"After the defeat of Hood at Nashville on the 15th of December, what with marching and fighting during that bitter winter weather is necessary to relate concerning the suffering of this particular regiment? As we have before remarked, the history of one is the history of all.

"Back across the Tennessee, hurried on by the victorious and enthusiastic Federals into Alabama; thence to Augusta, Ga., and across the Savannah into South Carolina, where a season of rest and preparation was allowed for the final struggle in North Carolina"
(Military Annals of Tennessee, Vol. 1, Lindsley, pp. 437,8)