The Watauga Boys in the Great Civil War (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Watauga Boys in the Great Civil WarThe Regiment, commanded by Co]. John B. Palmer was moved to Cumberland Gap in Sept. 1862. The enemy, on the approach of our command, evacuated the gap, Spiking their heavy cannon, and throwing them over a precipice so they became useless to the south erners. One very large one we called Long Tom. Many of the boys had the measles before reaching Cumberland gap and were kept in convalisent camp about ten miles east of the Gap under charge of Dr Lewis. I remember that several of us applied for. Per mits to go to the command, which the Dr granted, and before we got there our legs began to feel very heavy. To reach our compa nies we had to assend the steep mountain on the right of the gap to the very top. The higher up the colder the air, when on top and tents fixed we scun become chilled and some of us were not able for duty the next morning. The relapse that followed was much worse than the first attack. On the retreat of the Federal garrison Col. John B. Palmer was placed in command of the Gap with his regi ment Caper's Georgia Battalion and a battery of artillery, until the prisoners could be paroled and the captured stores rescued, after which it moved into Kentucky, to reinforce Gen. Braxton Bragg, but unexpectedly met Bragg's Army on its retreat. Not long after the retreat of Bragg from Kentucky 001. Palmer was ordered tobig Creek Gap near J acksboro Tenn.and placed in command with the 55th Georgia, Th ornton' s Alabama Legion, Kolb's Alabama Battery, and Baird's North Carolina Battalion (cavalry). The 58th North Carolina remained in this Brigade, at this post during the winter of 1862 and 1863. The winter was spent in out post duty 'guardiiig this and other passes in the Cumbe1 land mountains, and making sev eral expeditions into Kentucky, most of which were commanded by Capt. Miller. The writer well remembers being along on one of these expeditions and the strict dissipline under which we were subjected. Every man was required to keep his place. N o stragling nor for aging was allowed when Capt. Miller was in command. It was wise and prudent of the captain, for there were numerous Bush whackers on the ridges watching our every movement, men who neither favored the cause of the North nor the South. They prefer cd to be allowed to doas they pleased - did not want either army a invade their soil. But those toilsome force marches with their at tendent responsibilities proved too much for the brave old veteran.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.