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In no army did the soldier enjoy greater liberty, consistent with military discipline, than in the Army of the Tennessee, and in none were his rights and his life more carefully guarded.
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Dodge highlights the unique freedoms enjoyed by soldiers in the Army of the Tennessee while maintaining discipline.
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My flag-bearer, after having been wounded so he could not hold up the colors, would not leave them.
The men, if properly officered, would make good soldiers, but with their present officers they are little better than an armed mob.
He sent forward a company of skirmishers from the Fourth Iowa, who soon became sharply engaged with the enemy and the latter opened on us a perfect tornado of round shot, shell, and grape.
The charge without ammunition took them all, and as we passed down the line the whole Army cheered us.
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