. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . put?your skill to the test. Should you catch the head it is so slick it isalmost impossible to hold it. That snow-balling at Dalton, the Army of Tennessee I will neverforget. It was the biggest fight—for fun—I ever saw and therewas so much rivalry between the troops that a number of soldiershad their eyes put out. The review of the army there on the occasion of President Davisvisit was a notable event. One of the saddest spectacles at Daltonwas the falling of a dead tree one Saturday night in a congregationof soldiers. It resulted in the outrig
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . put?your skill to the test. Should you catch the head it is so slick it isalmost impossible to hold it. That snow-balling at Dalton, the Army of Tennessee I will neverforget. It was the biggest fight—for fun—I ever saw and therewas so much rivalry between the troops that a number of soldiershad their eyes put out. The review of the army there on the occasion of President Davisvisit was a notable event. One of the saddest spectacles at Daltonwas the falling of a dead tree one Saturday night in a congregationof soldiers. It resulted in the outright killing of ten and the death ofone other the next day. Drs. C. D. Elliott, John B. McFerrin and De-\\ itt conducted services. The sermon was finished and comrades aswell as chaplains were praying with the penitent when a dead tree, hav-ing burned at the roots, fell across the altar place. But the scene aboveall that impressed me was the shooting of fifteen deserters from thearmy—two from Stewarts division, eight from Stevensons and five. <\Ml- SCENES Mi WD DAI PON. from other commands of infantry ami cavalry. Early in the morn-ing a detail from tin- provost guard marched to General Stewartsheadquarters, stacked their arms and left Staff officers wendered to load the guns for tin- execution in their divisions, half withblank cartridges and the other half with buck and hall. After thiswas done tin- l;uhs were so changed that who had loaded them
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