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Cawdry, Wm., d. Jan. 5, 1862. Dawson, J. J., d. May 3, 1862.
Jones, Jamuel, d. June 10, 1862.
Kincaid, Benjamin, d. Aug. 3, 1862.
COMPANY D. Captain, James W. Bush.
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Bedford county, Capts. Ab. S. Boone, W. L. Brown, and B. Logan; and one from the county of Marshall, J. G. Osborne, Captain. These companies numbered one thousand men, and were organized into a regiment at Camp Trousdale, November 26, 1861. Robert Farquharson, who had been a Major in Col. W. B. Campbell's regiment in the war with Mexico, was elected Colonel; R. G. McClare, of Mar- shall county, Lieutenant-colonel; T. G. Miller, of Franklin county, Major; Jacob Anthony, of Lincoln, Adjutant; Arch Hughes, of Bedford, Quartermaster; W. W. MeNelby, of Lincoln, Surgeon; and T. B. McNaughten, Commissary. The latter was killed on leaving the boat at Fort Donelson by a cannon-shot fired by one of the Federal gun-boats.
From Camp Trousdale the regiment went to Bowling Green on the 23d of December, 1861. From Bowling Green it went to Fort Donelson, there taking an active part in the fighting, and surrendering with Gen. Buckner. The privates and non-commissioned officers were sent to Indianapolis, the line officers to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, and the field officers to Fort Warren. The line officers were afterward sent to Johnson's Island.
The men and officers were exchanged at Vicksburg in September, 1862, and near that place, at Clinton, the regiment was reorganized, Farquharson being reelected Colonel; J. D. Tillman, Lieutenant-colonel; and T. G. Miller, Major. The company organization remained about the same, J. R. Feenby taking the place of Scott as Captain, William March of George, and W. B. Fonville of Capt. Fly.
After much marching and countermarching in Northern and Central Missis- sippi, the regiment was ordered to Port Hudson early in January, 1863, where it was a silent spectator of the bombardment of the place and the passage of some of the enemy's gun-boats.
The thunder of cannon, the sharp notes of steam-whistles, the hoarse hissing of broken and punctured pipes, were terrific to the ear; the bursting of shell and the blazing of fuses high in air were beautiful to the eye, but not a man was killed, and the Forty-first Regiment never afterward seemed to have any fear of cannon on land or water.
On the 2d of May the regiment left Port Hudson and went by rail and by marches in the direction of Jackson, Miss. It became engaged with a large force of the enemy at Raymond, where Capt. Boone was killed, as also Col. MeGavock of the Tenth Regiment. After this the command to which the Forty-first was attached did some heavy fighting and a great deal of severe skirmishing at Jack- son; and the marching, which characterized the movements of Gen. Johnston in the rear of Vicksburg and on the flanks of Gen. Grant, was as severe and trying as any service which the command had yet experienced.
At Yazoo City the men and officers disposed of a large portion of their jewelry. consisting of watches, rings, and chains, to the ever-vigilant and far-sighted Jews. They seemed to know that the surrender of Vicksburg could be delayed only a few days, and then that a ring of the value of two or three dollars would be worth more than two or three hundred dollars of Confederate money.
Vicksburg surrendered on the 4th of July, 1863, and the Forty-first Regiment was encamped during the month of August at Enterprise, Miss., where it feasted on peaches done in every style, and played poker for the money it had received for its jewelry at Yazoo City.
On the 7th of September it left by way of Mobile, and went to the vicinity of
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Chickamauga. It was in the thickest of that fight, and suffered severely in killed and wounded; Lieut .- col. J. D. Tillman being in command, Col. Farquharson having been placed on the retired list.
During the winter of 1863 and 1864, and up to May, 1864, it was encamped near Dalton, Ga. On the 1st of May, 1864, during religious services, ten men were killed by the falling of a tree.
In the retreat on Atlanta and Jonesboro the Forty-first Regiment did its full share of fighting, skirmishing, and picketing, and gladly thence followed Hood on his disastrous march into Tennessee. No command suffered more in the battle at Franklin.
The few men and officers who had survived battles, picket duty, marches, and disease, and-if without hope, still had pride-returned to the south side of the Tennessee River, and in the spring of 1865 surrendered with Joseph E. Johnston at Salisbury, North Carolina.
In the first consolidation of regiments, reduced to battalions, the Forty-first was thrown with the Tenth, and made up as it then was of Irish from Nashville, and of men who previous to their enlistment had many of them never seen a city, it was as harmonious as if all had been of one nationality. The history of such a regiment, composed of such men, seeking no danger through love of it, and shirk- ing none through fear of it, is best found in the fame of the heroes it has aided in making. Its brigade commanders were Bushrod Johnson, Maney, Gregg, and Strahl, and by all it was always commended for its steady performance of every duty required of it. There was never a feud among the officers, or bickerings among the companies.
The Forty-first Tennessee was ever ready to do, or to attempt to do, whatever was ordered, whether to dig a ditch or cross one in the face of the enemy, to charge a battery or go on picket. It lost more men on picket than in the charge. Its dead are laid away in unmarked graves in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, and in the prison cemeteries of Camp Douglas, Camp Morton, Rock Island, and Camp Chase.
A thousand glorious actions that might claim Triumphant laurels and immortal fame Confused in crowds of glorious actions lie, And troops of heroes undistinguished die.
Mem .- One of the most valuable sketches of Tennessee in the great civil war was brought out some years since by Sumner A. Cunningham, of Shelbyville, a pri- vate in the above regiment.
THE BATTLE OF RAYMOND. . BY WILLIAM E. CUNNINGHAM.
From Weekly Philadelphia Times, Nov. 26, 1881.
THE morning of May 11, 1863, was bright and pleasant. Our men, after a march of two hundred miles from Port Hudson, La., were scattered about the camp which we temporarily occupied about one mile north of Jackson, Miss. Our march had been tedious, as Grierson's raid had played sad havoc unto the railroad to New Orleans, a short time before, leaving nothing for fifty miles but the hacked road-bed. The men were in groups, wandering about camp, or enjoying a cool plunge in the grateful waters of Pearl River, which ran close by. Many were the surmises as
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to our destination and as to the object of our march. Many an eye gleamed and brightened as some comrade ventured the prophecy that we were bound for Ten- nessee, for our brigade was composed of Tennessee regiments, save one. The sur- mises were cut short by the sharp bugle-blast, which sounded the assembly. In a few minutes we were ready, and a short march brought us out on the hill over- looking Jackson. Halting to form, we began the march through the city. The Forty-first Tennessee, Col. Farquharson (a man who gained celebrity in Mexico as Major of the First Tennessee, and who was badly wounded at Monterey), was followed by the Third Tennessee, Col. Walker. Then came the Tenth Tennessee (Irish), Col. MeGavock; then the Thirtieth, Col. Head; the Fiftieth, Col. Sugg, and the First Tennessee Battery, Major Colms. The rear was brought up by Col. Granbury, Seventh Texas, all under command of that lamented soldier and gen- tleman, Gen. John Gregg, of Texas. The column was headed by the band of the Third, and it fell to my lot to command the advance. As we moved down the wide road, marching to the strains of "The Girl I Left Behind Me," I glanced back, and could not restrain a feeling of pride in the splendid arrray of gallant men, nearly all of whom I knew either personally or by regiment. It was a per- fect body of men Gregg led through Jackson that lovely morning, and many a fair hand on this occasion gave the lie to the story that Jackson people charged for handing water to the noble fellows as they filed by. The streets were lined and the windows crowded as we marched along, not knowing our destination till we passed the depot and took the Raymond road. Raymond is the county-seat, although Jackson is the State capital, and both being in the same county. We soon met straggling cavalry who stopped in their mad flight long enough to tell us of a cavalry raid up from Grand Gulf. We had been itching for a fight, and could not have been suited better than to meet the raiders. The country was green with growing grain, and presented a peaceful, happy, and contented appearance. No sign of war had ever disturbed the people in their quietude; no thought of a Federal, save as a prisoner, ever for a moment entered their heads. If there were timid ones they were reassured as our army of seven regiments appeared, advancing to meet a foe which we little dreamed was the advance of Grant's host. The citi- zens met us kindly and wonderingly. Raymond was peaceful; Raymond was happy. No sound of strife had yet reached that retired spot, which then was filled with refugees from other points. Early on the morning of the 12th the town was overrun with soldiers, having what we called a "high old time." In the midst of fun, feasting, and coquetting the long roll sounded, and every man answered promptly. Gen. Gregg moved through the town very quietly, where hundreds of people were eagerly watching events, little dreaming of the carnage to follow. He formed his command with the right, composed of the Forty-first Tennessee, covering the Edwards's Depot road and at intervals of fifty or one hun- dred yards successively, with Capt. Graves's three-gun battery in the center on the Grand Gulf road. This is the same Captain Graves who mounted an old rusty piece on wagon-wheels and fired the first gun at Boonville, Mo., early in 1861. This battery was supported by the Tenth. We were expecting nothing but cav- alry, which we felt satisfied we could whip. Skirmishers were advanced in the thick black copse, and almost instantly the quiet was broken by the crack of the rifle, answered by the first big gun in our center. Suddenly the sound of the skir- misher's rifle was lost amid the roar of musketry, while our three pieces belched
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and thundered defiance at the six-gun battery of the enemy on the hill opposite. The force of the enemy was developed, and very suddenly, for from right to left along our whole front of a mile the battle opened at close range. At this juncture Col. McGavoek advanced to charge the battery, supported by the Third. Nearly all saw him, as with gallant bearing he led his men, and as he moved ir- resistibly forward, capturing four guns. This was as gallant a charge as ever was made against terrible odds. In the moment of snecess the fiery MeGavock fell. shot through the heart. Major Graee took command, only to fall from a severe wound. The fighting around the battery was bloody in the extreme. The Third moved up in support, and in ten minutes one hundred and ninety of the five hun- dred comprising their number were killed or wounded. By this time the battle along the whole line was raging with incredible fury. At the one hundred and thirteenth round one of Bledsoe's guns burst. Still we held our ground and had possession of the captured guns. Gen. Gregg had discovered long before this that we had encountered something heavier than cavalry, and by examining captured prisoners found they represented eighteen regiments. A whole eorps was in our front. There was one of two things left us-to retreat in the face of such num- bers, or to wait till we were entirely surrounded. He decided to retreat, which we accomplished successfully, even moving our shattered guns to Mississippi Springs, six miles from the batte-field, where we bivouacked for the night. On our retreat through Raymond we saw ladies with quilts and bandages for the wounded, who were being cared for by their tender hands. They would not be persuaded to leave the streets, even after the enemy's shells were flying and crashing through houses. Mournfully we took up our line of retreat, bearing off our slightly wounded prisoners, numbering two hundred and eighty.
With six thousand men Gregg had met the advanee of Grant's army, and had successfully resisted his advance in a regular battle of eight hours. Our loss was over ten per eent., or six hundred and fifty men killed and wounded. The his- tory of the war furnishes no instanee where the heroic gallantry of Southern sol- diers showed to better advantage. After the lapse of eighteen years the memory of Raymond, though fought by a single brigade of Confederates against fearful odds, stands out as one of the most remarkable and hard-fought battles of the war. Not one of the regiment commanders is now alive, and Gregg himself fought his last battle in front of Petersburg, and now sleeps with the rest. This proved to be the second act in Pemberton's grand drama of the "Fall of Vicksburg." On the 10th the battle of Port Gibson was fought, Raymond on the 12th; on the 15th that of Baker's Creek, which told the tale. Was it good generalship that the defenders of the eity should be divided and cut to pieees in three separate battles (not over twelve miles apart) by overwhelming odds?
Official.] FORTY-FIRST TENNESSEE INFANTRY.
Colonel, James D. Tillman; Lieutenant-colonel, T. G. Miller; Surgeon, Samuel M. Thomp- son; Assistant Quartermaster, Archibald Hughes; Assistant Surgeon, J. H. Simmons; Adju- tant, Jake Anthony.
COMPANY A. Captain, William W. James.
Carter, R. M., d. March 2, 1862.
Little, Daniel, d. March, 1862.
floats, W. N., d. Dec. 5, 1862. 33
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Warrer, Thomas, d. March, 1862.
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Warden, W. R., d. March, 1862. Phelps, Ephraim, d. March, 1862. Jean, Uriah, d. Jan. 1, 1863.
Marr, Henry, d. Feb. 26, 1863.
Bagley, W. H., k. at Raymond.
Miles, W. C., k. at Chickamauga.
MeClure, F. M., d. Aug. 20, 1863.
Bartlett, Joseph, d. May, 1863. Bentley, G. W., k. near Atlanta.
COMPANY B. Captain, William L. Brown.
Neeley, W. P, k. near Atlanta.
Allen, Joseph W., March 1, 1863.
Jones, W. H., k. near Jonesboro.
Scales, W. P., d. March 15, 1864.
Nance, J. B., k. at Missionary Ridge.
Stephenson. R. F., d. Jan. 3, 1862. Solomon, William, d. March 10, 1862.
Crumpton, Jesse, d. at Atlanta.
Greer, James, k. at Chickamauga.
Hide, Charles, d. Dec. 24, 1862.
Richards, T. R., d. Oct. 15, 1863.
Coleman, W. A., d. March 24, 1862.
Waid, J. H., k. in battle.
Allen, Alexander D., d. Feb. 28, 1862. Brown, Capt. W. L., d. March 8, 1862.
COMPANY C. Captain, James D. Scott.
Fullerton, James R., k. at Chickamauga.
Allbright, Manson, d. during service.
Fulton, R. F., k. at Chickamauga.
Canghran, W. H., d. Dec. 10, 1862.
Wiley, J. K., k. at Fort Donelson.
Woodard, A., d. Nov. 2, 1862.
Gracey, W. C., k. at Jackson.
Reavis, D. J., d. Oct. 7, 1862.
Stephens, James H., k. in battle.
Branson. B. T., d. Sept. 30, 1862.
Hallcock, B. F., d. during service.
Wright, J. B., d. Apr. 25, 1862.
English, J. C., d. during service.
Hallcock, Samuel. d. during service.
Henderson, William, d. during service.
Hall, Jesse M. C., d. a prisoner of war.
Alexander, G. A., k. at Chickamauga.
March, W. J., k. at Chickamauga.
Rhodes, John W, k. at Port Hudsco.
Spray, W. L., d. a prisoner of war. Wicks, Jason, d. a prisoner of war.
Phagern, W. P., k. at Port Hudson.
Wieks, A. A., d. a prisoner of war.
George, W. A., d. a prisoner of war. Gohr, F. M., d. a prisoner of war.
COMPANY E. Captain, John F. Fly.
Bonner, Thomas F., k. at Chickamauga. Harris, T. H., k. at Missionary Ridge.
Dyer, J. H., k. at Jackson. Stephenson, J. H., d. Jan. 7, 1863. Haislip, F. W., d. June, 1863. Welsh, W. H., d. May 2, 1863. Chesser, J. B., d. April 17, 1863. Harris, W. J. W., d. Oct. 15, 1863.
Old, H. C., d. at Corinth.
King, E. C., d. Oct. 20, 1862.
Laud, M. B., d. Sept. 18, 1862.
Moore, Joseph G., d. Jan., 1862.
McNaugleton, T. B., k. at Fort Donelson.
McCamt, J. J., d. Sept., 1862. Harkins, J. A., d. Oct. 5, 1862. Chitwood, William E., d. Sept. 20, 1862.
COMPANY F. Captain, A. S. Boone.
Parsons, G. W., k. at Chickamauga. Russell, T. F., k. at Chickamauga. Cates, James P., d. March 6, 1363.
Henley, Burrell, d. June 28, 1864. Vannoy, Jesse V., d. July 27, 1963. Streator, John P, d. July 22, 1863.
McTier, J. W., d. Feb. 5, 1862. Isom, V. C., d. April 1, 1862. Dennison, Robert, d. Feb. 1, 1862.
COMPANY D. Captain, Joseph H. George.
Downing, W. M., k. at Chickamauga.
Moore, Hugh, d. a prisoner of war. MeDougall, W. T., d. a prisoner of war.
Sanders, Wm., k. at Port Hudson.
Rowell, James J., d. a prisoner of war.
Bell, A. H., d. a prisoner of war.
Bierner, Charles W., d. a prisoner of war.
Davidson, R. J., d. Sept. 1, 1863. Lane, J. H., d. July 15, 1863,
Warren, E., d. July 1, 1863. Ashley, W. A., d. Oct. 23, 1863.
Pollock, Boyer, d. Dec. 27, 1862. Renegar, J. H., k. at Jackson.
Carter, C. M., d. Dec. 20, 1863.
Thomas, John N., d. Dec. 14, 1862.
Marton, J. H., d. April 14, 1863. Russell, Capt. J. C., d. March 1, 1863.
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Boone, Albert J, k. in battle.
Robinson, James M., d. Feb. 23, 1863. Meyers, A. F., k. in battle.
Wilson, H. A., d. a prisoner of war. Philpot, J. A., d. March 23, 1862.
COMPANY G. Captain, C. H. Bean.
Wiseman, George T., k. at Chickamauga. MeClure, Wm. H .. k. at Chickamauga.
Bowen, James, d. a prisoner of war. Tipps, Thomas J., d. a prisoner of war. Ray, General, d. a prisoner of war. Gilbert, R. T., d. a prisoner of war. Tipps, George S., k. in battle.
Eldridge, Jesse, d. Aug., 1863.
Webb, James, d. June 15, 1863.
Ili!l, Richard, d. April 13, 1863.
Hall, W. J., d. April 4, 1863.
Church, George C., d. March 1, 1863.
Wakefield, C. H., d. Oct. 14, 1863.
Davis, William C., d. Oct. 14, 1863.
Qualls, John, d. Jan. 20, 1862.
Metcalfe, Wilburn, d. Dec. 19, 1861.
COMPANY H. Captain, Robert G. MeClure.
Ewing, Robert, k. at Missionary Ridge.
Beck, Jasper N., d. Jan. 24, 1863.
Tillman, William R. F., k. at Chickamauga.
Haislip, Andrew J., March 22, 1862.
Loudon, W. T., d. July 4, 1863.
Robinson, William C., d. June 4, 1863.
McCorkle. Daniel B., d. April 8, 1863.
Alexander, William R., d. Nov. 23, 1863.
Carrett, William S., d. May 27, 1863.
Cook, James W., d. July 21, 1863.
Nix, William H., d. March 4, 1862. Mathews, Marcus L., d. March 3, 1862.
Snel, Abner H., d. Jan. 19, 1863.
Liles, Joseph, d. May 7, 1862.
Kelly, Jason L., d. Jan. 18. 1863.
Little, S., d. March 23, 1862.
Job, Stephen H., d. Jan. 17, 1863.
Collins, Willis H., d. March 15, 1862.
| Allen, J. R., d. Dec. 16, 1861.
COMPANY I. Captain, A. G. Clopton ..
Bradford, E., k. at Chickamauga.
Carter, J. E., k. at Chickamauga.
Oliver, J. W., k :+ Chickamauga.
Nason, G. W., k. at Chickamauga.
Bradford, Alfred, d. Ang. 11, 1863.
Crownover, Starling, d. Dec. 15, 1861.
Singleton, Henry, d. Dec. 18, 1862. Burk, Jacob, d. Dec. 9, 1862.
COMPANY K. Captain, Logan Littleberry.
Look, James H., d. Feb. 21, 1861.
Mullins, David, d. July 16, 1864.
Odom, James T., d. March 20, 1863.
Noblett, Wiley B., d. June 1, 1864.
Patterson, Robert L., d. Aug. 2, 1803. Rozier, William D., July 1, 1863.
Campbell, Thomas D., d. Dec. 1, 1863. Stacey, R. J., d.
¡ Collins, Barbee, k. in battle.
Hooper, William, d. Oct. 25, 1803.
Bradford, Thomas, d. Aug., 1869.
Bryant, J. W., k. at Chickamauga. Green, Edward, k. at Chickamauga. Brougham, William, k. in battle.
Norman, James Y., d. July 31, 1864. Norman, Wm. G., d. Dec. 31, 1861. Philpot, D. M. S., d. March 2, 1862.
FORTY-SECOND TENNESSEE INFANTRY. BY THOMAS A. TURNER, ASHLAND, TENN.
I MAY say of Cheatham county what Polk G. Johnson, in his history of the Forty-ninth, says of Montgomery: " Her people were almost unanimously in favor of preserving the Federal Union," until President Lincoln issued his call for troops. The change of feeling which followed, however, was complete. After this all were for the South, for secession-men, women, and children.
Fowler, Alexander C., d. Jan. 23, 1863.
Cox, Jackson, d. Jan. 25, 1863.
Parks, Jerome, d. March 8, 1862. Parks, Thomas J. L., d. March 25, 1862.
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The company in which I enlisted and served (G) was organized when Governor Isham G. Harris made his first call for troops, but failed to get in, so soon was the order filled. We kept together, however, and continued to drill once a week, so that when a second call was made we were ready, and Capt. (Dr.) Isaac B. Walton marched us over to the railroad near Cedar Hill, in Robertson county, and we pitched our tents at a place since known as Camp Cheatham. I think this was about the Ist of October, 1861. In the organization of our regiment we had only five companies of Tennesseans, the other five being Alabamians. The Tennessee companies were commanded by Captains Isaac B. Walton, I. N. Hulme, Levi MeCollum, J. R. Hubbard, and - Whitfield. The Alabama companies were commanded by Captains John H. Norwood, - McCampbell, Henry Lead- better, and -- Gibson.
We elected W. A. Quarles Colonel; Isaac B. Walton, Lieutenant-colonel; and Levi MeCollum, Major. Our field officers were all Tennesseans. Our Alabama companies expressed some dissatisfaction at this, so on our arrival at Camp Dun- can (fair-grounds, Clarksville, Tenn.) our Lieutenant-colonel-I. B. Walton- being an honorable, upright, Christian gentleman, with great magnanimity ten- dered his resignation, reducing himself to the ranks, in order that an Alabamian might be choseu in his stead. His place was conferred upon Capt. John H. Nor- wood, thau whom no man was braver.
We were again removed, and stationed at Fort Sevier, overlooking Cumberland River, just below Clarksville. On Thursday, Feb. 13, 1862, we were ordered to Fort Donelson, at which place a battle had already begun. This was our first engagement. We went down the Cumberland River on board the steamer "Gen- eral Anderson," landing at Dover about 2 o'clock p.M. amidst a shower of shells from the enemy, in which several of our men were woundedl. Quarles's regiment was instantly ordered to the left wing to support the Thirtieth Tennessee, which was being charged by the enemy, but before we reached the scene of action the gallant Thirtieth had repulsed the foe. We were next ordered to the right wing to support a battery commanded by Capt. Green. At this point the Federals had made a charge, attempting to capture certain artillery, but were met and driven back by the Tenth Tennessee, commanded by Col. Heiman. The enemy made a most desperate effort to capture this battery, and succeeded in dismounting every gun in it. They also killed or wounded almost every gunner, together with many of the horses. After they were repulsed, we were ordered into the ditches, to pro- tect us from shells and sharp-shooters. It was here that we began to understand the seriousness of war. Here around us lay our brethren, mangled, cold, stith, dead. Among the dead here I remember to have noticed six of the gallant old Tenth. Soon night came on, and with it cold rain, then sleet, then snow; and to make our distress complete, our men were nearly all without coats-the evening of our arrival being very warm, we were ordered to leave our baggage at the wharf, which we did, and never heard of it again; hence, in this condition the Forty- second Regiment fought the battle of Donelson, and in this condition they were surrendered on the morning of the 16th of February, 1862. I simply state here that though Friday was a busy day the enemy were repulsed wherever they made an attack, and every Confederate soldier's heart beat high in anticipation of a glorious victory. Saturday the same feeling prevailed-I mean among the pri- vate solliers (of whoni I was one)-and there never was greater surprise in any
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camp than in that of the Forty-second Tennessee, when it began to be whispered early Sunday morning that the troops who had fought so bravely were to "pass under the yoke," not whipped, but surrendered.
In the engagement at Fort Donelson the Forty-second had quite a number killed and wounded. Being only partially acquainted with other companies than my own, I am not able to give names. Our company (G) lost one killed-George Dye, private. Wounded: G. W. Weakley, Orderly Sergeant; J. E. Turner, pri- vate. The other companies suffered, but I cannot give names or numbers.
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