grined at the way these sons of Ohio overlapped us in foraging. We
had no serious difficulty with this command, still we all felt that it
was composed principally of the porcine element. When we went to the
Ninth Corps we parted company with this battery with regrets, for we
felt that we had not been able thus far to even up our accounts with
them. This Ohio institution had seen no service except marching and
camping. At Campbell's Station, it was in the front line of artillery,
first on the left of the Knoxville road in a very prominent position.
For a while it was rare fun for these men to rake the rebel lines, but
when the rebel artillery opened upon this first line of our batteries,
there was a most sudden change in the situation. The Ohioans had a man
or two wounded and a caisson blown up. When the explosion occurred, the
zeal of the men vanished, from officers and all. The captain limbered
his battery to the rear, hauled out into the road and advanced toward
Knoxville upon the trot. Whether he had orders to do so or not, we never
knew. As they passed along the road by our battery in position, our men
joked them to their hearts' content. It was loudly said that they were
after hogs, poultry and sheep. We all felt that Ohio had been settled
with, and just as we wanted it to be done. Had this battery seen as much
service as the Ninth Army Corps, they never would have done as they did.

We placed our guns in position, as before stated, in the rear and to the
right of Fort Saunders. The drivers took care of the mules, and the
cannoneers at once dropped upon the ground and slept until aroused to
assist in fortifying our position. We were on a commanding ridge looking
to the southwest. A section of our battery was to occupy embrasures in
the fort. The other two sections were outside and to the right of the
fort. This fort was an unfinished rebel earthwork, which commanded the
Loudon road, and was named by them Fort Loudon. Col. Orlando Poe was the
engineer in charge, and we soon had staked out for us works to be raised
to protect our guns. As our men were so wearied out, it was difficult
for them to accomplish much in the digging on this 17th of November,
1863, the day of our arrival. Late in the day details of citizens came
upon the ground, and before light the next morning we had excellent
protection for our guns. It was reported that General Burnside had taken
all males, irrespective of color or politics, and set them t