Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-08-02

word that, in spite OF their wounds, they
will take the field again in two days if de-
/ sired. When the fourteenth New York en-
tered the field they passed wounded ma
jor Of the rebel army, who begged for wa
ter A private gave ii 10 him, and he Of
fercd his gold watch in return. The pri-
vate declined TO take il, but the major insis-
ted, as lie said some one else would get il il
he did not
Capt Haggery of the Goth was killed in
in a charge. When his body was found,
his throat was cut from ear to ear, and his
ears and nose were cut of. Many of the
wounded were found thus distieured.
During the fight the rebels carried the
! American flags to deceive our men. When
small squads that had got separated from
their regiments, approached these flags,
they were fired upon and slaughtered
The rebels also fired upon the wounded,
standing them up for targets and tLen fir
ing at them. One OF the Connecticut men
1 Sd" AhiS uVhS' 4hS lSSlihoiy 10 ul'fSiSai
to the barb; MY and ferociry with which our
wounded were treated by the rebels.
At the grand stampede civilians were
awfully scared. Many lost their carriages,
and one very fat congressman offered an
artlleryman $40 for horse, but after he
had the horse, he found it so hard to mount
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hat he turned pale all over. He John Gill
pined along until his horse threw him, when
his agony was fearful. Three men boosted
him up, and he cut again as though the d=-l
was after him. That NJ. G. will never 60
to the wars again.
The color bearer of the New York Sth,
Francis f. Head of Brooklyn, was disabled
/ by musket ball in his side. de gave the
eolors TO friend, saying, 'Neyer mind me,
bojs. Take the flag, and go on, and then
sunk down. There was no time to rescue
him anl send him to the rear with tue
wounded, and he is now among the mis-
sing.
| The Pennsylvania 4th regiment, whose
three months term of service expired on
the eve Of the regent battle, deliberately
turned tail and marched homewards. On
the other hand the brave Goth, Qrish,)
whose time was up, insisted upon going in=
to the contest, where they covered them
selves with glory aud now that their ranks
have been thinned by the balls of the enc
my, they desire to remain,
Mr.. Russell, the great correspondent
of tile London Times, was on horseback
during the fight and ieadtIe stampede from
the field of battle.
Lieut.. Smith Of Massachusetts, was among
The killed, aud his last words are said to
have been these He neared the enemy,
and seeing one battalion dressed similar to
ours, thought they we're friends, and cried
out, Don't shoot us, we are men of Mas
sachusetts." He received as a reply, "We
know who you are, you -" and was shot
dead.
| Col. Marston, of the New Hampshire ID,
in The beginning of the fight, received a se-
we're wound in the arm by large round
ball which passed into his breast. He call
ed for cord, bound t-tightly round the
arm above the wound TO stop the flow of
blood, and heroically maintained his COM
mand four hours. The ball was extracted
lis is doing well.
A writer speaking Of the lst Massachr-
sets says;-
They are sad at the loss of their brave
comrades, but they feel that the honor Of
Massachusetts remains untarbished. One
soldier, in the thickest of the fight was shot !;
he handed his musket to his eomrade, say
ing, :" 1t is all right, Bib, and Immediately
expired. The soldier standing next 10
Lieut.. Col Wells received two shots in his
arm. He handed his gun to the Colonel,
saying, Here, 1 can't use il take it and
use it" The Colonel took il, ran in, singled
out his man, and fired, the balls falling like
hail around hun. A great many Of the
soldiers had their clothes shot through.
saw them. One who had three balls in his
coat, but who came out unharmed. Ser
geant Forrest was killed the first fire. The
first wounded MAJ, brought up had his thigh
horribly mangled b5 csa1pon shot He
lived but short lime. | will not dwell
upon these details. 1t is enough TO know
that our men faced death bravely. They
did their duty. Massachusetts may forget
all that has been said il disparagement of
her troops. stood where could see their
every movement, heard fhe Nhstling of tie
balls around me, and | testify that they did
their duty nobly.
The balls qf the enemy f@ll thick in the
road quarter of mile behind our bat-
teries. 1 picked them up by the handfulls,
as did others"
I. Among the fugiliyes from the field Of bat
tie on Sunday afternoon, was a solitary
horseman, English in his aspect, and tat
and ruddy in his appearance, who galloped
up with great rapidly, and demanded in
stammering tones passage through the
line formed by a Michigan regiment be-
tween Fairfax and Ceptersille. His siam-
mering uuerance was mora confused owing
TO the doubt in his own mind whether he
was at the mercy of Ulnion or a secession
regiment The colonel srfused TO allow
him to pass, but fiaally yielded on his as
Sartine. tfaf 10 ,vas a ,.fvffiau mil tbaf IL.