. . , Captain, replied Phil, theres mighty fewmen that needs as much as I do. Randall explained tohim that he had no controlover rations, as they wereissued by the commissarydepartment. Well, then, saidPhil, sorrowfully, jistwrite me an order fojboards to make a e off in . As the days dragged onand there were no indica-tions of the return of theFourth corps troops, it *determined to organize theconvalescents into a provi-sional brigade and send itforward—if the mountainwould not come to Ma-homet, Mahomet must goto the mountain. This
. . , Captain, replied Phil, theres mighty fewmen that needs as much as I do. Randall explained tohim that he had no controlover rations, as they wereissued by the commissarydepartment. Well, then, saidPhil, sorrowfully, jistwrite me an order fojboards to make a e off in . As the days dragged onand there were no indica-tions of the return of theFourth corps troops, it *determined to organize theconvalescents into a provi-sional brigade and send itforward—if the mountainwould not come to Ma-homet, Mahomet must goto the mountain. This wasdone, and we made a prettyrespectable a p p e a r a n <numbering about two thou-sand five hundred. Thosefrom each brigade were organized into a regiment, those fromeach regiment forming a company. Our regiment was unuhundred and sixty strong, including about fifty men from eachthe Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth. It was very ably commandedby Lieutenant-colonel David H. Moore, of the One Hundred andTwenty-fifth Ohio. The six regiments made a large brigade,. KTil. Mortally woun< Hope Chun lav 27th, 1864. T* *i: WHKBLER was wiin [January, which was under the command of Colonel Laiboldt, of the day before Christmas we struck out for weather was cold and rainy, and the roads were simplyvillainous. We jogged along without incident till we reachedCharleston, where, on the morning of December 28th, we had abrisk and exciting encounter with Wheelers cavalry. Learningthat the detachment of convalescents had started from Chatta-nooga, Wheeler, with threeor four thousand troop,left Dalton for the purpof destroying it—or tryingto do so. While we werepreparing breakfast, ourpickets were assailed anddriven in with a rattlingfusillade o f was an instantscramble to arms, and thebrigade advanced in battlearray to meet those who hadrudely disturbed ourmatutinal meal. A heavyrebel skirmish line wasI. advancing from a skirtof woods not more thanthre
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