Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-11-12

! they had fallen in the hour nf hattle.-
Trew wearing in death the pleasant smil
which distinguished him when living
Farther to the left were the dead of Go
! &. among whom was young Spalding o
Monroe. for whom his brother. 1t. Spald
ing, had sought in vain the night before
Still further to the left lay Capt. l.. u
Kee, where he had fallen, the slain OF hl
company, strewn around him. The dea'
were buried in trenches, and rude heat
boards carved with the initials of thel
names, mark the last resting place ol
those who bravely fought ami nobly dlec
upon the field of Chaplin Hills.
INCIDENTS.
During the hottest of the contest,wheI
the order had been given to lie down anC
load, | noticed Serg't Emerson standing
erect and firm, unmindful of the ball
that struck the ground like drops Of ralr
around him, holding his piece at ''rea
dy," evidently determined TO bring bi;
man" He raised the musket TO his eye
then lowered and raised it again, coolly
remarking as he glanced along the barrel
IN fetch him." The object Of his aim
WAS butternut" in shirt sleeves. lie
fired, but the smoke prevented my tell
ing whether he had brought him" ol
not. The thing was coolly done, and II
the shirt-sleeved "butternut" escaped II
was no fault of Emerson's. Hugh Lowry
of Fowler, shot the enemy's color-bearer,
bringing the rebel rag to the ground, and
eliciting the compliment We'll done
boy" from Gen. Terrill, who saw the act,
he being at the time Immediately in rear
of the Company. Indeed, every man IN
Co. B did his duty nobly, and old Trnm-
bull may well be proud of her sons
GENERAL TERRILL.
WAS conspicuous during the battle for
that cool courage which distinguished
him on the field of Shiloh. As we fell
back down the hill, he remarked to those
around him General jackson l. dead,
and too must die" Little did We think
then, that the next hour would prove his
words prophetic, ours was his tavorlte
regiment, and he remarked, frequently,
that the l0jth had done its duty. lie
was with us during the fierce contest on
the ridge, and with us when he fell lie
was struck 10y the fragment of a shell, in
the breast As he was lying there, the
blood flowing from his wound. Col.
Monroe riding up, said General are You
hurt, Il am dying, sir" was the reply.
Before close this communication, l have
yet a word TO say in reference to the re-
port which has obtained circulation
the columns of certain newspa-
ners, that Terrill's brigade broke and run,
that the l05th gave way and suffered Par
sons battery to be taken by the enemy.
| would not detract one iOta from the
brilliant record which Rosseau's men
earned for themselves upon that field of
blood. They fought long and well, and
by their presence saved the Union AIMS
from disaster and defeat: but let il re-
that three regiments of Terrill's =
brigade, bore alone and unaided, the de-
termined onset of four times their number,
of the choicest troops of Bragg's veteran
army The impartial history of the con-
test will show, rebel prisoners say, that
Bragg's fercest attack was made upon
the left, where Terrrill's brigade of raw
troops was stationed. When it is said
that the l05th reg't. of Ohio's volunteers
gave way, and suffered Parsons battery
to be taken, let it be remembered that
that regiment came on to the field and
formed in line of battle, faced by the
rear rank, under an incessant fire of mus
kerry from four times their number, that
the guns of the battery were already
nearly silenced, and that in the face of
that terrible fire, the l0jth held its ground
until ordered By Gen. TerriH haase!j 10 fall
hack and abandon position which was no
longer tenable. How well our regiment
fought, let the long list of its killed and
show. The low mounds of our
slain have left on Chaplin Heights a rec
ord which the tongue of the slanderer can
never efface.
KFF