26th. I shall be glad when the suspense shall end and we can move forward or back where we can find plenty to eat. Had some hogs driven up for 9th and 2nd. Bought 5 head of cattle. Drove up 7 from near Gap. Infantry Brigade, Wilcox’s, came up, still half starved. Jackson so begged [...]

November 26th. Yes! It is so, if his own handwriting is any proof. Mr. Appleton has just sent Brother a letter he had received from Gibbes, asking him to let Brother know he was a prisoner, and we have heard, through some one else, that he had been sent to Sandusky. Brother has applied to [...]

Thursday, November 26th.—Started at daylight, after turning prisoners over to others; got to Uncle Nathan Anderson’s at 11 A. M.; stayed for dinner. Going down to bridge across creek, found Lieutenant Evans stopping all of brigade that came that way. Everything in confusion; passed through Ringgold at 4 P. M. As we were near home, [...]

(excerpts) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Nov. 26th, 1863.                   “. . . We hear to-night that the Army is to move, it is thought to Fredericksburg.          “The news from the West has made every one look very blue—and I should think Mr. Davis would feel very uncomfortable with such a weight to carry. . . . What is to [...]

NOVEMBER 26th.—The weather is clear and bright again; but, oh, how dark and somber the faces of the croakers! The following dispatches have been received : [BATTLE AT LOOKOUTMOUNTAIN.] (OFFICIAL DISPATCH.) “MISSION RIDGE, Nov. 24th, 1863. “To GEN. S. COOPER. “We have had a prolonged struggle for LookoutMountain today, and sustained considerable loss in one [...]

November 26, 1863, The New York Herald The news from Chattanooga is glorious. The fighting of three days has ended in the complete defeat of the enemy yesterday. Lookout Mountain was occupied by the troops of General Hooker, who took 2,000 prisoners, and the rebels fled from every position which they held. General Bragg has [...]