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• inranks lost heart, for They had thefullest confidence in Johnston, andloved him. Then came llood’scampign in Tennessee and thebattie of Franklin. The nightbefore the battle General Wheeleriand a small detail of the TerryRangers, of whom Mr. Kokernotwas one, were out the entire nightreconnoitering the position of the1Federal army. In the morningbefore they could rejoin their owntroops the battle was on, whichended in the total defeat of Hood’sarmy and the almost utter annihilation of General Cleburne’s Brigade, which had borne the bruntI of the fighting. Mr. Kokernot saysthat retreat was the saddest moment of his life. To see the brokenand shattered remnants of thatonce magnificent army slowlymaking its way south, draggingalong its broken supply and ammunition trains, killed all his ambition as a soldier, and destroyed allhope of the future success of the!southern arms.
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Shiner Gazette
Shiner, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 14, 1898
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