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The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
another reason. After Nashville had fallen and Tennessee had been abandoned, it was asserted that some of the twelve months volunteers had deserted, and consequent unjust criticism was indulged in by indiscreet partisans of regiments from other States. Indeed the foolish were often guilty of absurd comparisons and harsh judgments upon soldiers from the several States, instead of urging each to do its duty and encouraging a noble rivalry to excel. "Place my regiment," said a gallant Tennessee Colonel to General Sidney Johnston, two evenings before the battle, "in the presence of our own noble Governor, between a Mississippi and an Alabama regiment, and I will show you that Tennessean will lead where any will dare follow. " Tersely was the promise fulfilled at Shiloh. Col. Bates's regiment was ordered to a position where a double duty was required, which I have not the military terms to explain. However, in obeying the order they found themselves under the fire of a battery and fi