Stewart's and Cheatam's Corps with one
division from our corps, fought the battle. I passed over the field
next morning and saw _enough_ for never wanting to see another such
field. The men were actually lying in some portions of the trenches
_three deep_. Ours being the attacking party suffered
severely,--almost an equal loss to the Yankees. Our loss was about
forty-five hundred, and theirs five thousand, including prisoners.
Next day we started for Nashville, eighteen miles distant. Our
battery remained there till the 5th, when we were ordered to
Murfreesboro' to aid General Forrest in reducing that place. On the
6th we arrived there, took position, and built works. Next day, on
account of a flank movement by the enemy, we had to move our
position back a mile. Soon the enemy appeared in our front, and
skirmishing commenced. The infantry fell back, leaving the
artillery to do the fighting without one musket to protect us. We
stayed as long as we could, when we finally had to follow the
footsteps of the infantrymen. The fight--there was none--nothing
but a big scare and run. General Forrest sent General Bateman with
his division to Nashville, but kept our battery with him.
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