The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-11-29
Dead, yet Not Dead LA Soldiers
Story.
by AUGUSTINE AUBREY.

gr'm Crlmoah cauphgn'
| AS Tor tue general story OF the war, we
did not want that from hun. but What had
personally OoIaOon MN lor W" Ene" hat,
though u was hard, indeed. to te pre-eminont
m uischarge OF ou'Y or caring OF uanger
AN dst that hover OF tho worlds solder
noou' no hau been hotou rs notowortny
oven among such, Oy tnose VINO hau inc
Dest moans OF appreclating MS courage ana
INDUSTRY,
hau Iound thls modest, manly silence
'oucning poisonaI exposure ana achleVe-
nen'' an almost 'nVar'ao'e cnatac'ersuc OF
our hOD'e nghiing men MY reader WIZ,
therefore, kindly bear u III m'nd thai the
uo'a''eu anu curious ha'raiEe put uhuer
ms eyes mere IS oil my wrlung rather than
OF ms ti'ing' snort as u Is: but naVo
ln'er"oven 10 At. SO Tar as know, nothing
out authohtlc threaus ot rcco'ectlon. l
p,ckeu tnc mattor Tor the sp'nhlng OF tnoin
oN ny ot out OF nus conVersst'o"' as an o'u
woman m'ghi PICK out OF long hedgoro".
at great intervals wool enough TO inrnish
~orsteu ior her knilt'ng' needles 70 work up
'nto stocS'hg or par OF m''s'
lie had ooen under hro continuously Tor
seVora' nours or more on one OF 'ne most
naru'iouent Gays OF All Ihat naru'loognt
sUuggie, anu' as ne roue away at evening
'"waruS 'ne camp roue oa'o neaeeu 10
ro'c'eut "cAuo"'eogc,non' W iiea'o" iot 'no
tnarVe' 'hat nc was r'olhg out oi 'nat ha'I
Oh IRON unOurt.
AS lot tho unooserVod incidents OIL tnat
gay danger, nom whlch a merchui preser-
vatlon mad been vouchsaied, thoy would be
nara 10 rockon out upon three se'era'
occasions during those seven exposed nours,
u tea''y seemed that 'he messengers OF
death avo'ded MN, as 10 some 'egend they
.urn away from man VINO oeaIs cnarncu
lte' inero was six'pounu shot, "n'cn no
saw d'sunctiy coming: as tne or'cse,er
eyes tho pr"Joctlie wh'cn 'ntoatens ms
m'do'e wicket IL pl'ched r,gnt IN front "i
MN, anu rose as q cricket oall when tho
'uri 's parched ana oakeu' oouhu'ng cream
up "'o 'no a'r, anu 80 passing t'g". o'er
MS un'ouched noa". IL 'eh oonihu nun,
ana no ,ooKeu at u more 'hah once 'na'
u"y' anu Out ior us 'ncon'eh'on' ou'k'
tnought OF carrying u away ior nemeo'o'
more was t"ehty''our pounu snot next
sort Oh twin orother 10 'hat "n'cn' some
t"reo weeks oeiore; nau ac,uaay torn us
forage cap IRON on h's noau out came
100 quick ior signt' no was at 'nat mo-
'neht packing to~arus Tue sna''S oi a.,
ammunition cart'horsc, whose re'ns no he'u
10 make u g'Vo way in the right oirecuon:
omash came tno great giOoe OF iron. ana
as tho bones ana oiood anu Drains oespa'tefeu
MN, he almost fc'i forward; Tor the poor
oru,o was resuVe no longer ; nead,oSs norses
dont strain against the oi', although us
Jast as nara as ever 10 OacR 'neu in'o mo
shais'
ihen there was moment one OF tnose
OF arrest contus'on' OF what otner 'nah such
solaiors as iooght tnat nght "ou'u nave
rrckonoo m"ment OF dismay-'a moment
wherein reg''hen'a' oruer ''so'i was W Par'
broken ana confused; inc guarusmen MN
gied with 'nesmeh, nhesheh win o'ue'
coated artillery.
Ihere had been feariul havoc among
those nooie servants OF tho ueepVo'ceu
cannon, ana men wore wanted 10 nana out
the shei's from cart no hau nimse'i oro
I up, rep'eh'sheu' 10 u oreas''"oIk' iio oa'ou
in some OF the iinesmen. One oil them
stood by him toot to loot, almost or actua'y
IN contact. Ihoy we're handing ammunition
from one to the other, US men DO hre puck
cts when hres are blazlng 10 street ne
leant III one d'rec'lon 10 pass on 'he ioad ne
mad just taEen from soiuiers mana; tne
soldier was oond,ng towards inc next man
IN the chain RUSSIAN sheil came oouhu,
ing WIN "n"r' 'no" ouiet ahu o0"'.o''"
its deadly fragments with terrlhc torce
One OF its great iron shreds passed-shere
was just room tor it-oetweeh ms leg ana
the soldiers that stood next him. lhey
'ookeu eac" ot"er fn '"e ,ace
"A near shave that, s'r said 'he man,
NEARER than you think Tor, perhaps. no
answered Tor he hau ie't the rounuef
surface OF the fragment aciuai'y Ornise nun
as It passed, whereas lis ragged eugo pao
shasen, with marVeious nea'ness' from MS
ttrowsers, part ot the oroad req s'r'po upon
the outer seam.
venture 10 give tnese minute uo'a"s'
because they may holp otner ciSiians, as
they heipeu me, 10 realize as they ca'l w.
now-a-days, more vivldiy ,ne risk Oh uay
OF Oattie' ana the iaige ofa'ts 'ney ara"
upon mans fund OF nerVo ana composure'
just as no stands, "ithout coming 'n'o any
close encounter.
But ut last tho hrlng was done; anu oarc'
headed, as L have said, no turned ana rode
back toward the camp
| II was before the famine period tnore'
and though there was no supeihuity OF 1000
there was food to be bad, and that long day
lighting men were 10 sore need OF u.
IL was dusk, and he was lighting candle
to cit down to his meal, when the voice OF a
French soldier called something ike his
name from the outside, lie was himself u