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held as a prisoner at Chicago for seven months, and then exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss. His command was reorganized at Jackson, Miss., with Capt. Calvin H. Walker, colonel; Capt. C. C. Clark, lieutenant-colonel, and Lieut. T. M. Tucker, major. They were then ordered to support the army of Van Dorn and Price, which they joined near Holly Springs about October 10, 1862. The regiment marched with this army to Grenada, en route participating in a skirmish at Springdale, driving away a Federal force which was about to destroy the railroad. They had been then assigned to the brigade of General Tilghman and consolidated with the Thirtieth Tennessee regiment, which had also just returned from prison camp. On Christmas day, 1862, they reached Vicksburg, and, under the command of Col. C. H. Walker in the brigade of Gen. S. D. Lee, took a conspicuous part in the defeat of Sherman's army at Chickasaw Bluff. As general Pemberton reported, "The Third, Thirtieth and Eightieth Tennessee regiments occupied the rifle pits in front and behaved with distinguished coolness and courage." Walker's command killed and captured about one thousand Federals, five flags out of the seven brought on the field, and fifteen hundred stand of small arms; also killing all the horses that appeared in their front. Their main loss, aside from the killing of Major Tucker and Lieutenant Bass, was caused by the explosion of a caisson, which did not injure any of the Third Tennessee, but killed a staff officer of Gen. S. D. Lee. Dr. Hubble, on January 7, accompanied his regiment to Port Hudson, where Gregg's brigade was formed, and his regiment now being recruited was detached from the Thirtieth, and, under Colonel Walker, continued on active duty throughout the Vicksburg campaign. While at Port Hudson, then under the command of Gen. Frank Gardner, they witnessed the bombardment of the post and the destruction of a Federal vessel by the water batteries. Moving toward Jackson, May 2, Dr. Hubble took part in the gallant fight of Gregg's brigade at Raymond, against the corps of Sherman and Logan, his regiment losing two hundred out of six hundred engaged. At Mississippi Springs they met General Gist, of South Carolina, who covered the retreat to Jackson. This city they evacuated after forty-eight hours and then moved to Yazoo City, and returned to Big Black river, where they were encamped for a few days. On Sunday, July 4, they drew and cooked three days' rations, expecting to attack Grant's rear on the morning of the 5th, but, hearing of the surrender of Vicksburg, they marched at an early hour for Jackson, where they stood a siege of ten days, thence falling back slowly to Enterprise, and thence to Chickamauga. At Pea Vine creek they were ordered into line of battle, which they did not leave until the battle of Chickamauga had been fought. In this conflict they were part of Bushrod Johnson's division, Buckner's corps. It was here that Colonel Walker made his famous address to the regiment. On Sunday evening, September 20th, on Snodgrass Hill, the Confederate lines had been pushed back twice. Steedman had arrived with his division of Granger's reserve corps. There were no reinforcements at hand and the day seemed lost, as the lines were shattered. It was at this supreme moment that Col. C. H. Walker took off his cap, exposing his bald head which glistened in the sun, and exclaimed: "Boys, are you going to leave this old bald head? I'm going to