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The rear-guard remained at Columbia several days, and then retired in the face of the enemy to Pulaski. This place was evacuated just as the Federals entere.1, and before the bridge over Richland Creek could be fired. Six miles south of Pulaski the Confederates were so closely pressed they formed in line at Anthony's. Hill, and by a brilliant counter-charge drove back the enemy and captured a battery. The retreat was then continued without noteworthy incident to Bain- bridge, where Palmer's brigade, bringing up the rear, were the last troops to cross the river. Thus, on the 27th of December, 1564, with the close of a most eventful year, ended Hood's remarkable and disastrous campaign in Tennessee.
Only a short period of rest and recuperation was allowedl before the greater part of the army was transported by rail as rapidly as possible to Georgia an.l the Carolinas to assist in opposing Sherman's march from Savannah northward. Palmer's brigade reached Augusta, Ga., February 4, 1565, and thence proceeded to Branchville, S. C., from which place it moved along the Ellisto River, disputing the passage of the United States troops. While guarding Shilling's bridge, on the Edisto, the brigade was almost surrounded by the Federals, who had crossed the river some miles above and below, and the command would have been calc- ured had it not been for the coolness and judgment of Gen. Pahner, who by an adroit maneuver passed his brigade between the closing columns of the enemy, and joined the army in its retreat upon Columbia.
Columbia was evacuated on the morning of February 17, Stevenson's division, which included Palmer's brigade, leaving the city just before the entrance of Sherman's vanguard. The march was directed to Charlotte, N. C., where on Feb- ruary 23 Gen. Joseph E. Johnston took cominand of the army. From Charlotte the Confederate force at that point was taken, via Salisbury, Greensboro, and Raleigh, to Smithfield, a town half-way between Raleigh and Goldsboro. Here the army remained until March 18, when it was ordered to Bentonville to attack the left column of Sherman's army, which was advancing toward Goldsboro. The Confederates made a vigorous attack on the afternoon of the 19th, and in a tight which lasted the greater part of the day drove the enemy all along the line. In this battle Palmer's brigade played a prominent part. Having been made the directing column, it led the advance with great spirit and enthusiasm, an lin suc- cessive charges carried two lines of breastworks, and for a distance of probably
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over a mile beat back the enemy from every rallying-point. Toward the close of the day the brigade was halted for much-needed rest, while a fresher command was moved forward against the last position held by the foe. The effort of the relieving command was unsuccessful, however, and Gen. Palmer was ordered again to the front. Although his men were nearly exhausted, as usual they responded cheerfully to the call of their gallant leader, and in a brilliant charge dislodged the enemy from his position. But as the brigade was following up this advan- tage, it was suddenly confronted and flanked by a heavy column of Federal rein- forcements which had moved upon the scene by a road which ran obliquely to the line of advance. Not being supported upon either flank. Gen. Palmer was compelled to withdraw his men-a difficult maneuver, which he accomplished in good order under a heavy fire. Night soon closed the contest, which was resumed at intervals the next day farther to the left, when the reinforced Federal army endeavored to turn our flank and cut off retreat. On the succeeding day Gen. Johnston fell back to Smithfield with his small army.
It was in the last charge of Palmer's brigade on the 19th that a part of the Forty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, with a few men of the Eighteenth Tennessee, numbering about seventy-five in all, performed one of the most unique and re- markable exploits in the history of the war. Led by Col. Anderson Searey and Lieut .- col. Alex. Hall. they eagerly pursued the fleeing enemy in their front until they halted from sheer exhaustion. Then, to their infinite surprise, they discor- ered that a heavy line of Federal soldiers had interposed between them and their brigade, effectually cutting them off from support. An effort to fight their way back would have proved a too hazardous experiment, and under the circumstances they hardly dared to hope to escape. Strange to say, however, they were vet un- discovered. The enemy had dispersed in their front, while the line which ent them off was too busily engaged to take note of them. Taking advantage of this state of affairs, Col. Searey concealed his men in one of the thickets or chinups of undergrowth with which the country was dotted; and there, about one hundred yards in rear of Sherman's battle-line, they remained until night. A consulta- tion was held, and it was determined to attempt to escape by morning to the rear of the Federal army and around its left flank. When it was sufficiently dark, the little band of Confederates cautiously commenced their extraordinary march. Just as they left their covert they were halted by a Union soldier, who when he discovered that he was face to face with an armed body of determined and more- pentant Confederates, quietly succumbed to the grim humor of fate and surren- dered at discretion. The uncaptured Confederate prisoners then proceeded to the rear, passing a battery of artillery, filing noiselessly through a bivouac of infantry who were resting on their arms, and at last marching more boldly through the park of wagon-trains. After a slow and painful march through the tangled un- dergrowth and over numerous marshes, during which they captured no less than eleven prisoners, they secreted themselves in a dense thicket about six miles from their starting-point to rest and await events. When morning came they discov- ered that they had halted within thirty or forty yards of a road. Along this road during the day the right wing of Sherman's army, comprising a force of thirty then- sand men, marched on its way toward Bentonville, unconscious of the proximity of so many daring enemies. That night, and for a number of successive nights, Col. Searcy continued his march, making the detour around the Federal army, and at
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last reaching Raleigh in safety, where he turned over his prisoners. He soon afterward joined the brigade at Smithfield. On the 9th of April Gen. Johnston moved his army to Raleigh, whither he was closely followed by Sherman. Here he remained some days, and then fell back to Greensboro.
About this time all of the Tennessee infantry in the army were consolidated into four large regiments and formed into one brigade. In this brigade were clustered the tattered flags of the various regiments, each one of which had won undying fame upon the battle-fields of the South, and in one organization were brought together the true and tried veterans who, in the closing hours of the struggle, represented the flower and chivalry of Tennessee. To General Palmer was ac- corded the signal honor and proud distinction of commanding a body of men, than which the world has never known a nobler, braver band of patriots. But the military career of this veteran band was drawing to a close. The news of Gen. Lee's surrender had been received, and the future of the Army of Tennessee pre- sented a gloomy prospect. For some days of painful suspense and anxiety it was not known whether the last desperate effort would be made to break through the overwhelming forces which almost surrounded the army and continue the struggle in the remoter South, or whether the fate which overtook Lee would be ours. The problem was at length solved when Gen. Johnston wisely put an end to bloodshed by agreeing, on the 26th day of April, to surrender his army and all the forces in his department.
It would be impossible fitly to describe the feelings of the officers and men who after so long and heroic a contest were now called upon to lay down their arms. Into the past four years, so fraught with momentous events, were crowded the memories of untold privations and hardships, and of battle-fields upon which thousands and thousands of their comrades had offered up their lives in a grand but unavailing oblation of blood. The prospect of returning home, so long de - ferred, was now clouded with a nation's disappointment and the shadows of sor- row which enshrined the Lost Cause. But the die was cast, and men who had proved so valiant and magnanimous in victory showed themselves equally brave in the hour of defeat.
It was considerately arranged that the Confederates should not be mortified at this trying time by the presence of the enemy. The paroles were sent to the different regiments signed by the officers, and distributed among the men. The brigade moved slowly and sadly out into an open field where the officers sheathred their swords and the men silently stacked their trusty guns. Then the unarmed command moved out of sight. The war was over.
Gen. Johnston took an affectionate leave of Gen. Palmer, and directed that officer to conduct the Tennessee troops to their own State, using his own discretion as to the route and the details of the movement.
Supplied with a wagon-train for carrying provisions for his men, Gen. Palmer directed his march, via Salisbury and Asheville, to Greeneville, East Tennessee, the nearest railroad point. The march was a very rapid one, and was not unattended with grave difficulties and dangers. He had been allowed only two hundred guns with which to protect his wagon-train, and his command was practically defense- less. He had to pass through a hostile section of country, which had been greatly excited by the news of the assassination of President Lincoln, and on several oc- casions there was imminent danger of an assault upon his men by so-called Union
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home-guards and Federal troops along the route. In approaching Greeneville the surrendered Tennesseans were mortified and angered beyond expression by the wanton and unprovoked insults to which they were subjected by negro soldiers who crowded upon each side of the road with their guns in their hands.
Although he had a joint order signed by Generals Sherman and Johnston, gir- ing him permission to carry his horses and wagons into Tennessee as the private property of his command, Gen. Palmer was refused transportation by the com- mander at Greeneville. He was given permission, however, to go in person to Knoxville to see Gen. Stoneman, who gave him an order for the transportion of his animals and wagons. The commander at Greeneville arbitrarily construed Stoneman's order to comprehend only the property of Gen. Palmer and staff, and refused to allow more than one car for transportation. Having no other resource, Gen. Palmer was compelled to leave the wagons and such of the officers' horses as could not be placed in the car. He abandoned here several valuable animals and a wagon, his own personal property, in order to make more room for transporting the horses of the brigade.
From Greeneville the brigade was taken by rail to Chattanooga, thence into Middle Tennessee, the men leaving the trains at the points along the way nearest their homes. At Murfreesboro Gen. Palmer landed with a number of his men, and placed the others left upon the ears, who were mostly from West Tennessee, in charge of Col. Bradshaw and Maj. B. P. Ray, who saw them safely to their homes.
Having, in the truest sense, fully discharged his duty as a soldier and as a leader 'of soldiers, Gen. Palmer, after the war had closed, set a lofty example for his men in his conduct as a citizen. In time of war, when not disabled by the painful wounds which have left so many honorable scars, he was always at the post of danger and duty, and when he rose by modest merit to rank and position, he re- tained the high respect and warm personal esteem of his men by his constant so- licitude for their welfare as well as by his uniform and proverbial courtesy toward even the humblest private in the line. When war had ended, he addressed him- self cheerfully and efficiently to the changed condition of affairs, and whenever occasion required gave his time and influence in the effort to ameliorate the ills which characterized the period of reconstruction, wisely counseling such measures and such conduct as would, with a proper regard for the dignity of the Southern people, soonest promote the restoration of law and order. His prominence as a citizen, and the general esteem in which he is held-at least the wisdom of his course-entitle him to that satisfaction which springs from a consciousness of the performance of duty. Not the least pleasant of his reflections, however, must be the fact, of which every day adds evidence, that he is and ever will be gratefully and affectionately remembered by the soldiers of the Lost Cause, who followed him amidst the trials, the hardships, and the dangers of war.
At its organization, the Eighteenth Tennessee Regiment was composed of over one thousand men, who in physique, morale, and all the soldierly qualities were unsurpassed by the personnel of any other command. When it surrendered, less than one hundred men answered to their names at roll-call. The striking differ- ence in the number reported at Camp Trousdale and at Greensboro represents those who, in the four eventful years, were killed in battle or who died from wounds or disease, and those who at the time of the surrender still suffered in
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hospitals or lingered in Northern prisons. Of the voices which answered not when the last roll was called a mournful number were hushed in death. It would be impossible to furnish a list of those who were killed in battle and who died from exposure upon the tented field, since so many of the officers upon whom devolved the duty of making and keeping these reports have died, or have removed out of reach. The majority of the old Eighteenth who gave their lives for their country sleep in unknown graves; and although their names may not appear upon marble shafts, and may have no place upon the printed page, yet in many a home they are sacredly treasured, and will be handed down to posterity with the story cf noble deeds. Among so many it were best not to attempt to particularize, unless it were possible to mention all equally deserving of honor; but it will not be deemed an invidious distinction if reference be made here to two officers of the regiment who, by their signal heroism and bravery, won the hearty and general praise and admiration of their comrades. One of these, Adjutant John Douglass, a brilliant young officer, intelligent and polished, high-minded and courteous, chivalrous at home and in camp, and so valiant in battle, fell in the thickest of the fight near New Hope Church in Georgia. The other, Capt. Gid. H. Lowe, a soldier and a gentleman, sans peur et sans reproche, led his company gallantly, and when appointed Assistant Inspector-general on Gen. Palmer's staff, served with distinguished valor and efficiency. In the last battle of the war, at Bentonville, while at the side of his commander, amidst a storm of bullets, he fell mortally wounded, and soon afterward rendered up a noble life in the service of the South.
Official.] FIELD AND STAFF, EIGHTEENTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, Joseph B. Palmer; Lieutenant-colonel, A. G. Carden; Major, S. W. Davis; Adju- tant, J. W. Roscoe; Commissary, R. P. Crockett; Quartermaster, W. P. Wood; Surgeon, John Patterson; Assistant Surgeon, J. W. Gowan; Chaplain, J. H. Rockey.
Douglass, Adjutant John M., k. in action at Mt. Zion Church, June 22, 1864.
COMPANY A. Captain, M. R. Rushing.
Carmichael, W. G., d. Jan., 1862.
Stewart, A. L., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Bailey, Francis, d. March, 1863.
Hawkins, Joseph W., d. Sept., 1861. Smith, T. J., d. Nov., 1861.
Carnes, A. B., d. June, 1863.
Cook, John, d. April, 1863.
Sullivan, John B., k. at the battle of Murfrees- boro. Spieer, B. A., d. July, 1862. Tucker, Elijah, d. April, 1863.
Davenport, William, k. at the battle of Mur- freesboro.
Doak, A. N., d. July, 1861.
Edwards, Alfred, d. Feb. 16, 1861.
Fan, Alfred, k. at the battle of Murfreesboro.
Tucker, Frank, d. May, 1863. Wilcher, T. A., d. Sept., 1861. Walls, Daniel, k. at the battle of Murfrees- boro.
COMPANY B.
Captain, J. W. Roscoe.
Cole, W. W., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. | Hatch, J. M., k. at Murfreesboro. Elizer, J. P., k. in a skirmish.
Glascow, J. P., d. at Murfreesboro. Grigry, John, d. at Bowling Green. Glascow, W. H., d.
Harrison, F. S., k. at Chickamauga.
Moore, E. B., k. at Chickamauga. Shaw, W. F., k. at Chickamauga. Taylor, Sumner, d. a prisoner at Camp Butler, IIl.
COMPANY C. Captain, William R. Butler.
Stephens, R. L. k. at the battle of Chicks- | Malone, G. H., k. at the battle of Chicks- mauga. mauga.
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Alexander, A. S., d. Alexander, M. H., d. a prisoner at Camp But- ler, Ill.
Abernathy, A. A., k. at Murfreesboro.
Brothers, J. R., d. at Camp Butler.
Barnett, Levi, d. April, 1863. Cowan, T. H., d. at Camp Butler, Ill. Clay, Henry, k. at Chickamauga. Ginn, William, k. at Fort Donelson.
Harrison, H. H., d. at Camp Butler, Ill.
Hume, W. B., d. at Bowling Green, Ky Hunt, C. H., d. at Camp Butler.
Johns, Harry, d. at Camp Trousdale. Johns, Paul, d. at Camp Trousdale. Kimbro, W. W., d. at Camp Butler. Lowe, G. K., k. at Murfreesboro. McAdoo, Joseph S., d. at Camp Trousdale. Norman, A. P., k. at Chickamauga. Overall, N. P., d. at Tullahoma. Percy, J. F., k. at Murfreesboro. Pugh, Joseph, d. in hospital. Wade, E. K., k. at Shiloh. Wade, P. L., d. at Bowling Green, Ky. Morris, J., d. at Murfreesboro.
COMPANY D. Captain, H. J. St. John.
Taylor, A. L., d. Nov. 15, 1862.
Campbell, J. H., d. a prisoner, April, 1862.
Austen, G. G., d. a prisoner at Camp Butler. Hall, J. N., d. a prisoner.
Lemay, G. E., d. Jan. 1, 1864.
Milligan, G. W., d. in prison.
Maxey, William, d. April 20, 1863.
Mullens, J. W., d. a prisoner.
Pendleton, James, d. July 10, 1861.
Pendleton, J. H. k. in battle.
Quarles, W. R., d. a prisoner. Rhea, R. H., d. April 20, 1863.
Rittenburg, James, d. during service.
Sullivan, Eli, d. during service. Styler, John, d. during service. Smithson, Dock, d. July, 1SC1. Taylor, Virgil, d. July 2, 1861. Williams, R. J., d. Dec. 15, 1863. Young, William, d. May 2, 1963. Brandon, William, d. April, 1863.
COMPANY E. Captain, Gideon H. Lowe.
Bryan, J. W., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. , William, T. G., k. at the battle of Chicka- Miles, T. J., k. at the battle of Murfreesboro. mauga. Smith, W. W., K. at New Hope Church, May 26, 1804. Carney, W. W., d. at Atlanta, Ga., May 3, 1864. .
Jones, C. A., k. at the battle of Chickamauga. Demumbra, S. W., k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga. Felts, W. H., k. at the battle of Chickamauga.
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Edwards, T. M., d. Aug., 1362. Flemming, John. d. a prisoner at Comp Butler. Horton, H. H., k. at Murfreesboro.
Lynch, E. M., d. at Bowling Green.
Lamh, John, d. at Trousdale.
Lane, D. F., d. a prisoner at Camp Butler. Mallard, G. W., d. at Trousdale.
Moore, T. A., d. July 19, 1861. McMurray, J. A., d. Oct. 16, 1862. Shannon, J. S., d. a prisoner. at Camp Butler. Stovall, M. R., k. at Murfreesboro. Tucker, Abner, d. at Trousdale. Work, R. D. P., k. at Donelson. Woodfin, T. S., d. Dec. 2, 1861. Blankenship, R. H., k. at the battle of Chick- amanga.
COMPANY G. Captain, Joseph B. Matthews.
Deal, James R., d. Nov. 16, 1861.
Gladden, Dempsey, k. at Murfreesboro.
Hanner, John A., d. May 6, 1863. Hester, L. B., k. at Murfreesboro. MeKelley, William, d. a prisoner.
Patterson, Moses, k. at Stone's River.
Sickfreed, William F., k. at Donelson. Palmer, William, d. Dec., 1861. Moses, William, d. Dec., 1861. McNeal, Harder, k. at the battle of Chicka- mauga.
COMPANY H. Captain, B. G. Wood.
Hodge, C. A., d. a prisoner at Camp Butler. Childress, James, k. at the battle of Murfrees- boro. Gordon, Robert, d. Jan. 25, 1863. Gannon, John C., d. Feb. 7, 1863.
[ Moore, C. P., d. at Camp Trousdale, Oct. 2
1861. MeCrary, James, d. July 4, 1863. McGill, Robert, d. a prisoner. McCaslin, Jesse, d. during service.
COMPANY F. Captain, B. F. Webb.
Gilmore, Lieut. J. M., d. July 13, 1863.
Crocker, C. F., d. a prisoner at Camp Butler.
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Martin, W. T .. d. during service. Pinkerton, Erasmus, d. Sept., 1861.
Spicer, J. M., d. at Camp Butler.
Spicer, W. M., d. at St. Louis, Feb. 22, 1862. Jetton, L. W., d. April 13, 1863.
COMPANY I. Captain, A. G. Carden.
Ward, S. H, k. in Kentucky by bush-whackers. , Lehew, John, k. at Chickamauga.
Clemmons, A. H., k. at Murfreesboro.
Medling. R. H., d. at Camp Butler.
Cleminons, T. F., k. at Murfreesboro.
Cason, J. M., k. at Chickamauga.
Cluck, D. A., d. a prisoner at Camp Douglas.
Crouse, John, k. at Murfreesboro.
Patterson, R. H., k. accidentally.
Chattam, J. M., k. at Chickamauga.
Estes, A. M., d. at Bowling Green.
Hight, W. L., d. Aug. 24, 1861.
Robertson, N. D., d. during service.
Puckett, J. M., d. during service.
COMPANY K. Captain, W. J. Grayson.
Grayson, Capt. W. J., d. at Camp Trousdale, [ Hollis, J. A., d. Sept. 30, 1863. Sept. 18, 1861. Hunt, B. H., d. Dec. 15, 1861.
Conyer, Noah, d. at Russellville.
Hudson, A. M., k. at Murfreesboro.
Clifton, Samuel, d. at Camp Butier.
Patton, F., d. June 15, 1861.
Cook, J. F., d. Dec. 20, 1861.
Clark, James, d. Aug. 7, 1861.
Turnage, J. W., k. at Chickamauga. Turnage, C. B., k. at Chickamanga. Turnage, David, d. July 15, 1861.
Ewing, M., d. Dec. 15, 1861.
Glenn, C. R., k, at the battle of Chickamauga.
Greer, Joseph, d. Feb. 15, 1863.
Viverett, W. M .. k. at Chickamauga. Walker, W. B. H., d. Feb. 19, 1961.
Hill, H. H., d. June 13, 1861.
Walker, James, k. at Chickamauga.
Haley, J. A., k. at Chickamauga.
NINETEENTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY C. W. HEISKELL, MEMPHIS, TENN.
THE Nineteenth Tennessee was the second East Tennessee regiment that en- tered the Confederate service. It was organized at Knoxville, Tenn., May. 1561 (being mustered into the service by Hon. D. M. Key, now United States Julge in Tennessee), with the following companies and their commissioned officers, and the following field officers: David M. Cummings, Colonel; Francis M. Walker, Lieutenant-colonel; Abraham Fulkerson, Major; V. Q. Johnson. Adjutant ; Me !- ville Doak, Sergeant-major; Dr. Jos. E. Dulaney, Surgeon ; A. D. Taylor, Quar- termaster ; Joseph Deaderick, Commissary ; D. Sullins, Chaplain.
Co. A, from Hamilton county: John D. Powell, Captain ; V. Q. Johnson. First Lieutenant; Daniel Kennedy, Second Lieutenant; Frank Foust, Third Lien- tenant.
Co. B, from Washington county: Z. T. Willet, Captain ; Joseph Conley, First. Lieutenant; Nathan Gregg, Second Lieutenant; James W. Deaderick, Third Lieutenant.
Co. C, from Sullivan county : James K. Snapp, Captain ; Michael Miles, + First Lieutenant ; John W. Jones, Second Lieutenant; Benjamin Webb, ; Third Lieu- tenant.
* C. J. St. John was elected but soon resigned, and Miles took his place. +G. W. Hull was elected and died after a few months when Webb took his place.
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Jameson, W. A., d. a prisoner at Camp Butler.
Koonce, Tobias, d. a prisoner at Camp Butler.
Osborne, William, d. at Bowling Green, Des. 8,1861.
Putnam, H. H., d. a prisoner at Camp Butler.
Simms, S. K., d. during service. Rains, Marion, d. during service.
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Co. D, from Rhea county : Elmon Colville, Captain ; Peter Miller, First Lieu- tenant; James A. Wallace, Second Lieutenant ; Samuel J. A. Frazier, Third Lieu- tenant.
Co. E, from Knox county: John W. Paxton, Captain; John Miller, First Lieutenant; - Graham, Second Lieutenant; William Lackey, Third Lieu- tenant.
Co. F, from Polk county : John Hannah, Captain; - Gaston, First Lieutenant; J. M. Sims, Second Lieutenant ; --- Holmes, Third Lieutenant.
Co. G, from Sullivan county: A. S. Gammon, Captain ; James B. Rhea, First Lieutenant ; Robert O. Blair, Second Lieutenant.
Co. HI, from McMinn county: - Lowry, Captain ; W. Paul H. McDermott, First Lieutenant; - Maston, Second Lieutenant ; -- , Third Lieutenant.
Co. I, from Hamilton county: Thomas H. Walker, Captain; B. F. Moore, First Lieutenant; Warren Hooper, Second Lieutenant; John Lovejoy, Third Lieu- tenant.
Co. K, from Hawkins county: C. W. Heiskell, Captain; Robert D. Powell, First Lieutenant; Samuel P. Powell, Second Lieutenant; Samuel Spears, Third Lieutenant.
Soon after organization the regiment was scattered over East Tennessee on post duty-guarding bridges. About the 1st of July, 1861, it was collected and sta- tioned at Cumberland Gap, which at once commanded the entrance into Eastern Tennessee from Kentucky and gave to us an entrance into Kentucky. Of this Gen. F. K. Zollicoffer, then in command in that department, availed himself, and about the last of August, 1861, marched the forces at Cumberland Gap to Cum- berland Ford, Ky .. about twelves miles from Cumberland Gap. From this point the first hostile expedition of the Nineteenth Regiment was made. It was to Goose Creek Salt Works. It rained incessantly almost the whole way there and back, and the expedition was attended with all the evils of a newly organized army. But it accomplished its end-to wit, obtaining a supply of salt for the army. On the night of the 18th of September, 1861, Col. Battle, of the Twentieth Tennessee. was ordered to take a battalion of infantry and some cavalry and march twenty- eight miles to Barboursville, to dislodge what was reported to be a considerable number of Federals which had collected there. Two companies of the Nine- teenth Tennessee formed a part of this battalion-Co. B, Capt. Z. T. Willet com- manding; Co. K, Capt. C. W. Heiskell commanding.
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