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On the night of the 21st of June Capt. A. J. Cawood, with fifty-nine men, being part of his own company (B) and part of Capt. Wiseman's company (G), was or- dered to take an intrenched outpost in front of Col. Barkaloo's Georgia regiment, Stevenson's division. They took it, but an overwhelming force of the enemy compelled them to abandon it. Of the fifty-nine men who went out to take the post, twenty-three were killed and wounded. Among the number was the gallant Cawood himself, who received a mortal wound. Lieut. Cruikshanks was killed, and Capt. Wiseman received a painful wound in the arm. On the following night Capt. W. II. McKamy, of Company I, with forty-seven men, was ordered to take the same post, and fill up the enemy's trenches. They succeeded, but twenty- seven of the forty-seven men were killed and wounded. Among the number was the courageous McKamy himself, who received a terrible wound in the left shoul- der and arm which disabled him during the remainder of the war, and from which he has never fully recovered.
But in a short sketch like this it is impossible to portray the history of the reg- iment during the activities, hardships, and dangers of the siege. Suffice it to say that the regiment entered Vicksburg with more than nine hundred effective men and less than half that number answered to the roll-call when it was exchanged. The siege had killed and disabled more than half of as gallant a command as any that made the Southern army famous. Our flag-the beautiful banner that the fair women of Mount Sterling, Ky., had given us-had nine hundred and seventy- two bullet-holes in it when we surrendered. When the brigade was exchanged Brig .- gen. J. C. Vaughn was assigned to its command, and it was ordered to re- port to him at Decatur, Ga. In September it was with Stevenson's division or- dered to reënforce Longstreet's army, then besieging Knoxville; but the siege was raised the night we reached Knoxville, and our brigade, as rear-guard to Ste- venson's division, passed on into upper East Tennessee. At Rogersville the brigade was detached from Stevenson's division, and Gen. Vaughn was left in command of upper East Tennessee.
On the 23d of December, Gen. Vaughn received orders to mount his brigade. Every East Tennessean is at home on a horse, and this order was received with great rejoicing. This, liowever, was a slow process, as both armies had occupied
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the country and good horses were scarce; but by spring nearly all of the com- mand was well mounted. During the winter and spring of 1863-64 the regiment was engaged in outpost duty in upper East Tennessee, and met the enemy in many skirmishes, in which several good men lost their lives, but was in no im- portant engagements. On the first of May the brigade was ordered to leave its horses in South-west Virginia and report to Brig .- gen. W. E. Jones, at Staunton, who was sent there to meet Hunter, then advancing up the valley. Gen. Jones made a stand at Piedmont, where with four thousand dismounted and badly armed cavalry and a few hundred raw Virginia militia he met Hunter and so crippled his well-organized army of ten thousand men of all arms that he never attempted to meet the Confederates in another engagement; but it cost the gallant Jones and many of his best officers and men their lives. The brigade retreated to Lynch- burg, where it was assigned to duty in Gen. J. C. Breckinridge's division, which was then at Lynchburg.
The morning after our arrival at Lynchburg our division had some heavy skir- mishing with the enemy four miles from that place. Gen. Early appeared on the scene the next morning, and the enemy retreated down the Virginia and Ten- nessee railroad. Our army followed them by forced marches to Salem. There they turned across the mountain, and our army moved on down the valley, and passed through Staunton on June 28. This was the beginning of Early's celebrated raid on Washington City and subsequent campaign in the Valley of Virginia dur- ing the summer and fall of 1864, which he has so graphically described in his his- tory of his corps during the last year of the war. The limits of this sketch will not per- mit me to detail the history of the regiment during this celebrated campaign. Suf- fice it to say that the regiment moved with Early's army, and with it advanced on Washington City. We recrossed the Potomac on two other occasions, to bring out supplies, and were in all of the battles and engagements of this celebrated campaign. We were in the battles at Monocacy, Winchester, Kernstown, Fishersville, Cedar Creek, White Post, Martinsburg, and Darksville. This latter was a cavalry fight, in which our brigade was pitted against five times its number; and it is but justice to state that if it had not been for the coolness and bravery of Adjt. S. A. Key, who was acting as chief of staff, our entire command would have been surrounded and captured. On all occasions he proved himself to be a cool-headed, brave, efficient officer, and to-day has the highest respect and affection of every survivor of the command. I should have heretofore stated that our horses were brought to us at Winchester on Early's return from Maryland, and that during the re- mainder of his campaign we served as cavalry. We were in many spirited skir- mishes besides the regular battles and engagements above mentioned; for Sher- idan's cavalry outnumbered Early's three to one, and we were kept constantly on duty, and everywhere and on all occasions our regiment sustained its well- earned reputation for gallantry and coolness in action.
The reader will pardon me for digressing here to pay a passing tribute to a dear friend and gallant officer. I have said that from the beginning of the valley campaign to the close of the war, Gen. Vaughn being in command of a division of cavalry, Col. Gillespie, as senior Colonel, commanded Vaughn's brigade, and Capt. J. N. Aiken, as senior Captain, commanded Gillespie's regiment. But this is not literally true; for Col. Gillespie was wounded at the battle of White Post, and disabled for near two months. During that time Col. Onslow Bean, of the
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Sixteenth Tennessee Battalion, as senior officer, commanded Vaughn's brigade. This was during a very active part of the campaign, and Col. Bean proved him- self to be an officer of great resources. Brave, prudent, vigilant, he handled his little brigade with consummate skill and ability. This gallant officer was killed at the head of his battalion at Marion Va., in December, 1864, while resisting an overwhelming number of the enemy.
Returning to the department of East Tennessee, the regiment, with the other regiments of the brigade, fell under command of Gen. Breckinridge as depart- ment commander. He had, however, a mere skeleton of an army, of which Vaughn's mounted infantry was by far the largest part. On the 28th of October our brigade met at Morristown a cavalry force of twice our number, under Brig .- gen. Gillem, and was driven back in some confusion, with a loss of one hundred and sixty-five men killed, wounded, and captured. On the 13th of November fol- lowing, Gen. Breckinridge attacked the same command at Russellville and stani- peded it, capturing eighty wagons, six pieces of artillery with the horses hitched to them, and about six hundred men, driving them pell-mell to Newmarket, twen- ty miles down the valley. The Federals were all East Tennesseans, and outnum- bered our command two to one, but our victory was complete. This was a night attack, and was the last serious conflict the regiment was engaged in during the war.
During the rest of 1864 the regiment was on outpost duty in upper East Ten- nessee. In the early part of March, 1865, Gen. Stoneman moved on our little army with an overwhelming force. We fell back into South-west Virginia, and had numerous skirmishes with the enemy until the 11th of April, when at Chris- tiansburg, Va., we learned that Gen. Lee had surrendered. Most of the brigade determined to cross the mountain and join Gen. Johnston's army in North Carc- lina. Every man was left to choose his own course, but nine-tenths of Vaughn's brigade, and, as now recollected, every man of the Forty-third Regiment, elected to cross the mountains and join Johnston. At Charlotte we found President Davis and his Cabinet. We followed him as an escort to Washington, Ga., where in May, 1865, we were paroled, and the next day started back home, with our gallant and beloved Colonel as our leader. As now recollected, there were only one hundred and twenty-three men rank and file paroled on that sad day. Most of them had neither seen nor heard from their families for more than a year. They had gone to the war from a section where a large majority of the people were Unionists. They were the remnant-or, rather, the survivors-of a command that in 1861 numbered more than a thousand men; but they had been true to their convictions, and since the war every member of the grand old regiment has made a good citi- zen.
This ends my sketch of the Forty-third Tennessee Regiment-a gallant, noble body of loyal and true men, who did their whole duty in times that tried men's souls. I regret that the total loss of our regiment records makes it impossible to give a list of those who were killed or wounded in battle or died in the service; but their valiant conduct will ever be remembered by those who survived them.
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Official.] FIELD AND STAFF, FORTY-THIRD TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, James W. Gillespie; Lieutenant-colonel, David M. Key; Major, Lawson Guthrie; Surgeon, L. Y. Green; Assistant Surgeon, E. D. Gilbert; Adjutant, S. A. Key ; Assistant Quar. termaster, Addison C. Day ; Assistant Commissary, T. L. Wallace; Chaplain, A. T. Brooks.
COMPANY A. Captains : John Goodman and John Tonkin.
Morgan, Samuel, d. Dec. 19, 1861.
Brank, J. J., d. in hospital at Vicksburg, Miss,, June 16, 1863.
Donner, Aaron. d. March 16, 1862.
Higdon, E. C., d. April 22, 1862, from a wound received April 9, 1862.
Givens, Alexander, d. in camp near Vicksburg, Miss., May 1, 1863.
Morgan, J. C. C., k. April ?, 1862.
Ketcherside, T. F., d. near Vicksburg, Miss., May 4, 1863.
Brown, Elinore, d. Dec. 26, 1861.
Addison, Thomas, d. at hospital March 9, 1862. Addison, Jesse, wounded May 20 and died May 27, 1803.
Query, James, d. at Cleveland, Tenn., Aug. 16. 1803.
COMPANY B. Captains : A. J. Cawood and William M. Wilson.
Cawood, Capt. A. J., severely wounded in leg [ Keeling, W. E., d. on or about Sept. 1, 1ºC3. in battle June 22, 1863, and died from the ef- Loy, G. W., k. in battle, June 23, 1863. feet of said wound Aug. 5, 1863.
Boles, William, k. in battle at Vicksburg, June 25, 1863. Hill, William H., d. at Vicksburg, July 10, 1863.
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Treadway, John R., k. in battle at Vick-turg. Dodson, G. W., d. in camp near Vicksburg, April 17, 1863. Holloway, R. G., d. April 17, 1863. Wilson, John A., d. Jan. 10, 1862.
Hughes, A. J., k. in battle June 23, 1863.
COMPANY C. Captains : A. H. Roberson and William J. Hill.
Austin, David, d. Feb. 28, 1863.
Kensley, J. K. P., d. Feb. 23, 1863.
Guy, Robert, d. Dec. 12, 1862.
Morgan, G. W., d. June 18, 1862.
Jones, F. M., d. at Vicksburg, July 10, 1863.
Monsey, E. F., d. Nov. 12, 1862.
Rethwell, W. B., d. Nov. 6, 1862.
Colbaugh, J., d. Aug., 1863.
Dockery, W. H., d. Feb. 21, 1863.
Lockmiller, H., d. Feb. 4, 1863.
. Dennis, P., d. at Vicksburg, July 16, 1863.
COMPANY E. Captains : John W. Phillips and Joseph Huffmaster.
Helton, Wm., d. at Knoxville, Jan. 3, 1862. Webb, Charles, d. at Knoxville, Dec. 23. 1891. Metlock, Huston, d. at Rogersville, Jan. 10, Smith, Charles, d. at Knoxville, Feb. 15, 1992. 1862. Gilbert, James, d. Nov. 20, 1862. Reagon. William F., d. at Rogersville, Dec. 24.
COMPANY F. Captains : E. C. Jones and Sterling T. Turner.
Willson, Robert, d. May 23, 1862. Cade, T. L., d. May 11, 1862. Cook, S. B., d. Nov. 22, 1862. Turner, Capt. Sterling T., k. in battle at Vicks- burg, May 22, 1863.
Ball, William S., d. Jan. 2, 1862. Fleming, J. R., d. at Vicksburg, June 27. 1953. Ballard, J. M., d. at Vicksburg, June 26. Is%. Barnett, J. N., d. near Vicksburg, June 29, 1863. Mathis, Jackson, d. at Vicksburg. May ?, 1803.
Wiley, Thomas, d. Feb. 5, 1862, in Bledsoe county. Sutherland, William, d. Jan. 20, 1862.
COMPANY D. Captains : Ambrose W. Hodge and J. R. Binyon.
Williams, J. L., d. Feb. 7, 1862. Carr, F. M., d.
MeAdoo, R. G., d. at Vicksburg, July 15, 1563. Colbaugh, N., k. in battle May 23, 1863. Million, F. N., k. in battle May 24, 1863. Price, T. H., d. May 4, 1863.
Holland, W. L., d. on the road from Vicksburg to Enterprise.
Conner, Thaddeus, d. at Raymond, Miss.
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Goodwin, Thomas J., d. of small-pox at Vicks- [ Kincaid, Asa G .. d. Jan. 18, 1863. burg, Jan. 20, 1863.
Gowin, William D., d. Feb. 17, 1863, of fever, at hospital at Vicksburg.
Willson, G. Y., d. at Enterprise, Ky., July 18, 1863. McCallon, T. B., d. at Vicksburg, July 8, 1865.
COMPANY G. Captains: David Neff, C. L. Hensley, and W. H. Wiseman.
Barton, Jesse, d. March 13, 1862.
Maxwell, Robt., d. April 1, 1862.
Harrison, Thomas, d. May 12, 1862.
Crniksbanks, Lieut. J. W., k. in battle June 22, 1863.
Deuton, Sergt. A. R., d. June 26, from a wound received in battle June 22, 1803.
Jarnagin, A. M., k. in battle June 23, 1863.
Douglas, R. G., d. May 7, 1863.
Moore, E. L., d. in Tennessee, Jan. 20, 1863.
COMPANY H. Captain, W. L. Lafferty.
Varnell, H. F., d. at Charleston, Jan. 15, 1862. Rose, F. M., d. at Charleston. Nov. 16, 1862. On
Clark, James, d. June 28, 1863.
Dennis, John, d. June 21, 1803.
a subsequent roll it states he died at Cal- houn. sime date.
Myers, L. W., d. Jan. 31, 1863, at Vicksburg.
Eaton, W. A .. d. at Athens, Ga., Jan. 6, 1863.
Dennis, Oren, d. at Vicksburg, March 24. 1863.
Melton, William, d. Feb. 26, 1863, at Vieks- burz. Ballard, J. H., d. June 17, 1863.
Swafford, B. F., d. at Vicksburg, Miss., July 1!, 1863.
"COMPANY I. Captain, William H. MeKamy
Crittenden, N. J., d. Feb. 6, 1862.
Corn, Julius, d. June 28, 1862, at Liek Creek.
Foster, O. P., d. May 7, 1862, at Lick Creek.
Dugan, S. E., d. Oet. 30, 1802.
MeCarty, Lieut. Benjamin, k. Sept. 14, 1862.
Patterson, N. W., d. in hospital at Vicksburg, Feb. 22, 1863. Shamblin, John, k. in action at Vicksburg, May 23, 1863.
COMPANY K. Captain, J. N. Aiken.
Martin, Isaac, d. March 25, 1803.
| Barfield, Wheeler, d. Dec. 3, 1861
McCan, John, d. Feb. 14, 1863.
Stewart, Charles, d. Dec. 1, 1861.
McCan, William, d. Feb. 11, 1863, at Vicksburg.
Porter, Thomas W., d. at Loudon hospital. March 27. 1862.
Adams, J. W., k. in battle at Vicksburg, June 7, 1863.
Norman, W. J .. d. at Knoxville, March 4, 1962 Neal, J. K., d. at Loudon hospital, March 28, 1862.
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Cruise, G. W., d. at Vicksburg, June 24, 1863. Ruth, W. J., d. at Vicksburg, May 20, 1863. Aiken, Thomas, d. at Vicksburg, July 1, 1863. Green, R. A., d. at home, Aug. 5, 1863. Maxwell, H. L., d. at Vicksburg, July 1, 1863.
Standifer, Leroy, k. in battle at Chattanooga, June 8, 1862.
FORTY-FOURTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY DR. D. J. NOBLITT, LINCOLN COUNTY, TENN.
IN the fall of 1861 Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston was assigned the department of Tennessee; finding his lines poorly prepared for defensive or aggressive war, and to remedy this deficiency, he called on the Governors of the neighboring States
Houston, Witt, d. Ang. 29, 1863, from the effects of a wound received in battle.
Patillo, Sanmel, d. July 5, 1863, from the effects of a wound received in battle.
Strutton, HI. F., d. at Vicksburg hospital, Feb. 14, 1863.
Day, Samuel, d. at Vicksburg hospital, Jan. 23, 1863.
Leadbetter, John, d. May 23, 1863.
Casteel, B. F., d. at Vicksburg, July 15, 1863.
Gibany, John A., d. at Vicksburg July 20, 1863. Swafford, John, d. in hospital at Jackson, Miss., June 25, 1863.
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for troops. Under this call many regiments were organized-the Forty-fourth one of that number, being from the counties of Bedford, Franklin, Grundy, Coffee, and Lincoln. Their regimental organization was completed at Camp Trousdale on the 9th of December, 1861, as follows: C. A. McDaniel, of Lincoln county, Colonel; Henry Sheid, of Coffee, Lieutenant-colonel; Matt Johnston, of Bedford, Major; Dr. John Gannaway, Surgeon; Dr. D. J. Noblitt, Assistant Surgeon; Hugh Edins, Quartermaster; Polk Green, Commissary. For a few days the regiment remained in camp drilling, and was then ordered to Bowling Green, Ky., and as- signed to Col. S. A. M. Wood's brigade, Hardee's division. Early in February it was obvious to the most casual observer that Gen. Johnston would be compelled to double his forces or shorten his lines-Thomas flanking on the right by meeting and defeating Gen. "Zollicoffer at or near Mill Springs, Ky. In that engagement Zollicoffer fell mortally wounded, and into the hands of the enemy, who are said to have treated his remains with great indignity. His fall demoralized his com- mand. Gen. Zollicoffer was one of the most brilliant men of the State-his learn- ing and gallantry enrolled him in the affections of his country men as a military hero. Gen. Grant was moving with superior forces on our lines at Forts Henry and Donelson.
On or by the first of February it had been discovered by Gen. Johnston that Gen. Buell, in our front, was moving his troops in the direction of Donelson, in support of Grant. To checkmate this he sent Gens. Floyd and Buckner's com- mand to Gen. Pillow's support. In the meantime Fort Henry was captured by the enemy. A concentration upon Donelson was now evident-our lines being broken on both flanks. On the 11th of February the remainder of the army re- ceived orders to make the necessary preparations for the evacuation of Bowling Green by sending the sick South and issuing rations for a march. The march was continued from day to day until we arrived at Nashville. Snow was encountered at Franklin, Ky. Notwithstanding snow and cold weather, the line of march was taken up in the morning, and getting several miles into the State of Tennessee another order was issued to cook rations. Accompanying this order was the an- nouncement that the Confederates had repulsed the Federals with great loss at Donelson. The march was continued, and occasionally we heard the firing of cannon said to be at Donelson. On the road-side, in many places, and at houses were to be seen anxious and distressed women who had sons, brothers, or husbands in that stirring conflict. Late in the evening, near Goodlettsville, the army was thrown into line of battle with the assurance of an instant attack. It was a false alarm-no enemy appearing.
Sunday morning (16th) moved early in consequence of the favorable reports on the day before; was in splendid spirits until met by a courier with the intelligence of the fall of Donelson. He had dispatches from Gen. Johnston to Gen. Breck- inridge informing him of the disaster, and urging him to push on with his column.
On entering Edgefield sorrow and despair were unmistakably written on every face. There was great difficulty experienced in crossing the bridge into Nashville, only a limited number crossing at a time, necessarily making it slow. This gave rise to every sort of rumor that would arouse anxiety and fear. This precaution was necessary to prevent a general rush on the suspension bridge of panic-tricken soldiers, who would, if left at will, have crowded upon it in sufficient numbers to 34
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have forced this fine structure from its giant pillars with great disaster to the re- treating army.
The arrival of the army seemed to demoralize the already panic-stricken city. The officials-State and city-were wild; some were speaking, some crying, some cursing, some praying, while others were running to and fro, scarcely knowing what to do. The hospitals were deserted by all that could get away; the siek, lame, and halt were seen on every southern outlet from the city, and for many miles south of Nashville the barns and outhouses were the recipients of sick, wounded, and tired soldiers.
Arriving in the city late at night no halt was made, but we marched out on the Murfreesboro pike in the Mill Creek neigborhood. Rain commenced, and our camp became untenable. Orders were issued to repair to a better camp and cook eight days rations. The latter order was severely criticised by the men, and they threatened to mutiny if not allowed to meet the enemy; but this spirit was over- come by speeches from Gens. Pillow, Floyd, and Hardee.
The next morning the retreat was resumed for Murfreesboro; but early that day rumor said Beauregard had taken Cairo and Paducah, and Jos. E. Johnston Washington, and that we would fall back to Murfreesboro, and possibly to Decatur, Ala .; that Beauregard would ascend the Cumberland, J. E. Johnston would make his way through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky in support of Beauregard, and Albert Sidney Johnston would attack Grant, Buell, and Thomas in detail: with these armies in their rear the Federal armies would be defeated and captured, closing out the war in six months. Around camp-fires at night this was discussed with great earnestness, and claimed a master-stroke of military strategy.
For a few days the army camped at Murfreesboro, resting, reorganizing, gather- ing up the sick, and those escaping capture at Donelson, and all the recruits that could be induced to volunteer. The Forty-fourth, with Wood's brigade, was as- signed to Pillow's division, Hardee's corps. The retreat was continued south by way of Shelbyville and Fayetteville. Tenn., via Decatur. An order was received from the seat of government suspending Pillow. The command was temporarily assumed by Gen. Hindman, of Arkansas. We continued the march and arrived at Corinth, Miss., on March 20, 1862-the point selected by Gen. A. S. Johnston for concentrating his army. He determined to engage the enemy that he might defeat him in detail, as it had been learned that Grant was being reenforced by Halleck from St. Louis, and Buell was making forced marches through Middle Tennessee to join Grant at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.
On the 3d of April a general order was issued, directing the troops to prepare five days rations and forty rounds of cartridges. In the evening the regiment left camp, marching until midnight in the direction of the river. Early next morning the march was resumed, and continued until late in the evening, taking position in line of battle about one mile north-east of the Mickey house. We had scareply arrived in position when the rapid di-charge of small arms, and two or three shots from a field piece, was heard but a few hundred yards in advance. The regiment stood for half an hour or more in a drenching rain, expecting an order to advance, but was somewhat relieved by seeing a Federal Lieutenant- colonel and fifty of his men marched to the rear as prisoners, captured by Col. Clanton's cavalry, of Alabama, and the Twenty-third Tennessee Regiment of in-
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fantry. At night the regiment was ordered to sleep on their arms. Next morn- ing at day-break the regiment was aroused for duty, every moment expecting an attack. During the day we were advanced about one-fourth of a mile, and kept in line all day. The dense undergrowth and well-guarded lines concealed our proximity from the enemy, until they were attacked by Hardcastle's battalion on Sunday morning, the regiment promptly following them into the Federal en- campment, a short distance east of Shiloh Church, surprising and capturing them while cooking breakfast. They made a stubborn resistance for awhile, yet the Confederate line pressed upon them, driving them back with heavy loss on both sides. The entire Confederate front was engaged early in the day, driving the Fed- erals toward the river. Between eleven and twelve o'clock the enemy made such stubborn resistance that the reserves under Gen. Breckinridge were ordered in, when the enemy were again driven back. An advance along the entire Confed- erate line was ordered. About three o'clock in the afternoon an Arkansas regi- ment was thrown into confusion. Gen. Johnston, observing the disorder, sprung to their colors, held them aloft, and said, "Forward, my men!" They rallied to the charge, with heavy loss of men, and Gen. Johnston mortally wounded. The fall of this noble man stopped the farther advance of the Confederates, and many believe affected the result of the war. Gen. Beauregard, assuming command, be- ing next in rank, changed the order of battle by using shot and shell in place of small arms. The result was not as he hoped. The demoralized Federals, in place of surrendering, rallied at the hesitancy of the Confederates and the pros- pect of reinforcements from Gen. Buell on the north side of the river.
Late in the evening Gen. Lew. Wallace's division was thrown into line of bat- tle, having erossed the river. Early on the morning of the 7th they attacked the Confederates with great determination, driving them at every point. The Con- federates fell back on the Mickey house and formed. The Federals appeared to be satisfied in regaining the lost ground of the day before, and left the Confeder- ates to fall back at will to Corinth. The Forty-fourth went into battle with four hundred and seventy men in line. On Tuesday morning, at roll-call, one hun- dred and twenty answered to their names. It did as gallant service as any com- mand on that field.
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