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Elite 3 Magazine 20/20 TENNESSEE POWER RANKINGS WEEK 5

1. Maryville (4-0) The Rebels continue to dominate as usual and will not be challenged until the playoffs as they gear up for the gold ball. Next Up Farragut.

2. Oakland (5-0) The Patriots improve to 5-0 after throttling Cookeville 42-7. The Pats look ahead to a woeful Rockvale team Friday as they will rest the starters. Look for this team to go unchallenged until Maryville.

3. MBA- (2-0) MBA was phased out of their first two games but have literally hit the ground running with over 500 yards rushing in its first two games and over a thousand yards of total offense. QB Marcell Reed and the two headed monster rushing attack in Wilks and Hayles storm into hway 100 to take on big rival Ensworth Friday.

4. Brentwood Academy (5-0) The Eagles dominate a woeful father Ryan team 34-21 and remain undefeated behind one of the biggest and talented offensive lines in the state. QB Taylor Montiel continues to impress. Next up 2-1 Florence Alabama .

5. Baylor (3-0) Baylor squeaked passed a rough region opponent in Ensworth last week 30-28. Next up Bye.

6. CPA (4-0) The Lions continue to roar as they take a bite out of region foe BGA 35-10.QB Law sets his sights on 3-1 Brentwood High this week should be a serious challenge. Will Ingle leave this one with his winning jingle.

7. Alcoa (4-1) The Tornadoes were off last week and are rested up to cause Havock this week vs. Tyner Academy. Look for the Tornadoes to play the freshman this week. Everybody will get to play in this one.

8. Powell (5-0) Powell showed up and showed out gave the east what they wanted and proved they belong amongst the best teams so far. They put a whipping on Knox central 34-18. Much is expected now of the Panthers the state is watching.

9. Knoxville West (5-0) The Rebels are undefeated and look to stay that way as they take on 0-5 Hardin Valley Friday.

10. Pearl Cohn (0-0) Will the Firebirds give us what we all have been waiting for or are they just paper champs it all goes down in a metro battle for the ages vs. Hillsboro. Will Pearl turn into Pandemic P or is the hype all true, we will see??

11. McCallie (4-1) The blue tornadoes won a hard region game vs Knox Catholic 44-31. Next up 2-3 BGA.

12. Brentwood (4-1) The Bruins come back to the rankings with a 29-21 win over Ravenwood in the Battle of the Woods next up a tough foe in CPA.

13. Covington (5-0) The Chargers are all charged up and enter the rankings undefeated after a beat down of Brighton 42-0. Next Up Westview.

14. Christian Brothers (4-1) The Purple Wave dominated undefeated region foe JP2 45-21 as they look to a showdown crosstown with Briarcrest 10/02.

15. Elizabethton (4-0) The Cylcones remain consistent and dominant as they beat Grainger 63-16. Next up 1-4 Cherokee.

16. Dobyns-Bennett (4-0) The Indians dismantled HVA 46-7 and look to remain undefeated against a 1-3 Daniel Boone team Friday.

17. Davidson Academy (4-0) The Bears remain undefeated as they look for back to back gold balls. The kids off Old Hickory blvd are cooking up wins with alarming dominance as they dismantled FRA 40-28. Next up Tipton Academy this one will be over before it started.

18. Cain Ridge (0-0) The Ravens open up the season finally vs. Overton with lots of talent and a new found hunger for playing. Power 5 commits at receiver so they should be fun to watch.

19. Tullahoma (6-0) Six wins for the Wildcats as they proved their way into the rankings. Next up Lincoln County.

20. Mt. Juliet (4-0) The Golden Bears improve there undefeated season with a gret win over Wilson central in a nail biter 10-7. Next up Rossview.

Bubble: Goodpasture, Lipscomb, ECS, South Pitt, Peabody, East Nashville, Hillsboro, Hardin County, Beech, Summit, Riverdale, DCA, TKA, MUS, Ravenwood, Knox Central, Peabody, Springfield, Maplewood

Game of the Week: Metro ball is back Pearl vs. Hillsboro

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Experiences of the Crimean War as described in the letters of Privates Thomas Towner and Daniel Anguish (1854 – 1856) Post 3: Conditions and Aftermath

Experiences of the Crimean War as described in the letters of Privates Thomas Towner and Daniel Anguish (1854 – 1856)

Post 3: Conditions and aftermath

Having landed in the Crimea on the 14th of September 1854, the British and French allies found themselves by the 19th of the month within 3 miles of Alma. Here they came under a barrage of Russian artillery fire and Thomas Towner in his letter of the 21st/22md of December 1854 describes the position of the allies thus:

“We laid there until the next morning. We had nothing to make a fire to cook us tea after a hard day’s march so we were obliged to stop there until morning with a bit of biscuit. We thought ourselves lucky to get that.”[1]

William Howard Russell, the special correspondent of The Times newspaper, in his eye-witness account of the allies’ disembarkation and progress towards Alma goes some way to explaining the position that Thomas Towner has described above. He says that the English commissariat officers struggled vainly with the deficient means at their disposal to transport baggage, food and ammunition for a force of 26,000 men.[2] It becomes apparent that poor organisation from the beginning of the expedition resulted in unnecessary hardships for the British forces, and responsibility for this has in some part been laid at the door of the Lord Raglan in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the expedition.[3] As the conflict wore on, Russian power seemed little impaired whilst British forces were perishing before the walls of Sebastopol. it began to be acknowledged within the corridors of power at Westminster that there had been mismanagement both at home and on the spot and that Raglan was incompetent.[4]

In the second letter to his parents dated March 2nd, 1855, Thomas makes it clear that he had not envisaged such a long drawn out conflict. He describes his feelings thus:

“My dear mother of course you can read and hear how we are situated. It is extremely hard to endure it. If anyone had told me in the summer I had this winter to endure on the Heights beforehand I never could have thought it. But here we are and here we are likely to stay for a considerable time longer.”[5]

As the siege progressed and entrenchment continued on both sides, it seems likely that participants would have had difficulty perceiving how the conflict could be resolved. William Howard Russell observed at this time, that although there were increases in lines, armaments and batteries, this was the case on both sides, and the allies had gained no perceptible advantage. [6] In addition, Russell commented that there was a growing conviction that had the allied army marched on Sebastopol on the 25th of September, the city would have fallen without resistance, making a siege unnecessary. A Russian officer taken prisoner had said as much.[7]

In his letter of March 2nd 1855, Thomas Towner reflects on the conditions that he and his fellow soldiers have had to suffer. His words also give an inkling of the increasing public awareness at home regarding the conditions of the men investing Sebastopol.

“I must confess the population has been very liberal to our army with respect to sending warm clothing but if they had not forwarded it to us we must have perished. There have been plenty of poor men frostbitten and died from the effects of it. Hundreds have died this winter some from one thing some from another.”[8]

Writing in March 1855, William Howard Russell reported that public and private stores of clothing had begun to exceed demand. However, he noted that it froze on the night of March 1st, and although there were now large stores of warm clothing, boots and shoes were far less plentiful in the army. He cited the case of the 14th regiment. Here 300 pairs of boots supplied to the regiment engaged on fatigue duty in and around Balaclava, succumbed to the heavy clay and the soles of the boots were sucked off, leaving the soldiers’ feet exposed to the ground in freezing temperatures. As March progressed, the weather became milder, the health of the soldiers improved and both sickness and mortality decreased.[9] However, there were periodic scarcities of food and drink caused by a lack of supplies in commissariat magazines and by the winter conditions of the country itself which made transportation from Balaclava difficult.[10] In the context of the hardships described above it is not surprising that illness was rife within the ranks of all parties involved in the conflict and it has been estimated that by the end of the war two thirds of the casualties on both sides were the result of disease and hardship, not battle.[11]

In his letter of January 11th1855, Daniel Anguish reflects on the depredations of both disease and battle. He says:

“We have lost a gret many men since we come from England what with fighting and cholary together.” [12] (sic)

Disease continued to be an ever-present cause of death throughout the war, Lord Raglan himself succumbing to dysentery in July 1855.[13]

In the same letter, Daniel also gives some intriguing glimpses into the prospects for peace even as early as January 1855. At first, he seems to be reflecting a state of general war weariness, saying,

“My self I think the war will soon Be over or I hope so as the weather will kill us all.”[14]

But he goes on to say that there is “strong talk about peace” [15]

It may be that news of early peace negotiations had filtered through to the soldiers at the front via the press or news from home, rather than merely being the product of the camp rumour mill. It is possible that Daniel Anguish had genuine grounds for his belief, as preliminaries for the Vienna conference had begun in mid-December 1854.[16] These negotiations were still in progress in March 1855 and with the death of Tsar Nicholas in that month and the accession of Alexander the 2nd, it was hoped that the prospects for peace would be improved.[17]

Whatever the case may have been. Daniel Anguish, in his letter of January 11th 1855, says to his father that if anything should happen to him before they see or hear from each other again, he would like his father to collect the medals to which he, Daniel, is entitled. Daniel goes on to say that these comprise,

“2 Bars 1 Bar for Alma and 1 for Inkerman But I hope plese the lord that I shall live to see my own native land to enjoy the wearing of it” [18] (sic)

In this extract the “bars” that Daniel mentions refer to the clasps which were attached to the Crimea Medal ribbon. These indicated the battles in which the soldiers had fought and each clasp had the name of the relevant battle inscribed upon it. Thomas Towner for his part also received the aforesaid medal with clasps for Alma and Inkerman. The details of the medals are contained in the Campaign Medal Award Rolls along with the name and service number of the soldier.[19]

The final extant letter from Daniel Anguish to his parents comes not from the Crimea but from England. It is dated August 12th 1856 and the address given is “Hospital Rochester”. It is not clear from the description to which hospital Daniel is referring, but a strong candidate for this would be Fort Pitt, Chatham, Kent. This was situated on a hill between Chatham and Rochester and in 1828 its primary role altered from that of a protection for the Royal Naval Dockyard at Chatham to that of a military hospital for invalided soldiers.[20] It may be that when Daniel entered the hospital he was himself an invalided soldier, but it is clear from this letter that at the time of writing he was an employee. He says,

“I am sorry to send you Word that I shall not be able to get down on Furlough by Yarmouth Races but I think I shall be able to get down by Michaelmas time.”[21]

In addition to his letters, it is possible to some extent to trace Daniel Anguish through the records. In the census of 1851 he is identified as living with his parents, brothers and sister in Reedham, Norfolk (this will explain his use of “Yarmouth Races” as a date marker in his last extant letter to his parents). In this return, his age is stated as being 21 and his date of birth as about 1830. The census of 1861 places him in the parish of St John’s Westminster. In this record his relation to Head of Family is stated as “orderly” and it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the institution in question was a military hospital and that he was employed in the same capacity when previously working at the hospital in Rochester. The 1871 census has him living back in Norfolk, in Tunstead and by this time he is married. His mother is still alive but his father has clearly died by this time as he is not mentioned in the census return. Daniel’s occupation is herein described as that of a “platelayer”. Moving forward to the census of 1901, by which time Daniel is 71, his occupation is described as “army pensioner”, and he is back living in Reedham as he did in his youth. Although Thomas Towner fades from view in terms of the records after the Crimean War it is possible to surmise that he managed to live through the conflict. This is suggested by the Crimean Campaign Medal and Award Rolls which contain a right-hand section dealing with any other relevant information regarding the soldier in question. Looking through the record in its entirety, it is apparent that if a soldier died in action then this was noted in the right-hand column next to his name and medal awards. There is no such entry next to the name of Thomas Towner which indicates that he managed to live through the conflict.[22] In conclusion, it is gratifying to know that the two young soldiers who are the subject of this study, survived the Crimean War.

[1] NRO: BOL/28-31

[2] Russell W. H., Battles of the Crimean War, Amberley Publishing, 2004, p 21

[3] Wilson A. N., The Victorians, Arrow Books, 2003, p. 178

[4] Pearce Edward, Ed., The Diaries of Charles Greville, Pimlico, 2005, p.309

[5] NRO: BOL/28-31

[6] Russell W. H. Ibid, p.139

[7] Ibid

[8] NRO: BOL/28-31

[9] Russell W. H., ibid, p136-7

[10] Ibid, p.123

[11] Wilson A. N., ibid p.178

[12] NRO: MC20/40

[13] Pearce Edward, Ed., ibid p. 315

[14] NRO: MC20/40

[15]Ibid

[16] www.historytoday.com

[17] Pearce Edward, Ed., ibid, p. 312

[18] NRO: MC20/40

[19] War Office Campaign Medal and Award Rolls 1793 1949, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[20] www.subbrit.org.uk

[21] NRO: MC20/40

[22] War Office Campaign Medal and Award Rolls 1793-1949, www.nationalarchives,gov.uk

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