Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-12-17
The Battle at PlketoNn--AS SOL
diers Experience In his First
battle

The following lively description of ner.
sonal experience at the late battle at Pike.
town, Ky, was furnished to the Cincinnati
Press by gentleman who received i, from
brother who was one Of the participants in
the fight:
And now for my share in the battle
was riding along somewhat carelessIv
when crack crack crack went their
rifles, and down fell oar men Crack
! crack crack they came. Off I iumped
from my horse, when along came the Ma.
Jor and gave me his horse to hola hnt
soon hitihed them both to tfee down by
the river, and sprung again up the bank.
when whiz? went bullet past my face,
about three inches from it, and made me
draw my head back in hurry. can as i.
sure you. i locked up the hill, but could
see no one for the smoke, which was nIen.
/ ~. so isseiled IA the direction.of vbeene>
my and fredAloaded agsin and fired
got my rifle In readiness again. Ahitba
Dali was pretty close. Here comes another
buzz bug you can hear their whiz for
inll hundred yards. But where is it to
GO! Hhew that was close. But, great
God 1t has gone through mans shoul-
der within few yards OF mel lie falls
some OF his comrades picked him up.
Now hor, eman comes past in a bury,
lie is right opposite me-w hen whiz. crack,
ball strikes his horse in the frreshoulde-.
OF tumbles the man down falls the horse.
stlffened out and dead. If the bullet had
gone through the animal it would doubtless
have struck me.
Here came dozen or more. How thew
whiz as they go pastf load and fire ?''
Load and fre?" is the order-snd load
and fire it is. My notice was especially
drawn to very fine looking man, who
stood G. Use to me, and he truly acted like a
herO-lnading and firing just as if he was
on parade when whizi whizl comes a bull.
let. My God how close. 1t almost stun
ned me When | looked towards my SOL
der, saw his comrades lifting him trp.-
lie was shot through the breast. he die6 in
less than half an hour. Oh the horrors
OF war. Vengeance on the heads of those
who initiate it,
directed my attention up the hill liz
tie puff of smoke was dying away. BOYS, "
says L to the squad of his fellows, "you see
that snake aim for it, a rebels in its rear "
| raised my Enfield and glanced through
its sights, when ! for a moment eau hit
sight of II man through the bushes and
snake there. Crack went our guns, and
all was over
We crossed to the Jlace afterward and
found the mans body. lie had four out
OF twelve musket balls, and one Enfield ri
de ball-mino, as mine was the onlv rifle
ball fired. They all went through him.
either of which would have killed him
mine through his breast Thank God! l
had done my duty for the poor fellow who
fell beside me.
Now the firing grew scarce; so went up
tie road and found Henry, and we. with
John, now second lieutenant of company
A, with some forty skirmishers, took LIT.
tie reconnaissance up the creek, (Joy
Creek. We caught sight Of six or seven
rebels running up hill; we levelled our
pieces, but they got behind the trees and
out OF sight, and although we fred, we
were not certain we killed, although we
must have hit somebody as we found blood.
As ran alongto get a shot, | picked up a
revolver and double barreIed shot gun
The revolver will d. me service, as | was
lacking one. We now turned to the battle
field and | counted eight ctrpses in ono
hundred and fifty yards and twelve wound
ed all OF the Kentucky regiment. The loss
Ci the Second was two killed and thirteen
wounded and so it was, as | said before, a
considerable battle