Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-29

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line of some three and a half or four mile
of battle line. Each army was wrought NJ
to the highest point of excitement, ,-the en-
emy inspired by their greatest leaders, an,
feeling It was victory or death we stun
by the previous days repulse, aud also i'm
pressed that we were lighting for the pes
Government God ever permitted TO b,
founded. Thus these vast armies dashed
against each other as two angry tbunde
clouds. Earth has seldom felt NOR,
fearful shock. Whatever of sublimitJ
there is in battle, we have had il all here
| have now witnessed two battles! God
grant that l. may never witness another
1t almost unmans me TO think of it-not
that have the least fear, for the truth Is
fear in fine Of battle Is thing of simagina
tion. But oh, the horrid battle field afteI
the battle l Think of from 5000 to 6 .OOC
of our poor fellow men scattered like
leaves all over the ground, in every. i'm
aginatle position aud condition, cold 10
death Think of the groans and wild la
men.s Of from 10000 to $4,000 wounded
and dying men, and tell me, is 1t not
enough to cause the heart to grow sick,
To me the battlefield presents SO many
horrors and not one attraction, that 1 al
most tremble at the thought. If | could
depict to you all saw on Monday night
and during Tuesday and Wednesday, |
would not do il. am trying to forget all.
will not permit myself to think Of it,
What:a wild ruin has sin introduced into
this world How like devils do men be-
come when thousands upon thousands la
Dor with all their might to destroy one
another! Butitis Gods wise and inscru-
tible providence. He will bring order out
OF contusion-good out of evil. ID
lsee many statements as to the result of
the days battle. think 5000 in slain
will perhaps, cover the dead on both sides,
$4,000 to $4,000 will cover the wounded of
both. But think of Vast body of men
l23,00o) dead, dying and mangled, aud
bleeding and wailing, and you have the re-
suits of our great battle. - Hil slat
think we will have another battle in a
few days, and the shock will make the
earth tremble. These armies are now only
taking II breathing spell, aud gathering up
their lost energy, and then like thunder
bolts are they TO be dashed against each
other, until one or the other is destroyed
Believing onr cause is just, and that God is
with us, we are ready for the conflict
Had not the rains prevented, you would
have heard of it before this time.
We have slept In the wood, in the rain,
ever since last Sabbath night week until
last night, in line of battle. You good
folks at home know nothing oioOnr trials,
but all are cheerfnlly met. - G''
Many most touching things occurred
here as in every battle. Tho frat thing one
will look at when we find the dead, is the
countenance. 0ne of our Captains wan
dering over the Geld. paused aud looked at
dead rebel. After a moments pause,
sudden Paleness seized his whole body
IN ashy pnleness settled upon his face-he
drew nearer and took closer look, and
then starting back gasped, "My brother
it Is my brOtherp Describing scar upon
the body Of his brother, an examination
was made, aud 10 there aus the scar to tell
how he who had been nursed upon the
same maternal bosom had fallen. a. traitor
in arms to his country. How overwhelm-
ing was the tide of anguish as it it rolled
over the surviving brothers heart a
brother dead-and that brother rebel. -
A father aud two sons were enlisted in
the same regiment. When the dead were
gathered in and laid in a row, there, strange
incident as it.may seem, lay side by side
the two sons cold in death. THE poor be-
reaTed father was crushed to the EARTH
Seating himself at their feet, he gaaed long
and intently upon them. No tear stole
down his cheek--no wild dlament-no bOis-
ferrous grief was noticeable-but o. sigh
escaped from his bloodless lips which told
his heart was breaking Oh what tongue
can tell the bitterness of that woe which
refused to vent itself in tears or lamenta-
tion. Long, long did be sit and gaze upon
his dead and sigh.
"a Two brothers stood side by side ia bat
tie line! One fell, the other gathering up
his body fed to a place of safety. Com
posing the body Of the slain, he bent over
him, aud ever and anon there came trem-
bling from his1lips, dAIy brother-niy poor
widowed motherlp What meant he by
blending his dead brother with a Tone, tefi-
OIrtR naoLher2. What an inmensity of mean
ing in that lament. s.su G7tiisitui i
| saw in one yard seventy,tiEe or hun.
dred dead dying and wounded. Nearly
all were Germans, from the 5Sthn Ohio
Regiment: A large German stood over a
fellow soldier whose face was horribly
mapgled BY cannon ball or a piece Of
shell, and with an earnestness and Affec.
ton fastened Ia his coHntenapce which iit
would be utterly Impossible to describe TO
describe, he continued to say 10 broken
English, "He was my best friend!" ale
was my best friend ]" Thus By, one short
love expression did he seek sto5soothe the
dying moments Of bis "best friepd,n and
at the same time give yept TO the psnt up
sorrOws Of his heart. .,t.,
But must close my disconnected scrib-
BILE. ig fi9H SID iaJ45t7 H'a
You will excuse pencil writing, for my
trunk is left at Crumpt Landing, and hence
l have no ink. isAsf ~ sl7fe- -
You will excuse my pleading the soldiers
frank, as "away down here ia Dixie we
are out of postage stamps and cannot gel
them. 1Fisa5d tHf5 '-5 So ias''i'F,'l
y Give my love to all.my friends.
Remember me kindly to Dr. Weed and
family. ei gsdf eefah a7- ii- g'es
should be pleased to hear from you. y
rF,s Yours Iafsetionately.l a.'t. go
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