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Cook, John, d. April, 1863.
Jordan, George, d. Nov., 1861.
Crussel, John, d. Oct., 1861.
Keller. George W., k. at Murfreesboro.
Easterling, John L., k. in the battle of Mur- freesboro. Fleenor, Andrew, d. Sept., 1862.
Morgan, Andrew, d. April, 1863. O'Connor, John, k. at Shiloh. Roberts, Samuel, d. 1862.
Fleenor, Peter, d. 1862.
Vance, Samuel E., k. at Shiloh.
Gaba, John H., k. at Murfreesboro.
Webh, James, d. Nov., 1861.
Graham, G. W. L., d. Dec., 1861.
Harr, Robert D., d. 1862.
Harr, Martin, d. Jan., 1862.
White, Emmet, k. at the battle of Baton Rouge.
COMPANY D. Captain, W. E. Colville.
Frazier, J. G., k. in the battle of Murfreesboro. | Rush, William, d. Booher, William, k. in the battle of Shiloh. Bradley, B., d. Barnett, F., d. Cantrell, Joseph, d. Lea, Jackson, d.
Rose, C. F. A., d. Sampson, S. S., d. Smith. Joseph, k. at Fishing Creek. Wright, Calvin, d.
Salts, John, d. March 26, 1862. Wells, Samuel M., d. Aug. 13, 1862.
COMPANY C. Captain, James P. Snapp.
Barger, William H., d. March, 1802.
1862.
| Gregg, James, d. June 6, 1862. Hampton. William, d. April 22, 1862.
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COMPANY E. Captain, John W. Paxton.
Bradley, Samuel S., k. at Shiloh.
[ Unofficial.]
Abernathy, Lieut. S. G., k. at Murfreesboro. Calloway, James H., d.
Swan, J. Harvey, k. at Murfreesboro.
Kincaid, Pat., k. at Murfreesboro.
Cunningham, S. H., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Lackey, Capt. W. W., k. at Chickamauga.
Dodson, B. H., d. Jan. 27, 1862.
Traynor, Mike, k. at Chickamauga.
Earnest, E. W., k. at Murfreesboro.
Leath, T. J., k. at the battle of Shiloh.
Sloan, James H., k. at Murfreesboro.
COMPANY F. Captain, J. H. Hannah.
Allen, George W., k. in the battle of Shiloh. Hood, L., d.
Brown, John D., d.
Cornette, Leander, d.
Demeese, A. G., d.
Ellison, A. J., k. at Murfreesboro.
Torner. Isaac, k. at Shiloh.
McJunkins, Solomon, d.
McKissock, James, k. in the battle of Mur- freesboro. Martin, Harrison, d. at Chattanooga.
Nicholson, J. H., d. Rainey, J. R., d. Sharpe, F. E., d. Suit, Ransom, d. Stow, Richard, d. Swan, S. G., d. Skelton, H. H., k. at Murfreesboro.
Thomas, C. W., d. Williams. P. A., k. at Murfreesboro. Watts, William, d.
COMPANY G. Captain, A. L. Gammon
Tipton, J. A., k. at Murfreesboro.
Chase, J. T., k. in the battle of Shiloh.
Millhorn. John, k. in the battle of Shiloh.
Borger, John, k. in the battle of Murfrees- boro. Hamilton, S. R., k. in the battle of Murfrees- boro.
Boles, David, k. in the battle of Murfreesboro.
Cross, J. A., d. March 30, 1862.
Duncan, William, d. March 19, 1862.
Drake, Samuel, d. March 31, 1862. Massingale, F. D., d. April 14, 1862. Seamore, John, d. July 4, 1862. Grant, J. N., d. May 20, 1562. Longacre, R., d. May 27, 1862. King, William, d. May 17, 1862. King, David, d. July 1, 1862.
Grawg, Abraham, d. July 3, 1862. Ford, J. J., d. Feb. 27, 1863. Paine, J. J., d. Feb. 27, 1863.
COMPANY H. Captain, William P. H. McDermott.
Archer, William, k. at the battle of Murfrees- | Middleton, Alfred, k. in the battle of Fishing boro.
Foster, D. L .. d. June 2, 1862.
burnett, Jamnes, d. April, 1862.
Graves, Nosh, d. April 27, 1862.
Dunkin, -, k. accidentally.
Douglas, H. D., d. March 6, 1862.
Cheek, E. W., k. at Shiloh.
Hamilton, J. W. A., d. Aug. 1, 1862.
Melton, J. C., d. July 1, 1862.
Creek. Sexton, S. H., d. Aug. 3, 1862. Stansbury, John A., k. at the battle of Mur- freesboro. Smith, Thomas, k. at Murfreesboro. Williams, C. F., d. May 6, 1862. [ Unofficial.] Pugh, Joe, k. at "Dead Angle"-Kennesaw Mountain.
COMPANY I. Captain, F. M. Walker.
Walker, T. H., k. in the battle of Shiloh. Carmack, Isaac, k. in the battle of Fishing Creek. Hall, John M., d. April, 1862.
Melton, Andrew J., d. March, 1862.
Montague, John R., K. at Shiloh. Parker, Lorenzo D., d. Feb. 24, 1862.
Parker, Tandy M., d. Feb. 12, 1862. Shaw, Charles, d. July, 1862. Terry, Charles, d. August, 1861. Welch, Leander, k. at the battle of Fishing Creek. Woodall, Josiah, k. in the battle of Fishing Creek.
Kincaid, Creed F., k. at Dead Angle, Kenne- saw Mountain.
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COMPANY K. Captain, J. H. Huffmaster.
Powell, Robert D., k. in battle, Sept. 19, | Hashbarger, J. D., d. at Chattanooga. 1861.
Fudge, Charles J., k. at Murfreesboro.
Louderback, Felix, d. Feb. 10, 1863.
McLane, Thomas, d. March 7, 1863.
Miller, Charles P., k. at Murfreesboro.
Wax, William, k. Dec. 31, 1862.
MeAndy, J. W., k. at Chickamauga.
Tally, C. T., d. in hospital.
Hard, J. J., d. at Dalton, Ga.
Fletcher, W. W., d. at Atlanta, G.
TWENTIETH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY W. J. MCMURRAY, M.D., NASHVILLE, TENN
THE Twentieth Tennessee Regiment, C. S. A., familiarly known as "Battle's Regiment," was organized at Camp Trousdale, a few miles south of the Tennessee and Kentucky State line, on the Louisville and Nashville railroad-this being the extreme northern camp of the Confederates in that section at the time. Joel A. Battle, of Davidson county, was elected Colonel; Mosco B. Carter, of William- son county, Lieutenant-colonel; and Patrick Duthie, of Smith county, Major. The regimental staff was composed of Dr. D. B. Cliff, of Williamson, Surgeon; John H. Morton, of Davidson, Assistant Surgeon; John Marshall, of Williamson, Quar- termaster: M. M. Hinkle, of Davidson, Commissary; Alex. Winn, of William- son, Adjutant; John Edmondson, of Williamson, Chaplain; and E. L. Jordan, of Williamson, Wagon-master. It seemed as if Williamson and Davidson counties were going to run the regiment. The regiment was composed of ten companies.
Co. A, the extreme right company, was from Nashville, and commanded by Capt. Will. Foster, who resigned some time during the winter of 1861, and was succeeded by Capt. Albert Roberts, known in editorial circles as "Jolin Happy." He also resigned after the first year's service, and was succeeded by the accon- plished and gallant W. G. Ewin, who commanded his company until June, 1864. At the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., he lost a leg. This company was rec- ognized as being the best drilled company in the regiment. Among the deaths that occurred in this company was that of Lieut. Bailie Peyton, jr., killed at the battle of Fishing Creek. A more gallant knight "ne'er drew blade." This noble young soldier deserves more than a passing notice on account of his having so early espoused the cause of the South, while his father (a member of the Federal Congress) was a Union man, and remained so until the close of the war.
Co. B, from Nolensville, Williamson county, and vicinity, was organized by the election of Joel A. Battle, Captain; W. M. Clark, First Lieutenant; T. B. Smith, Second Lieutenant; and W. H. Mathews, Third Lieutenant. At the or- ganization of the regiment Capt. Battle was elected to the Colonelcy. He com- manded it in the battles of Barboursville, Ky., 1861; Laurel Bridge, Ky., 1861; Fishing Creek, Ky., 1862; and on the bloody field of Shiloh on the 6th and 7th of April, 1862, where he headed his regiment sometimes on horseback and at others on foot. The writer of this sketch was in a few feet of him when his bay stud was killed in the first charge; but onward he led his command, driving every thing before him, and was not repulsed the entire day. Early on the morning of the second day Battle had his decimated ranks closed up and ready for the fray. A
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charge was ordered. Battle led his regiment on foot, and while in close quarters a cannon-ball cut a limb from a tree and it fell upon him, and he was so stunned that he was captured by the enemy and carried to prison, not being exchanged until after the reorganization of the army in May, 1862. On his return to his beloved Southland he was appointed, by Gov. Isham G. Harris, State Treasurer for the State of Tennessee. The writer knew him at home, in camp, and on the battle-field, and he was beyond doubt "the noblest Roman of them all." After Battle was elected Colonel, Lieut. W. M. Clark was promoted to the Captaincy of Co. B. He served in this capacity until the spring of 1862, when he was pro- moted to Surgeon of the regiment, Dr. D. B. Cliff having been captured at the battle of Fishing Creek. Surgeon Clark remained with the command until after the battle of Shiloh, then resigned and came into Middle Tennessee to raise a battalion of cavalry. When Clark was appointed Surgeon it brought forward Thomas Benton Smith to the command of the company. He was a young man -- scarcely out of his teens -- of rare military attainments and courage, who had ac- quitted himself nobly on every field up to that time. At the reorganization he was elected Colonel of the regiment. With his courage and skill he fully main- tained the fighting reputation already established under the leadership of the " Old Roman." At the age of twenty-two T. B. Smith commanded a division in the battle of Baton Rouge. He was afterward wounded at Murfreesboro and Chicka- mauga. He participated in all of the battles of the Georgia campaign, and also at Franklin, Tenn., about which time he was promoted to Brigadier-general, and commanded a brigade at the battle of Nashville; and while holding his line against overwhelming numbers, the line gave way on either side of him, and he was surrounded and forced to surrender. After he had surrendered, a cowardly soldier, who disgraced a Federal Major's uniform, rode up to him and struck him over the head with a saber, fracturing his skull. From the effects of this blow he now langnishes in the State Lunatic Asylum. Lieut. W. H. Mathews, who served his company well during the first year of the war, participating in all of the en- gagements up to that time, resigned in May, 1862.
This brings us to the reorganization of the Confederate States Army at Corinth, Miss., in May, 1862, when a new set of officers were elected. John F. Guthrie, who was Orderly Sergeant, was elected Captain. By the discharge of duty on the field, this humble country boy rose from the ranks to be Major of that gallant old regiment. In Breckenridge's charge at Murfreesboro he had his sword-scabbard shot in two: at Chickamauga he had his sword belt shot off; at the first siege of Vicksburg the writer and Major Guthrie were lying on a blanket together in an old warehouse, when a shell from the Federal mortar fleet burst above the building and a piece weighing about one hundred pounds came crashing through the roof and fell between us without harming either. He could see more and keep cooler on a hard-fought field than almost any one. Major Guthrie was a leading spirit on every field in which his command was engaged, up to the time of his death, which occurred on Aug. 31, 1864, on the sanguinary field of Jones- boro, Ga., at which battle he led his regiment over three lines of earth-works, and having crossed the third line, was killed with the colors of the regiment in his hand. No officer that commanded a Grecian phalanx, a Roman legion, the Turkish jan- izaries, or a French square, ever displayed more heroism. The world never saw better material.
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At the reorganization Charles S. Johnson was elected First Lieutenant; W. J. MeMurray, Second Lieutenant; and T. G. Williams, Third Lieutenant. When Guthrie was promoted to be Major, Johnson became Captain; MeMurray, First Lieutenant; and Williams, Second Lieutenant. Capt. Johnson and Lieut. Will- iams came through the war safely, with the exception of some slight wounds; Mc- Murray was wounded in Breckenridge's charge at Murfreesboro, also at Chicka- mauga and Resaca, Ga., and lost his left arm in front of Atlanta. After Hood's raid into Tennessee, George Pea, a gallant soldier, was elected Lieutenant. This company, that had on its roll, first and last, one hundred and fifty-three men, sur- rendered at Greensboro, N. C., at the close of the war, with seven men.
Co. C, from Nashville and vicinity, was commanded by Capt. J. L. Rice. His Lieutenants were James McMurray, First; Duke Cox, Second; - Thompson, Third. This was the color Company, intrusted with the flag of the regiment, which she so nobly carried for four long years. The first staud of colors the reg- iment had was presented to them by the ladies of Nashville while in camp at Bristol, Tenn., in July, 1861. The reception speech was made by Capt. A. S. Marks, of the Seventeenth Tennessee, who after the war was elected Governor of Tennessee. At the close of his speech he handed the beautiful stand of colors to J. E. Patterson, the appointed Color-bearer, with the solemn injunction to never let it trail in the dust; and he never did-he fell almost mortally wounded at Fishing Creek, with his face to the foe and his colors to the breeze. This stand of colors and the Cross of St. Andrew were carried by this command until after the battle of Murfreesboro, when Gen. John C. Breckenridge's wife made a stand of colors out of her wedding-dress, and requested the General to present it to the most gallant regiment in his division, with her regards. A day was set for the review of the army, at the close of which Gen. Breckenridge presented the col- ors to the Twentieth Tennessee-a compliment they never forgot, as he had in his division troops from Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and North Carolina. This stand of colors, a few weeks afterward, was carried into the battle of Hoover's Gap, where the staff was cut in two by a bullet and the eagle shot off.
Capt. Rice resigned after the battle of Shiloh. Lieut. James McMurray resigned in June, 1861, and raised a company, and was elected Lieutenant-colonel of Churchill's regiment. Churchill having died, McMurray was promoted to the Coloneley, and was killed at the battle of Chickamauga. H. C. Lucas succeeded Capt. Rice in the command of Company C, until he was promoted to be Major, after the death of the gallant Guthrie at Jonesboro. Major Lucas was in com- mand of the regiment at the surrender, where it numbered thirty-four men in all, out of thirteen hundred. Lieut. Cox resigned after the battle of Shiloh, and joined Morgan's cavalry, was captured, and died in prison. Lieut. Thompson got through the war, and died in Nashville soon afterward.
Co. D, from Triune and College Grove, Williamson county, was commanded by Capt. Wm. Rucker; Fred Claybrook, First Lieutenant; - Pinkston, Second Lieutenant; and Abe Hatcher, Third Lieutenant. Capt. Rucker resigned, and was afterward killed in Forrest's attack on Fort Donelson in 1863. He was suc- ceeded by Fred Claybrook, who was promoted to be Major in the fall of 1862, and was killed at the battle of Hoover's Gap. He was a whole-souled, dashing offi- cer, and a general favorite of his regiment. He was succeeded by the warm-
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hearted and true P. G. Smithson, who was shot in the knee at Chickamauga, and came near losing his life, and was never able for duty again. This company was made up mostly of college boys right out of the school-room. Adjutant Winn was from this company, and was a professor in the college from whence they came.
Co. E, from Rutherford county, was commanded by Capt. John S. Gooch. Only nineteen years of age, but with some ideas of military life, he handled his com- pany with ability, and at the battle of Fishing Creek was severely wounded in the shoulder. At the reorganization of the army in May, 1862, Capt. Gooch was elected Lieutenant-colonel of his regiment, he being only about twenty years of age, while his Colonel, Thomas B. Smith, was twenty-two. Col. Gooch remained with the regiment but a short time. He was forced to resign on account of his wound, and was succeeded in the Lieutenant-colonelcy by F. M. Lavender, of Co. H. At the reorganization Co. E elected one of her most gallant members to command her-Capt. Wm. Ridley, in whom there was no fear; he was a stranger to the word. For three long years he led his company with unflinching courage, and was wounded a number of times. At Missionary Ridge a ball plowed through the top of his head and laid the scalp open for six inches down to the skull; but he was spared to return home after the war. Lieut. Crosswaite, of the company, was killed at Murfreesboro, and Lient. Peyton at Chickamauga.
Co. F, from Sumner county, was commanded by Capt. J. A. Nimmo, a gallant officer, who served with his command until the reorganization, when he was suc- ceeded by Capt. F. M. Davis; and he by Lieut. Durham, a true and faithful officer, who commanded the company until the close of the war. This company suffered severely on several fields, especially Shiloh and Fishing Creek.
Co. G, commanded by Capt. Lewis Shy, was from Perry county, on the Tennes- see River. Capt. Shy had his leg broken early in the war, and was forced to re- sign. (He was a physician by profession.) He was succeeded by Capt. Robert Anderson, and he by Capt. Geo. Pettigrew. This was a gallant company; both officers and men were made of as good fighting material as ever charged a line, and was worthy the steel of any foe. It lost more men killed on the bloody field of Fishing Creek than any company in the regiment. Too much praise cannot be given this command. They were like the John and Simon faction at Jerusa- lem at the time that Titus, of Rome, captured it-if they could not find a com- mon enemy to fight, they would fight among themselves. It was emphatically a fighting company.
Co. H, from Franklin, Williamson county, was commanded by Capt. Mosco B. Carter, who was promoted to be Lieutenant-colonel at the organization of the regiment. He was succeeded by Capt. Fount De Graffenried, and he by one of nature's noblemen, the modest and gallant W. W. Shy, who was afterward pro- moted to be Major, Lieutenant-colonel, and Colonel, and was in command of his regiment on the disastrous fields of Franklin and Nashville. In the latter en- gagement, while at the head of his command contending against superior num- bers, he was killed; and the earth never drank more gallant blood. Canna had her Hannibal, Lodi her Lannes, Trafalgar her Nelson, and Nashville her Shy. When his aged mother heard of his death, she remarked, "I wish I had a hundred sons to die in such a cause." Could a man with such a mother fail to be such a soldier? Requiescat in pace! Shy was succeeded by Capt. Thomas Caruthers, who commanded the company until the close of the war. Capt. Todd Carter, who was 25
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known in newspaper circles as "Mint Julep," was promoted to be Captain from the ranks of this company, and placed on Gen. T. B. Smith's staff, and was killed at the battle of Franklin, within a few yards of the house in which he was rearel. It must be put to the credit of this company that she furnished two Lieutenant- colonels, viz., Carter aud Lavender, and Col. Shy; while Co. B furnished two Colonels, viz., Battle and Smith, and Maj. Guthrie.
Co. I, from the " Hermitage," the home of Jackson, and called the Hermitage Guards, was commanded by Capt. Timothy F. Dodson, who was shot in the heel at Fishing Creek, but still commanded his company until the reorganization. He was succeeded by Capt. John Watkins, who was always the finest dressed officer of the regiment. He was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro, and was succeeded by Capt. Wm. Binkley, who was also killed at Chickamauga; and he by Capt. Willis Cotten, who commanded the company to the close of the war. The meu who composed this company, having in their boyhood days played around the grave of Old Hickory, could not have been otherwise than brave soldiers; and for four years that tried men's souls the Hermitage Guards were never found wanting.
Co. K, from Hartsville, Smith county, was commanded by Capt. Patrick Duffie. as game an Irishman as ever led men to battle. At the organization of the regi- ment Capt. Duffie was elected Major, and served in that capacity until 1862, when he resigned, and Capt. M. M. Newsom was elected in his stead. Capt. Newsom re- signed, and was succeeded by Capt. Win. J. Dyer, and he by Capt. John Hargrass, and he by Capt. John B. Austin. This company, too, furnished its men who were true to the Cross of St. Andrew until the sun of the Confederacy sunk behind the Appomattox hills to rise no more forever; their cause was gone, but their honor was saved.
The Twentieth Tennessee Regiment, as before stated, was organized at Camp Trousdale, in June, 1861, where it remained under instruction until about July 25, forming a part of the brigade organized by the lamented Felix K. Zollicoffer. This brigade was composed of the Seventeenth Tennessee, commanded by Col. Newman; the Eighteenth, Tennessee, commanded by Col. J. B. Palmer; and the Twentieth Tennessee, commanded by Col. Joel A. Battle. While in camp here the boys would slip through the guard-lines and get wild cat whisky. This cansed a great deal of trouble, and brought about very stringent orders, to the effect that no one except Gen. Zollicoffer should be allowed to pass the lines without proper papers. When the guard was mounted one morning a young country boy by the name of Stevens was placed on duty, with strict injunction to let no one pass without a written permit, excepting the commanding officer. The soldier- boy began his beat. In a short while, sure enough, along came Gen. Zollicoffer, and as he approached the soldier's beat he was halted. The General remarkel that he was Gen. Zollicoffer, and had a right to pass. The soldier replied: " You can't play that game on me; if I should let you pass, in half an hour there would be forty Zollicoffers here to pass."
The regiment, about the latter part of July, was ordered to Virginia. We struck camp for the first time, and had as much camp equipage and baggage as an army corps had at the close of the war. We boarded the cars and came by way of Nashville, and on our arrival there were marched into the old Female Academy grounds, where a most elegant and bountiful dinner was spread for us. This dear old school, under the guardianship of the true and faithful Dr. C. D.
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Elliott, was near the heart of many a brave boy of this command, for a number of them had sisters, sweethearts, and loved ones there receiving their education. But on that evening, as the sun began to hide himself in the far west, the Nashville and Chattanooga train sped away to the east, carrying with it Battle's regiment. Next morning we pulled up at Chattanooga, and only remained here long enough to change cars for Knoxville, where we arrived the following morning. We could not be forwarded to Bristol at once, but had to lie over for several hours, during which time a great many of the regiment indulged too freely in spiritus frumenti, and the sober portion was ordered to put the drunken ones into a mule- pen near the depot. This was done with some difficulty, and when the work was completed the larger portion of the regiment was in the pen. After several hours delay, Maj. Campbell Wallace, who was in charge of transportation from Knoxville to Bristol, had us on our way. When we arrived at Bristol, to our great regret we were ordered into camp, where we remained two or three weeks, drilling and making huckleberry-pies out of the berries brought into camp by the mountain peasantry. It was here, as before stated, that we received our first regimental colors. About the latter part of August, 1801, the regiment was or- dered to return to Knoxville. We went into camp at the Fair Grounds, and be- gan drilling. Here we met for the first time the Fifteenth Mississippi Regiment, between whom and the Twentieth Tennessee quite an intimacy afterward sprung up. It was at this time that several prominent Union men of East Tennessee made their escape into Kentucky-among them Wm. G. Brownlow, Horace Maynard, and Thos. A. R. Nelson. Capt. Rutledge, with his battery of four guns, joined us at this point. Gen. Zollicoffer arrived, and ordered Col. Battle to proceed with the right wing of his regiment to Jacksboro, a distance of forty miles north of Knoxville, in the direction of Cumberland Gap (the gap being about eighty miles from Knoxville), and leave the left wing at Knoxville under the command of Maj. Duf- fie. In about ten days Maj. Duffie was ordered with the left wing to join Col. Battle at Jacksboro. The writer belonged to this wing, and it was the first regu- lar marching we ever did. On this march a little incident took place that fur- nished the boys with a by-word for the rest of the war. Maj. Duffie, who would never fall out with a soldier for giving him a drink of apple-jack, was riding a few hundred yards in advance of the battalion, and coming to the forks of the road took the wrong way. He never looked back to see if the battalion was following him until he had gone about a mile; then, discovering his mistake, he immediately wheeled his horse and came back at a lively gallop, hallooing, "Where in the - is the battalion?" The old soldier was taken off his horse and allowed to rest by a large spring, and Patrick was soon himself again. We soon reached Jacksboro, with blistered feet and skinned heels, and again went into camp for a few days. Then orders came to move on to Cumberland Gap, which place it took us two days to reach. We arrived there at sundown, as we thought completely worn out; but by the time we had our camp-fires kindled to cook supper, orders came to cook two days rations, and be ready to move through the gap into Kentucky at 12 o'clock that night, going to Cumberland Ford, in Knox county, Ky., which was a strategie point fourteen miles north of the gap; and we thought the Feder- als were trying to beat us there. We succeeded in getting there first, pitching our tents and fortifying the place. The Federals at that time, with a lot of Ken- tucky and East Tennessee bush-whackers, occupied the town of Barboursville,
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