Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-05-17

MAY IL, 1907.
tochment VIM. Downey, of Clevland
CanDoDeer, lst Detachment T. E. Chat
fee, Of Orwell, Lead Driver, 1st Detach
ment Ruht. McMilliD, Of Austinburg
Ashtabula Co.,
LIST OF WOUNDED.
Capt. j. b. Burrows, of Geneva, in his
right arm Serg't Dewitt Ackley, o
Mesopo amia, in leg Serg't W. Fran
els, Of Nelsonin thigh Serg't L. b. Pierce
of Austinburg, in shoulderblade Pr
Yates. VIM. laval, Of Farming ton, in hip
slightly A. Peabody, of Greene, iu left
breast J Hunter, Of Niles, in hip, serious.
ly VIM. Hewitt, of Nelson, in right thgh,
slightly j. PrichardS, of Hiram, in left
ankle, slightly f. harrington, of Park
man, right wrist Richard Taylor, of lie
/ roy, both arms A. o. Shepherd, OF Perry,
left foot ; T. Blanchard, Perry, left arm
S. Barber, Leroy, head and hand E. Bow.
er, Mesopotamia, right ann II. II. Guy.
iord, Geneva, right arm amputated VIM.
G. Hall, Austinburg, left shoulder aud right
side JAS Reed, Austiubnrg, hip and
shoulder A. Henderson, Austinburg, ,righ,
thigh G. e Austin, right chest and arm
slightly L. w. Waters, Lenox, shoulder
and thigh.
HAIR BREADTH ESCAPES.
Upon the fall of Corporal Kogy, Sergr
Laird, the chief of the piece took his place,
firing two rounds, when be received a con-
cuosion from a ball or shell which carried
away one of his spurs oblging HIM to de-
Sist, when his place was at once filed by
G. +. Tracy, VINO gave a shout at each ex-
pIoson aud continually hurried the men to
load up fast" Mr.. Eenwood, of Hiram,
had shot through his pauts, aud his sabre
aud scabbard broken off by ball or shell.
Mr.. Bdlake Of Vernon had his cap shot
away. Mr.. Proulz of Cleveland received
shot through the sleeves of bis blouse
and shirt aud Seig't Feen of Talmadge dit,
TO. Ii B. Lane of Geneva had ball hole
made in each leg of his pants. Corporal
Adams OF Windham was struck on the fin
ger 10y a SHE'LL as a.o Mr.. Hickox Of Har.
persfeld. Serg't Sinclair had ball pass
through his whiskers. Mr.. Sandersol of
Mesopotamia had his sword knob cut by a
ball and Mr. Cadmes of Austinburg had
his check grazed by another.
ROLL OF HONOR
Where no one faltered and all did their
duty it is hard TO partcularze, bnt special
mention should be made of sUme who did
even more than could have been required
uuder the circumstances Among these
would mention w S McComhs OF Champion,
VIM. Glchrist Of Mecca Corporal Ensign
of Madison, and Il Haypes of Bloomfield,
which last two jeopardZed their lives in
seeing our sick men removed over mile to
place of safety when our forces were in
full retreat All honor to their humanity
Corporal Wright of Leory, showed re-
markable GOODNESS through the day, and
was the last man to leave his gun, and on
Monday entered into the conflict again, as
did also Messrs, Hulburt, Tracy, William
son, Thorpe, Warren, Griffin, johnson,
Fulton, Miller and Cadmes, with Others
whose names l cannot recall.
OUR FALLEN BRAVES.
The sad duty yet remains of chroniclng
the fall of our noble dead, and right will.
ingly will all testify that they were of our
best aud bravest. Corporal Kagy, the
gunner of the first detachment, was the
first TO enter the engagement and the first
to fall. He had fred some eight or ten
rounds and was killed while sighting the
piece, by a muskct ball which entered at
the lower edge of the right eye. The men
under his command were struck speechlesS,
and for minute ceased their work, and
with blanched faces gazed upon his PROSTATE
form. lie was borne away and placed be-
bind fallen tree which shielded his body
from any father mutiatiOn His death
was no doubt instantaneous and painless.
A more exemplary young man ! have never
met
L. f. Chaffee of Orwell, lead driver on
gun was killed on the retreat, pierced by
two balls, one passing through the neck
aud the other through the left arm and side.
His horses had been shot. the one upon
which he rode in falling had thrown him
oyer bis head, yet the brave boy fingered
to cut them loose, with rebels but ten rods
distant, in the midst Of a storm of leaden
hail Thus fell the gallant Chalfre---a
young man of almost feminine amiabilily of
disposition, without an enemy and beloved
by all who knew him.
VIM. Downey cannoneer Of the first de-
tachment also lost his life by lingering too
long at the gun. lie was man of most
generous impulses and with a nature
undying in its loves or hates. He was shot
by ball in the left leg, which, disabling
him, be had crawled to tree, assumed an
easy position, lying upon his right hand
While so lying he had been struck by
second ball above the left hip. He had
died by bleeding to death. He leaves
wife aud two children in Cleveland.
Robert McMilIen of Austinburg was
driver in the 9Th detachment. My acquaint.
ance was too casual to permit my speaking
Of him in special terms He was faithful
soldier, to bis duty true aud is well sPok-