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WAR SrI Kattie of Mis; Atlanta. I noticed the account of the battle above the clouds at Lookout Mountain by a member of the Eighteenth Ala bama and his close call, and it inspires me to write something as I was there, a private in Company G, 37th Alabama volunteers. Our regiment occupied some tem porary breastworks just below thc pinnacle of Lookout, on thc morning of the 2?d of November, 1S?J3. The engagement commenced at daylight. It was cloudy and rainy all during the forenoon, the clouds and fog handing so thick at times wc could -sec only a few yards before us, hence, we could not get at the situation of tho enemy, but skirmishing was going on in front all the time. After a time the clouds lifted, the enemy sighted our situa tion und brought their cannon to bear upon us. They shelled us with such force that our o?iccrs thought it best to fall back from the breastworks to safer ground, hence thc rifle pits wore lost to us. There was nothing more than heavy skirmishing done during the day; night came on, thc skirmish ers came in and a strong picket was put out. I was one of the pickets and was stationed about eighty yards in front of our regiment on thc linc of battle. A young man by the name of Alonzo Allen, of my company (a new recruit), was put on with me. Our post hap pened to be near a large shell of a nt ump with an open side that favored . s. I bade him sit close at my feet which he did (it was his first time out.) Tqe weather was eold. The officer had given me particular instructions to be very watchful. "The safety of the army depends upon you," he said, "and do just as I tell you; watch close ahead of you, and if you sec men approaching, fire on them and run in; don't hail them; don't provoko a night fight by shooting at objects of imagination. If you see anything and it is not com ing in, don't fire, but keep quiet and watchful: I will relieve you at the proper time. Now, listen, 'Jackson' is the countersign; don't forget; now don't go to sleep for that means death." ''The oflicer went his way. 1 was the last picket put ou. Just about fifteen miuutes after he left, I saw objects just about thirty yards away in front of me. 1 whispered to my companion and told him I was going to lire on them. I could see and heard plainly it was the enemy put ting out pickets. They passed on; dark clouds were flitting between us and the moon; at times I could sec a man plainly outlined and then again I could not. I raised my gun to shoot and bore hard on thc trigger but some thing seemed to say, "Hou't shoot, his blood will be on your hands before God; don't shoot." I took down my gun and whispered to my companion: "My heart has failed me, I can't shoot that mau. 1 will watch him." And I did watch him, until the moon was covered with darkness and I heard in my rear creep ing footsteps very close by. I 6aid in a low tone, "Who comes there?" "A friend with the* countersign," he auswered over the point of my bayonet. "Jackson," he said. "I came to take you back." We stealthily crept out of dauber, then made our way to Mission Ridge. Just after crossing the bridge over that winding stream of death (Chicka inauga) going through an old field I stumbled over the biggest bass drum I ever saw. It was fully four feet hi?h and twenty iuches wide. Feel ing about it I found the shoulder siraps a:.d strung it on, then went on to the foot of Mission Ridge, where I came up with hundreds of men rolled up in blankets asleep. L did not know what regiment they were as all were asleep, so I stopped near, corded up the drum. (It was about un hour before day), and thought I would try it. I tapped it pretty hard with my fist, and every mau was on his feet in a moment. There oamo near being a stampede, but my col onel, Alk A. Greene, who was near est, recognized my voice. He quickly quieted the men and taking the drum felt about over it and pronounced it a good drum; adding that wc needed a drum and for me to just lay my gun down and hold on to that drum. "When daylight came that drum was a sight for all to look at. Nobody had ever seen or heard of suoh a drum. It was a wonder to everybody and all were wondering vsha ii belong ed to and whenoe it oame. But oh my, when I got that drum strung up on sn} '"ick and started on the march every nody whooped; they hallowed, ""YPheie you gwine with tho commis j Bary?" "Going to wash for the bri gade," "Come out from behind that drum-I seo yo-ir legs wiggling" were :ORIES. wionary Hidge. Journal. some of thc comments that greeted me. Well we went upon Mission Ridge and formed line of battle along the top of this ridge. The Thirty-seventh Alabama was held as reserve. Fighting soon commenced on thc extreme right. Wc passed the whole army, or very near it, going to the right, the soldiers keeping up their 1 fire of comment. At one low place on thc ridge, the Yankees caught sight o j mc and they sent shells screaming ; over us. After getting to thc right ! we were ordered back to the left-back ; and forth wc marched-the boys i whooping and yelling. The colonel told me not to mind thc boys, but to hold on to that druin and ordered mc to lay my tun down, but I ? didn't do it, for I thought 1 would i need it before night. I have thought about.it since and I have come to the conclusion that General Bragg had us march backward and forward from right to left for a purpose. The men would whoop at the sight of the drum and thc Yan kees, hearing them, believed that we were getting reinforcements. That was strategem! We finally settled down ou the right center in line of battle and in 15 minutes there carnea mau with orders from General Bragg to get that drum. It belonged to General Bragg's band wagon and was lost on tho retreat in the valley. I was glad to get rid of it and thc mes senger sneaked off down the ridge to get out of sight of the men. Our men on the right were fighting des perately. They repulsed and drove the Yankees back with considerable slaughter, capturing several battle flags. All was safe on thc right, but very soon fighting commenced on our left and in a fow minutes after a cou rier came along the line and said the Yankees.had broken through Bates' division and were flanking us on our left. Colonel Green commanded us to form a line of battle to stop the Yankees' approach. Wc fried to form that line, but did not get much of a lin J, as thc enemy was upou us. We charged them with a will and yelling at every jump. The enemy halted and lay down close to the ground, and we ran right into them. They met us with a deadly lire. I received a flesh wound just below the right nipple and another across my baok, just breaking the skin, an other just under my left elbow; my gun was shot out of my hand. Two of our men fell z~r^v me at the same instant, one shot in the forehead and the other in the back of tho head. The enemy had begun to fall back over tho ridge. I found that I was not hurt very bad, and I crawled baok until I got out of sight. I went to Ghickamaugn, or near thero, where I found a small remnant of my regi ment. Out of eight hard fought battled that was my only close call. Attack on Fort Saunders at Knoxville. i _ I notice that D. I. Walden writes in the Journal that on thc night be fore the battle of Knoxville the Tenth Georgia regiment was selected to make the preliminary advance. But tho Tenth Georgia was not tho only regiment in that advance. I do not remember and cannot say how much of the Twcuticth Georgia regi ment was employed in driving in the enemy's pickets that night, but I know that company II, of the Twen tieth, was engaged, as I was with them at the time. Furthermore I remem ber that wc wero assigned to thc most interesting point of the whole proceed ings-exactb* in front of the key of the enemy's position, and from this fact our experience that night differed somewhat from th ut given by Mr. Walden. Fort Saunders was the key to thc enemy's position, and that is where Longstreet made thc attack. If he had succeeded in carrying Fort Saun ders the balance of the enemy's works would have been at his mercy. It was a large and strongly built fort, situated on the top of a great bald hill. As the enemy's pickets rc ; tired wo slowly advanced in the dark ness, iu skirmish line, until wc came within a few yards of the great walls of the fort, perhaps about seventy-five yards. There wt busied oursolvcs the balance of the night digging rifle pits in front of the fort. So, while Mr. Walden and the Tenth Georgia were shivering in the cold we wero keeping ourselves warm at work with pu?r. and spade. We barely had time to finish our rifle pits before daylight. But we finished them in time, and were safe in them when open daylight exposed cur exact position to tho enemy. Oar business was to sharp shoot into tho port holes of the fort as soon as it be came light enough to see them, so as to prevent the artillerymen from firing on our linc of battle as it advanced to the attack. Wc performed this duty successfully, for they did not fire on our advancing lino of battle until after it had passed over us. Then ot course we had to cease sharp shooting when our own men were between us and the enemy. They had their great guns ready loaded with grape and canister, and when our line of battle esme within about seventy-five yards of the fort they let every cannon go at once. At the same time their infantry placed their rifles on top of the works, firing on our men without exposing any part of their own bodies except their fin? gera, for they had previously taken thc precaution to so level or slant the top of the wall of tho fort that when their rifles were laid on it they would point exactly to our advancing column. They probably did more damage in this way than if the enemy had stood up in thc ordinary way and nervously fired at us. Hut if they had known it, our men had unloaded guns. They meant to take thc fort, if they took it at all, with cold steel. Notwithstanding thc murderous fire so suddenly let loose on them, our men continued to advance until they came lo the walls of the fort. Not quite to j the walls, cither, for they found a deep and wide canal all along in front of thc fort that could not be crossed. They lingered at tho edge of the canal helplessly a few moments and retired in haste out of the trap of death, leav ing many of their brave comrades lying dead and wounded between our line of ri fl rs pits and the fort, without having fired a gun. Nor had they anything to shoot at if their guns had been loaded, except thc bare walls of the great fort. General Burnside at once offered a truce which was accepted, and tho enemy carno out of the fort in great numbers, and assisted with great kind ness in caring for our wounded. They did not claim the wounded as their prisoners. Neither side could claim the battle ground, for wo still held our rifle pits, and they the fort, and the wounded on the battle ground were between us. If they had at tempted to rush over us, two of our batteries, one to the right and the other on tho left, would have severely punished them. When the truco was proclaimed and they showed their numbers,, wo found they had two defending the fort to our one attacking it. Thc battle was fought about sunrise, maybe a little before; it ouiy lasted two or three minutes, and there was no more firing all that day. We could have easily taken any other part of their works, but we could not have held them while they held fort Saunders. Longstreet had Burnside ana his army shut up in Knoxville; also old parson Brownlow. Tho Confederates particularly wanted to get Brownlow. Tho plan was to starve them into sub mission, and we would doubtless have succeeded if thc genius of General j Grant had not broken up our arrange ments. When begot things ready, he not only broke our connection or com munication with General Bragg's army to pieces and started a force to the re lief of Burnside at Knoxville. This force was coming up behind us, on the Ramo route we went to Knoxville. If Burnside would surrender before this new force would arrive, then we could bold our ground against it; but if we would romain there waiting on Burn side to surrender until this relief force would arrive, then we would be be tween the two armies and would have to surrender ourselves. This relief force would arrive before Burnside would have time to starve; and Long street was probably ashamed to hasten away without doing something. He probably thought that Burnside's men, Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription and Serseverance in its use will work won ers for the most hopeless woman. If Mrs. Newton, whose letter is given below, had not persisted in its use, she might never have known the happiness of perfect health. Perhaps the reason for ner persistence was because she used w Favorite Prescription " aa a " l?st re sort." Physicians had failed. If "Favor ite Prescription" could not help there was nothing to hope for. It did help. It always helps and almost always cures. It establishes regularity, dries weaken ing drains, heals inflammation and ulcer ation and cures female weakness. It imparts strength and elasticity to the organs of maternity and make? tue baby's advent practically painless. "When I consulted you in April, 1899, I was In poor health." .writes Mrs. K. H. Newton, of Vanburen. A roos took Co.. Maine. ?Had been lick all winter, and. to add to my trouble, was on the road to maternity, which the doctor sold 1 would end my days. I was almost discouraged; did not expect any help but thought the end was only n matter of time, and-obi my two poor, little, motherless children. . It was in this condition that I began the use of your valuable medicine. On receipt of your letter of April 6th my hnsband purchased six bottles of rFavorite Prescription* att>*. "Golden Medical Discovery.' " and I used lt aa you directed. When you wrote rae word?, of en couragement 00 April 37th I had received no benefit from the medicine, but determined as a last resort to give it a fair trial. I am now tak ing the thirteenth and last bottle. . I have a lovely baby girl three weeks old, ?.hat weighed 11 }i pounds at birth. My baby and I are enjoy ing perfect health, thanks to your wonderful medicine, to which I believe I owe my life." Dr. Pierce's Pellets stimulate the liver. being ou short rations were discour aged. Hut whatever was to be done had to be dono quickly. If he suc ceeded io carrying Fort Saunders that morning, it would be considered a brilliant stroke, and with Burnside's army disarmed he could turn about and face the new foe that was ap proaching. Every one that participated in or witnessed the attack on Fort Saunders felt that it was a most unfortunate as well as ill planned affair.-George Mo Rae in Atlanta Journal. Heart Displaced by a Minie Ball. Editor Atlanta Journal: In a recent issue of your excellent paper it was chronicled that George W. Hurt, of Lexington, a veteran of the civil war upon being examined for a pension, was discovered to have his heart on the right instead of the left side of his body. Also that tho heart of Tax Collector A. F. Stewart, of Atlanta, is on tho right side of his body. Thc hearts of both these gentlemen, it is supposed, were placed on the right side of their bodies by some freak of nature; but Hvhig in Elber ton, Ga., is an old veteran, E. B. Tate, commander of Camp No. 1085 U. C. V., whose heart is located on the right side of his body, not by rea son of one of nature's freaks, but through thc careless use of fire arms by one of Ohio's natural born office seekers, who got very close to Mr. Tate's heart during that bloody battle on Saturday evening, September 19, 1863, at Chiekamauga, Ga., some three or four hundred yards esst of what is known as the "Vineyard house" on the battle field of Chiekamauga, Ga. Mr. Tate was pierced through the left ohest with a minie ball, the ball going through an army blanket which was carried rolled up and hanging over his left shoulder and entering his left nipple, ranging slightly downward and coming out near tho spinal column on the left side of same, then going through the rolled blanket again, mak ing in all, sixteen holes in the blanket. Mr. Tate was a member of Company C, 15th Georgia regiment, Longstreet's corpB. Mr. Tate is now the senior member of E. B. Tate & Son, mer chants in Elberton, Ga. E. B. 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