. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, e booming away at Springfield, mycompany came back mounted on Confederate horses and mules—oldhacks that the enemy had left behind them—and brought us newsthat there was no enemy in Springfield, and had not been for two orthree days. As we marched along towards Pea Ridge through the Army faced us with a rear guard only, his main body keep-ing a long distance ahead of us. At every stream they would haltour advance, and move out a couple of pieces of their artillery, and])ut out a strong skirmish-line, which would force
. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, e booming away at Springfield, mycompany came back mounted on Confederate horses and mules—oldhacks that the enemy had left behind them—and brought us newsthat there was no enemy in Springfield, and had not been for two orthree days. As we marched along towards Pea Ridge through the Army faced us with a rear guard only, his main body keep-ing a long distance ahead of us. At every stream they would haltour advance, and move out a couple of pieces of their artillery, and])ut out a strong 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 the officers would have the boys strip. They wouldthrow down their chickens, sweet potatoes, and everything they hadgathered, and by the time they had gone forward, and the enemyhad run. the Thirty-sixth Illinois, or some other Regiment, wouldcome up and gobble what they had left. About the third time we.
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