s of the campaign, Middle Tennessee
free from Confederate domination.

It has been said by several authorities that the Tullahoma campaign was
the greatest conducted by General Rosecrans, being even superior to that
which came immediately after. The enemy was dislodged from first one
strongly fortified position and then another, and sent flying over the
mountains in the wildest confusion. Nearly seventeen hundred prisoners
were taken, and also eleven pieces of artillery and an immense amount
of army stores. The loss to the Union army was about five hundred in
killed, wounded, and missing.

"We've cleared them out!" cried Artie, enthusiastically, when the news
went the rounds that the Confederates had really crossed the mountains
and were on their way to Chattanooga.

"Yes, and the two armies are just about where they were last summer,"
answered Deck. He was resting on a cot in his rain-soaked tent, while
his brother sat on a camp-stool, writing a letter to the folks at home.
"My, but what a washing-out we've had!"

Despite the hardships, however, Deck was feeling better steadily, until
it could almost be said that he was his old self again. He had made
several inquiries about Thomas Derwiddie, the Confederate whose life he
had saved, but nothing had been heard concerning the escaped prisoner.

In a skirmish on Duck River, Colonel Lyon had been struck in the leg.
The wound was not serious, but the officer was told by the surgeon who
attended him that he had best keep out of the saddle for a while, and
this advice was now being followed. As a consequence, the command of
the Riverlawns had fallen upon Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon.

The soldiers were feeling good, and the Fourth of July was celebrated in
camp in a rousing fashion, with huge camp-fires, a double supply of
rations, and the roasting of several small porkers confiscated at
Manchester, when that town was first entered. In the evening several
pieces of "home-made" fireworks were set off, and the more hilarious of
the boys in blue got up a dance, ladies being represented by several
cavalrymen who had appropriated portions of feminine attire found in
deserted houses that had been passed. The "boys" were bound to have
their play at any cost, no matter how tired the recent hard marching and
riding had left them.

The appearance of the Army of the Cumberland in the centre of Tennessee
once again filled the inhabitants with dismay. Bragg had assured them of
his pr