. . up tto was informed that it w gun and that it was theSixth Ohio batters. Gen-eral Stanley immediatelyasked : Why have younot been relieved? Hewas answered by the state-ment that the battery hadbeen posted there early inthe afternoon and as yethad received no orders toretire. He then said : You are now your guns and prod toward Franklin: andI desire to say to you thatyou have not one chance ina hundred of reachingthat place. There are morethan thirty thousand rebelsween you and Franklin,and you will undoubtedlybe att
. . up tto was informed that it w gun and that it was theSixth Ohio batters. Gen-eral Stanley immediatelyasked : Why have younot been relieved? Hewas answered by the state-ment that the battery hadbeen posted there early inthe afternoon and as yethad received no orders toretire. He then said : You are now your guns and prod toward Franklin: andI desire to say to you thatyou have not one chance ina hundred of reachingthat place. There are morethan thirty thousand rebelsween you and Franklin,and you will undoubtedlybe attacked or cut off be- you get through. Should you be attacked, do all you canto destroy your carnages and spike your guns. Have your can-noneers mount the off horses, cut the traces, and by passingover the country to the left some of you may possibly reachFranklin. Should you get there with your battery, I desire 3011to report to me in person. With this information, everything indicated that we werelikely to have an interesting time, whether we reached Franklin. WILLIAM H. , CO MP AN 668 on tiik road to franklin. [November, in safety or not. We only had gun detachments with the bat-tery, all extra men having- been sent forward with the wagontrain. The men were called together and the instructions ofGeneral Stanley were told them. Orders were immediately is-sued to limber to the rear. The cannoneers were instructed towear their equipments and to mount the carriages. It was dis-tinctly understood that in case we should be attacked we were toget into battery and open fire with solid shot; that if we shouldattempt to get away without a show of resistance the majoritywould find their way to Andersonville, there to starve and blacksmith artificer (James A. Moody I rode along with thecommander, carrying gun spikes and a hammer for the punof spiking the guns should that become necessary. It was a beautiful night—the atmosphere was very battery started for
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