. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. r Falls, on Lookout Mountain. Moving down the mountain the nextmorning, camping at Alpine in Broomtown Valley, where the brigaderemained until the afternoon of the 13th, when having been detailed as partof the rear guard of the corps train, it moved to the foot of the Monday, the 14th, before daylight, the regiment was in motion, retrac-ing its way up the mountain, and after a tedious days work assisting thetrains up the road, a most arduous and trying task, it camp
. History of the Michigan organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, 1863 [electronic resource]. r Falls, on Lookout Mountain. Moving down the mountain the nextmorning, camping at Alpine in Broomtown Valley, where the brigaderemained until the afternoon of the 13th, when having been detailed as partof the rear guard of the corps train, it moved to the foot of the Monday, the 14th, before daylight, the regiment was in motion, retrac-ing its way up the mountain, and after a tedious days work assisting thetrains up the road, a most arduous and trying task, it camped, worn anddusty, at the falls of Little River, where it remained until the morning ofthe 16th; during the intervening time, which was the first since crossingthe Tennessee River, an opportunity was afforded them of a bath anda chance to wash their clothing of the accumulated soil and the aggrega-tion of fleas, wood-ticks and other vermin that inhabited their clothing,making life a constant scratch. The day at Little River Falls was a brightpage in the campaigns of Chickamauga. At 5 oclock on the morning of the. GENERAL \VM. B. MeCREERYTwenty-first Infantry. HISTORY OF MICHIGAN ORGANIZATIONS. 135 16th, the march was continued in the direction of Doughertys Gap (aboutten miles). On the 17th it marched along the ridge of the mountains, anddown Stevens Gap into McLemores Cove, camping near the Gap. On the morning of the 18th was relieved from its arduous wrork of guard-ing trains, and joined its division, when one regiment of the brigadeadvanced to Lees Mill, with General Sheridan, where it was intended tomake a camp that night; but at sunset, the bugles sounded the General,and a tedious nights march followed through a dusty, parched valley, with-out water for man or beast. Adding to the discomforts of the night, those inadvance had fired the rail fences on either side of the road, compellingthose who followed to pass between the blazing lines or tramp outsidethrough fields and f
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