Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1886 — One Bright Morning in December. [ARTICLE]

One Bright Morning in December.

“That reminds me,’’said the war correspondent, “of an occurrence at Nashville that gave Stanley great pleasure. After the battle of Franklin, which was fought November 30, 1864, General Hood invested Nashville, much as Sherman had, many months previous, invested Atlanta. That is to say, the lines of investments were semi-circular and parallel, the distance between them being from one to three miles, ac< » rding to the conformation of the ground. “One bright morning in December, before the days of fog and ice, a cavalcade of Confederate officers, in gay uniforms and accompanied by a band, rode ,'auntily out in front of the intrencbment along the ( ranny White pike, and taking a conspicuous position overlooking the valley between the two lines, were apparently en oyiner themselves, the band m< anwhile playing, ‘Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone?’ They made a splendid ta get, and the temptation was too strong for an officer of the Sixth Ohio Battery. Carefully training a section of his guns on the picnickers, he gave the order to fire. Boom! boom! When the reverberations died away and the smoke lifted the music had ceased, and the Confederate officers, orderlies, and musicians could be seen scampering in all diiec ions for cover. The pale smoke lazily rising from the exploded shells on the exact spot where they had been jubilating but a few moments before told the story.”