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And then be talked & joked with the boys in his
pleasant cheerful way and in a less time than five
minutes he had the love and confidence of evry
man in the Regt and would have fought for him at
the drop of the hat: It is surprising to see how quick and
unanimous a regt will evidence their like or dislike
for a commanding General
We moved up the mountain side in compliance
with the Generals orders winding around huge rocks &
abrupt cliffs until we reached the extreme height
traversed by this road and here was one place that
the road was only eight feet wide cut out of the solid
rock and of this the rebels had blasted and destroyed one
half of its width and right down off this at our left
if a man were to fall he would travel downward
five hundred feet before he would come in contact
with any thing and then it would be a big pile of rocks
which would probably disarrange his architecture some
but no one concluded to make the trip and we went
on until we come in sight of Chattanooga when we
halted and presented a line of battle to the front &
reported to Gen Hooker I found him only a little in our
rear & he rode forward at once and as he caugh sight
of the town he ordered "three cheers" and we obliged but
rather feebly and as a kind of appology for the feeble
cheer our old major the gallant oldscamp had to put