. . , gave out entirely and thronged the hospitals,whence many were daily-borne to the city of thedead. In all this deprivation,labor and suffering, the of-ficers and men of Harkersbrigade bravely and pa-tiently bore their part. Al-ways when the soldierswere compelled to undergounnecessary hunger, ex-posure and fatigue, by rea-son of official blundering orincompetency, it was theirhabit to cry aloud andspare not, but when itwas unavoidable, as in thisinstance, they submittedwith an uncomplaining pa-tience that was no less he-roic tha
. . , gave out entirely and thronged the hospitals,whence many were daily-borne to the city of thedead. In all this deprivation,labor and suffering, the of-ficers and men of Harkersbrigade bravely and pa-tiently bore their part. Al-ways when the soldierswere compelled to undergounnecessary hunger, ex-posure and fatigue, by rea-son of official blundering orincompetency, it was theirhabit to cry aloud andspare not, but when itwas unavoidable, as in thisinstance, they submittedwith an uncomplaining pa-tience that was no less he-roic than their conduct inbattle. Harkers brigade was almost constantly at the front, per-forming its full share of picket duty and work upon the fortifica-tions. Many of the picket posts were exposed to great dangerfrom the fire of the enemy. Skirmishing along the outer lineswas almost incessant. There was scarcely a day or a night duringwhich the men were not one or more times aroused by an alarmand summoned to the works, there to stand at arms, frequentlyfor JOSEPH I*, will:.-iiANT, COMPANY ! IFTH. 1863.] THE ARMY REORGANIZED. 447 The Sixth Ohio battery occupied an important and command-ing redoubt called Pott Wood, named after our Tommy, bywhose division it was built. In this work, about one hundredand fifty feet square, were placed eighteen guns, varying in cali-ber from three-inch rifles to four-and-a-half-inch siege Bradley and his men frequently amused themselves bydistributing shells along the Confederate picket line. On accountof the great and increasing scarcity of forage, most of the artilleryhorses, as well as those of the cavalry, were sent by a deviousroute over the mountains to Stevenson, the necessary men ac-companying them. Of the battery horses which remained, near-ill died. The number of mouths to be fed was reduced asmuch as possible. Of the batteries, only men enough to work theguns remained in Chattanooga. On the 9th of October the organizati
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