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his lot with his command in the field. After the surrender of Fort Donelson, he was offered the privilege and opportunity of passing unchallenged through the lines and joining the columns of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, but as he could not take his regiment with him he declined to leave it. He was rewarded in be- ing able to obtain steam-boat transportation for his men, getting them out of the extreme cold before night set in. He was refused the privilege of going with them to Camp Douglass, but was sent to Camp Chase, thence to Fort Warren, Fortress Monroe, Aiken's Landing, and there exchanged. Immediately upon his exchange he applied for and obtained orders to meet his old regiment and re- organize it at Vicksburg, but was intercepted by a telegram promoting him to be Brigadier-general, and requiring him to report to Gen. Bragg, who was then cros -- ing the river for his Kentucky campaign. He did not meet his regiment again until after the battle of Chickamauga, when it became a part of his brigade in the operations around Dalton, skirmishing at Rocky Face. Sugar Creek Valley. en ! Resaca, until he was ordered to take command of Hindman's division at Davis's Cross-roads. He was wounded at Perryville, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and Franklin.
The material composing this regiment was as good as any country ever 15- duced; and whether in adversity or prosperity, it always exceeded the fondest ex- pectations of its friends and of its commanders. The men, whether officers or privates, fought from motives of patriotism and under a stern sense of duty, as 1 with an intelligence far above that which arises alone from the force of discipline. On the march they were patient and untiring, in the camp cheerful and consider- ate, in battle bold and true, in retreat calm and orderly; in war good soldier-, in peace good citizens. Many of the survivors are now occupying places of honor an I trust among their fellow-citizens.
Official.] FIELD AND STAFF, THIRD TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, John C. Brown; Lieutenant-colonel, Thomas M. L. Gordon; Major, Nathaniel %. Cheairs; Adjutant, Thomas M. Tucker; Quartermaster, Benjamin P. Roy; Commissary, B. L. Wilkes ; Surgeon, Samuel H. Stout; Assistant Surgeon, Wiley S. Perry.
Tucker, Major Thomas M., k. at Chickasaw Bayou, Dec. 29, 1802.
Wilkes, Commissary B. L., d. in prison at Camp Chase, O.
COMPANY A. Captains: Calvin J. Clack and F. C. Barber.
Simpson, William F .. d. some time in Dec .. 1861. . Arthurs, W. H., k. at Chickamauga, Sepr. 10. Bennett, J. M., d. at home in Sept., 1861. 1863.
Bass, Nathan H .. d. at home in July, 1861. Holland, John W., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. Burton, William P., d. in prison at Camp Doug- las, Ill., May 1, 1862. 19. 1863. Stepp. Logan. k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1833. Vance. James M., k. a: Port Hudson, La., April, 1:63.
Bunch, James W., k. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
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Hancock. Luke, d. at home, Aug. 16, 1861.
Harwell, R. F., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, III., May 13, 1862.
Childers, R. H., k: at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Tucker, D. H. d. of wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga.
Bass, Lieut. James P .. mortally wounded at Chickasaw Bayou, and d. Dec. 30, 1862. Tillery. W. H., d. at Port Hudson, La,, March Abernathy, S. H., k. at Raymond. Miss., May 12, 1863. 27. 1893. Caldwell, J. B., d. at Port Hudson, La., Apri!, 1883.
Bull, J. W., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20. 1863.
COMPANY B. Captains : E. H. F. Gordon and Robert A. Mitchell.
Compton, J. B., k. at Done!son, while bearing : Anderson, M. L., d. at Bowling Green, Ky .. the colors. 1 Oct. 1, 1561.
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Briggs, W. W., d. at Nashville, Nov. 5, 1861. Branch, M. P., d. in prison at Camp Douglas. Grigsby, F. M., d. at Camp Trousdale, Sept. 15, 1861.
Helmiek, Hiram, d. in prison at Camp Dong- las, March 27, 1862.
Henderson, J. S., d. in prison at St. Louis, Mio.
James, Thomas, d. at home, Aug. 1, 1861.
Reynolds, G. I., d. at home, August, 1861.
Rutledge, J. D., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, April 6, 1862.
Simmons, M. M., d. at Camp Cheatham, June 20, 1861.
Calvert, W. H., K. at Jackson, July 11, 1863.
Waldrup, J. M., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, March 26, 1862. Sands, S. F., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Glenn, J. B., d. at Camp Cheatham, June 19, | Beardin, Henry, k. at Chickamanga, Sept. 19, 1861. 1805. Hodge, W. A., d. at Bowling Green, Ky., Jan. Compton, J. S., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. 28, 1:02.
Davis, Carter, k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Martin, F. G., k. at Raymond, May 12, 1863. MeCarter, T., wounded at Springdale, and died Dec. 20, 1863.
Newlin, W. J., d. in prison at Point Lookout, Md.
Burg, George B., d. at Port Hudson, Feb. 25, 1863.
Compton, J. L., k. at Raymond, May 12, 1863. Cannon, S. H., k. at Rayinond, May 12, 1863.
COMPANY C.
Captains: Daniel F. Wade and R. T. Cooper.
Moss, Lieut. James D., d. at home, Sept 4. / Tune, William H., d. at Bowling Green, Ky., 18el.
Kittrell, W. A., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, Weaver, William, k. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, April 1, 1862. 1862.
Cooper, Capt. R. T, k. at Raymond, May 12, 1863.
Hanigan, J. D., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Garrett, D. P., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863.
Barr, Isaac, d. at Lauderdale Springs, Miss., June, 1863.
Grinder, H., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1803.
Grinder, William, k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Gentry, H. D., k. at Raymond, May 12, 1863. Pope, B. L., d. at Yazoo City, Miss., Aug., 1863. Peavyhouse, W. P., d. at Jackson, Miss., Nov. 14, 1863.
Peavyhouse, F. M., k. at Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863.
Peavyhouse, J. N., k. at Raymond, Miss,, May 12, 1863.
Sharp, J. G., k. at Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863.
Smith, James, d. from wounds received at Mis- sionary Ridge, Jan. 20. 1864.
Turnbow, G., d. March 11, 1863.
Vincent, G., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863 Westbrook, A. C., d. at home, Oct., 1862.
COMPANY D. Captain, William Peaton.
Cardwell, A. E., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, | Abernathy, J. mes, d. at Camp Cheatham, June Sept. 4, 1862. 1861.
Hewett, Lafayette, k. at Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
Bishop, W., d. at Bowling Green, Ky. Duncan, B. F., d. in prison at St. Louis.
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Childers, John, d. at Camp Trousdale, Sept. 5, 1861.
Fisher. George W., d. in prison at Camp Doug- las, March 1, 1862.
Goodloe, Rufus T., d. in Maury county, Tenn., June 11, 1861.
Guthrie, Fleming, k. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, 1861.
Howard, William, d. at home, Sept., 1801.
Howard, Joseph C., d. at home, Sept. 15, 1861. Kennedy, William L., d. at home, July 25, 1861.
King, E. A., k. at Corinth.
King, Robert, d. in prison at Camp Douglas, July 23, 1862.
Pickard. Y. S., d. in prison at Camp Douglas. April 8, 1862.
Nov., 1861.
Bond, B. W., k. at Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
Burkett, Caleb, d. at home, Aug. 27, 1861.
Bell, Valentine, d. in Lewis county, Tenn., July 15, 1861.
Copeland, Anderson, d. at Russellville, Ky., Feb., 1862.
Clanton, T. J., d. in Maury county, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1861.
Clanton, A. C., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, July 28, 1802.
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Ford, A. C., d. at Bowling Green, Ky. Ilopkins, L., d. at Russellville, Ky., Feb. 6. 1862.
Hays, Jerome, d. at Bowling Green, Ky. Hibbell, C. E., d. in prison at Camp Douglas. Bynum, William MI., k. at Jackson. Kendrick, C. W. H., d. at Fort Donelson, Feb. ! Bynum, John W., k. at Chickamauga.
15, 1862.
Poteet, E. J., d. in prison at Camp Douglas. Scott, W. A., d. in prison at Camp Douglas. Story, David, d. at home, Sept., 1861.
Shuler, W. H., k. at Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
Seagraves, W., d. at home, Sept., 1861.
Simmons, Jesse, d. at Bowling Green, Nov., 1861.
Tidwell, B. M., d. at Camp Cheatham, June, | 1861.
Ussery, E. P, d. at Camp Cheatham, June, 1801.
Watkins, Y. R., d. in Maury county, May 16, 148;1.
Benderman, John W., k. at Raymond. Burkett, W. E., k. at Chickamauga.
Nelson, B. H., k. at Raymond, May 12, 1863. Norwood, N. A., d. at Lauderdale Springs, Miss., Sept. 11, 1863. Robinson, W. R., d. at Jackson, Miss., Dec. 19, 1862. Jennings, Benjamin E., d. at Cassville, Ga .. Dec. 6, 1803.
COMPANY E. Captain, H. P. Pointer.
Chatman, W. T .. k. at Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862. : Thompson, J. T., d. in prison at Camp Douglas.
Golden, T. M., k. in prison, April, 1862.
White, W. W., d. in prison at Camp Douglas.
Johnson, W. J. L., d. at Bowling Green, Ky. Lamb, J. T., d. at Nashville, Oct., 1861.
Sharp, M. V .. d. at Camp Trousdale.
Pope, W. A., k. at shiloh.
COMPANY F. Captain, George W. Jones.
Goad, J. R., d. At Camp Cheatham. | Jarrett, Jefferson, d. at Russellville, Ky. Crews, J. II., k. at Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, Hughes, A. B., d. at Bowling Green, Ky. 1862. Martin, G., d. at Camp Cheatham. Coffey, J. F., d. at Bowling Green, Ky. Martin, James. d. at Camp Cheatham. Renfro, Barelay, d. at Russellville, Ky.
Crews, W. J., k. at Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
Scott, A. L., d. at Camp Cheatham.
Cheatham. Pope. d. in prison at Camp Douglas. Davis. A. V., k. at Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862.
Ramsay. G. E., d. at Russellville, Ky.
Davis, R. C., d. at Bowling Green, Ky.
Jarrett, P., d. at Russellville, Ky.
COMPANY G. Captain, Calvin H. Walker.
Chiles, Thomas H., d. at Camp Trousdale, Hobbs, William, d. at Nashville, Nov. 25, Aug. 21, 1861. 1801.
Kincaid, Robert, d. at Camp Cheatham, June 15. 1861. Burgess. G. B., d. at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 26, 1861.
MeMillin, J. P., d. in prison at St. Louis, Mar. 1962. MeMillin, James, d. at home, Aug. 5, 1861. Nevils. John, d. at Nashville, June, 1861. Clift, Thomas, d. at Bowling Green, Ky., Jan. Powers, B. F., d. at Camp Cheatham, July 1, 1, 1862.
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Griggs, Y. M., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, Young, Thomas, d. at home, Aug. 25, 1861. March 26, 1862.
COMPANY H. Captain, S. L. Tarrent.
Clayton, Francis. d. at Bowling Green, Ky., ! Pope, Alexander, d. in prison at Camp Doug- Dec. 14. 1861. las, July 30, 1862.
Cooper, T. M., k. at Donelson. Sharp, J. F., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, March 22, 1862.
Cooper, Alexander D . d. at home, July 10, 1861.
Goodman, C. H., d. in prison at Camp Doug- las, March 14, 1862.
Sims, W. F., d. Sept. 20, 1861. Sims, George, d. Jan. 21, 1962.
Grinder, J. C., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, Langford, Samuel, d. at Camp Cheatham, July July 2, 1862.
6. 1×61. Hensley. E. B., d. at home, Ang, 17. 1931. Cooper, Samuel G., d. in prison at Camp Doug- Pope, D. R., d. at Bowling Green. Ky., Dec. 4. | las. 1881.
i Turner, Samuel, d. in prison at Camp Douglas.
Thomas, J. E., d. in prison at St. Louis, Mo.
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COMPANY I. Captain, B. F. Mathews.
Evans, Lieut. B. W., k. at Camp Trousdale, ; Johnson. E. C., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, Ang., 1861. May, 1862.
Robards, J. G., d. at Camp Cheatham.
McAllister, W. A., d. at Camp Trousdale.
Callahan, S. V., d. at Camp Trousdale.
Osborn, James, d. at Camp Cheatham.
Desoe, J. C., d. in prison at Camp Douglas.
Edmonston, W. S., d. at Russellville, Ky.
Fiske, J. D., d. in prison at Camp Douglas.
Hall, V. B., d. at Camp Cheatham.
Hardin, J. M., d. at Bowling Green, Ky.
COMPANY K. Captain, F. C. Barber.
Bass, J. M., d. in prison at Camp Douglas. Ezel!, J. P., d. at home. March 11, 1862.
Branchine, J. W., k. at Richmond.
Birdwell, Blcoming, d. in prison at Camp Douglas, Sept. 27, 1802.
Hughes, J. W., k. at Donelson. Feb. 15, 1862.
Johnson, T. F., d. at St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1862.
King. T. B., d. in prison, Feb, 21, 1862.
Boswell, D. B., d. in prison at Camp Douglas, Merrill, George W., d. at Camp Trousdale. March 7, 1802.
Mathew4, Edward H., d. at Bowling Green, Ky., Oct .. 1861.
Sullivan, Ambrose, d. at home.
FOURTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY LUKE W. FINLAY, MEMPHIS, TENN.
ORGANIZATION: Rufus P. Neely, Colonel; Otho F. Strahl, Lieutenant-colonel; John F. Henry, Major; Lieutenant Henry Hampton, Adjutant ; James A. Will- iamson, Sergeant-major ; E. A. Belcher, Assistant Quartermaster; Dr. Junius Williams, Surgeon; Dr. L. P. Yandell, Assistant Surgeon ; Rev. William C. Gray, Chaplain.
The company organization was this, to wit : Shelby Grays, Co. A, James Som- merville, Captain ; Pillow Guards, Co. B, James Fentress, Captain ; Wigfall Grays, Co. C, R. P. Bateman, Captain ; Raleigh Volunteers, Co. D, Andrew J. Kellar. Captain ; Harris Guards, Co. E, James H. Deare, Captain ; West Tennessee Rifle- men, Co. F, R. L. White, Captain; Lauderdale Invincibles, Co. G, John Suther- land, Captain ; Tennessee Guards, Co. HI, Benjamin F. White, Captain; Tipton Rifles, Co. I, John B. Turner, Captain ; Dyer Guards, Co. K, H. L. Fowlkes, Cap- tain.
The historian who wrote the Gallie wars would have had a difficult task had he undertaken merely the history of the famous Tenth Legion. The same besets one giving the life of the Fourth, not less distinguished for all soldierly qualities. That fought for conquest; this for honor. Composed of young men, the flower of the youth and chivalry of Hardeman, Obion, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Tip- ton, and Shelby counties, it numbered nine hundred and sixty-three men, rank and file. The rendezvous was Germantown, May 15, 1861. They were mustered into service by Gen. William H. Carroll, and on Saturday, May 18, perfected their organization. Company positions were assigned by lot. The regiment was the right regiment of its brigade. May 20th, the Fourth came to Memphis, and
Paine, J. A., d. Aug, 1861.
Springer, Ananias, d. at Camp Cheatham.
Williams, R. H., d. in prison at St. Louis, Apr .. 1862.
Gilbert, H. C., d. at Camp Cheatham, June, 1801.
Bridgeforth, D. J., k. near Richmond.
Cheatham, W. H., d. at Bowling Green, Ky- Dec. 25, 1861.
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embarked on the steamer Ingomar for Randolph. Here, with other regiments, it formed the river brigade under Gen. John L. T. Sneed; drilled and built earth- works. July 18, it embarked for Fort Pillow, where it drilled and did guard duty. August 17th, was mustered into the service of the Confederate States by Lieut. J. A. Smith, afterward Brigadier-general, under Brig .- gen. Pillow. Soon after we moved to New Madrid, Mo. ; thence to Camp Benton, Scott county, Mo., on a feint; thence back to New Madrid, September 3; and on the 5th were ordered to Colum- bus, Ky., and here did guard duty, drilled, and fortified. November 7th, Gen. Grant, with a small, select force, penetrated into a regimental camp at Belmont, and was driven hurriedly back to his boats, the Fourth going across as a reserve, just in time to assist some of the wounded from the field-recrossing the Mississippi after night to its camp. Here we first met Albert Sidney Johnston. One day, in simple dress, with one attendant, as was his wont, he rode through the encamp- ment, and struck our regimental pickets on the northern line. "Halt!" cried the sentry. "Will you not let us pass ?" said he. "No, sir; nobody passes here without a pass from Gen. Johnston." " Will you let him pass ?" "Not unless I know him," said the young man, not suspecting he was that great soldier. "I would if I knew him." Capt. Kellar, the officer of the day, seeing him, said: "Let Gen. Johnston pass." At this he presented arms, and the great soldier, lifting his hat, said, " You are right; the country can depend upon those who do their duty," and rode by. February 4, 1862, we went to Island No. 10, and for a. few brief hours were under shot and shell from the Federal gun-boats. It did not alarm the boys. Four were playing cards-sitting Turkish fashion on the ground. A shell struck the pack of cards, and burying itself in the ground in their midst. covered them with dirt, and broke up their game. Thence we went to New Madrid, which place Gen. Pope was threatening. The night, March 4th, after a snow-stormn-a cold, bitter night-we were ordered out on front to picket the place, and at 11:30 o'clock p.M. were saluted by Gen. Pope's fruitless night attack, en- livened by a noisy artillery fire. Our batteries replied, upon learning the posi- tion of the Fourth by the clear, silvery tones of Col. Strahl, at some distance, rec- ognized by a former member of the regiment, then in another command. At the end of two days we left for Island No. 10. On the 17th, went to Tiptonville, and embarked for Memphis, arriving there March 20th, and left at 5 p.M., on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, for Corinth, Miss., near which place we en- camped until April 2d, at which date we started for Shiloh. Upon the transfer of Capt. White to the artillery service, Lieut. Hampton was promoted to the cap- taincy. Upon the resignation of Capt. Sommerville, Lieut. Thomas H. Francis was elected Captain. By sickness, death, transfers, and promotions our numbers had rapidly decreased, and we now numbered five hundred and twelve men for action. Friday, at 4 p.M., we were in the hail-storm, and when the sun shone out so beautifully the Adjutant read the inspiring battle order of Gen. Johnston. Saturday night we quietly bivouacked without bugle-sound or camp-fire, and slept well. At daylight, the 6th, we moved rapidly forward, and later, on our way into the Federal camps, the shells hurled over our heads as Gen. Johnston was lead- ing us into position, and we were about to give him a hearty cheer when he waved his hand and pointed to the Federal battery, by manner and look indicating his desire that we give our country quiet, determined action. As we lay in the richly provided Federal camps awaiting orders, the unhappy incident occurred which
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lost us our gallant Major. A Confederate staff officer, overjoyed with the success of our arms, with a splendid United States flag in his hands, rode rapidly in front of our lines, and certain of our soldiers in another corps, mistaking him for a Federal officer, poured a volley at him, and then fell the lamented Maj. John F. Henry. Just then a Federal battery of six pieces, finely mounted, strongly sup- ported by infantry-perhaps the Fifteenth Michigan-and other regiments, just on the brow of the gentle elevation that overlooked the thick undergrowth across the road in the immediate front, and the open field that lay to the left and front, and the ravine a little farther to the front, and the Federal camps on the gentle hill where we lay, was playing upon our lines, and had successively and successfully repelled several assaults. Hindman's brigade was to our right, and we were the extreme right of Stewart's brigade. These Fed- eral pieces were well manned. They poured a destructive fire upon our lines. Here the Fourth made one of the most splendid charges in the annals of war. The order was given at 10:20 A.M., to move to the left; then to the front; then by companies into line; and forward under cover of the undergrowth-then to charge the battery. Under a heavy and constant fire the Fourth quickly drove back the supporting regiments, and captured the splendid pieces. William Pres- ton Johnston, in the biography of his father, Albert Sidney Johnston, puts the incident in these words: "Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston himself led A. P. Stew- art's brigade farther to the right, and put it into the fight. Stewart, then acting under Bragg's orders, advanced the Fourth Tennessee to take a battery. Stewart asked the gallant Lieut .- col. Strahl if they could take it. 'We can try,' answered Strahl, and led the Fourth Tennessee to the charge at double-quick. Giving one round at thirty paces, they rushed with a yell and took the battery, driving off the supports. But they lost thirty-one men killed and one hundred and sixty wounded in this charge." After the capture, and while the men rested near the pieces, a Federal lieutenant wounded in the arm, an officer in the battery, who had stuck to his guns, and fallen into our hands, got up and said, " I will go over to our men," and deliberately started; and one of the boys saying, "Well, go." he did so. At this early stage a wounded prisoner was not highly prized. Our loss in the battle was nearly one-half the number, killed and wounded, greater, per- haps, than any Confederate regiment-not so great, however, as the Ninth Illi- nois, which lost in killed one in ten, and in wounded nearly one in every two. The captured guns were turned on the foe, and were brought off the field. The Fourth was actively engaged the residue of the day, and on the Tth serving as a nucleus at one time on which was formed the line of battle on that day, and a charge made under the immediate supervision of Gen. Beauregard.
The heroic dead of the Fourth at Shiloh are these: Co. A-John H. Roberts, H. Cassety, J. L. Wemys, R. S. Ackerly, John H. Seabrook, Sam Lapsley, S. B. Fields, P. L. Gooch, B. C. Vickers; Co. B-Lieut. L. M. Brown, L. H. Toone, P. D. Davis, T. J. Powell, T. N. Prewitt, W. M. Sheets, J. K. P. Turner; Co. C-S. M. MeKinney, J. Reed, J. M. Rodgers, B. Montcrief, J. C. Goodman, A. Strauss; Co. D-E. M. Messick, Ed. Evans, J. F. McGehee ; Co. E-C. K. Voorhees, John Lahey, A. J. Browder; Co. F-Capt. R. L. White, John W. Barker, Thomas W. Hill, William Lassiter, William McCall; Co. G-Capt. John Sutherland, J. P. Carson, H. Dunnevant, W. A. Ledbetter, J. B. MeIntyre, P. F. Pillow; Co. HI- M. H. King, M. O'Brien, W. B. Spratts, William Wade; Co. I-O. H. Stansbury;
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Co. K-W. J. Caruthers, T. C. Ferguson. Our Major, John F. Henry, and other noble ones mortally wounded.
Returning to Corinth our ranks were further depleted by sickness. April 25, 1862, the regiment reorganized under the following officers, to wit: Otho F. Strahl, Colonel; Andrew J. Kellar, Lieutenant-colonel ; Luke W. Finlay, Major; E. R. Vernon, Surgeon ; S. P. Green, Assistant Surgeon. We reached Tupelo, Miss., June 11, and on July 23d went by cars to Mobile; thence by boat to Mont- gomery ; thence by rail to Chattanooga, where we drilled and disciplined daily. Here the boys practiced the skirmish drill, which gave them such reputation for the skirmish fight. We had an experienced bugler, Mr. John W. Cox, who gave us great assistance with his bugle, and for his faithfulness, promptness, and reg- ularity as a soldier, was promoted to the post of brigade bugler, and was known in the brigade under the nom de plume of " Blow-your-horn Cox."
August 17th we started on the Kentucky campaign, crossed the river, went over Waldron Ridge, up Sequatchie Valley, and with such perfect discipline that the whole brigade seemed to move as one man. The apples and peaches overhung the fences, but were untouched. We went thence through Pikeville, over the mountains; being not a little excited by the midnight stampede, which unexpect- edly gave a nice mountain walk to certain officers. Thence through Sparta to Gainesboro, wading the Cumberland River; going thence to Green River, Ky.
We occupied our position in the rapid march, and in the sudden investment of Munfordsville at daylight, Sept. 19, 1862, when the Federals surrendered. The advance to Bacon Creek, the building of camp-fires, the sudden recall, that wet and dismal night, the bivouac in the rain, the onward movement through Eliz- abethtown to Bardstown, to Perryville, thence to Danville, and the encampment at the Big Spring near Harrodsburg, were without contest. However, just as we got ready for a night's rest, orders to march came. We left about sunset, Oct. 7th, reaching Perryville about midnight, and lay in the open field on our arms, until aroused early on the 8th by the skirmishing on the front. Remaining on the left until about 3 P.M., Gen. Polk led us to the extreme right. Here we were at first in the reserve. As we lay rabbits ran through our ranks. Here was uit- tered by some soldier the humorous remark: "Run, Molly Cotton-tail, run! If I had no more interest in the fight than you, I would run too."
Here the Fourth took a brilliant part in the final charge through the corn- field, right up to Buell's reserve battery, driving the gunners from it. Doubtless the Twenty-first Wisconsin-a brave and veteran regiment-and the supporting Ohio and Illinois troops, felt its impetuous force and fire; as it went through the grove, passed by where the Federal battery was captured and Jackson fell, over the fence, into the field, across the little drain, over the little ridge, and in the face of an enfilading fire silenced the reserve battery mentioned with honor in Buell's report, about four hundred yards in advance to the right and front of our brigade line. No doubt the Federals in the thicket to our left front wondered at the daring of the Fourth as it moved right up to the cannon's mouth, the sudden ceasing of the firing, the lying down of the boys, the sudden volley on them, and the rapid movement to the water-gap just as they were moving their flag to the rear. No doubt the survivors of that day remember the remark of Rucker, of the Thirty-third-standing six feet and six inches-who came to our part of the fight, and having the center of his forehead struck by a ball, glancing upward
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