The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-09


ment OF Federal troops stood on the crest
Of bill until al the field officers had
fallen, and there was moo to command,
their ammunition was all expended, and
that they died like Romans on their post
is proven by the fact that the next morn
ing after sunrise | counted forty-four OF
them lying shot dead in the forehead or
through the heart, in their exact straight
line Of battle, with their arms at their
sides. There we've one hundred and If
" more arms lying in the same straight
line, proving that number had been too
severely wounded 20 carry their arms TO
the rear when ordered back There
were fifty more lying dead in the same
field with their arms beside them, shot
before they gained the cover Of the next
hill, and the enemy checked by the re
serve regiment. One regiment Of Fed
eral troops from Michigan stood in line
OF battle awaiting the storm at the first
close yolley their standard was shot
away, and the flag torn 10 ehreds the
soldiers beside the standard bearer.
caught aud flung up in the air the tat
tered remnants of abe stars and stripes,
until there was heap Of sixteen men
shot on the spot. When the broken
remnant of the regiment fell back, they
carried all the tattered fragments Of the
old symbol as carefully as mother bears
her child.
The standard Of the 10th pennsylvania
Infantry was shot down six times, and
as often reared aloft, and when forced
from the field, the Colonel carried il of.
The 9th Pennsylvania Regiment of
Cavalry, sent out three times in solid
column to draw the fire of the different
batteries Of the enemy that were conceal
ed, was rained upon by cross batteries
with every conceivable artillery missile.
With no orders 10 move, aud unable TO
return the long range fire, they sat on
their horses like statues, excepting those
who were struck and went to the rear
When ordered off the field each time,
theywent off at slow parade walk, dis
daining to strike trot, after receiving
fire for two hours.
One Federal regiment, the 10th Michi-
gan, and Georgia rebel regiment, met
in line of battle in open field; they de-
liberately planted their standards at 40
yards distance from each other, and stood
and loaded, aimed and fired; both flags
were shot down--the Georgia regiment
almost totally destroyed, and their ban
ner captured
In front of the destroyed Illinois regi-
ment was worm fence, from which the
rebel soldiers took such deadly aim; in
nearly every fence corner lay \ dead or
wounded rebel soldier; the fence was
fired by the bursting shells, and in the
morning fearful sight met our eyes
in the ashes of the fence lay scorched
and blackened mass of humanity, a
roasted man, and TO all appearances, from
their struggles, many Of them only
wounded when the fire caught them
The death of our poor men, even with ell
the sgonies OF thirst on them, in the
scorchiDg sunshine and the dust and the
chilling of the long, cold October night
was merciful compared with the fortunes
these men met in the slow but sure APP
proach Of the flames creeping along Ia,
fence TO the spot where they lay writing
A flock of sheep were in the field tbs
carcasses of the dead ones lay scattered
about, and the wounded ones crept int'
the same fence corners with the men, anC
man and beast were roasted and charreC
together
The terrible inhumanity of the com
manders of this rebel army is proven b.
the fact that on the left they had drive
as back on our second line Of battl,
They had possession of that part Of III
field, and held it until they retreated q
| | H. 10. l.at ~, 10.
and living ereIliterally roasted (it IL Tn
acutual, horrible fact). Our dead, an
, many of our wounded, lay there Stripe
by them Of all their coats, hats and shoe
and some of them Of pants, and in th
morning they raised their heads wit
CHASTITY chattering jaws, unable TO speal
( and fell back senseless. There was man
a wounded man who was stripped VII
} had the life frozen out of ham on tina
bleak hillside, on the cold October nigl
when it required blankets or fire
J keep sound, well-clothed man comfort
able.
The enemy carried, through the da
and night his thousands upon Thousand
Of wounded TO his rear, crowding an
crushing them into Perryyille to ovei
| flowing, and into every farm house, she
( and stable within three miles Of bis lif
, Of battle. Gardens and orchards wei
) strewn with them AS usual, the lier'
> cannonading brought on rain the ever
} ing Of the 9th was cold and chilly
D piercing 10 the very bone. went TO OF
|, of their hospitals on the morning Of Il
: 10th. The house, sheds, yard, and ga
J. den were crowded 10 Overlooking wi
e crushed and wounded Tennesseeans az
d Georgians strewn around on the co
: wet straw and earth, with poor iatler'
blanket for covering 10 keep OF the pei
= ings OF the piiiless storm through th
e bitter night. Poor human nature cou
f not Withstand the chilling air that press
= the vitality out Of them, and ia q
r morning saw two long rows Of viii
corDees AWAITING the soldiers has