. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. lery which damaged our train andkilled some of the men. After the desperate fight at Collierville, Sherman said,the battalion should never go into another fight as it hadlost over 60 per cent of its strength in battle, which hethought was its full share. An old soldier says, that when the regiment crossed theriver above Chattanooga and captured the rebel pickets, oneman escaped and began shouting: Yanks, Yanks, my Godthe river is full of Yanks. When the old First Battalion was near Marysville onthe inarch to relieve Burnside at Knox
. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. lery which damaged our train andkilled some of the men. After the desperate fight at Collierville, Sherman said,the battalion should never go into another fight as it hadlost over 60 per cent of its strength in battle, which hethought was its full share. An old soldier says, that when the regiment crossed theriver above Chattanooga and captured the rebel pickets, oneman escaped and began shouting: Yanks, Yanks, my Godthe river is full of Yanks. When the old First Battalion was near Marysville onthe inarch to relieve Burnside at Knoxville, Captain P. , 13th Infantry, then a General Officer of Volun-teers, passed with his division. On seeing the battalion heasked what troops and was answered, the 13th that was the regular organization to which he too belong-ed, he dismounted and renewed acquaintanceship, remaininguntil the rear of his division had passed. Some of the older officers who were stationed at FortBuford desire that one memory should fade into nothingness.
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