Newton County GaArchives News.....MR. MOSS'S DIARY AS KEPT DURING SIXTIES March 8 1917
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The Covington News
"This Is As I Saw It. It May Be Different As Others Saw It"
He Says of 3d Regiment, Company H.
BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR 1861

August, 1863

23....Capt. LEWIS got back from Zollicofer, brought news that they were 
fighting in Knoxville.

24....News that the Yanks had taken Knoxville.

25....Big rain. Had my horse shod.

26....TINSLEY came back from home with two horses he had taken up close to 
camp. The Spanish needle and Flying Butchman would take them both to make one.

27....Got orders to go to Moccasin Gap.

28....We started and staid all night 8 miles from Gap at the head of Stanley 
Valley. LINDSEY came to us before we got to camps. We had some horse racing.

29....Went through Gap and camped. Got some fine watermelons from WHITE.

30....Several strangers came to camp hunting horses. Our wagons broke down 4 
miles from camps.

31....CHAMBERS and DAY came in with good horses. LINDSEY was mustered into Co. 
B. 

September, 1863

1.....Sent to Jonesboro after rations but the wagons broke down. The MOSBYS 
came hunting horses.

2....Rainy day. We got one acre of corn to feed on from Rankin.

3.....Started the wagons to Jonesboro after rations.

4.....Rainy day. Remained in camps all day.

5.....Got news the Yanks were at Kingsport. We had orders to go to Looney's 
Gap. We had orders to go to Jonesboro but the courier failed to find us until 
the next day. After we had started to get out at Moccasin Gap we met the 
courier. We heard he was captured and we had some to the conclusion to risk 
getting out or run over something.

6.....We passed through the Gap and went to Reedy Creek camp ground and found 
Col. WINN there with part of the Battalion. He thought he was all captured. We 
passed through Blountsville after sun down and rode until after 9 o'clock and 
camped at Ray's and staid the balance of the night.

7.....We went to Carter's Station and rested a while and went on through 
Jonesboro about 2 o'clock and went out toward Leesburg and camped one mile from 
town.

8.....Ordered up at 3 o'clock and went through Jonesboro and met the Yanks one 
mile from town and drove them back to Teleford's depot, and back to Limestone 
Depot and made a stand. We or some of us, rode hard to get below to keep the 
train from going off, but they were to smart for us. We fixed the cow gaps and 
went on to get to a bridge and they run up to cow gaps, stopped and took up 
rails behind them and put down and ran on and in a few minutes escaped. Those 
left at Limestone took to the block house there and formed a ring around the 
house, and we commenced driving them in but a few well directed shots from 
Jackson, cannon caused them to surrender. A squad had went to the bridge and 
burned it, so they could not come back with the train.

9.....We drew horse shoes and was ordered to cook 2 days rations and be ready 
to march at a moments warning. Kept saddled all day and night.

10....Had some little skirmishing. Saddled all the time.

11....Had orders to press no more forage for horses. There had been orders to 
press all that had none or was disabled. We left for Kingsport and stopped at 
11 o'clock and staid all night. Sent out pickets on all the roads.

12,13....Lay by waiting for artillery to come up. The infantry left a little 
before sun down to go over on the other main road.

14....We went on Scout near Greenville. Alarm at night, had to saddle up and 
lay by our horses the balance of the night.

15....Staid in camp all day. Some little picket fighting.

16....Co. B. was ordered to go with a Lieut. and take up stragglers. We had a 
little picket fighting and went to Kingsport and then to Fall Branch and then 
to Spurgeon's Ford and there we overtook the Battalion.

17....We went to Bend's camp ground and camped there. All the staff was drunk 
nearly and lots of the privates.

To Be Continued.


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