirmishing fashion we advanced till we came to a large house, where we halted. Sherman's corps now came up, and McPherson was already engaged. Generals Grant and Sherman were on the porch of the house, when our line was broken by artillery fire, and our men began a retreat. The two Generals immediately mounted, rode among the men, and reformed the lines. Meanwhile, Tuttle's division had passed through the dense woods, and had captured the enemy's breastworks, wheeled to the left, and swept the enemy's line of entrenchments. Father accompanied them. JACKSON. Thinking the battle was ended, I rode off toward the state house, where the Confederate troops passed me in their retreat. Though I wore a b...