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Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863 |
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| We publish on page 705 an illustration of the war in
Southern Tennessee from a sketch by Mr. Theodore R. Davis. It
represents A TROOP TRAIN IN THE BIG CUT IN THE ROCKS, ON THE NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD Mr. Davis writes: CHATTANOOGA, October 12. "En route for the army, I found on reaching Louisville that no pass could be obtained to reach this place; and had it not been for Colonel Thomas A. Scott, who has had charge of the late transportation of troops, and who gave me a place upon a troop train, a rather lengthy stay at Louisville would have been my lot. "The scenery upon the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad is in many places grand. The sketch will give some idea of the magnitude of some of the cuts through rock and mountain. "One of the regiments on board the train (the Thirty-third New Jersey) seemed to be a particularly jolly one, for as the train went slowly climbing among mountains they sang, hurrahed, and shouted. The favorite seemed to be 'Oh Rosecrans, he is the man', etc. I think they sang it to nearly every picket on the road, the picket returning his thanks in a yell peculiar to our Western soldiers, and one to which the ears of many a rebel has tingled." |
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