Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-05-03
Shiloh Field an Hour After the Battle.

half-rotten state, stepped upon one to look
about the ground, and, hearing something
| move at my feet, looked down upon what
was evidently the figure of man, covered
/ up by blanket, and lying close up along
Siue tue 10y. nc ground was thlckly
| s'Te"n ABOUT nm with bodies, many OF
whoni iouhu 10 DC only wounded. Llltlng
'hG piahket from the WOUNDED man face,
| as ulSihounteu from the log, he immediately
| iaitered out, On sir, nj wounded; don't
huI' me, my leg Is broken ana III 80 colo
anu We!'
Nltnn three leet OF TINS wounded Seces-
slonist iay dead Cnionlst, with his hair
ana "niskers burned on just at TINS PERIOD
tWo OF thEcc OF our men came up, and
observing inc horrid spectacle OF thclr dead
proIiier-lh-arnls' WIN MS halr, Whlskers and
clo'heS 50 burned, ao'iresSeu inc wounded
~. nan rcicrreu 10 Ill '.oienU terms, accusing
llii,i VI aiuihS III setting nrc 10 their com
race race for moment l 1elt apprehensiye
tii't they might retailate, Dut upon DIS
aosuIihs 'i'clii '!iat many ON poth sloes were
| pu,neo Ill similar manner qulet was soon
restored soon learned that the leaves ana
% ueau uhueISrowth lau oech l,red IN various
Piaces Dy inc explosion OF smells, and also
tLe bod;ns hnrn;,,, tlt tbo,o @ sbnni,;n,,I,' - ~
of tho wnnnded mot bo,. boo, I;,.,,o5 to
dootL os 7 nhsor,.ad c,, u 80 -, ~
thoir hac,,e ,,-;,i tI'o;r ~ ~ wv a aaS upon
the f,ce ~ ,,orson nat,,roII,, Jn1, 49,,
smoke or boot beco,nns onnor;nc,
hcpiaCinS INC piahhct over tnc race OF the
Nouhoe1 man, proceedeo 10 step over
ahothcl i roy near py, anu was cohSiaeraply
started ny louG eAciaiila'lnh OF pam lrom
duOluCI NOuHClCu lNCIGl. IRVING stepped
Oh Sinaii SUCK tnat hurt wounded IlmD
ol MS ny itS suuueh movement, he was
Gonipeiicu 10 cry OUT. lie, 100, was snugiy
ialo up I'm IN Ordinary close alongside fallen
lrce' nlS Wouno was serious ana tne poor
man pcSScu ior Soiilc assistance Inc ohiy
thinS coulu 90 was 10 get nm niue
( water ana promise mat sohcDody would
| soon come 10 ms rehel. 90 not thihk he
received any, however, before the following
ottond 20 o, .,, IouiL ;,,. w. W
moor ,,yvhat ,,,;iI ,n,, f. ,r;t1, =, ~ ~
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oI nrohoh;I;t, ,,b.,, ,d,, ro obio
Won to toLo H. o,.t Il oIl,rr;n,oo 5 r.,
send YOU home to your family, if YOU have
oncn'
uOb codw ro>,;o1 .,o o,e,,r;,,. ,o,
1T bo,o f,,,,i,r l;r nd ,tot,s ;,'s. ,,ittn ,nt
NV ola wo,,,n3 +nid ,no CLo .9SiI 81 if tho
! Northor, mon ,,os so ,,lrI,. o,I III nc o,,r
Cor,onoia .l,o,, - Ioa,, >,
OccosionoIi tboro u.os ,',,Isn acco,,,,onIo od
! l., .i,...'',f - f'".,' - ~
ns;ri ~ re ;,
{ continued the PROSTATE man, "rve got six
little boys at home, and the biggest just
I goes of crrands. l live on the - River,
n lpi ~ for
/ that I was not able to rccolect iU; faint
! further than that cottonwood, from the bank,
I where my house stands What has your
! wife to maintain the family with, or does
! the State help them ?" said !. 80, shes
I 'shitty,' my wife IS stranger she's mighty
! 'shitty she's a Northern born woman, and
! her father lives in Wisconsin now. | never
! SIa,an,an '' '''''-ile' NY "-'' -
! was opIlSeu 10 icaNc inns man, VINO pos
scSSed an unGer-current ol no0iltE "lInou9ll
/ MS sMperhClal knowledge had allowed hin
TO loiIow tue fortunes OF ms base leaders
( lie persisted III saying, rs itit MN, thAt nc
was certain he never had Aiilcd man.
/ Perhaps a finer opportunity has not for
many generations occurred. than that after
/ the battle, for the study of attitudes. There
was thee man, his locks sprinkled with
grey knceling beside a stump, rs if in tho
attitude of prayer, his face now resting III
his hands and head reclining on the top
! apparently having gone TO sleep III death
Nhlie IN the aGt oI uevptloh. y Shasu!
"ounu III 'he sioc toioi ol MS eho'
Another powcrfil-lookinc man had lust
placed a cartridge in the muzzle of his gun
and had the ramrod in his right hand. as il
! about to ram it down. Death caught him
. in that moment. and as he Law with upturncd
face. the right hand clenchcd the gun. and
! the left one the ramrod There were many
distances similar to this last. One soldi el
I had loaded his piece, and paused to take t
chew of tobacco. Beside his body lay tho
gun, and in his right hand was fiat plug Of
! tobacco, bearing the imprint of teeth.
In o,o ,looo Law. ,;oo ,,,o, fo,r or f,.o ~
"'r. ,,. - 40" ,,'u 'ii' 'I"i & ~ NJ 60
i aiil "oouu a. many ii'UI,s, Ti,o' iu
fnbt Thcr u"a. oro ''%o dood ' anS h"r ,ond ",
,Sadc o,-;IStI'. .tt L,,a+ l,o' l %',it' IU,t
Inv rt'' n6 GoiI "irn h;, "t d ou III
noro -,'i "IannIod y - '','t of " H,l
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' i'iS a,tu % ,;oon 'IiiClei' 10 ieii
Nm IGiSn ~ &uosin iiomt 'lc iiitiu 'iiqiHs II
a,. I,'',,S SO tt. 90 10 i;