. . to this day. So far as can l>e judged it wase, rumors having be for some days that Longstreet had been re-in forced andhad turned to inflict con-dign punishment upon usfor having forced him toforego the pleasure of tak-ing Knoxville. Asa mat-ter of fact, Longstreetmaking his way back toVirginia, and the rebelforce which made itself soconspicuous at Dandiiwas nothing but a smallbody of cavalry. After lying quiet a daywe drew quarter rationsand set out for Knoxville,where we arrived on the21st, after a gallopingmarch which sever
. . to this day. So far as can l>e judged it wase, rumors having be for some days that Longstreet had been re-in forced andhad turned to inflict con-dign punishment upon usfor having forced him toforego the pleasure of tak-ing Knoxville. Asa mat-ter of fact, Longstreetmaking his way back toVirginia, and the rebelforce which made itself soconspicuous at Dandiiwas nothing but a smallbody of cavalry. After lying quiet a daywe drew quarter rationsand set out for Knoxville,where we arrived on the21st, after a gallopingmarch which severely triedour soles ;b well as oursouls. An order came foranother of Harkers vetan regiments to march to*ward the north star. Again lots were cast and the Sixty-fifth drewanother blank, the prize going to the Fifty-first Illinois. Ltenant Colonel Bullitt was an excellent soldier, but the 1thought he wasnt worth shucks when it came to drawingcuts. Loud grumbling was caused by an order for us to againdouble on our track, march back to Strawberry Plains and thence. JOHN W. LEIDXGH,SERGEANT ma SECOND us in. i864.] OFF AT rxTKY. 489 on toward Bulls gap. An hour later this most unwelcome ordercountermanded, and wre were directed to march to arrived there on the : the Tennessee river on flat- boats, and went into camp On the third day thereafter, theSixty-fifth—barring the non veterans—was thrown into a state ofdelirious excitement by an order to start at once for Chattanooga,en route for Gods country. The non-veterans of the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth were transferred to the Third Keutu< k\ . Early in the morningof January 20th the regi-ment drew a scanty supplyof rations and started uponits journey, amidsttempest of farewell shoutsfrom our comrades of thebrigade, to which the 1parting veterans respondedwith rousing cheers. Atthe last moment three 01four of our non-veteransquad weakened:* thetemptation to go home wastoo strong For them to that i
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