. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . report of this battle, General Wheelerspeaks of the gallantry and good conduct of his officers asfollows: During the many engagements incident to the battle ofMurfreesboro, I take pleasure in commending the gallantryand good soldierly conduct of Col. Allen, Captain (V. M.)Elmore and Lieutenant (Edward S.) Ledyard, of the FirstAlabama, and Major (C. J.) Prentice and Captain (Richard)McCann, who commanded detachments. Colonel Allen a
. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . report of this battle, General Wheelerspeaks of the gallantry and good conduct of his officers asfollows: During the many engagements incident to the battle ofMurfreesboro, I take pleasure in commending the gallantryand good soldierly conduct of Col. Allen, Captain (V. M.)Elmore and Lieutenant (Edward S.) Ledyard, of the FirstAlabama, and Major (C. J.) Prentice and Captain (Richard)McCann, who commanded detachments. Colonel Allen andMajor Prentice were severely wounded while fighting gallantly. Lieutenants (E. S.) Burford and (William E.) Wailes, ofmy staff, were at all times distinguished for gallantry, zealand efficiency, and were both wounded. A privates reminiscences. My recollection of these raids, after over thirty years, is asvivid as if of recent occurrence. I was then young in thewild work with Wheeler, in which I was later to grow old inexperience if not in years. At about midnight \ve were mounted and on the march,but what our destination was we had not the slightest CHARGE OF THE RAGGED AND RECKLESS AT BATTLE OFMURFREESBORO. CAMPAIGNS OF WHEELER AND HIS CAVALRY. 57 The camp fires of the enemy were in plain view, and itseemed that we were marching directly toward them. Iremember thinking that if we were to charge the enemysline, what a mess we would make of it in the darkness, notbeing able to distinguish a Yankee from a rebel. In fact, itwas the darkest night I remember before or since. We lit-erally could scarcely see our hands before our faces. Weforded Stone river and could not see the water, but couldhear it gurgling and hissing, and feel it half way up ourhorses sides. We rode on during the night, and as daybegan to dawn we commenced looking for some landmark toindicate where we were. Imagine our amazement when wediscovered we were in the outskirts of Lavergne, which weknew to be
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