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On the 26th of April the battle-flag of the Confederacy was furled, so far as the Army of Tennessee was concerned. What a history it had for the world! and what a host of brave, true, gallant men's hearts had ceased to beat forever under its folds! The words of Father Ryan somewhat express the feelings of the Con- federate soldier:
THE CONQUERED BANNER.
Furl that banner. for 't is wearv, Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary Furl it, fold it; it is best. For there's not a man to wave it. And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it. And its foes now scorn and brave it: Furl it, hide it, let it rest.
Take that banner down: 'tis tattered, Broken is its staff and shattered. And the valiant hosts are scattered Over whom it Hoated high. O 'tis hard for us to fold it, Hard to think there's none to hold it, Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
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Furl that banner, furl it sadly; Once ten thousand hailed it gladly,
And ten thousand wildly, madly Swore it should forever wave; Swore that foeman's sword should never
. Hearts hke theirs intwined dissever,
Till that flag should float forever
O'er their freedom or their grave!
Furl it, for the hands that grasped it,
And the hearts that fondly clasped it, Cold and dead are lying low ;
And that banner if is trailing, While around it sounds the wailing Of its people in their woe.
For, though conquered, they adore it; Love the cold, dead hands that bore it; Weep for those who fell before it ; Pardon those who trailed and tore it;
But I) wildly they deplore it Now who furl and fold it so!
Furl that banner! True, 'tis gory,
Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory,
And 'twill live in song and story, Though its folds are in the dust; For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages,
Shall go sounding down the ages, Farl its folds though now we must.
Furl that banner softly, slowly :
Treat it gently ; it is holy, For it droops above the dead. Touch it not, unfold it never; Let it droop there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead.
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The regiment was paroled at Charlotte, N. C., on the 3d of May, 1865. Col. Wheeler, with about two hundred recruits -- young men from Middle Tennessee -- joined the command at that place. Capt. Joe H. Fussell, Capt. G. M. V. Kinzer, Capt. Freeman, and other officers. returned with him. They had an engagement on the 4th of May at Henry Court-house, Va., with a brigade of Federal cav- alry. Neither party knew that the war had closed. Several men were wounded. Private Edwards, of Company I-Capt. H. F. Barham-was killed. So that the singular circumstance occurs that this company lost the first and last man killed in the Army of Tennessee-Geo. W. Barham, near Hopkinsville, Ky., early in October, 1861, and Edwards at Henry Court-house, Va., May 4, 1865. This statement is true from the best information we have been able to obtain.
This ended the military career of a command which served in every Southern State east of the Mississippi River south of the Potomac. They were noble, brave, gallant men. They strove to do their duty, and stood to the last in a cause which they believed to be right. The war was over, and they accepted the situation, returned to their homes, and engaged in the peaceful pursuits of life. Many of them have attained distinction, and now fill places of high public trust usefully to their constituents and honorably to the country.
Capt. S. Y. Caldwell, who for so long a time has held the position of Superin- tendent of Public Schools, Nashville, Tenn., and who has labored so faithfully in building up those splendid institutions of learning; A. J. Caldwell, member of Congress from the Nashville district; D. B. Cooper and Eugene Roberts, of the Nashville American, are among the number alluded to above.
In a brief sketch such as this it is impracticable to give incidents connected with the individual men and officers of the regiment, especially where there are many worthy of personal mention.
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MEMORIAL ROLL. COMPANY A.
Hendricks, Hiram, k. at Nashville, Tenn.
Peper, Richard, k. at Corinth, Miss.
Perryinan, Wm., k. at Columbia, Tenn.
Johnston, Lieut. G., k. at Spring Hill, Tenn.
Mayberry, Robt. N., w. at Spring Hill, Teon. Fogey, A. H., w. at Spring Hill, Tenn.
Grimes, J. A., w. at Spring Hill, Tenn.
Dickey, B. M., w. at Spring Hill, Tenn.
Kinzer, Capt. G. M. V., w. at Athens, Tenn.
COMPANY D.
Endsley, Capt. Edward, k.
Rone, R. P., k. Williams, W. N., k.
Hooper, Capt. L. K., w.
White, Lafayette, k. at Columbia, Tenn.
Winfrey, -, k.
Scott, Shelton F., k. at New Hope Church, Ga. | Thompson, C. W., w. at Resaca, Ga.
COMPANY E.
Amis, William, k.
Barnes, Wille, k. at Franklin, Tenn.
Douglas, Ned, k. at Iuka, Miss.
Davis, Joseph, k. at Columbia, Tenn.
Ferguson, Samuel, k. at Rocky Hill, Ky.
Maxwell, McCord, k. at New Hope, Ga.
Shadden, Alexander, k. at Strawberry Plains, Tenn.
Hackney, Lieut. T. C., k. in Kentucky.
Dandridge, Arch., k. at Shiloh, Tenn.
Turner, Ned, k. at Macon, Ga. Fussell, Lieut. J. H., w.
Moore, E. N., w. at Corinth, Miss.
Pointer, Gatha, w. at Holly Springs. Miss.
Pillow, E. D., w. at Dalton, Ga.
Wilkins, James, w. at New Hope, Ga.
Williams, H. H., w. at Waynesboro, Ga.
COMPANY F.
Turner, Capt. Ben, k. at Corinth, Miss.
Freeland, J. L., k. at New Hope Church, Ga. Howser, Alonzo, k. at New Hope Church, Ga. Freeland, Thomas, k. at Franklin, Tenn.
Gilliam, W. C., k. at Bentonville, N. C.
Yates, C. E., w. at Chickamauga, Ga.
COMPANY G.
Bradley, J. H., k. at Henry Court-house, Va. -
Bennett, Marion, k. at New Hope, Ga.
Brenson, J. R., k. at New Hope, Ga.
Smith, Charles, k. at New Hope. Ga. Nevels, R. J., k. at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
Rone, James, k. at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga. Pullen, H. C., L. at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.
Amis, Lewis, w.
Moore, George, w. in Mississippi. Pack, Frank, w. in Mississippi.
Simpson, Th. mas, w. at Iuka, Miss.
Knight, Andrew, w. at Corinth, Miss.
Davis, Tom, w. at Henry Court-house, Va.
COMPANY I.
Barham, G. W .. k. at Hopkinsville, Ky
Chauncey, C., k. at Corinth, Miss.
Blackburn, W. L., k. at Shiloh, Tenn.
Freil, John, k. at Thompson's Station, Tenn. Kelley, Daniel, k. at Resaca. Ga.
Stallings, Lieut. G. W., k. at New Hope, Ga. Sharp, Nehemiah, k. at Aiken, S. C.
· Whitwell, Jack, k. at Columbia, S. C.
Whitwell. Ben, k. at Trinne. Tenn.
Goodman, Granville, k. at Brentwood. Tenn. Edwards, -, k at Henry Court.house, Va.
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Slayden, Lieut. John C., k. Cotham. James, k. Powder. - , k. Siblay, Mike. k. Sharp, Fountain P. k.
I have not been able to get any report of Companies B, C, H, K. The list of companies reported is not full and complete.
Company C acted as escort for Maj .- gen. Stevenson, commanding division of infantry, most of the year 1864; Company E, escort for Gen. Armstrong, com- manding our brigade, from September, 1862, to October, 1863.
Nichol, Martin V., k. at Tunnel Hill, Ga.
Wagner, Lieut. Peter, k. at Holly Springs, Miss. Smith, Thos., k. at Lebanon, Tenn. Whitesides, G. R., K. at Lebanon, Tenn. McKinnon, Henry, k. at Nashville, Teun. Kevier, James, k. at Spring Hill, Tenn.
Grant, Thos. N., k. at Elk River Trestle, Tenn.
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Latta, Sims, w. at Averysboro, X. C. Thompson, James, w. at Averysboro, N. C. Vaughn, James, w. at Spring Hill, Tenn. Vaughn. C. C., w. at Bentonville, N. C. Rav, J. M., w. at New Hope, Ga.
Aydlett, Frank, w. at New Hope, Ga. Glenn, Tom, w. at Columbia, Tenn.
Gordon, W. B., w. at Spring Hill, Tenn. Gritlin, Patrick, w. Thompson's Station, Tenn. Henderson, Lee, w. at New Hope, Ga. Latta, W. A., w. at Corinth, Miss.
Dobbins, Lieut. Alexander, w. at Bentonville, N. C.
Gordon, J. C., w. at Bowling Green, Ky.
Goodrum, John, w. at Averysboro, N. C.
Hill, J. W., k. at Holly Springs, Miss.
Alderson, Lieut. W. H., k at Green River, Ky. Caskey, R. H., w. at Crofton's Bridge, S. C.
Harris, Wm., w. at Chickamauga, Ga.
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FOURTEENTH TENNESSEE CAVALRY. BY J. J. NEELY, BOLIVAR, TENN.
THE Fourteenth Tennessee Cavalry was enlisted behind the Federal lines in West Tennessee while they occupied the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio railroads, and the principal points on the lines of these roads were gar- risoned by their troops. The regiment was made up of men principally from the counties of Hardeman, Madison, Gibson, and Haywood, there being four from Hardeman, four from Madison, one from Gibson, one from Haywood and Fayette. It was composed of the best men who had seen service-some had been wounded and discharged, others thrown out at the reorganization on account of over-age, others furloughed and caught by the Federals behind the lines so that they could not get back to their commands. They were enlisted with the promise that they would not be returned to infantry. They equipped themselves. There were no conscripts. A great many were young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty, who were too young to enlist at the beginning of the war. The regiment organized at Pikeville, Miss.
The Hardeman county companies were as follows:
Company A-Captain, R. R. White; First Lieutenant, A. J. Cox; Second Lieu- tenant, Neal Calahan; Third Lieutenant, J. B. Harris.
Company F-Captain, William Hall; First Lieutenant, J. M. Moore; Second Lieutenant, W. L. Hall; Third Lieutenant, Jasper Smith.
Company E-Captain, Gwynn Thurmond; First Lieutenant, A. R. Emerson; Second Lieutenant, Wm. G. Pirtle.
The Madison county companies were as follows:
Company C-Captain, Zilman Voss; First Lieutenant, R. J. Strayhorn; Sec- ond Lieutenant, W. J. Swink.
Company G-Captain Hugh Greer; First Lieutenant, J. Robertson; Second Lieutenant, J. R. Bobbitt; Third Lieutenant, J. Reed.
Company I-Captain, E. S. Elliott; First Lieutenant, James Laird; Second Lieutenant, J. Langly; Third Lieutenant, J. W. Rix.
Company K-Captain, Robert Harriss; First Lieutenant, A. W. Fleming; Sec- ond Lieutenant, W. J. Campbell.
The Fayette county companies were as follows:
Company H-Captain, James Gwynne; First Lieutenant, J. Brewster; Sec- ond Lieutenant, B. F. Tatum; Third Lieutenant, D. L. Hill.
Company B-Captain, Jack Deberry; First Lieutenant, N. A. Senter; Second Lieutenant, J. B. Holt.
Company D-Captain, L. A. Thomas; First Lieutenant, J. W. Ricks; Second Lieutenant, James Drake.
At the organization J. J. Neely was elected Colonel; R. R. White, Lieutenant- colonel; Gwynn Thurmond, Major; T. H. Turner, Surgeon; R. P. Watson Assist- ant Surgeon; A. F. Topp, Quartermaster. Shelby Hammond (now Judge of the Federal Court) was appointed Adjutant.
The regiment was arnied with short Enfield rifles at Pikeville, and joined the Twelfth Tennessee and Fifteenth Tennessee, which were known as Richardson's
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Brigade, which was ordered to report to Gen. Chalmers, in North Mississippi; came from the organization to New Albany, on the Tallahatchie River, and fought a Federal regiment with Col. Inge's command. It was here that Gen. Forrest came to the command from Middle Tennessee, and requested the co- operation of the regiment in raising a cavalry force to serve in West Tennessee. The Fourteenth Regiment was posted near Estinaula to guard the Hatchie River-that being an important crossing, and the direct line from Memphis to Jackson, Tennessee, where Gen. Forrest had his head-quarters-to guard the approaches from Memphis while Gen. Forrest was recruiting for Bell's brigade north of the Hatchie River.
While at Estinaula we heard that Prince, commanding the Sixth and Seventh: Illinois Cavalry, was coming from Bolivar, Tennessee, to attack the Fourteenth: Regiment; came up four miles to Col. J. M. Miller's, met the Federal command of two regiments, held them in check until we were joined by the remainder of the regiment, about two hundred in number, when we routed them and drove them three or four miles, night putting a stop to the engagement. In the mean- time Gen. Forrest was enabled to get his supplies, artillery, and unarmed men across the river. These he afterward carried safely south. There were about two thousand nine hundred unarmed men. Col. Prince retreated to Somerville. The Fourteenth captured and killed a number of the enemy without the loss of any, but several wounded. Gen. Forrest, with his escort and battalion, followed to Somerville, the enemy having left there on the road to Bolivar. The Four- teenth met them the next day at Mrs. Armour's, seven miles east of Somerville, and in the fight that ensued lost two men, but captured important information between Col. Prince and Gen. Grierson, who had the remainder of his forces to which Prince belonged. At Saulsbury, Tennessee, and along the Memphis and Charleston railroad, we fought a Federal force, which was driven back with the loss of one man. We then surrounded Collierville, remained in the saddle antil midnight, and kept the Federals from harassing Gen. Forrest, and enabled him to get his supplies and recruits across the Memphis and Charleston railroad. We continued the rout to Como, Mississippi; from thence to Oxford, where Gen. For- rest reorganized the command, making four brigades, commanded by Richard- son, McCulloch, Bell, and Jeffrey Forrest. The First Brigade was composed of the Seventh Tennessee (Col. Duckworth), Twelfth Tennessee (Col. J. U. Green), Fourteenth Tennessee (Col. J. J. Neely), Fifteenth Tennessee (Col. F. M. Stew- art). . From Como a part of the regiment was sent back through the lines to col- lect officers and men that were left within the lines. After gathering one hun- dred and fifty officers and men, we returned by way of Saulsbury, firing on a train and killing several, among others the officer in charge. We then returned to the command; thence to West Point, where the Fourteenth was engaged in the fight, capturing a few of the Fourth Regular Federal Cavalry. We were ordered to Yazoo City with the Twelfth and Fifteenth Tennessee, under Gen. Richardson, and were joined by Ross's and Mabry's Texans. We found the Federals in three re- doubts, supported by two gun-boats in the river. Two of the redoubts were capt- ured, and the Federals were driven through the streets by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Tennessee. This was one of the hottest fights of the war. The Four- teenth lost twenty-eight men killed and wounded, among the number its gallant and accomplished Major, Gwynn Thurmond, who was a conscientious, brave sol-
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dier, and knowing his duty always did it well. Dr. Simmons, James Hays, Lieut. Swink, and others, were dangerously wounded.
After this battle Cof. J. J. Neely was put in command of the First Brigade, and Col. White in command of the regiment. We came up into West Tennes- see on a raid, fought Hurst's Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, drove him back to Somer- ville, and captured, killed, and wounded about one hundred-capturing all his train, consisting of five wagons, two ambulances, and fifty thousand rounds of am- munition, which was divided with Gen. Forrest's command, as he needed them very much. We were then sent to Raleigh, Tenn., to make a demonstration to keep the Federals from reenforcing Fort Pillow while Gen. Forrest captured the fort, which we did at Raleigh and to the mouth of Wolf River, capturing males, drays, etc., and skirmishing with the enemy. We remained around Memphis until we heard the guns at Fort Pillow, when we drew off and rejoined Gen. For- rest at Jackson. We took charge of the prisoners and went south by Medon, Purdy, and Pocahontas, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad.
At Verona Chalmers's division was ordered to Monticello, Ala., to meet a raid on the iron-works by the Federals. Chalmers, with McCulloch's and Neely's brigades, went by Oxford, Ala., when they, with Gen. Pillow's brigade of Ala- bama troops, crossed the Coosa River at Gadsden to La Fayette, Ga., at which place they attacked and captured eighty-five prisoners and a large number of horses and equipments, losing fourteen men killed and wounded. We were then ordered to return by forced marches, by Tuscaloosa, to Columbus, where we left our horses and took the train to Okolona; thence on foot to Harrisburg, twenty- eight miles, where Gens. Lee and Forrest engaged a large Federal force under Gen. Smith. After getting our horses again, we were ordered to Oxford, Miss., to meet another raid from Memphis under one of the Smiths. We had a skir- mish with the pickets, capturing thirty-five, and having two men wounded. We went with Gen. Forrest on his famous raid into Memphis, where we engaged the infantry camp in the suburbs, capturing one hundred and eighty prisoners and kill- ing a good many, several companies being in the city. The fight was hand-to- hand among the tents at the encampment of infantry.
The Fourteenth participated in all the fights in which Forrest's Cavalry en- gaged in Gen. Hood's raid into Middle Tennessee, and saw all the severe and arduous service of that rail, and suffered considerable losses. They also partici- pated in the last engagements, and surrendered at Gainesville, Ala.
The record of the Fourteenth Tennessee Cavalry was one series of glories and devotion to duty from the time of its organization to the close of the war. The writer, who was honored with the position of its first Colonel, can say for it with pride and gratification that our own State owes the regiment lasting gratitude for the laster it added to Tennessee's already glorious renown as the mother of volunteers and birthplace of soldiers.
MEMORIAL ROLL.
These are only a few that I remember to have been killed, as I have not been able to get a list from the Captains of companies:
COMPANY A. Hunter, John, k. at Columbia, Tenn.
COMPANY B.
Holt, Lieut. John, k. at Pulaski, Tenn.
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COMPANY C.
Thurmond, Maj. G., k. at Yazoo City. Simmons, Dr., of Denmark, k. at Yazoo City. Hays, James, k. at Yazoo City. Hutchinson, L., k. at Yazoo City.
Weatherly, Jesse, k. at La Fayette, Ga. Reid, Licut. James, k. at Athens, Ala. Hudson, Dorsey, k. at Pulaski, Tenn.
COMPANY E.
Teague, Henry, k. at Memphis, Tenn.
NINETEENTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY C. W. HEISKELL, MEMPHIS, TENN.
[These additional facts should have been inserted in the sketch on page 372, but the manuscript was overlooked until too late to be so used.]
THE regiment was also in the battle of Missionary Ridge; the fights around Dalton, Rocky Face, Resaca, Adairsville, crossing the Etowah; at Kingston, Lost Mountain, and New Hope Church; and on the Kennesaw line in front of Mari- etta, where it was a part of the force which held the famous "dead angle," and where the opposing forces were so close together that some of my men threw stones at and knocked down several of the approaching foes. It was at the cross- ing of the Chattahoocheeshville, Franklin, Spring Hill, defense of Atlanta, twenty-second of July fight, in the Jonesboro fight, and at Bentonville.
At the battle of Jonesboro Gen. Hardee rode to the front and to his extreme skir- mish-line. He was met by Arthur Fulkerson, who died so gallantly on the bloody field of Franklin. Fulkerson said to him: "General, those are Federals in your front; do not go farther." He replied, "You must be mistaken." Fulkerson said: "No, sir; I am not; and to convince you [it was getting quite late], I will go to the line; and if they are Federals, I will fire off my gun." The General said, " Go." He went, fired his gun, and was captured; but our beloved General es- caped. Fulkerson was exchanged a few days afterward, and rejoined his command.
At the battle of Stone's River, or Murfreesboro, Sergeant Thompson, of Con :- pany A, captured three Federals and marched them up to the Colonel, and said: "Colonel, here are three of the blues."
On the retreat from Columbia, when we were with Forrest, we were splashing along in the rain and sleet Christmas night, at 11 o'clock. It was dark, and the elements and our own feelings seemed at one. (The men had often asked me to have them mounted, and let us join the cavalry.) To relieve the occasion in this oppressive gloom and silence, I said to them: " Boys, how do you like the car- alry?" One spoke up: "O Colonel, this is not the regular cavalry!" Another replied: "I think it has been pretty d -- n regular for the last forty-eight hours!"
I have failed to get any further information, except as follows: - Orrick, killed at Adairsville, June 27, 1864; John S. Spears, at Franklin, December 1, 1864; both of Company K. And to fill the blank in the roster of Company D, first organiza. tion: Captain, Ehnon Colville; First Lieutenant, Piles Miller; Second Lieuten- ant, James Wallace; Third Lieutenant, S. J. S. Frazier. Second organization: Captain, Joseph Frazier; First Lieutenant, Abraham Hodge; Second Lieutenant, Thomas Cunningham; Third Lieutenant, as given in narrative. Killed in this company additional: Capt. Joseph Frazier, at Murfreesboro; when Lieut. Frazier became Cantain.
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THIRTY-SIXTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY R. J. MORGAN, MEMPHIS, TENN.
IN the summer of 1861 Gen. Leonidas Polk authorized me to raise a regiment for the Confederate service in Tennessee. I visited Chattanooga early in the au- tumn of that year, and found four companies there. These companies induced me to take charge of them. Soon afterward a battalion of six companies, then in Knoxville, under Lieut .- col. Dunn and Major Camp, made a proposition to unite with the companies I had, and form a regiment. This was done. I was elected Colonel, Dunn was elected Lieutenant-colonel, and Camp Major. After the for- mation of the regiment, it was styled the Thirty-sixth Tennessee Confederate Reg- iment, and the officers were commissioned as such. John L. Hopkins, of Chatta- nooga, was appointed by me as Adjutant of the regiment. Hopkins was a promi- nent lawyer at Chattanooga, and since then moved to Atlanta, at which place he rose to eminence in his profession, and has been upon the bench in that State. Lient .- col. Dunn also moved to Atlanta since the war. He was also a lawyer. Major Camp was badly wounded during the war, losing both eyes. He has since died. The Quartermaster was Capt. Cate; Commissary, Capt. Campbell.
Our regiment was ordered to Cumberland Gap. We reached there in the win- ter of 1861-2, and remained there for several months. We were first in a brigade commanded by Col. Rains, afterward Gen. Rains. While under his command, we had an engagement with the Federal forees under Gen. Morgan, of Ohio. In that engagement the regiment bore its part with gallantry. We lost one man killed and several wounded.
Early in the spring of 1862 the brigade to which our regiment belonged was placed under the command of Gen. Stevenson. The department was commanded by Gen. Kirby Smith. While Gen. Stevenson was in command at Cumberland Gap, we had another engagement with the enemy under Gen. Carter. This was in March, 1862. The position of our regiment upon the mountain was immedi- ately in the Gap, the most responsible and dangerous position in the line. I had also under my command at that time a battery stationed near our works. The engagement in March also showed the gallantry of the regiment under fire. The enemy concentrated its heaviest fire upon our works. Our loss in that engage- ment was small-one or two men killed and several wounded. It was believed at that time that the enemy was making an effort to flank our works and get in our rear. I remember that Gen. Stevenson called a consultation of the Colonels of his command, and fully laid before us his information and his plans. The Fed- eral force was very large, and in certain contingencies it was contemplated that we should retire. I opposed this, believing that we were stronger on the mount- ain than in retreat. I remember Gen. Stevenson asked us if our regiments would stand by us in a siege. I spoke for mine, and said it would, and rather than sur- render I would carry my regiment with me through the mountains. I consulted with my officers, and they agreed to stand by me. The necessity did not arise. The officers and men were true to me, and were always brave and gallant in the time of trial.
Some time in the summer the regiment was ordered to Savannah, Ga. The enemy had moved from our front, and Savannah was threatened. The regiment
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was stationed in Savannah for some time, how long I do not recall. I tendered to the War Department my resignation as Colonel of the regiment. It was not accepted. I received a letter from the Secretary of War asking me to withdraw it, which I did. I was then ordered to join the army ir Tennessee, and placed upon the staff of Lieut .- gen. Polk in order to organize the military courts of his corps. Capt. Alley was elected Colonel of the regiment. With its subsequent history I am unacquainted. I think it was consolidated with Gen. Ben Hill's Tennessee regiment.
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