January 7.—Mrs. Brewer called to-day, and gave me one hundred dollars for the benefit of the wounded. Dr. T. received a contribution from the ladies of the place, and fifty dollars from the Hebrew M. A.S. of Mobile. He receives hundreds of dollars per day from the government . He makes the best possible use of it under the circumstances. He is right in that respect, as the government has provided it for the benefit of the men, and they ought to have it; but it is difficult to buy any thing in the way of delicacies. Eggs are not to be had at any price. He has sent foragers down into Georgia and Alabama, and I expect they will come back with plenty.
Our army has fallen back to Tullahoma. It is seventy miles south-east of Nashville. Many of our wounded are left in the hands of the enemy. I am told that the carnage on the last battle-field was dreadful.
I have heard from my brother, and he has escaped unhurt. The company of which he is a member—Garrety’s battery—has lost in killed three, and in wounded twenty-four—many of them severely.
Lieutenant Keith of the Thirty-second Alabama Regiment is killed. I pity his wife and family. His death will be a sad blow to them. I am told he was a good and brave officer.
The gallant General Hanson of Kentucky is among the slain. Of the young statesmen of Kentucky, he was one of the most gifted. He repeatedly represented it in the United States Congress, of which body he was a prominent member.
