The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-01-28

bNlIlUnca NNt. lfHFt4- cur hAANf fHiA
fslguiag march from Rolla 70 Springfield,
il was often amusing t9 see our loag.iegg-
Cd iler Wading through lha mud with 0ar
lhHc drummer mounted upen his back
and always Ia that positioa Wien .oriing
streams
During tlte eight at Wilson's Greek, ]
was stationed with part of our company
on The right of IorfENs Battery while
Ihe balance 81 our company, with part
oftbe Illinois Regiment, was ordered doHn
into d deep rayiae upon cur ieii, ~ which
it was known a portion Of the enemy was
concealed, with whom they we're soon en-
gagged. The contest 10 'thc raYine coaiin-
uing some time, TorIEN suddenly wheeled
his battery upon the enemy ~ that quar-
ter, when they soon retrealcd 10 the high
ground behind their lines, Ia less Ihm
twenty minutes after IoTrES had driFea
theengmy from the ayiue, The word pass-
"a irHa man 20 man throughout thcsrmg
Lyon g killed, ana sooa AFTER hostiliHes
having ceased upon both idrs lhc order
came for our main force 10 fall back upon
Springfield, while part q ihe Iowa lrst
and two companies Of tie Mi, ouri Regi-
mcnt were to camp upon the ground and
cover Tie retreat next morning. That
night ! vas detailed for guard daty, my
turn of guard closing withlhe morning call.
When / went oat with the officer rs . res
licf,l found lbat my post was UPON a hish
emiueucc lhat overlooked tie deep fay.ne
in which our meu hadruaa4cd lho enemy,
until 10luns Battery came % lheir assis-
lance Il was drcary, lonesome bcai
Tho moon had gone down in Che early
parl Of tae night while ,he stars twinkled
dimly through lazy atmosphere, light
ing up mperlecdy thesaucundas objects
Occasionally | would place my ear near
the ground and listen for sound Of foot
steps, bat all was silent save tic iar-hoNl-
ing OF the wolf, that seemed to scent upon
the evening air the banquet that We had
been preparing for him. The hours pass
ed slowly away, when at length the morn
ing ligla began to s,rea!. ellens the eastern
SKY, making surrounding objects move
plainIy visible. Presently ] Aeasl dunn
beat up tie morning call. At first | thought
It came from tie camp ofthe enemy across
tie creek but as | listened ! found chat
II came pp from The deep rayiae for
few minutes ID was silent, and thcu rs il
became more light heard il again. ]
listcnod-lAe sound 81 ihe drum was lamil-
lar 10 me- and | knew lm i was
Our drummer boy ffom lonnesscs
Beating igr help the feretlic.
VAS aboa to desert my poal TO 90 to
llis assistance, wien / discovered the Of
fcer Of lie suad approaching with lwo
men. We al listened to the sound, and
we're satisfied that it was EpDr'S drum.
asked permission to 20 to his assistance.
The oaiecrhesla,ed saying That lhe orders
were d march in twenty minutes. !
promised ID b. back in tliai time, and lie
consented. / Immediately started doWn
tie lin through Tie thick underground,
and upon reaching the valley, | followed
the sound Of tie drum, and soon found him
seated upon die ground his back leaning
agans, lhc trunk Of fallen tree, while
his drum hung upon bush in trout oi him,
reaching nearly to the ground. As soon
as he discovered NE, he dropped his
drlmst.cks and exclaimed, q, Corporal
| an 50 glad tosec yon GIVE me drink,
reaching out bis hand for my cantcen,
which Has empty. Immediately turned
10 bring him some water from ne brook
thai. / could hear ripping through the
bushes near by, when, thinking that ] was
about 70 leave him, he commenced crying
saying, Don't leave me, Corporal can't
walk wa, soon back with The water
when discovered that both ofhis feet had
been shot away by cannon BAH. After
satisfying his thirst, lie looked up into my
face and said "You don't think J viii die,
Corporal, Do you. This man said ! would
uot--hc said tho surgeon could cure my
feet" now discovered a man lying in the
grass near him. BY bis dress recognized
him as belonging to the enemy Il aP-
peared that be had been shot through the
bowels, and Lad fallen near where EDDY
lay. Knowing that be could not live, and
seeing the condition Of tie boy, bc had
cfawed 70 him, taking or his buek-kin
u-peuders, ana co,diug Tie llte fellows
legs below the kace, and then iay doNn
and died. While be was telling me g3ese
particulars, ! heard The tramp oi cavalry
coming down the rayine, aud 10 moment
q scout oftle enemy was upon US, and ]
was taken prisoner ] requested the Of
dcer 10 take EDDY up IN front ofhim, aud
he did 50, carrying linn with great tender
ness and care. When We reached the
camp Of The enemy the little fellow vas
dead.
II is now about two weeks since | made
my escape from McCuLLocns grasp
/ have reeniisted for the war, and as We
are likely to be ia camp for some time,
may write again of other scenes through
which bave passed.
EASE roR MAs.-By tie year two
thousand it Is probable than manual labor
viii have utterly ceased under fhe sun,