Colonel Lyon’s Letters.
Edgefield, Tenn., Mon., April 25, 1864.—Burns, or somebody else, says, ‘The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft aglee.’ For example, I wrote you the other day that I thought we would stay here some time, and talked about your coming down after a little. Yesterday I got an order that we start tomorrow morning for Stevenson, to take care of the railroad from Anderson, 12 miles this side of Stevenson, to Bridgeport, on the Tennessee river. The 102d Ohio, Colonel Given, go with us on the same business, but they stop at Tullahoma.
We are to move at daybreak, but may be delayed for want of transportation. We will be nine or ten days on the road, so direct your letters to Stevenson, Ala. We march, you know, but I suppose we shall occasionally strike the railroad. I will drop you a line if I can. I am glad to get away from Nashville, my regiment was so scattered.
