Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-08-06

mot vIlu fuuuutNna wanted lo h.ar ham
the boys ilpI vpv nNn r#.rrprs Hnl
] uu hear uuihIur SUPPOSE nom heard
Tint wo woro ml taken. nalvc Ho.ouol
Eight ni u Vuro excused from r.ukuf du.
ir and llml i ihn reason wo escaped, ]
wIlItoll You how they were taken Three
companies 0ui of our regiment wore ori-
cred out lu tk'imish company X, Tours
Wn5 lhu WlaD'l Iu the woods. and was
surrounded company ID was next to thom
and they had hard scratching 10 escape.
The Major was In command, and wns with
company y, and made narrow escape,
also. Bot hc made IL by running his mare
1 into II swarap half way up her sides, lcnv
ing his marc there 10 die. She was in so
deep that he could not &c, his holsters ;
ho also lost boot. lie came across sc,
cesh cavalry horse and mounted il and
rode into cmnp and ordered us to fall into
the rifle pits and give them HI when
they came up, or get il ourselves. Veal
fell into tho pits. But company X was
not theee. The Adiutant said he would
60 and see if he could find them. But be-.
fore he got out Of sight we saw tho enc
my coming in the woods till they looked
blNah with them Then our batteries be-
gan playing on them, and we were ordered
to hold our fire till they came close enough.
There was a swamp between them aud u.s.
so they had but one place to cross at, un,
less they went ny to our right They had
to cross in single file, They came up on
a charge thinking to take our battery
We did not fire . Shot TIL they came up
within 100 yards Of US. Then we gave
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ore of them. Ifit had hit % little further
back il would have smashed INV foot
Then the Adiutant came along aud rot
wounded i'm tNo haod ,,.l. .lno ueyl
mornir, orr ,r,.r,. r..l. .,rolr,nt What
,yo, Iau off o,r ?. ..,,,,t wo, ordered In
hold the or..,.l or rather to cover the
ratro,l iu.r..,,. 81 lLousand ol tham
.oo,:n,, ,ha p,nn,vlvauia Ec,crvnv rho
rignr o.ir, of orr rooiu,cnl did not honr
lhp ordnr m ra,rrot and the rabnIs crossnd
the swamnaboyo and came in and captur.
tured crnppnv E-tbo colour comnlnv
Together win that beau,irpl Dar with
"DR,IysyuTr" inscribed upon it-also
ono plaioon or comranv d and four or
the eight members loft of comnanv K. TO
wit. William Henry William WiIIions
William Uumphreyg and Tbo,nas Conk.
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orGeFS TO marGh' Inc niue squad OF huck'
taiIS were ca'leu up III me TO take the
lead we marched liIl DAY l'sht' The road
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,hat we couIu har"Iy get %lonS. we got
. eahIast' Whem we ma'Ched 'iiI noon
men stopped 'l,' hIgh'' %heh we went on
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