The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-05-01
NO..6.l

Mos. every one 10 the company has some
little memento of this bloody battle, such
as fragments of shells, cannon balls,
grape shot, pelican, lone star and rattle-
sLske buttons, pieces Of flags, bark Of
trees, pieces Of old Secessiondom uniform.
nl. TAhFrELD's REPRESENTATIVES,. aaa
Although the i7lh is left back yet on
aesOun' Of impossible roads, old Fairfield
had ITS representatives here. Two COM
oanies Of the &. 46th Ohio, Captains Giesy
and Wiseman. were in the surprissI and
hotties. of tie fight on Sunday, aud ihO'
borne down by numbers. cut up badly,
and divided from their division, the meu
and ofic-rs did their best, and held ont
manfully and ieroicslly against superior
numbers. Captains Gi,sy and Wisemau
have Informed me Ih=+. they intend giving
you the particulars Of the wounded killed
and missing Of the 4Gth. aud save tito
them 10 do 30, ss it will be more correct
thaa what | can gather from hearsay--
The 58th was also lE .he hottest Of the
fight on Monday. Two or three eompa-
pies from fairfield are in it,; one COM
manded by Capt. Ezra jackson, noble
hearted man and true soldier. who
knows no hinching and ia loved by bis
men. Squire kInser, Of the Fairfield bor-
der who started out as Lieutenant, has
since been promoted to a Capiaincy on
account oil meritorious deeds performed
on the dark and memorable days of the
9th and 7Ih Of April, 1852. These, with
Company A Of our regiment, make FIVE
full companies from Fairfield, The LIST
Il o. Y. c. was also here, and Vol. Cupp's
anxious 10 join Buell's company 10 FOL-
lowing up the " skedaddling rebels."-
Added to these, Gen. W.. T. Sherman,
our old Chm2) had command ofa d.
+ vision continually under ho, fire from
!, beginning to end. On his stag is Lieut..
Fl Day ton. Of the G. W. & z. Railroad, !.
5 have slso seen, as visitors, Aaron W. E.
bright. Isaac Light. and 7. ". Tall
E madge. ..... a.. .t,s ...t sst
S A. PAINFUL RECOGNITION.
e The time our wounded were on the
}, boats awaiting removal NOrIhward, I
n went round the different hunks where the
{; wounded were lying. oue young man
d asked me for drink of water; | gave it
Is 70 him from my canteeu, when | noticed
the poor fellow had his srm off close to
r Fthc shoulder. He inquired where | was
. from. i lold him Lancaster, Ohio. Ha
! remarked that Lancaster was his old
: home an said my mana was either Little
! or Conner. | tod him my ua,ne and then
be said his raufs was Henry 0rman. an
I old school.fellow and playmate Of mine.
t son Of John Ormau. who left Lancaster
: sumo ten years ago for Iowa. Henry vas
,jjust about getting commission as 20
Li4uteusht of Co D, 9Th iowa. ss E ~
D C'p,ain Joseph Braden, Of the 3oth In.
e diana, was .mortally wounled on Monday,
y piece Of.shell striking7him in the lover
part of the stomach. He was formerly
!. Superintendent of the Fairfield County
g IIn6rmary-a good man aud a brave sol.
"a dier e. ,s.a ol a; ,t ,rg 4s if1tI
rJ.,f MAGNITUDE, OF THE csNTEsT!. 20
\. l know all the oil camps areupd Wash
d lington City, i saw a great deal more
d than wish to see again atBull Run; 1
h have read graphic descriptions Of the Fort
Ii Henry aud Fort D3nclson fights, but 1
% am well satisfied they were all uele skir-
,e naiskes as compared With the battle field of
et Shiloh, hear Pittsburgh Landing, on the
is TENNESSEE The fiiteehmile space, once
is known as the Shiloh Mission for couver-
a sion Of Ird dians. luybed into cne vast char
in mel houseIs The missing, wounded, ,dy-
ling and dead rof sihe Union force cannot t
ie be less than le,o0o. At least 6, 600 men
t. and horses are, lying dead on the Geld of
I'd Shiloh wv w" -, 4 HARRY ,cIoCMMEsRFp@ IC " EsRFp@
n. ed bi,I va, a.nqi Co. A.lsI o.. WI.
n P' d." 4 Beautiful Sentiment. ''eI
oi Shorty before ihe departure of tie Ia