Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-03-28
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4 sHCoND DAY.
The battle was renewed on the second
day, and continued through the whole day
till nj hit. For seven hours the fate of the
day was very uncertain, Gen, Carr with
his division, charged on the rebels and took
their batteries. The enemy charged back
and retook them, and they were again taken
by some ili9ois troops, and thus things
stood when darkness ended the combat for
that day.
THIRD DAY.
Our troops laid on their arms all night,
and commenced the battle with great spirit
at 6 o'clock in the morning Soon after
our batteries were changed so as 10 pour a
murderous fire on the enemy, and our en-
tire infantry force drawn up in line Of bat
tie extending too miles IN length, and thus
they poured volley after voley. The reb-
els could Mt stand this. They fell like au-
tumn leaves, and finally broke in confusion
and fed. The battle of Sugar Creek was
won.
INCIDENTS, PERSONAL CONTESTS, &c.
One o' the OH Missouri was so enraaed
on the second day, seeing his brother, a
member Of the same regiment, horribly
bWchered and scalped, that he swore ven
gesnce against the Indians, and for the re-
msinder OF the day devoted his attention
entirely to them, concealing himself behind
trees and fighting in their fashion. An ex-
cellent marksmaa, he would often creep
along the ground TO obtain better range
and then woe to The savage who exposed
any part Of his body When he had shot
an INDIAN, he would shout with delrous
JOY IS There goes another red skin to HI.
Hurrah for the Stars and Stripes. and d-n
all the Indians Though ever following
the willy foe, aud though fired upon again
and again, he received not a scratch; and
on his return to camp, after night. fall, bore
with him nine scalps of aboriginal warriors,
slain by his own hand to avenge his broth
er's death.
EAR-BREADTH ESCAPES.
A German soldier in the Both Illinois.
met with Two very narrow escapes in fifteen
minutes, while Gen. Cars division was
coniending so vigorously against the enc
my's Cross-Timber Hollow. He wore ear
rings for the benefit of his eyes, and a mus
ket-bail cut one Of them in two 1.-THE broken
segments still remaining) aud passed into
the shoulder of the Second Lieutenant of
the company. Ten minutes after, during
temporary luil in the strife, while the Ger
man was relating The story of his escape.
bullet whistled by, carrying the other ring
with it and abrading the skin Of his ear
without doing further harm.
zouavE TACTICS SUCCESSFUL.
One of the Texas soldiers was adyanc-
ing with his bayonet upon a Lieutenant of
the 9Th Iowa, whose sword had been broken.
The officer saw his intention, avoided the
thrust. fell down at his foeman's feet, caught
hold of his legs, threw him heavily to the
ground, and before he could rise drew
long knife from his adversary's belt and
buried it in his boeom. The Texan, with
dying grasp, seized the Lieutenant by The
hair, and sank down lifeess, bathing the
brown leaves with his blood. So firm was
The hold Of the nerveless hand that il was
necessary to cut the hair from the head of
the officer before he could be freed from the
corpse of his foe.
FoREsHADowING or DEATH.
Presentiments on the battlefield often
prove prophetic. Here is an instance
While Col. Osterhsus was calamity attack
ing the center of the enemy on the second
day, sergeant of the 18th Missouri re-
quested the captain Of his company TO send
his wiie's portrait, which he had taken from
his bosom, 10 her address in St. Louis, with
his dying declaration that he thought Of her
in his last moments.
" What is that for 2" asked his captain.
" You are not wounded are you?"
No. answered the sergeant abut /
know ! shall be killed to-day. have been
in battle before, but never felt as / do
now. A moment ago, became convinced
my time had come, but how. j cannot tell.
VIII you crafty my request? Remember,
l speak TO you as dying man"
Certainly, my brave fellow; but YOU
viii live to good old age with your wife.
Do not grow melancholy over a fancy or
dream"
You will see" was the response.
The picture changed hands. The SER
geant stepped forward TO the front of the
and the lieutenant perceived him
no more. AT the campfire that evening
the officers inquired for the sergeant. He
was not present He had been killed three /
hours before, by grape-shot from one of /
the enemy's batteries
A BowIE-KNIFE CONFLICT.
While the fight was raging about Miser's
farmhouse on the ridge on Friday morning,
soldier belonging 10 the 18th Missouri, |
and member of Mississippi company be-
came separated from their commands. and |
found each ether climbing the same fence.
The rebel had one of those long knives |
made of file, which the South has so ex-
paraded, but SO rarely used, and |
The Missourian had one also, having picked
it up on the field.
The rebel challenged his enemy TO fair
open combat with the knife, intending to /
bully him, no doubt, and the challenge was
promptly accepted. The two removed their
coats, rolled up their sleeves and BEGAN.
l Ire Mississippian had more skill. but his
opponent more strength, and consequently
The latter could not strike his enemy. while
he received several cuts on the head and
breast. The blood began tricklinr ranidly
down the Ufionist's face and rnpn;,,. -,