. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, ^ a 1^ •- bo 1^^ 3 5 TiiK Ca:\ipaigx ix the West. 141 lined up I discovered that every boy was hanging on to his chickens,sweet potatoes, and provender, and when I gave orders to the Col-onels to have them throw them aside, the boys made answer: jSToyou dont, Colonel! Youtant fool ns any more; we have fed thoseThirty-sixth Illinois fellows as long as we propose to. At Pea Eidge we were surrounded by Van Dorn, who placedPrices two Divisions in our rear, and he himself on our right flankwith McCullough and Mcintoshs Divisions. The gre

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. The battle of Atlanta and other campaigns, addresses, ^ a 1^ •- bo 1^^ 3 5 TiiK Ca:\ipaigx ix the West. 141 lined up I discovered that every boy was hanging on to his chickens,sweet potatoes, and provender, and when I gave orders to the Col-onels to have them throw them aside, the boys made answer: jSToyou dont, Colonel! Youtant fool ns any more; we have fed thoseThirty-sixth Illinois fellows as long as we propose to. At Pea Eidge we were surrounded by Van Dorn, who placedPrices two Divisions in our rear, and he himself on our right flankwith McCullough and Mcintoshs Divisions. The great Pea Piidgedivided his Army, so it was impossible for one part to support theother. His Army was twice as large as that of Curtis, and thefact that it was divided enabled Curtis to whip his Army in detail,so that Van Dorns Army was virtually whipped before Curtis gothis entire force into the field, Siegel only coming into battle afterVan Dorns Arkansas force had left for the South, Jeff C. DavissDivision having killed its two Division commanders, and Va

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