. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . on the Federal left, Crittendento close on his right, McCook on Crittendens right, Gordon Grangerto be withdrawn in reserve, so that, on the night of the 18th the antag-onizing armies were forming for the greatest of battles, the Army ofTennessee pressing for an onset, with the Army of the Cumberlandgloating in once having taken laurels from us at Murfreesboro. O,how we all felt when we bitterly thought of the morrow and of theblood to flow in crushing such a foe in his fancied security! Theresignation of giving up so much territory, and waitin
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . on the Federal left, Crittendento close on his right, McCook on Crittendens right, Gordon Grangerto be withdrawn in reserve, so that, on the night of the 18th the antag-onizing armies were forming for the greatest of battles, the Army ofTennessee pressing for an onset, with the Army of the Cumberlandgloating in once having taken laurels from us at Murfreesboro. O,how we all felt when we bitterly thought of the morrow and of theblood to flow in crushing such a foe in his fancied security! Theresignation of giving up so much territory, and waiting for the word 212 BATTLES AND SKETCHES ARMY OF TENNESSEE. to be given for a fighting chance, was one of the wonderful virtuesof the Army of Tennessee. When they saw sorrow rising in theirway, they tried to flee from the approaching ill, and made the mostof cheery moments created by diversion. One of these, with Stew-arts division, was the apparent delight of old Mrs. Thedfoid at theford, in having her own boys there. They made a raid that night. GENERAL H. D. CLAYTON, OF ALABAMA. STEWARTSDIVISION AT CHICKAMAUGA. on her potato patch and on being ordered out she said: Hold on,Mr. Officer! They are my potatoes, and my boys; let em was an uncompromising Southerner. We learned that she wasformerly a Miss Debbie Simmons, of Bradleys Creek, Rutherfordcounty, Tennessee, and it was a coincidence that mostly a Tennesseedivision was about her house, going into a terrible battle. Anothercoincidence was that two of Mrs. Thedfords boys had come in withLongstreets corps, both wounded, and she never knew that they werethere until they were both brought on litters to her house. Thed-fords Ford became memorable not only as the headquarters of Gen-eral Bragg but as the home of a Southern heroine who made herhouse a hospital and fearlessly ministered to many a soul shot inbattle. Buckners corps christened her The Mother of Chicka-mauga and many a maimed soldier has gone and will go to
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