Journal History of the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865 / Its Victories and its Reverses. And the campaigns and battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the campaign of the Carolinas, in which it bore an honorable part

by J. Hamp SeCheverell

Back from an “ass’s jaw,”

All that was left of them—

Left by the two hundred.

When can their glory fade?

Oh! the wild charge they made!

All the world wondered.

Honor the charge they made,

Honor the Mule Brigade—

Long-eared two hundred.

Major-general George H. Thomas issued an order complimenting the column under Major-general Hooker, which took possession of the line from Bridgeport to the foot of Lookout Mountain, for their brilliant success in driving the enemy from every position which they attacked. The repulse by General Geary’s command of the greatly superior numbers who attempted to surprise him, will rank among the most distinguished feats of arms of the war.