The new South. (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, October 24, 1863, Image 4
Burnside's March.
There have been many remarkable achievements
during the war. McCleDan's masterly retreat
to James river?the glorious passage of Forts
St. Philip and Jackson by Farragut, and the
splendid campaign of Grant in Mississippi, are
the most noteworthy. To this list must be added
the march of Burnside from Crab Orchard to
Knoxville.
Burnside, as lie has twice told us since his arrival,
has desired to lead an army to our deliverance
from the moment that he took command of
the Department of the Ohio. Many things beyond
his control delayed the expedition beyond
the spring and early summer. In the first place
his movements were dependant upon Rosecrans.
The army of the rebellion must have its attention
fully occupied before any army, no matter how
large, could venture through the defiles of the
mountains. Rozencrans, it will be remembered,
was far from being at Chattanooga as late as June
last Bragg was then endeavoring to make the
fight to save the Southern railroad as near to
Murfreesboro as possible; but the wiley Rosey, by
rapid flank movements, was so constantly putting
Bragg in a position where he must fight ?n at
least equal terms, that the latter was at last
obliged to fall back within his defences at Chotta
nooga, Rosecrans following closely on his heels.
Middle Tennessee was cleared of the enemy, and
the way at last open for the advance of Burnside.
During this time Burnside had not been idle.
His army had "been concentrated at the southerly
terminus of "the Kentucky Railroad, and fitted out
especially for foroed marches and hard fighting.
All superfluities were cast aside, but eve^y necessary
for a mountain Campaign was secured with
wonderful foresight. Large droves of pitch
mules were secured and loaded with the essentials
of the commissary departmei^ great numbers of
wagons were prepared to follcm the ?rmy as closely
as possible. A oprtioF^of the army was mounted
on horSes pickgafgr endurance to form the advance.
The troops* df *th? Twenty-thfrd Army
Corps, Majo^-Gexfera^Jp-tsuff commanding, led
the advance "of th!s*^fert army of deliverance.
A large paft of the cavalry of this corps had but
just returned from the pursuit and capture of
Morgan and his band in Ohio, when the order for
this advance was received. The alacrity and enthusiasm
which the men have exhibited on this
rapid march is beyond all praise, and reflects great
_ orodit fia ?fftmimmfciwyi "
With an army thoroughly organized and equip?
ped for the work before him, Burnside left Crab
Orchard on the 21st of August At about the
samejime Hartsutf commenced the onward movement
from Somerset with the infantry portion of
the army and with artillery. It may not be propper
at this moment to particularize the roads travelled,
and we must oe content with giving the
timfl and distanPA Th#> armv arrived at Knox
ville on the 3d, being the /onrteenth day since
leaving Crab Orchard, but only having eleven
marching days, and the distance travelled was,
on the route pursued by the main army, two hundred
and four miles; some brigades marching on
branching roads made the distance much further.
This made an average, by the main army, of a
little over eighteen miles per day. The march
was compact, too. The mounted division in front
did not run off and leave the infantry out of sight
and hearing in its rear. If any army during the
war has made better time we should be glad to
ehronicle the fact
It was this celerity of movement that completely
disconcerted Buckner, and sent him flying in
disgraceful haste across the Tennessee river within
Bragg's -protecting folds at Chattanooga, without
hazarding a fightarith an enemy under whose feet
the grass never gfows. The effect upon Buckner ]
was very funny.1 He evacuated this place with !
Huch indecent htete that he forgot his forces in
Cumberland Gap entirely, and left them to be
surrounded and cut off. That this is the fact is
proven by the circumstance that three days after
the entire rebel machimety had gone southward
from there at a neck-or-nOthing speed, the rebel
commissary at the Gap arrived for the pa-pose of
Graving rations, and on his arrival fir-t learned
rpb^l gc vf inment had departed tnis realm.
$ The wonderful.- march of General Burnside is
not yet completed, as the rebels are learning to
their cost Like the, men of Khoderic Dhu, who
rorang into life in the most impossible places at
rie sound of their leader's bucle call, the federal j
uniform suddenly appear at points where they are ;
least expected, and then somebtdv is surprised
* and brought, much against his will, under the
regis of the'American eagle. It is as yet too soon
to go into the history of this campaigh with particularity,
and we have merely sketched the outline
of the march, in order that our readers may
see that the army started to our deliverance at the.
earliest parcticle moment, and made the best
time on record when it did start?Knoctvilk
#
Slightly Acquainted.?Several years ago a
certain Regiment of United States Regulars were
Siartered at A , near Niagara Falls. Among
e privates of that gallant regiment was B ,
a tan, lank, red-haired Vermonter, who was always
iu some scrape or other. One day he obtained
leave to take a day's shooting on the
Canada side. He went early in the morning, and
hunted all day with very poor success. Late in
the afternoon he was slowly wending his way
home, ill pleased with his poor success, when he
saw seated on a tree within easy shooting distance
a large crow. To level his gun and fire was the
impulse of a moment, and down tumbled the crow
almost at his feet Now it happened that the
crow was a tame one, and a pet of Gen. C ,
who was one of the wealthiest land-owners in
Canada, and wHlr> owned the property on which
B stood. ?And it so happened that the
General was an unseen witness of the death of his
favorite. Enraged at its loss he determined to
punish the offender in a way that he would be
likely to remember. So coming forward in a
friendly manner, he nodded to B . who saluted
him in return.
" You've gotafine gun there," said the General.
" Yaas " said^jp" , handing it to the General;
"that's just the neatest double-barrelled
gun around these diggins."
The General turned the gun round and examined
it carefully, then putting the barrel, still
loaded at full cock, to his shoulder, and pointing
it at B , said,
" You have wilfully shot the greatest favorite 11
had, and now v&u'vc got to eat it"
B explained, and begged and prayed but
to no purpose ; -the General was unmoved by his
entreaties, and told him he must eat it or die.
Efe?r? once more turned his eyes piteouslv toward
the General, but the cold, wicked eye looking
along the mm barrel convinced him, as he
afterwards said,>hat there was fire in it So with
a groan he picked up the crow, and, shutting his
eyes, commenced his disagreeable meaL He
worried -down three or four monthfuls, and then
stopped, unable to eat more of the disgusting
carrion ; and the General, thinking that he had
cone far enough, told him that would do ; and after
advising him to be more carefnl in the fature what
he shot, handed him his gun and told him he
could go. As soon as B? got his gun in his
own hand he turned fiercely upon the General,
and said,
" It's my turn now. You eat the remainder of
In vAin the General stamped, and swore, and
finally prayed to be let off. B?? was as firm
as he himself had been a few minutes before.
Nothing would satisfy the enraged soldier but
that the General should eat the whole of what was
left, and which he had to do before B let
him off.
The next day the General went to B 's
Colonel, and complained that he had been grossly
insulted by one of his soldiers the day previous.
The Colonel inquired what one.
44 Why," said the General, 44 he was a tall, lean,
ill-favored fellow, with red hair."
44Ha! " said the Colonel, 441 know him ; he is
always in some scrape. Orderly, bring B
here immediately."
In a few minutes the Orderly returned, bringing
B , who was wondering what scrape he
was in now.
44 B ," said the Colonel, "do you know
this gentleman ? "
44 What! me?" said B , looking as amazed
as possible.
44 Yes, "said the Colonel, 44 do you know him?"
4 4 Yes, we are slightly acquainted, "said B
(a happy thought striking him.) 41 lie dined
together yesterday ! " '
The General could hold in no longor; but
bursting into a hearty laugh he told tho Colonel
to let him go, as he heartily forgave hint
Cro8Rixo the Lookout Mountains.?A correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial claims that
the passage of the Alps by Napoleon was a pleasure
excursion to the overtoping of the Lookout
Mountains by our gallant Western army. He
says:?
"Lookout Mountains are twelve miles across
and two miles in ascent, by a road which rises
one foot for every two passed over. How much
worse are the Alps? Loose, huge, and rugged
stones obstruct the road; where there are no
stones, there are roots and stumps. Trees hem
in and narrow it; where there are none, there are
nnu<ini(<M in T-i finer fVlfl flumRV *.TTY1 V
ucnuuvvnv ** ? *w""" O - - .
vehicles to a speedy decent If you could have
seen those slow ana Atlas-like labors, you too
would call Napolbow's passage the exploit of a
pigmy. If you could have seen a gun dragging
its slow length up this mountain-side, with a
dozen panting horses hitched to it, and a cloud
of men tugging at the wheels; if you could have
tbo oitiwuwty iu*Al]kobfc cm fusion of sp?gJr
4*
modic wagons and struggling teams; of shouting
and sweat-dripping soldiers; of dead horses and
wrecked-wheels thrown over the bank; of dust
knee deep, and rocks knee high jumbled together,
and called a road, you might exclaim with me
that, aside from the historical sanctity of the feat,
the 4 barelv Dracticable' Alpine achievement of
Napoleon will not look well beside the quadruple
passage of the Lookout Mountains by Rosecranb.
This campaign is the most remarkable of the
war. The Right Corps, since crossing the Tennessee
river, has already marched 120 miles?over
| mountains, I wish you to remember?over mountains.
Since the country has been explored, this
prmy no longer condemns Buell for tardiness in
moving south of tha. Tennessee river last year.
It would have been fatal to his small army."
Greek Fire.?An English writer, in a recent
article upon "Greek Fire," thus expresses his
views of the probable results of the use of this
inflamable preparation:?"Liquid fire 1 as found
[ its way into Charleston, and the question to be
asked is, Will its application stop there? It is
I folly to rest content with saying that the practice
| is barbarous. Barbarity pertains to the use of
bayonets and swords and granades, and all else ;
I the points to be recognized are the facts?that
the Americans are using this liquid fire; that they
will soon find means of improving their first at1
i-??4-la omnlotnyiniif nf all44
Itmpift, liint U1C OUVHOOi lit ViU|/ll'J 1UVUV vr* VUIV
liquid will^uggest others, and that suddenly we
may be roused to the unpleasant conciousness
that all our great annaments, all our forces, all
our ships, all our men, are at the mercy of a foe
who has learned a new art of war, in wliich seience
has sapped courage, and in which brute force
stands but second in the contest Let us have,
no mincing of a matter so essential to British
interests as the application of liquid fire in warfare.
The worst cannot be spoken too early; if
shells charged with liquid fire were to be used by
America in a war with England, there is not a
wooden ship in the whole of our marine service,
royal or mercantile, that would ever be absolutely
safe after a single shell, even from a rifle, had
thrown the terrible combustible on to the sails,
decks, or quarters; while there is not a town or
fortress within the range of American canon that
might not be destroyed by fire from a few well-directed
shots. It behooves us, therefore, to be up
and doing. "We must learn either '"to meet fire
with firo ' and to 'threaten the threatener,' or we
must acquire the gentler art of effectually neutralizing
an of dt-ouL action -which wo m?y ?cora
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