. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . er didthis three timesd u r i n g theweeks battle,and all the timewatche d theright and leftwing of Braggsarmy. Thatswing aroundthe circle was acavalry feat that is unprecedented, and just after our retreat, on January 8th, he turnedup below Nashville, forty miles on the Cumberland river, burning-gun boats and transports. Jeb Stuarts dash in the East, so muchcommented upon, did not surpass this, and in the Tullahoma campaignthe Federal forces were so harassed by Wheelers and Van Dornscavalry that Rosecrans had to equip a large portion of his ar
. Battles and sketches of the Army of Tennessee . er didthis three timesd u r i n g theweeks battle,and all the timewatche d theright and leftwing of Braggsarmy. Thatswing aroundthe circle was acavalry feat that is unprecedented, and just after our retreat, on January 8th, he turnedup below Nashville, forty miles on the Cumberland river, burning-gun boats and transports. Jeb Stuarts dash in the East, so muchcommented upon, did not surpass this, and in the Tullahoma campaignthe Federal forces were so harassed by Wheelers and Van Dornscavalry that Rosecrans had to equip a large portion of his army asmounted infantry to keep them off of him. It seemed like LittleJoe never slept, and the work he put on his scouts caused morehorses to be killed and more endurance on the part of his men thanthose who never tried it can imagine. CONFRONTING SI1KUMAN. That Dalton-Atlanta campaign was one that tried the souls ofthe cavalry branch, and when it had to take the place of our with-drawing infantry lines, it was one of the most remarkable things in. GENERAL JOE WHEELER. ACHIEVEMENTS OF FIGHTING JOE WHEELER. 161 the annals of war that General Wheeler, in the hundred days of fight-ing, never allowed the Army of Tennessee to be surprised. WhenHoods army left us and went into Tennessee from Jonesboro, Ga.,Wheelers cavalry was deputized, and given the honor to confrontSherman in his inarch to the sea. When you number the exploits ofConfederate cavalry commanders, as our boys used to sa}r, Wheeleris no sardine; hes a whale. Think of taking care of anarmy of 45,000 when 125,000 areafter them, as was the case fromDalton to Atlanta, and the actionof Wheeler grows upon you. Hehad orders on the retreat to thesea, to destroy all support in frontof Shermans army, to prevent hisgetting supplies. In consequenceof these orders our citizens werevery much down on us, but wenever destroyed anything thatdid not afford subsistance toShermans army, while he (Sher-man) burned cities and lootedeverything
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