. Campaigns and battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the war between the states, with incidental sketches of the part performed by other Tennessee troops in the same war. 1861-1865 . as expectedalong in the afternoon to re-enforce the Federal positiondown the valley. Our brigade had advanced fasterthan \vas intended, and was near six miles fartherdown the valley than was expected. We were out ofsupporting distance of .General Lorings column, andwere In a critical position, the enemy in front and rear,and the mountains on either side. General Lee had ordered the different
. Campaigns and battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the war between the states, with incidental sketches of the part performed by other Tennessee troops in the same war. 1861-1865 . as expectedalong in the afternoon to re-enforce the Federal positiondown the valley. Our brigade had advanced fasterthan \vas intended, and was near six miles fartherdown the valley than was expected. We were out ofsupporting distance of .General Lorings column, andwere In a critical position, the enemy in front and rear,and the mountains on either side. General Lee had ordered the different commandersto see that Ccfch man in their respective commandstack a piece of white cloth or paper on the front ofhis hat and keep it on during the whole expedi-tion. This order was given on the morning of our de- Tennessee Volunteers. 35 parture from Valley Mountain, and its object was todistinguish his men from the enemy, as the war hadnot been going on a great while, and neither govern-ment had yet adopted a regular uniform for its clothing of the men and the regimentals of theofficers of the opposing armies were so near alike thatit was difficult to distinguish the one from the GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. except by their location. At this particular junctureit was very important that some badge of distinctionbe adopted, especially by that portion of the army thatwas to operate in the enemys rear. This badge ofwhite cloth prevented Andersons brigade from attack-ing Donelsons at one time on the march, and also hadthe effect to puzzle the Yankees. When a prisoner 36 The Sixteenth Regiment was captured his first question was, What is thatwhite cloth for? Having traveled more rapidly than the other part ofthe army, on the morning of September 11 GeneralDonelson found himself at the outposts of the enemy,at the head of Tygerts Valley. Learning the positionof the jDickets, he had a consultation with ColonelSavage, whom he always consulted promptly on crit-ical occasio
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