Chapter 10

Services in the West--The Mississippi River Guarded by the Phalanx--Gen. Morgan's Historical Sketch--The Rendezvous at Gallatin--The Place Threatened by Guerillas--Organizing a Regiment--Negro Soldiers ordered to Alabama--An Incident--A School in camp--The Battle at Dalton, Ga.--Good Behavior of the troops there--Honors to the 51st Colored--Sharp Fighting at Pulaski, Tenn.--An Incident of the Fight--An Engagement at Decatur--Ordered to Nashville--Severe Fighting at that place--A Reconnoissance--The Defeat of Gen. Hood--A Pursuit to Huntsville--A Glorious Record 286