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J W 110. , % rp lRemained on picket duty until lrthe SHh of August, about this time rice... ____ _ _. /lt;«: 4 kwi /1 rlt; fc42Gen. Buckner commenced the cros evacuation of Last Tennessee, con- to I centrating his forces near Chatta- aeveUcllti uiiun , , ..i_ n.-i,nooga which resulted in the buttle Hub of Chickamauga. The Legion took ahaUl v mv.hamuup,*-- - ,up its march from Cumberland Gap brid via Strawberry Plains, Knoxville ovei a n d Turkey Creek to louden At was Louden a halt was made until Sept met 1st. when Gen. Gracio s Brigade war having been joined by the r e - Hrimuinder of Buckners cavalry the lai evacuation re-commenced, the broCommand was in motion for eighteen landays and nights, on the eighteenth wudav we had a sharp skirmish tight Uri in McLoinores Cave. The nineteenth i.ei we reached the Chickamauga battle canfield, entered into the tight which Clasted all day, went into the tight nr under Gen. Cheatham. Late in the ,\h evening the enemy gave way and WH . we held the battle ground. 1 h e th, *1 twenty-first of September we buried cu, the dead, then the Command moved toto Missionary bidge here we re- 28mained with shot and shell hurled w,at us Hutil November eighteenth, ththen moved through a continuous to i-| rain into McLemores Cave and back triuiu » u .to Missionary Kidge, on the nine-teenth we inarched over Missionary thRidge in full view of the enemy to , ol Chickamauga station. The legion . ni was met by Col. Jack Thorrington Inwho notified us of his resignation [ul | as Legion Commander. slt;Here the Division evacuated m 8 * Chickamauga station and took up tc the line of march to Knoxville in a aid of Gen. Ixmgstreet. the opening a of the Last Tennessee Campaign of d1 Wtf'-t 11 nil *
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Quanah Tribune Chief
Quanah, Texas, US
Thu, May 11, 1911
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