. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . nd in the twinkling of an eye one of the escort brought his adver-sary down. Oh! the scene was of thrilling animation, impetuosity,and dash! General Stewart had ordered Major J. W. Eldridge tobring up the reserved Eufaula battery. I can hear Eldridges sten-torian voice now: Bring up the Eufaula battery! forward! doublequick! march!* Hire she came a tumbling, and Dardens, in con-junction with Humphreys and Dawsons batteries already in action,administered, with effect, farewell shots to a badly defeated was a vividly memorable occasion. Th
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . nd in the twinkling of an eye one of the escort brought his adver-sary down. Oh! the scene was of thrilling animation, impetuosity,and dash! General Stewart had ordered Major J. W. Eldridge tobring up the reserved Eufaula battery. I can hear Eldridges sten-torian voice now: Bring up the Eufaula battery! forward! doublequick! march!* Hire she came a tumbling, and Dardens, in con-junction with Humphreys and Dawsons batteries already in action,administered, with effect, farewell shots to a badly defeated was a vividly memorable occasion. The sun of Chickamauga was DARING DEEDS OF STAFF AND ESCORT. 519 setting gloriously; the sable curtain of nighl was rolling down;Hallelujah! tis done! permeated the hearts of Braggs army whenthat old Rebel yell seemed reall) to shake the earth, peal over the hilltops, ring through the gorges, and hasten the footsteps of Rosecransstampeded army. Then began the concentration of Generals at ourpoint, and hand shakings and congratulations were the or-. LIEUT. TERRY CAHAL. der of the day. Generals Longstreet, Stewart, McLaws, Buck-ner. Bushrod Johnson, Hate, Clayton. Brown, and otherswere present. I felt like thanking God—I did thank Him, not onlyfor the glorious victory, but that 1 was spared the storm of shotand shell through the long, bloody battle. Major Anderson, in rejoinder, after a moments reflection, said:I witnessed a most blood curdling venture at Paducah, Ky., inMarch, 1864. We had Bells and IUifords brigades of cavalry withus and had determined to try to take the city and let the boys getsome good clothes and get back, knowing that we could not hold General Forrests order, a few of the staff took nineteen of theescort and dashed through the city to the wharf. Two gunboatswere there, the Peosta and the Paw Paw. The Peosta steameddown to get in range of our command, but the Paw Paw opened onour squad with shot and shell. We took shelter behind and in the 520 BATTLES
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