. A cavalryman's reminiscences of the Civil War [electronic resource] . rland were not fordahleat the usual places. Some ^\ them because of obstruc-tions we would meet with before getting to them. Theconsequence was we had to go to Smith shoals, andas we were crossing the enemy male a vigorous attackupon us, a rilled gun of Robinson:- battery capsizedand it had to be spiked and abandoned. The enemywas closing around rapidlv—being four or five timesas large as our own force—and elated over the Morgancapture thev were boasting that we too would bebagged, but Scott had so divided up his command t
. A cavalryman's reminiscences of the Civil War [electronic resource] . rland were not fordahleat the usual places. Some ^\ them because of obstruc-tions we would meet with before getting to them. Theconsequence was we had to go to Smith shoals, andas we were crossing the enemy male a vigorous attackupon us, a rilled gun of Robinson:- battery capsizedand it had to be spiked and abandoned. The enemywas closing around rapidlv—being four or five timesas large as our own force—and elated over the Morgancapture thev were boasting that we too would bebagged, but Scott had so divided up his command thatwe came together when nccessarv and separated iffound expedient. Col. McKenzie s regiment had beensent toward Paris and was cut off entirely and nevergot with us for some days after. When we were cross-ing the river the enemys attack was spirited, but theywere repulsed and gave up the pursuit. The wagonsand mules had most of them been abandoned, but asufficient quantity of stock, etc. were brought out toregard the trip as not altogether fruitless, particularly. Capt. JOSEPH C. REILY in 1896. OF THE CIVIL WAR. 83 as many of the boys had fresh mounts. Col. Scottsreport to Gen. Buckner closes as follows: For fivedays and nights the fighting was incessant, not a halfhour of rest at any time intervening: nothing but themost indomitable braverv and perseverance, withoutfood or rest upon the part of a portion of the officersand men saved the entire command. And he was right;never before did troops suffer as much—seven daysand no day without a fight, and five of them fightingnearly all the time, and during the time one square mealwhich we took from a Federal camp. During the restof the trip our rations consisted of green apples, whichwe found in abundance and they proved extremelyhealthy; an officer told us that the first green appleshe ate he felt as one would who wa^ signing his owndeath warrant, for he had suffered for years withchronic diarrhoea, but the pangs of hunger ma
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