. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, etc. . ay at Springfield, mycompany came back mounted on C^onfederate horses and mules—oldhacks that the enemy liad left behind them—and brought us newsthat there was no enem\ in Spiinglield. and had not been foi two orthree days. As we niaicheil along towards Iea IJidge through the Army laced us with a Iear guard oidy. bis nuiin body kiep-ing a long distance ahead of us. At every strt-am they would haltoui- advance, and move out a couple of pieces of their artillery, andput out a stiong skirmish-line, which would force our
. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, etc. . ay at Springfield, mycompany came back mounted on C^onfederate horses and mules—oldhacks that the enemy liad left behind them—and brought us newsthat there was no enem\ in Spiinglield. and had not been foi two orthree days. As we niaicheil along towards Iea IJidge through the Army laced us with a Iear guard oidy. bis nuiin body kiep-ing a long distance ahead of us. At every strt-am they would haltoui- advance, and move out a couple of pieces of their artillery, andput out a stiong skirmish-line, which would force our Army intoline, thinking we were going to have a battle. My Brigade led theadvance most of the time on that march, and as soon as theywould line up llie otiiceis would have the boys strip. They wouldthrow down ibeir chickens, sweet potatoes, and everything they hadgathered, and 1)\- the time they had gone forward, and the enemyliad run. the Thiity-sixtb Illinois, or some olbei- Ifegiment, wouldcome up and iiohMe what tbe\ bad bdt. Abmit the ibiid time we. TlIK ( IN I11 K WkST. 141 lined up I disc()\(r((| that cvci-y hoy was hanging on to his chickens,sweet ])otatoes. ami proNcmlei. and wlicn I gave orders to the Col-onels to liavc thfin thidw I hem aside, the boys made answer: Noyon dont, Colonc! I You can! Inol us any more; we liave fed thoseThirty-sixth Illinois fellows as long as we propose to. At Pea Kidge we were surrounded l)y Van Dorn, who ])lacedPrices two Divisions in oui rear, and he himself on our right flankwith ]\I((nllough and .Mrlntoshs Divisions. The great Pea Ridgedivided his Aiiuy. so it was impossible for one part to support theother. His Army was iwicc as large as that of Curtis, and thefact that it was divided enal)led Ciwtis to whip his Army in detail,so that Van Dorns Army was virtually whipped before Curtis gothis entire force into the field, Siegel only coming into battle afterVan Dorns Arkansas force had left for the South, Jeff C. DavissDi
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