. Young folk's history of the war for the union . til exchanged forConfederate prisoners—andthey thus got home withoutthe danger of Rosecrans deter-mined to put an end to thisbusiness, if possible; so hecollected about fifty men who had disgracefully surrendered, andputting night-caps adorned with red tassels on their heads, hadthem paraded through the streets of Nashville, preceded by drumsand fifes playing the Rogues March. The sidewalks werecrowded with people, who hooted them as they passed, and thecowards were glad enough when they had finished their punishme
. Young folk's history of the war for the union . til exchanged forConfederate prisoners—andthey thus got home withoutthe danger of Rosecrans deter-mined to put an end to thisbusiness, if possible; so hecollected about fifty men who had disgracefully surrendered, andputting night-caps adorned with red tassels on their heads, hadthem paraded through the streets of Nashville, preceded by drumsand fifes playing the Rogues March. The sidewalks werecrowded with people, who hooted them as they passed, and thecowards were glad enough when they had finished their punishments, some of which are well shown in the picture,were inflicted in the various armies during the war for drunken-ness, thieving, and other bad conduct. On the day after Christmas, 1862, General Rosecrans beganthe march from Nashville toward Murfreesboro, in a cold,drenching rain-storm, and on the 30tli of December, after heavyskirmishing with the Confederate cavalry and other outposts,he took up a position on Stone River, about four miles from. Punishments in the Army. 1862.] THOMAS STANDS FIRM. 313 Murfreesboro. Braggs army occupied a long line on the otherside of the river, between it and the town. Stone River, whichthus separated the two armies, is only a shallow stream, fringedwith cedars. The lines were so near each other that theircamp-fires were in plain sight, and both lay on their arms thatnight in expectation of a great struggle on the morrow. TheUnion army numbered forty-three thousand; the Confederatesprobably very nearly the same, though Bragg says that he hadbut thirty-five thousand men of all arms. Rosecrans intended to attack Bragg early the next morning,but Bragg did not wait for him. As soon as day dawned hecrossed the stream and furiously attacked the right of Rose-cranss army, which was commanded by General McCook. Thevalley of the river was covered with a dense fog, and the Con-federates rushed upon the Union lines from the woods so unex-pectedly that som
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