Canyon City News. (Canyon City, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1905 Page: 1 of 4
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Gatiyoti City
News
CANYON CITY RANDALL CO. TEXAS FRIDAY. MARCH 171905.
NO.l
VOL IX.
A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT--A HOME IN RANDALL COUNTY.
How Thomas Held Nashville
A FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY
December
Copyright I'JOl ly O. L. Kilmer
THE battle of Nashville was not
ended with the capture of
Shy's hill by Thomas' troops
oa Dec. 10. for that event de-
stroyed the Confederate left only. The
Confederate coiuinunder Geueral J. B.
Llood had planted his line to defend
Shy's hill on the left und Overtoil's
hill where tho right of his army rest-
ed lit the position taken up during the
night. General Thomas had been so
fur Katlslled with the results of the
lighting on tho loth by which the Con-
federates were driven back at nil points
Unit he made no new disposition of his
troops but dectded to let them complete
the work so well begun the first day.
After tho fall of Shy's hall nud the
destruction of the enemy's left Thomas
turned his mind toward n flunking
movement to be made by General J. II.
Wilson's cavalry In rear of Hood's dis-
rupted left Hank. Meanwhile the Fed-
eral skirmishers in front of Overton's
hill pushed forward and recounoltered
the Confederate works at close view.
One of the brigade commanders In the
line confronting Overton's hill. Colonel
Tost thought an assault on the hill
though eo.Uly. would carry the point
lie was permitted to make the attempt
and General J. H. Steedman'a second
colored brigade troops never before
under fire was ordered to advance on
nn opposite face of tho work and make
a feint In (support of Post. Post's
men moved nt a run. but when within
twenty paces of the parapet a concen-
trated fire of musketry and grajw
Cheeked them. Colonel Post fell severe-
ly wounded and the power of Impact
was lost by the scattering of the ranks.
Thompson's colored soldiers became
excited when the canister struck them
nnd turned the feint Into a' headlong
charge up to the parapet where they
too. were hurled back. This was the
failure of the day on the Federal side
and half the losses of the whole field
occurred there.
As soon as Shy's hill had been cou-
queriHl nnd the lines adjoining gave
way General Wood's men inarched up
Overton's hill unopposed nnd tho Con-
federate nnny from left to right
dropped away In a state of wild disor-
der soon ending in n stnmiodo.
In covering the retreat Chahner's di-
vision of Forrest's cavalry corps main-
tained their lighting reputation. Gen-
eral 13. W. Kucker's brigade planted it-
self squarely across the Franklin pike
the main avenue of retreat where Wil-
son's advance led by Hatch thundered
down In pursuit soon nfter night came
on. Hucker rode up and down the lino
outside the barricades to direct and In-
spire his men. Turning back hastily to
avoid some obstruction he ran Into
tho Tenth Tennessee (Federal) not dis-
covering the mistake until surrounded.
Colonel Spalding of the Tenth demand-
ed his sword which Hucker offered
hlnl savagely point first. Spalding
parried nnd knocked the weapon out
of Hncker's hand who quickly
wrenched away that of his aucagonlsL
Spalding picked up Hncker's blade but
before tho two could resume tho duel
Hucker's men began to shoot from be-
hind tho barricade receiving an an-
swer from Hatch's carbineers. Huck-
er's elbow was shattered by n ball and
he surrendered to Spalding. Mean-
while Forrest's other brigade had gal-
loped back to seize bridges and cross-
roads on the routes of retreat With
their usual spirit his men held them
until the Infantry columns had re-
crossed the Tennessee not. however
as nn army but ns a mob which had
yielded up the glories earned In three
years of fighting to Thomas on the
heights of Nashville. And It cost but
400 Federal lives to savo the city nnd
destroy Hood.
Night was falling on the 10th when
Thomas' victory over Hood was seeu
to be complete. A drenching rain set
In nnd. with the darkness added to
the confusion In the Federal Hues
which were converging ns the troops
pressed forward upon the two roads
by which the Confederates were re-
treating. These roads were about two
miles apart. Wilson's cavalry In carry-
ing out the flank movement directed by
Thomas earlier In. the day had covered
15 - 16. 1864
tho westerly road on Hood's left with
his guns and this turned the mass of
retreating Confederates over to the
Franklin pike on tho east. Forrest's
Confederate cavalry acting as a rear
guard for Hood skillfully delayed the
advance of Wilson's troopers toward
the Franklin pike and by this means
enabled the larger part of the retreat-
ing army to escape capture. There was
barely a semblance of organization
among tho Confederates until they
crossed the Ilarpeth river at Franklin
where they had suffered a bloody re-
pulse on Nov. 30 and where. In fact
as Thomas declared the fate of Nash-
ville was really decided.
When It was nil over Hood confess-
ed thnt he ought never to have ad-
vanced on Nashville after the experi-
ence at Franklin. He felt that It would
be fatal to the morals of his army to
retreat southward from Franklin In
the face of defeat. He knew thnt
Thomas was getting re-enforcements
nnd that he would be outnumbered at
Nashville but thought his own men
would be better satisfied with total de-
feat if It came on tho heels of a second
trial
At Franklin Howl made dispositions
to buffet the pursuing enemy but a
Federal division under General John-
son crossed the Ilarpeth below tho
town turning Hood's flank and forcing
him to sioed his march southward and
abandon his hospital at Franklin with
A DCF.L ON TIIE LINE OP BATTLE.
over J000 of his wounded who were
unable to march. Fortunately for
Hood the Federals were not able to
make rapid pursuit south of the Ilar-
peth. Wilson's cavalry w"s entirely
out of rations. The densely wooded
hills muddy roads the soft plowed
fields rendered quite Impassable by re-
cent rains and above all the rapldl
rising streams made It Impossible for
Hanking columns to dash across coun
try and overtake the retreating foe.
Hood of course destroyed all the
bridges behind him. making new ditll
cultles for his pursuers. The country
had often been marched over by both
armies nnd was denuded of supplies
for both men nnd horses. The forage
bags and haversacks were empty nn
the march could not continue until the
supply trains came forward from Nash
ville. A heavy rain which set In on the
second night of the pursuit turned to a
violent snowstorm on the next night.
and General Thomas ordered the cav
alrv corns to remain In bivouac. The
experience proved how difficult it Is to
really wipe out an army even nfter It
has been defeated by overwhelming
nnmbeis o.loss It Is actually surror.nde 1.
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Cj ' r j V t IMS' 1
The "dehiy of Wilson's" corps was a
godsend to Hood who inarched stead-
ily on and put bis army across Duck.
river at Columbia three days' good'
march from Nashville. The bridges at
Columbia which Thomas had refrain-
ed from destroying a month before
thinking that he would need them In
the pursuit of Hood to which he had
looked forward confidently Hood used
for the transit of his army and wagons
and then destroyed making a second
check upon Federal pursuit Further-
more he reorganized his shattered In
fantry Into brigades to be la a condi
tion to fight If pressed too cIosr As
each of the reorganized brigades 'mus-
tered only 500 men half the maximum
size for a single regiment. It wns evi-
dent that the once proud Army of the
Tennessee was about as badly battered
as nn' army can well be and yet keep
a front turned against the enemy.
At the crossing of the Tennessee riv
er the next great obstacle in the way
of Hood's retreat another Federal
oversight played Into the hands of tho
Confederates. A Federal pontoon
bridge had been left at Decatur on
tho river above nood's point of cross-
ing when the post was evacuated by
Thomas' order In November. Swollen
by tho constant rains the tide tore the
bridge loose and carried It down-
stream where Hood picked It up and
laid it before the arrival of his own
train which was delayed by the terri-
ble condition of the roads between the
Tennessee and Duck rivers.
Even this bridge was disputed be-
fore Hood had crossed his men over
for a couple of Federal gunboats which
chanced to be crulstng In the vicinity-
steamed toward It and would have rid-
dled tho frnll structure with all Its hu-
man load but Hood happened to have
at hand a battery of light guns amN
the gunboats backed away after a few
shots had been fired at them. This was
the last sliot of the army under Gen-
eral Hood. GEORGE L. KILMER.
Ella and Barleycorns.
There are two or three standards of "
measurement which appear In tho ta-
bles but which comparatively few peo-
ple understand. The hairbreadth the
barleycorn and the ell axe the most
common stumbling blocks and need ex-
planation. The table of measures says
that three barleycorns make one Inch
and so they do. When the standards
of measure were first established three
barleycorns well dried were taken
and laid end to end three being under-
stood to make an Inch In lengtlv The
hairbreadth now. used Indefinitely and
conventionally for Infinitesimal space
was a regular measure sixteen 'hair
laid side by sido equaling one barley-
corn. The el) was the exact length of
the forearm of Edward III. who es
tablished or rather revised the sy-
tem of weights and measures In use In
his time.
A Crowded Car Epltod.
"My but the cars arc crowded 1"
"I should sav so I"
"Why last evening my car was go
Jammed that there wasn t foot room
for all the passengers bomeooay
stood on my left foot for ten min-
utes and I got so tired of It I turned
to the man next to me and said
'Would you just as soon stand on
my right foot instead of my left
for a change ?' He looked down and
replied: 'I beg your pardon but
you've made a mistake. I'm stand-
ing on this stout gentleman's foot
and besides your right foot is occu-
pied by the lady with the four par-
cels.' "Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Women's Hair In Japan.
In Japan "especially in the heart
of the country where foreign influ-
ence has never reached" quotes the
Woman's Journal there are women
who wear their hair bobbed like a
small boy's. This is a sign that they
are widows and is done m respect
for a Japanese custom of burying
part of the wife's hair with the body
of her husband. Often she cuts oft
just a little not enough to spoil her
pretty coiffure. But when she de-
termines to remain forever true to
his memory she cuts off all her hair
and never again permits it to grow.
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