p.

398

7

At four oclock on the day of the battle this Brigade was
sent out in the direction the 7 baty took on this retreat
+ I gathered the objects of the movement before we started
which were to capture a train of wagons that had become
delayed but we were to late and we found the enemy
in considerable force and it was thought advisable to
keep out of the scrape but remained occupying the
position we had taken until after dark we then built
fires as if going to camp and with drew

We remained at Ringold until the afternoon of
Nov 30th in the meantime the railroad track had
been torn up + the rails bent or destroyed by fire
and every bridge Railroad or wagon in the vicinity
had been burnt and this afternoon [ (30th) ?]we moved
out in the direction of the Chicamauga battle
ground + camped for the night in that vicinity
and the following morning assisted at the interment
of the unburied gallant dead that fell on this memorable
field:- a greater piece of inhumanity was never perpe-
-trated than by Bragg in his treatment of those who fell
at the battle of Chicamauga - The sight was a fearful, a
ghastly one - our men by the hundreds lie scattered over
the field all stripped of their shoes and many of their
clothing- Some they pretended to bury but all they did
was to throw a little dirt over them as they lay on top
of the ground and the sight is now more hideous

7
At four oclock on the day of the battle this Brigade was
sent out in the direction the 7 baty took on this retreat
+ I gathered the objects of the movement before we started
which were to capture a train of wagons tht had become
delayed but we were to late and we found the enemy
in considerable force and it was thought advisable to
keep out of the scrape but remained occupying the
position we had taken until after dark we then built
fires as if going to camp and with drew
We remained at Ringold until the afternoon of
Nov 30th in the meantime the railroad track had
been torn up + the rails bent or destroyed by fire
and every bridge Railroad or wagon in the vicinity
had been burnt and this afternoon 130" we moved
out in the direction of the Chicamauga battle
ground + camped for the night in that vicinity
and the following morning assisted at the interment
of the unburied gallant dead that fell on this memorable
field:- a greater piece of inhumanity was never perpe-
-trated than by Bragg in his treatment of those who fell
at the battle of Chicamauga - The sight was a dearful a
ghostly one our men by the hundreds lie scattered over
the field all stripped of their shoes and many of their
clothing- Some they pretended to bury but all they did
was to throw a little dirt over them as they lay on top
of the ground and the sight is now more hideous